abackwardadv.

Brit.

/əˈbakwəd/, U.S.

/əˈbækwərd/

Forms: see aback adv. and -ward suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: aback adv., -ward suffix.

Etymology: < aback adv. + -ward suffix. Compare later backward adv.

Now rare (archaic and poetic in later use).

= backward adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [adverb]

abackOE

ruglingc1225

abackwardc1275

backwarda1300

hindwarda1300

arsewardly1530

arseward1553

rearward1604

retrogradea1620

aversively?1624

arsewards1648

retrogradely1658

regressively1755

backlings1786

tailwise1825

rearwards1835

bass-ackwardsa1865

arseling1887

bass-ackward1902

ass-backwards1934

backasswards1951

backassward1961

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 10023 Arður..t[eh] hine a-bac-ward in enne uald brade.

a1325 (c1280) Southern Passion (Pepys 2344) (1927) l. 1810 (MED) Þe shrewes..þat among vs her beoþ Þat euere goþ a-bakward, and þe leng þe worse y-þeoþ.

a1333 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 20 (MED) Heyl, leuedy, se-stoerre bryht..Þat turnst abakward eues nome [i.e. ave for Eva].

?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) iii. met. xii. l. 3068 Orpheus loked[e] abakwarde on Erudice his wijf.

a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) f. 102^v (MED) Þe whiche beem may, wiþ drawyng of men wiþ ynne, be drawe abakward [v.r. bakward] and let fle..forward to þe walle.

a1500 Partenay (Trin. Cambr.) l. 5888 Abakwarde smote he with hys swerde.

1875 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids v. 428 The while their lofty heads they draw abackward from the blow.

1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey II. xiii. 234 They cast them abackward and tossed up the brine with the oar.

1907 H. B. Alexander Mid Earth Life 38 'Tis the passion of the Deep Whose aching waters..abackward sweep.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	abackward
释义	abackwardadv. Brit. /əˈbakwəd/, U.S. /əˈbækwərd/ Forms: see aback adv. and -ward suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: aback adv., -ward suffix. Etymology: < aback adv. + -ward suffix. Compare later backward adv. Now rare (archaic and poetic in later use). = backward adv. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [adverb] abackOE ruglingc1225 abackwardc1275 backwarda1300 hindwarda1300 arsewardly1530 arseward1553 rearward1604 retrogradea1620 aversively?1624 arsewards1648 retrogradely1658 regressively1755 backlings1786 tailwise1825 rearwards1835 bass-ackwardsa1865 arseling1887 bass-ackward1902 ass-backwards1934 backasswards1951 backassward1961 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 10023 Arður..t[eh] hine a-bac-ward in enne uald brade. a1325 (c1280) Southern Passion (Pepys 2344) (1927) l. 1810 (MED) Þe shrewes..þat among vs her beoþ Þat euere goþ a-bakward, and þe leng þe worse y-þeoþ. a1333 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 20 (MED) Heyl, leuedy, se-stoerre bryht..Þat turnst abakward eues nome [i.e. ave for Eva]. ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) iii. met. xii. l. 3068 Orpheus loked[e] abakwarde on Erudice his wijf. a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) f. 102^v (MED) Þe whiche beem may, wiþ drawyng of men wiþ ynne, be drawe abakward [v.r. bakward] and let fle..forward to þe walle. a1500 Partenay (Trin. Cambr.) l. 5888 Abakwarde smote he with hys swerde. 1875 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids v. 428 The while their lofty heads they draw abackward from the blow. 1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey II. xiii. 234 They cast them abackward and tossed up the brine with the oar. 1907 H. B. Alexander Mid Earth Life 38 'Tis the passion of the Deep Whose aching waters..abackward sweep. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adv.c1275
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