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单词 costious
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costiousadj.

Forms:

α. Middle English costiose, Middle English costius, Middle English costuys, Middle English coustouse, Middle English–1500s costious, Middle English–1500s costuouse, Middle English–1500s costyous, 1500s costeous, 1500s costiouse, 1500s costuous, 1500s costyouse.

β. Middle English costeuous, Middle English costifous.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French costeous.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman coustous, costeous (compare Old French cousteus ; French coûteux ) costly, expensive (early 13th cent. or earlier; last quarter of the 12th cent. in sense ‘painful’) < cost , coust cost n.3 + -eus , -ous -ose suffix1. Compare beauteous adj., bounteous adj., plenteous adj.With the β. forms, which appear to lack a parallel in French, compare forms with medial fricative (spelt -f- , -u- , or -v- ) at beauteous adj., bounteous adj., and plenteous adj. With forms in -ose compare -ose suffix1.
Obsolete.
Costly, expensive; sumptuous, luxurious.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [adjective] > sumptuous
richc1275
costful1340
costious1340
costlewa1387
costlya1400
costy?c1430
sumptuous1458
opimec1540
dapatical1623
pollucible1623
opiparous1628
lautitious1648
opimous1656
superb1669
plushy1884
plush1890
Ritzian1908
society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > high price or rate > [adjective] > dear or expensive
dear1044
costful1340
costious1340
costlewa1387
costlya1400
costy?c1430
prized1500
high1542
high-priced1591
expenseful1605
chary1610
expensivea1661
salt1710
dearthful1786
big ticket1906
pricey1932
exclusive1942
up-market1972
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 228 Þe coustouse [Fr. precieuses] robes and þe uayre agrayþinge.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 370) (1850) 2 Chron. xxxv. 24 He is deed, and beried in the costeuous toumbe of his fadirs.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 231 Better and costioser and precioser garnementis.
?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 227 Þe most costyous cloth of Crenseyn.
1542 T. Becon Pleasaunt Newe Nosegaye sig. M.iiij v A costious pearle.
1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Pet. i. f. ii By the costeous gyft of his owne sonne Iesus Christ.
1549 R. Crowley Voyce Laste Trumpet sig. Cviv Neither for costuous buildyng.
?1551 T. Becon Fruitful Treat. Fasting x. sig. D.v The popish fasters eat no meat, yet make thei such a drinking, as might iustli seme a costious kind of banketting.

Derivatives

costiously adv.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [adverb] > involving great expense
costly1395
preciouslyc1395
costiouslyc1425
costfullya1464
costlew1480
sumptuouslyc1487
costlilya1500
preciousc1500
expensively?1607
deeply1631
c1425 Serm. (BL Add.) in G. Cigman Lollard Serm. (1989) 43 Not onli men desiren to be softe cloþed, but costiousli, proutli, and niseli, alwey newe contryued.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 193 The diligence of preestis..bi hem costioseli founde shulde serue and strecche.
?c1525 (a1503) Receyt Ladie Kateryne (Coll. Arms M.13) (1990) ii. 27 Wyndowes, many and craftyly wrought and empoyntid, and gilte full costeously.
costiousness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [noun] > sumptuousness
magnificencea1425
costiousnessc1443
sumpt1449
sumptuousness1525
costliness1528
magnificency1538
sumptuosity1550
richness1597
sumpture?1624
opulence1650
ritziness1931
plushiness1938
society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [noun] > that on which money is expended > costliness
costiousnessc1443
sumptuousness1525
costliness1528
sumpture?1624
chargeablenessa1656
expensiveness1655
c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 246 (MED) Suche gay and costiose araies in bodili chirchis vsid, worschipen not þee, god..bi her gaynes and costiosenes.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 553 Ouer greet curiosite, gaynes, preciosite, or costiosenes.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 209/1 Costyousnesse, sumptuosité.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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