aleatoryadj.

Brit.

/ˌeɪlɪˈeɪt(ə)ri/,

/ˌalɪˈeɪt(ə)ri/,

/ˈeɪlɪət(ə)ri/,

/ˈalɪət(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˈeɪliəˌtɔri/,

/ˈæliəˌtɔri/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin āleātōrius.

Etymology: < classical Latin āleātōrius belonging to or connected with gamblers or games of chance < āleātor gambler, dice-player ( < ālea die, dice, of unknown origin; probably a loanword + -ātor -ator suffix) + -ius, suffix forming adjectives. Compare French aléatoire (1596 in a legal context in Middle French as aleatoire, 1837 in non-legal contexts), Italian aleatorio (1587).

1. Dependent on uncertain events or occurrences; haphazard, random. Cf. aleatoric adj.In quot. 1693: dependent on the throw of a die (see the etymology).

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adjective] > random or haphazard

uncertain1303

casualc1460

haphazard1576

roving1577

hazardous1585

chanceful1594

firmless1605

random1655

temerarious1660

aleatory1693

contingent1703

unlawed1789

by the way1846

chancy1860

fluky1880

hitty-missy1885

perchance1891

happenchance1905

happenstance1905

willy-nilly1933

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xlii. 357 So continually fortunate in that Aleatory way of deciding Law Debates [Fr. l'heur de jugemens par sort].

1754 W. King Dreamer 79 Like the aleatory decrees of the judge in Rabelais, which were so called, because he determined every cause..by casting the dice.

1818 H. T. Colebrooke Treat. Obligations & Contracts 17 If the equivalent consist in the risk of loss, or the chance of gain, dependent on an uncertain event, the contract is contingent and aleatory.

1869 J. L. Motley Let. 12 June in Corr. relating to Recall of Mr. Motley in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (41st Congr., 3rd Sess.: Senate Executive Doc. 11) I. 8 I only expressed the conviction that such an aleatory process seemed an unworthy method for disposing of questions hinging on great principles of law.

1901 Harper's Mag. Sept. 590/2 For some months after that our experience of life was tinctured with an aleatory flavor.

1989 M. G. Field Success & Crisis in National Health Syst. Introd. 9 Patients, faced with anxieties and the aleatory aspects of illness.

2003 Film Comment May 44/3 The virtual architectures of cyberspace allow much closer approximations of the aleatory, nonlinear drift of actual human recollection than do older media like film.

2. spec. Of music, art, etc.: created, composed, or performed according to a chance process; employing or including random elements; aleatoric.

ΚΠ

1960 Times 27 May 18/5 The now fashionable aleatory technique whereby the music is laid out in distinct episodes whose starting point, order and (in this case) topography..are determined by the player alone.

1965 L. H. Brockway tr. A. Goléa in Music Q. Jan. 30 Boulez's fundamental idea was to achieve a certain aeration of serial writing, an aleatory fantasy designed to strengthen the bonds between the composer and the performer.

1978 P. Griffiths Con. Hist. Mod. Mus. 176 Mallarmé's status as the ancestor of ‘aleatory’ art..became strikingly apparent in 1957, the very year when these pioneering aleatory compositions of Boulez and Stockhausen were first performed.

1990 S. Lash Sociol. Postmodernism 166 His 1978 ‘Oxidation’ series, in which aleatory colour schemes are created through Warhol urinating on bronze- or copper-covered canvases.

2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 27 July (Arts & Leisure section) 2/5 On one occasion the program included aleatory music, music of chance, by John Cage.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	aleatory
释义	aleatoryadj. Brit. /ˌeɪlɪˈeɪt(ə)ri/, /ˌalɪˈeɪt(ə)ri/, /ˈeɪlɪət(ə)ri/, /ˈalɪət(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈeɪliəˌtɔri/, /ˈæliəˌtɔri/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin āleātōrius. Etymology: < classical Latin āleātōrius belonging to or connected with gamblers or games of chance < āleātor gambler, dice-player ( < ālea die, dice, of unknown origin; probably a loanword + -ātor -ator suffix) + -ius, suffix forming adjectives. Compare French aléatoire (1596 in a legal context in Middle French as aleatoire, 1837 in non-legal contexts), Italian aleatorio (1587). 1. Dependent on uncertain events or occurrences; haphazard, random. Cf. aleatoric adj.In quot. 1693: dependent on the throw of a die (see the etymology). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adjective] > random or haphazard uncertain1303 casualc1460 haphazard1576 roving1577 hazardous1585 chanceful1594 firmless1605 random1655 temerarious1660 aleatory1693 contingent1703 unlawed1789 by the way1846 chancy1860 fluky1880 hitty-missy1885 perchance1891 happenchance1905 happenstance1905 willy-nilly1933 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xlii. 357 So continually fortunate in that Aleatory way of deciding Law Debates [Fr. l'heur de jugemens par sort]. 1754 W. King Dreamer 79 Like the aleatory decrees of the judge in Rabelais, which were so called, because he determined every cause..by casting the dice. 1818 H. T. Colebrooke Treat. Obligations & Contracts 17 If the equivalent consist in the risk of loss, or the chance of gain, dependent on an uncertain event, the contract is contingent and aleatory. 1869 J. L. Motley Let. 12 June in Corr. relating to Recall of Mr. Motley in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (41st Congr., 3rd Sess.: Senate Executive Doc. 11) I. 8 I only expressed the conviction that such an aleatory process seemed an unworthy method for disposing of questions hinging on great principles of law. 1901 Harper's Mag. Sept. 590/2 For some months after that our experience of life was tinctured with an aleatory flavor. 1989 M. G. Field Success & Crisis in National Health Syst. Introd. 9 Patients, faced with anxieties and the aleatory aspects of illness. 2003 Film Comment May 44/3 The virtual architectures of cyberspace allow much closer approximations of the aleatory, nonlinear drift of actual human recollection than do older media like film. 2. spec. Of music, art, etc.: created, composed, or performed according to a chance process; employing or including random elements; aleatoric. ΚΠ 1960 Times 27 May 18/5 The now fashionable aleatory technique whereby the music is laid out in distinct episodes whose starting point, order and (in this case) topography..are determined by the player alone. 1965 L. H. Brockway tr. A. Goléa in Music Q. Jan. 30 Boulez's fundamental idea was to achieve a certain aeration of serial writing, an aleatory fantasy designed to strengthen the bonds between the composer and the performer. 1978 P. Griffiths Con. Hist. Mod. Mus. 176 Mallarmé's status as the ancestor of ‘aleatory’ art..became strikingly apparent in 1957, the very year when these pioneering aleatory compositions of Boulez and Stockhausen were first performed. 1990 S. Lash Sociol. Postmodernism 166 His 1978 ‘Oxidation’ series, in which aleatory colour schemes are created through Warhol urinating on bronze- or copper-covered canvases. 2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 27 July (Arts & Leisure section) 2/5 On one occasion the program included aleatory music, music of chance, by John Cage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1693
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