coming of agen.adj.

Brit.

/ˌkʌmɪŋ əv ˈeɪdʒ/, U.S.

/ˌkəmɪŋ əv ˈeɪdʒ/

Inflections: Plural comings of age, (occasionally) coming of ages;

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: coming n., of age at age n. Phrases 1a

Etymology: < coming n. + of age at age n. Phrases 1a, after to come of age at age n. Phrases 1a.

A. n.

1. An age at which a person passes from childhood to adulthood and assumes various rights and privileges; the attainment of this age. Also: an occasion celebrating this.The age at which this happens varies according to social group, but it most often occurs in late adolescence or early adulthood (typically 18 or 21). It can be associated with legal entitlements, sexual maturity, or religious responsibility.

ΚΠ

1662 J. Graunt Nat. & Polit. Observ. Bills Mortality iii. 32 So peevish were they [sc. the Heterodox Believers], as not to have the Births of their Children Registred, although thereby the time of their coming of Age might be known.

1775 E. Taylor tr. Mem. Guy Joli III. 89 He has..been enabled, since the period of his coming of age, to carry the limits of his empire to so vast an extent.

1789 A. Luders Rep. Proc. Comm. House of Commons upon Controverted Elections II. xii. 529 The time of the voter's taking by the devise, ought..to be reckoned from the day of his coming of age.

1847 B. Disraeli Tancred II. iv. xii. 338 Comings of age depend in a manner upon meat and drink.

1849 Eliza Cook's Jrnl. 2 June 68/1 The ‘Margate month’ is to him and his family what the coming of age is to the young heir, but annual.

1883 R. Gower My Reminisc. I. xiii. 252 Coming of ages are much of a muchness.

1948 J. Kerouac Jrnl. 12 Mar. in Windblown World (2004) 59 A real way to celebrate another coming of age.

1981 J. B. Peires House of Phalo ix. 135 Young chiefs..usually tried to mark their coming-of-age by a daring exploit.

2005 Time Out N.Y. 10 Feb. 81 (advt.) The author..shares stories from her groovy yet clueless coming of age on the Upper West Side.

2. Of a business, organization, group, etc.: an anniversary, typically the twenty-first (sometimes the eighteenth), corresponding to the age at which a person attains adulthood.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > specific anniversaries

jubileec1386

quinquagenary1588

centenary1661

millennium1664

secular1706

coming of age1788

centennial1791

tricentenary1846

tercentenary1855

quinquennial1857

ter-millenary1864

sexcentenary1865

semi-centenary1870

bicentenary1872

septcentenary1873

quincentenary1877

sesquicentennial1880

quadricentennial1882

bicentennial1883

quatercentenary1883

tricentennial1883

tercentennial1884

quincentennial1885

octocentenary1888

quadrennial1890

quingentenary1892

octingentenary1893

ruby anniversary1893

semi-jubilee1893

septingentenary1893

millennial1896

millenary1897

quadringenary1905

quingenary1911

bimillenary1961

sesquicentenary1961

quasquicentennial1962

nongenary1966

octocentennial1994

1788 World 15 Oct. On Monday last the Gentlemen of the Beef Steak Club at Chelmsford, gave a Ball on their coming of age. The Society had been instituted 21 years on that day, and from this circumstance, resolved to commemorate it.

1880 Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. 11 June 285/2 This year being the twenty-first of the Society's existence.., it had been decided by the Committee to invite the President to a dinner..to commemorate the ‘coming-of-age’ of the South London Photographic Society.

?1912 Lect. & Trans. Incorporated Accountants' Students' Soc. London 1911 Pref. p. iii The publication of this, the eighteenth volume of the ‘Transactions’ of the Incorporated Accountants' Students' Society of London, marks the coming of age of the Society, and it is hoped that the issue will be found a fitting testimony to the twenty-first year of the Society's work.

1986 Daily Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 4 July Channel O next week begins birthday celebrations to mark its coming of age... While the other television stations began transmitting in Brisbane 27 years ago, Channel O this month reaches 21 years in the business.

2013 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 10 Nov. (Spectrum section) 23 Celebrating its coming of age, the 21st [French film] festival offers a month of Gallic gems.

