† ambituden.

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

Etymology: < post-classical Latin ambitudo revolution, return (of the stars to the same place in the heavens) (perhaps 4th cent.) < classical Latin ambitus ambit n. + -tūdō -tude suffix.With sense 1 compare ambit n. In sense 2 apparently by association with ambition n.

Obsolete.

1. = ambit n. (in various senses). Also in figurative contexts.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [noun] > business claiming attention > an occupation or affair > affairs > sphere of activity

fieldOE

limitationc1405

hemisphere?1504

ambitudea1525

world1580

orb1598

spherea1616

ambit1649

scene1737

orblet1841

front1917

parish1940

ballpark1963

shtick1965

a1525 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 299 All thingis contenit in hevinlie ambitudis.

1756 Hist. Reynard Fox xix. 94 Others were in ambuscade at still greater distance, the better to destroy the out-goings of the enemy, and if possible by the ambitude to cut off all hopes of escape.

1775 ‘Layman’ Strictures on Churches of Rome, Eng. & Scotl. 231 That guilty ambitude of inferior considerations, local benefits and conveniences.

1844 Lady Lytton Mem. Muscovite III. iv. 81 The Florence, I now beheld..appeared to have combined the ambitude of Heaven with the aristocracy of earth.

1908 G. Dalliba Earth Poem 50 What is individual, has rest Within the crying of the multitude, With their ambitude.

2. Ambition. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > aspiration, ambition > [noun]

ambition1340

folebayrie1340

high flyinga1586

aspiration1609

ambitude1661

aspiringness1859

1661 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 2) Ambitude, a circuit or compassing round; also ambition.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	ambitude
释义	† ambituden. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ambitudo. Etymology: < post-classical Latin ambitudo revolution, return (of the stars to the same place in the heavens) (perhaps 4th cent.) < classical Latin ambitus ambit n. + -tūdō -tude suffix.With sense 1 compare ambit n. In sense 2 apparently by association with ambition n. Obsolete. 1. = ambit n. (in various senses). Also in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [noun] > business claiming attention > an occupation or affair > affairs > sphere of activity fieldOE limitationc1405 hemisphere?1504 ambitudea1525 world1580 orb1598 spherea1616 ambit1649 scene1737 orblet1841 front1917 parish1940 ballpark1963 shtick1965 a1525 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 299 All thingis contenit in hevinlie ambitudis. 1756 Hist. Reynard Fox xix. 94 Others were in ambuscade at still greater distance, the better to destroy the out-goings of the enemy, and if possible by the ambitude to cut off all hopes of escape. 1775 ‘Layman’ Strictures on Churches of Rome, Eng. & Scotl. 231 That guilty ambitude of inferior considerations, local benefits and conveniences. 1844 Lady Lytton Mem. Muscovite III. iv. 81 The Florence, I now beheld..appeared to have combined the ambitude of Heaven with the aristocracy of earth. 1908 G. Dalliba Earth Poem 50 What is individual, has rest Within the crying of the multitude, With their ambitude. 2. Ambition. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > aspiration, ambition > [noun] ambition1340 folebayrie1340 high flyinga1586 aspiration1609 ambitude1661 aspiringness1859 1661 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 2) Ambitude, a circuit or compassing round; also ambition. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.a1525
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