deciphermentn.

Brit.

/dᵻˈsʌɪfəm(ə)nt/, U.S.

/dəˈsaɪfərm(ə)nt/

Forms: see decipher v. and -ment suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: decipher v., -ment suffix.

Etymology: < decipher v. + -ment suffix, perhaps after French déchiffrement (1553 in Middle French).

The action or result of deciphering something (in various senses of the verb); esp. the decoding or interpretation of ciphers or obscure inscriptions; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > code, cipher > decoding, deciphering > [noun]

decipher1545

deciphering1552

decipheration1651

decipherment1782

decipherage1851

decoding1897

cryptanalysis1923

code cracking1931

decrypting1938

code breaking1945

decryption1946

1782 S. Ayscough Catal. MSS Brit. Mus. I. Index 150/2 Decipherment of a letter.

1841 C. G. F. Gore Greville III. v. 110 Some blotted word towards the conclusion of his letter defied her decipherment.

1862 F. M. Müller in Sat. Rev. 13 Dec. 715/1 His later decipherments of the cuneiform inscriptions.

1930 Antiquity 4 289 The calculiform signs..have proved no Rosetta stone for the decipherment of..surviving New Empire codices.

1968 Times 19 Oct. 4/8 Further decipherment of the genetic code depended on synthesizing artificial RNAs containing all 64 possible triplet combinations.

1994 M. S. Macovski Dialogue & Lit. v. 142 The personal secrets within Wuthering Heights can be revealed only within a symbiosis between confessee and confessor, an interchange between self-revelation and external decipherment.

2010 N. Evans Dying Words vii. 154 Clear accounts of the decipherments of Egyptian hieroglyphics.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	decipherment
释义	deciphermentn. Brit. /dᵻˈsʌɪfəm(ə)nt/, U.S. /dəˈsaɪfərm(ə)nt/ Forms: see decipher v. and -ment suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: decipher v., -ment suffix. Etymology: < decipher v. + -ment suffix, perhaps after French déchiffrement (1553 in Middle French). The action or result of deciphering something (in various senses of the verb); esp. the decoding or interpretation of ciphers or obscure inscriptions; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > code, cipher > decoding, deciphering > [noun] decipher1545 deciphering1552 decipheration1651 decipherment1782 decipherage1851 decoding1897 cryptanalysis1923 code cracking1931 decrypting1938 code breaking1945 decryption1946 1782 S. Ayscough Catal. MSS Brit. Mus. I. Index 150/2 Decipherment of a letter. 1841 C. G. F. Gore Greville III. v. 110 Some blotted word towards the conclusion of his letter defied her decipherment. 1862 F. M. Müller in Sat. Rev. 13 Dec. 715/1 His later decipherments of the cuneiform inscriptions. 1930 Antiquity 4 289 The calculiform signs..have proved no Rosetta stone for the decipherment of..surviving New Empire codices. 1968 Times 19 Oct. 4/8 Further decipherment of the genetic code depended on synthesizing artificial RNAs containing all 64 possible triplet combinations. 1994 M. S. Macovski Dialogue & Lit. v. 142 The personal secrets within Wuthering Heights can be revealed only within a symbiosis between confessee and confessor, an interchange between self-revelation and external decipherment. 2010 N. Evans Dying Words vii. 154 Clear accounts of the decipherments of Egyptian hieroglyphics. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1782
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