3. Chiefly with the and of. Of a thing: the reaching of maturity; the point at which something is judged to have achieved widespread significance, recognition, or acceptance.In quot. 1881 with mixture of sense A. 2; the article compares the Volunteer force of 1860 with that of 1881.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > state of being prepared or ready > state of being ripe or mature

ripenessOE

ripeOE

melchheadc1350

perfectiona1398

perfecturea1552

maturity1568

matureness1661

age1795

development1803

coming of age1881

1881 Nineteenth Cent. Aug. 206 The ‘coming of age’ of the Volunteer force is no mere form of words... The Volunteer force has in truth ‘come of age’. Its constitution is formed; its character has developed.

1907 Cassier's Mag. May 42/2 The classic names of James Watt and George Stephenson..are in danger of being classed with those of Heron, of Alexandria, and Archimedes, of Syracuse, if evolution continues to proceed as rapidly as it has done during the coming of age of electrical engineering.

1934 Discovery Jan. 22/1 It [sc. a panel painted by Rublev] marks the coming-of-age of Russian art.

1990 Computerworld 30 Apr. 1/3 It [sc. the OS/2 operating system] stands in danger of being sucker-punched either by surging interest in Windows..or a coming-of-age for Unix.

2014 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 28 Aug. b3 The stock sale is expected to be one of the biggest ever, raising perhaps $20 billion and signaling the coming-of-age of the Chinese Internet industry as a source of great potential wealth.

B. adj.

1. Designating an occasion held to celebrate a person's coming of age.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > adult > [adjective]

mucha1154

of (formerly also at, to) agec1300

perfect agec1384

full-growna1393

ripea1393

greatc1515

adult1531

maturate1556

mellowed1575

mellow1592

full-aged1596

mature1609

timed1611

grown-upa1640

adulted1645

grown1645

upgrown1667

matured1805

coming of age1858

1858 ‘H. Lee’ Sylvan Holt's Daughter II. xi. 136 There was an interval of ten days to elapse before Bell Rowley's coming-of-age party, which was fixed to take place on the twenty-seventh of October.

1884 Daily News 23 Sept. 6/1 A white dress which she wore at a coming-of-age party.

1919 G. Biss Door of Unreal (1920) i. 22 It was at his own coming-of-age dance that Tony first met poor old Wuffles.

2006 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 17 Feb. i. 15/4 She celebrated her quinceanera, a Hispanic coming-of-age ceremony, at Precious Blood Parish last July.

2. Designating a film, novel, etc., centring on a protagonist's transition from childhood to maturity; designating such works as a genre.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > type of film > [adjective] > other types

costumed1851

foreign language1904

first run1910

Keystone1912

photodramatic1914

serial1915

coming of age1919

edge-of-your-seat1922

psychodramatic1927

omnibus1928

straight1936

low-budget1937

no-budget1937

screwball1937

Ealing1939

blockbusting1943

private eye1946

film noir1952

white telephone1952

portmanteau1953

uncut1953

anthology1955

three-D1955

Hammer1958

noir1958

co-production1959

kitchen sink1959

kidult1960

docudrama1961

cinéma vérité1963

maudit1963

filmi1965

indie1968

triple-X1969

XXX1969

drama-documentary1970

cheapie1973

gross-out1973

high concept1973

chopsocky1974

hard R1974

buddy movie1975

sci-fi1977

mondo1979

hack-and-slash1981

microbudget1981

hack-and-slay1982

slice-and-dice1982

fly on the wall1983

psychotronic1983

noirish1985

Mad Max1986

stoner1987

bonkbusting1993

straight to DVD1997

1919 G. Saintsbury Hist. French Novel II. vi. 228 Les Jeune-France, a coming-of-age book almost as old as mil-huit-cent-trente.

1972 Salina (Kansas) Jrnl. 16 July 27/3 He is writing a novel—his first—‘another coming of age novel about a poor Irish-Catholic boy in Manhattan.’

1994 G. Man Radical Visions Introd. 3 Since 1977, films that have captured the imagination of the public have also been blockbuster spectacles or those which follow popular generic patterns, such as..the teen sex romp or coming of age genre.

