cross-purposen.

Etymology: As now used, < cross adj., cross- comb. form 1b(a): but in early use cross appears to have been a preposition (cross or contrary to the purpose): compare cross-bliss (cross- comb. form 1d), cross-course adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcross-ˈpurpose.

1. Contrary or conflicting purpose; contradictoriness of intention.

ΘΠ

the mind > will > intention > [noun] > cross-purpose

cross-purpose1681

1681 C. Cotton Wonders of Peake 59 We altogether in confusion spoke: But all cross purpose, not a word of sence.

1710 Ld. Shaftesbury Soliloquy 147 To allow Benefit of Clergy, and to restrain the Press, seems to me to have something of Cross-purpose in it.

1797 E. Burke Lett. Peace Regic. France iii, in Wks. (1815) VIII. 340 Before men can transact any affair, they must have a common language to speak..otherwise all is cross-purpose and confusion.

1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well III. v. 134 He..makes signs, which she always takes up at cross-purpose.

2. plural. The name of a parlour game: cf. cross-question n. c. Often figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > parlour and party games > [noun] > question and answer games

purposec1380

questions and commands1628

cross-purposes1666

cross-questions and crooked answers1742

Yes and No1843

truth1868

clumps1883

truth game1908

1666 S. Pepys Diary 26 Dec. (1972) VII. 422 Then to cross-purposes, mighty merry; and then to bed.

1699 G. Farquhar Love & Bottle iv. i. 39 I won't pay you the Kisses you won from me last night at Cross-purposes.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 504. ⁋1 The agreeable Pastime in Country-Halls of Cross-purposes, Questions and Commands, and the like.

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 120 In the common way of playing at cross purposes, where each party has a quite different sense of the subjects and arguments handled between them.

1860 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 55 Was there ever such a game at cross-purposes as this correspondence of ours.

3. to be at cross-purposes: (of persons) to have plans intended for the same end, but which cross and interfere with each other; to act counter from a misconception by each of the other's purpose. (Perhaps derived from the game.)

ΘΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > misunderstand [phrase]

to take amissa1425

to walk wide in words1529

to have (also take, catch) the wrong pig by the ear (also tail)1536

to be out of the story1649

to be at cross-purposes1688

I beg your pardon1806

to lose track of1894

to get (someone) wrong1927

to speak past ——1952

to lose the thread1956

the mind > will > intention > intend [verb (intransitive)] > be at cross-purposes

to be at cross-purposes1688

the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (intransitive)] > mutually (of things) > (of persons) from misconception of purposes

to be at cross-purposes1688

1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. at Cross Cross Purposes, contradictions.

1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. xvi. 114 No man, whose understanding is not at cross-purposes with itself.

1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk II. ix. 212 Such persons..are constantly at cross-purposes with themselves and others.

1868 J. E. T. Rogers Man. Polit. Econ. (ed. 3) vi. 59 Like some married people, they have been at cross purposes when they should have been at one.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	cross-purpose
释义	cross-purposen. Etymology: As now used, < cross adj., cross- comb. form 1b(a): but in early use cross appears to have been a preposition (cross or contrary to the purpose): compare cross-bliss (cross- comb. form 1d), cross-course adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcross-ˈpurpose. 1. Contrary or conflicting purpose; contradictoriness of intention. ΘΠ the mind > will > intention > [noun] > cross-purpose cross-purpose1681 1681 C. Cotton Wonders of Peake 59 We altogether in confusion spoke: But all cross purpose, not a word of sence. 1710 Ld. Shaftesbury Soliloquy 147 To allow Benefit of Clergy, and to restrain the Press, seems to me to have something of Cross-purpose in it. 1797 E. Burke Lett. Peace Regic. France iii, in Wks. (1815) VIII. 340 Before men can transact any affair, they must have a common language to speak..otherwise all is cross-purpose and confusion. 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well III. v. 134 He..makes signs, which she always takes up at cross-purpose. 2. plural. The name of a parlour game: cf. cross-question n. c. Often figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > parlour and party games > [noun] > question and answer games purposec1380 questions and commands1628 cross-purposes1666 cross-questions and crooked answers1742 Yes and No1843 truth1868 clumps1883 truth game1908 1666 S. Pepys Diary 26 Dec. (1972) VII. 422 Then to cross-purposes, mighty merry; and then to bed. 1699 G. Farquhar Love & Bottle iv. i. 39 I won't pay you the Kisses you won from me last night at Cross-purposes. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 504. ⁋1 The agreeable Pastime in Country-Halls of Cross-purposes, Questions and Commands, and the like. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 120 In the common way of playing at cross purposes, where each party has a quite different sense of the subjects and arguments handled between them. 1860 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 55 Was there ever such a game at cross-purposes as this correspondence of ours. 3. to be at cross-purposes: (of persons) to have plans intended for the same end, but which cross and interfere with each other; to act counter from a misconception by each of the other's purpose. (Perhaps derived from the game.) ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > misunderstand [phrase] to take amissa1425 to walk wide in words1529 to have (also take, catch) the wrong pig by the ear (also tail)1536 to be out of the story1649 to be at cross-purposes1688 I beg your pardon1806 to lose track of1894 to get (someone) wrong1927 to speak past ——1952 to lose the thread1956 the mind > will > intention > intend [verb (intransitive)] > be at cross-purposes to be at cross-purposes1688 the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (intransitive)] > mutually (of things) > (of persons) from misconception of purposes to be at cross-purposes1688 1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. at Cross Cross Purposes, contradictions. 1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. xvi. 114 No man, whose understanding is not at cross-purposes with itself. 1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk II. ix. 212 Such persons..are constantly at cross-purposes with themselves and others. 1868 J. E. T. Rogers Man. Polit. Econ. (ed. 3) vi. 59 Like some married people, they have been at cross purposes when they should have been at one. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1666
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