charactn.

Brit.

/ˈkarakt/, U.S.

/ˈkɛˌræk(t)/

Forms:

α. Middle English carette, Middle English carocte, Middle English karect, Middle English–1500s caracte, Middle English–1500s carecte, Middle English–1500s carrect, Middle English–1600s carect, 1500s carracte, 1500s karecte, 1600s caract, 1600s carract, 1600s karrect.

β. Middle English–1500s charecte, 1500s charect, 1500s charrect, 1500s charrecte, 1500s–1600s characte, 1600s– charact.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French caracte.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman karecte, Anglo-Norman and Middle French caracte, carecte, Middle French caract, caratte spell, magic rite, charm (last quarter of the 12th cent. in Old French), magical sign (mid 14th cent.), distinctive mark, symbol (a1374), letter (beginning of the 15th cent.) < classical Latin charactēr character n. The β. forms show alteration of the spelling after classical Latin charactēr or (in later use) character n. Compare Old French characte magical sign, charm (end of the 12th cent. in an apparently isolated attestation).Compare Old Occitan carata, charata brand on an animal's body (14th cent. or earlier), Spanish †caracta symbol, letter (a1250), Italian †caratta indelible stain of original sin (a1306).

Now historical and rare.

†1.

a. A distinctive mark made on a surface, in early use often spec. on the body; a brand, a stamp, an inscription; a symbol; a letter; a numerical figure. Cf. character n. 1, 3a, 3b. Obsolete.In quot. 1530 spec. = minim n.¹ 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > written character > [noun]

printa1382

charactc1384

character1490

figure1597

symbolc1620

graph1933

society > communication > indication > marking > marking to identify > mark of identification > [noun]

marklOE

signc1300

charactc1384

signaclec1384

badge1526

earmark1551

character1597

signature1605

stampa1616

designation1646

signation1646

insignition1660

signate1662

ear tag1876

ken-mark1885

laundry mark1924

pink triangle1950

sigillum1966

society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > [noun] > imprint > of a stamp or device

printc1300

charactc1384

characterc1384

incuse1818

punching1838

rubber stamp1873

by-stamp1884

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Royal) (1850) Apoc. xiv. 11 If ony man toke the carecte [L. caracterem] of his [sc. the beast's] name.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Royal) (1850) Apoc. xx. 4 Hem that worschepiden not the beest..nether token the carect [c1400 Adv. carectis; L. caracterem] of it in forhedis, or in her hondis.

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xii. l. 80 Þorw carectus þat cryst wrot.

a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iv. l. 583 Auailed neueradeel..carectes of his woundis.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 166 Sum seable cros or mark or carect.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 203/1 Carracte in pricke song, minime.

?1550 J. Bale Apol. agaynste Papyst 96 The very charactes or markes of the infernall beast.

1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips lxi. 427 These three charactes [L. characteribus; sc. χ, ξ, ς].

1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. vii. f. 183^v Figures or charactes of number commonly vsed in Arithmetique.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 56 In all his dressings, caracts, titles, formes.

1655 J. Trapp Comm. 1 Cor. x. 21 An altar..which must have its prints and carects.

1669 W. Holder Elem. Speech 63 The written Alphabet ought to be just so many single proper Charactes, designed to signifie the Sound or Power of each Letter.

b. A piece of writing; (in plural) scriptures. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > written text > [noun]

rounOE

pagine?c1225

writ-rounc1275

dite1340

writing1340

paperc1390

scripturea1400

writinga1400

charactc1400

textc1400

papera1500

black and white1569

page?1606

character1609

litera scripta1660

matter1683

legend1822

screed1834

reading1836

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xii. l. 90 (MED) Crystes carecte [a1450 Bodl. carectes, a1500 Oriel caractes; c1450 Rawl. carette] conforted and bothe coupable shewed.

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. iii. 42 The Ægyptians..described him [sc. God] in their holy Carects as a Pilot alone gouerning a Ship.

2. A magic spell or charm; a cabbalistic or magical sign or emblem. Cf. character n. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] > sign or symbol used in

characta1393

character1449

circle1529

triangle1584

post-writing1621

magic circle1654

sigil1659

hag track1836

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. l. 2340 (MED) He upon the creatures, Thurgh his carectes and figures, The maistrie and the pouer hadde.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. l. 470 Whan that a man..With his carecte him [sc. a serpent] wolde enchaunte.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 1571 Of Sorcerie the karectes.

a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. l. 2244 Bi carectis and incantaciouns..The yerde be-gan budde.

a1529 J. Skelton Why come ye nat to Courte (?1545) 694 By nycromancy, By carectes and coniuracyon.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccccxxxvij To Christen..with Salt, Oile, Water, Charactes and exorcismes.

1728 J. Strype Ann. Reformation (ed. 2) III. i. viii. 90 A Jacobine Frier..gave him some Characts in Paper, and certain little Bones.

1843 T. J. Pettigrew Superstitions connected with Hist. & Pract. Med. & Surg. 45 Amulets in the form of Inscriptions are called Characts.

1885 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. I. xv. 142 Inscribed with talismans and characts.