2012 Time Out N.Y. 23 Aug. 90/1 As long as there are teenagers and sentimental directors, the coming-of-age movie will never die.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	coming of age
释义	coming of agen.adj. Brit. /ˌkʌmɪŋ əv ˈeɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˌkəmɪŋ əv ˈeɪdʒ/ Inflections: Plural comings of age, (occasionally) coming of ages; Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: coming n., of age at age n. Phrases 1a Etymology: < coming n. + of age at age n. Phrases 1a, after to come of age at age n. Phrases 1a. A. n. 1. An age at which a person passes from childhood to adulthood and assumes various rights and privileges; the attainment of this age. Also: an occasion celebrating this.The age at which this happens varies according to social group, but it most often occurs in late adolescence or early adulthood (typically 18 or 21). It can be associated with legal entitlements, sexual maturity, or religious responsibility. ΚΠ 1662 J. Graunt Nat. & Polit. Observ. Bills Mortality iii. 32 So peevish were they [sc. the Heterodox Believers], as not to have the Births of their Children Registred, although thereby the time of their coming of Age might be known. 1775 E. Taylor tr. Mem. Guy Joli III. 89 He has..been enabled, since the period of his coming of age, to carry the limits of his empire to so vast an extent. 1789 A. Luders Rep. Proc. Comm. House of Commons upon Controverted Elections II. xii. 529 The time of the voter's taking by the devise, ought..to be reckoned from the day of his coming of age. 1847 B. Disraeli Tancred II. iv. xii. 338 Comings of age depend in a manner upon meat and drink. 1849 Eliza Cook's Jrnl. 2 June 68/1 The ‘Margate month’ is to him and his family what the coming of age is to the young heir, but annual. 1883 R. Gower My Reminisc. I. xiii. 252 Coming of ages are much of a muchness. 1948 J. Kerouac Jrnl. 12 Mar. in Windblown World (2004) 59 A real way to celebrate another coming of age. 1981 J. B. Peires House of Phalo ix. 135 Young chiefs..usually tried to mark their coming-of-age by a daring exploit. 2005 Time Out N.Y. 10 Feb. 81 (advt.) The author..shares stories from her groovy yet clueless coming of age on the Upper West Side. 2. Of a business, organization, group, etc.: an anniversary, typically the twenty-first (sometimes the eighteenth), corresponding to the age at which a person attains adulthood. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > specific anniversaries jubileec1386 quinquagenary1588 centenary1661 millennium1664 secular1706 coming of age1788 centennial1791 tricentenary1846 tercentenary1855 quinquennial1857 ter-millenary1864 sexcentenary1865 semi-centenary1870 bicentenary1872 septcentenary1873 quincentenary1877 sesquicentennial1880 quadricentennial1882 bicentennial1883 quatercentenary1883 tricentennial1883 tercentennial1884 quincentennial1885 octocentenary1888 quadrennial1890 quingentenary1892 octingentenary1893 ruby anniversary1893 semi-jubilee1893 septingentenary1893 millennial1896 millenary1897 quadringenary1905 quingenary1911 bimillenary1961 sesquicentenary1961 quasquicentennial1962 nongenary1966 octocentennial1994 1788 World 15 Oct. On Monday last the Gentlemen of the Beef Steak Club at Chelmsford, gave a Ball on their coming of age. The Society had been instituted 21 years on that day, and from this circumstance, resolved to commemorate it. 1880 Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. 11 June 285/2 This year being the twenty-first of the Society's existence.., it had been decided by the Committee to invite the President to a dinner..to commemorate the ‘coming-of-age’ of the South London Photographic Society. ?1912 Lect. & Trans. Incorporated Accountants' Students' Soc. London 1911 Pref. p. iii The publication of this, the eighteenth volume of the ‘Transactions’ of the Incorporated Accountants' Students' Society of London, marks the coming of age of the Society, and it is hoped that the issue will be found a fitting testimony to the twenty-first year of the Society's work. 1986 Daily Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 4 July Channel O next week begins birthday celebrations to mark its coming of age... While the other television stations began transmitting in Brisbane 27 years ago, Channel O this month reaches 21 years in the business. 