1913 F. H. Garrison Introd. Hist. Med. (1914) i. 33 Talismans..often consisted of written charms or ‘characts’, such as the Hebrew phylacteries or verses from the Bible, Talmud, Koran, or Iliad.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	charact
释义	charactn. Brit. /ˈkarakt/, U.S. /ˈkɛˌræk(t)/ Forms: α. Middle English carette, Middle English carocte, Middle English karect, Middle English–1500s caracte, Middle English–1500s carecte, Middle English–1500s carrect, Middle English–1600s carect, 1500s carracte, 1500s karecte, 1600s caract, 1600s carract, 1600s karrect. β. Middle English–1500s charecte, 1500s charect, 1500s charrect, 1500s charrecte, 1500s–1600s characte, 1600s– charact. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French caracte. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman karecte, Anglo-Norman and Middle French caracte, carecte, Middle French caract, caratte spell, magic rite, charm (last quarter of the 12th cent. in Old French), magical sign (mid 14th cent.), distinctive mark, symbol (a1374), letter (beginning of the 15th cent.) < classical Latin charactēr character n. The β. forms show alteration of the spelling after classical Latin charactēr or (in later use) character n. Compare Old French characte magical sign, charm (end of the 12th cent. in an apparently isolated attestation).Compare Old Occitan carata, charata brand on an animal's body (14th cent. or earlier), Spanish †caracta symbol, letter (a1250), Italian †caratta indelible stain of original sin (a1306). Now historical and rare. †1. a. A distinctive mark made on a surface, in early use often spec. on the body; a brand, a stamp, an inscription; a symbol; a letter; a numerical figure. Cf. character n. 1, 3a, 3b. Obsolete.In quot. 1530 spec. = minim n.¹ 1. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > [noun] printa1382 charactc1384 character1490 figure1597 symbolc1620 graph1933 society > communication > indication > marking > marking to identify > mark of identification > [noun] marklOE signc1300 charactc1384 signaclec1384 badge1526 earmark1551 character1597 signature1605 stampa1616 designation1646 signation1646 insignition1660 signate1662 ear tag1876 ken-mark1885 laundry mark1924 pink triangle1950 sigillum1966 society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > [noun] > imprint > of a stamp or device printc1300 charactc1384 characterc1384 incuse1818 punching1838 rubber stamp1873 by-stamp1884 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Royal) (1850) Apoc. xiv. 11 If ony man toke the carecte [L. caracterem] of his [sc. the beast's] name. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Royal) (1850) Apoc. xx. 4 Hem that worschepiden not the beest..nether token the carect [c1400 Adv. carectis; L. caracterem] of it in forhedis, or in her hondis. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xii. l. 80 Þorw carectus þat cryst wrot. a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iv. l. 583 Auailed neueradeel..carectes of his woundis. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 166 Sum seable cros or mark or carect. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 203/1 Carracte in pricke song, minime. ?1550 J. Bale Apol. agaynste Papyst 96 The very charactes or markes of the infernall beast. 1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips lxi. 427 These three charactes [L. characteribus; sc. χ, ξ, ς]. 1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. vii. f. 183^v Figures or charactes of number commonly vsed in Arithmetique. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 56 In all his dressings, caracts, titles, formes. View more context for this quotation 1655 J. Trapp Comm. 1 Cor. x. 21 An altar..which must have its prints and carects. 1669 W. Holder Elem. Speech 63 The written Alphabet ought to be just so many single proper Charactes, designed to signifie the Sound or Power of each Letter. b. A piece of writing; (in plural) scriptures. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > [noun] rounOE pagine?c1225 writ-rounc1275 dite1340 writing1340 paperc1390 scripturea1400 writinga1400 charactc1400 textc1400 papera1500 black and white1569 page?1606 character1609 litera scripta1660 matter1683 legend1822 screed1834 reading1836 c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xii. l. 90 (MED) Crystes carecte [a1450 Bodl. carectes, a1500 Oriel caractes; c1450 Rawl. carette] conforted and bothe coupable shewed. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. iii. 42 The Ægyptians..described him [sc. God] in their holy Carects as a Pilot alone gouerning a Ship. 2. A magic spell or charm; a cabbalistic or magical sign or emblem. Cf. character n. 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] > sign or symbol used in characta1393 character1449 circle1529 triangle1584 post-writing1621 magic circle1654 sigil1659 hag track1836 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. l. 2340 (MED) He upon the creatures, Thurgh his carectes and figures, The maistrie and the pouer hadde. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. l. 470 Whan that a man..With his carecte him [sc. a serpent] wolde enchaunte. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 1571 Of Sorcerie the karectes. a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. l. 2244 Bi carectis and incantaciouns..The yerde be-gan budde. a1529 J. Skelton Why come ye nat to Courte (?1545) 694 By nycromancy, By carectes and coniuracyon. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccccxxxvij To Christen..with Salt, Oile, Water, Charactes and exorcismes. 1728 J. Strype Ann. Reformation (ed. 2) III. i. viii. 90 A Jacobine Frier..gave him some Characts in Paper, and certain little Bones. 1843 T. J. Pettigrew Superstitions connected with Hist. & Pract. Med. & Surg. 45 Amulets in the form of Inscriptions are called Characts. 1885 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. I. xv. 142 Inscribed with talismans and characts. 1913 F. H. Garrison Introd. Hist. Med. (1914) i. 33 Talismans..often consisted of written charms or ‘characts’, such as the Hebrew phylacteries or verses from the Bible, Talmud, Koran, or Iliad. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1384
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