2013 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 10 Nov. (Spectrum section) 23 Celebrating its coming of age, the 21st [French film] festival offers a month of Gallic gems. 3. Chiefly with the and of. Of a thing: the reaching of maturity; the point at which something is judged to have achieved widespread significance, recognition, or acceptance.In quot. 1881 with mixture of sense A. 2; the article compares the Volunteer force of 1860 with that of 1881. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > state of being prepared or ready > state of being ripe or mature ripenessOE ripeOE melchheadc1350 perfectiona1398 perfecturea1552 maturity1568 matureness1661 age1795 development1803 coming of age1881 1881 Nineteenth Cent. Aug. 206 The ‘coming of age’ of the Volunteer force is no mere form of words... The Volunteer force has in truth ‘come of age’. Its constitution is formed; its character has developed. 1907 Cassier's Mag. May 42/2 The classic names of James Watt and George Stephenson..are in danger of being classed with those of Heron, of Alexandria, and Archimedes, of Syracuse, if evolution continues to proceed as rapidly as it has done during the coming of age of electrical engineering. 1934 Discovery Jan. 22/1 It [sc. a panel painted by Rublev] marks the coming-of-age of Russian art. 1990 Computerworld 30 Apr. 1/3 It [sc. the OS/2 operating system] stands in danger of being sucker-punched either by surging interest in Windows..or a coming-of-age for Unix. 2014 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 28 Aug. b3 The stock sale is expected to be one of the biggest ever, raising perhaps $20 billion and signaling the coming-of-age of the Chinese Internet industry as a source of great potential wealth. B. adj. 1. Designating an occasion held to celebrate a person's coming of age. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > adult > [adjective] mucha1154 of (formerly also at, to) agec1300 perfect agec1384 full-growna1393 ripea1393 greatc1515 adult1531 maturate1556 mellowed1575 mellow1592 full-aged1596 mature1609 timed1611 grown-upa1640 adulted1645 grown1645 upgrown1667 matured1805 coming of age1858 1858 ‘H. Lee’ Sylvan Holt's Daughter II. xi. 136 There was an interval of ten days to elapse before Bell Rowley's coming-of-age party, which was fixed to take place on the twenty-seventh of October. 1884 Daily News 23 Sept. 6/1 A white dress which she wore at a coming-of-age party. 1919 G. Biss Door of Unreal (1920) i. 22 It was at his own coming-of-age dance that Tony first met poor old Wuffles. 2006 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 17 Feb. i. 15/4 She celebrated her quinceanera, a Hispanic coming-of-age ceremony, at Precious Blood Parish last July. 2. Designating a film, novel, etc., centring on a protagonist's transition from childhood to maturity; designating such works as a genre. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > type of film > [adjective] > other types costumed1851 foreign language1904 first run1910 Keystone1912 photodramatic1914 serial1915 coming of age1919 edge-of-your-seat1922 psychodramatic1927 omnibus1928 straight1936 low-budget1937 no-budget1937 screwball1937 Ealing1939 blockbusting1943 private eye1946 film noir1952 white telephone1952 portmanteau1953 uncut1953 anthology1955 three-D1955 Hammer1958 noir1958 co-production1959 kitchen sink1959 kidult1960 docudrama1961 cinéma vérité1963 maudit1963 filmi1965 indie1968 triple-X1969 XXX1969 drama-documentary1970 cheapie1973 gross-out1973 high concept1973 chopsocky1974 hard R1974 buddy movie1975 sci-fi1977 mondo1979 hack-and-slash1981 microbudget1981 hack-and-slay1982 slice-and-dice1982 fly on the wall1983 psychotronic1983 noirish1985 Mad Max1986 stoner1987 bonkbusting1993 straight to DVD1997 1919 G. Saintsbury Hist. French Novel II. vi. 228 Les Jeune-France, a coming-of-age book almost as old as mil-huit-cent-trente. 1972 Salina (Kansas) Jrnl. 16 July 27/3 He is writing a novel—his first—‘another coming of age novel about a poor Irish-Catholic boy in Manhattan.’ 1994 G. Man Radical Visions Introd. 3 Since 1977, films that have captured the imagination of the public have also been blockbuster spectacles or those which follow popular generic patterns, such as..the teen sex romp or coming of age genre. 2012 Time Out N.Y. 23 Aug. 90/1 As long as there are teenagers and sentimental directors, the coming-of-age movie will never die. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1662
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