eldestadj.

/ˈɛldɪst/

Forms: Old English eldest(a, ældest(a, (West Saxon ieldest(a, yldest(a), yltst, Middle English ylste, Middle English ealdeste, eldeste, Middle English eldast, eldost, eldust, ( heldast, heldest, Middle English eeldist), Middle English– eldest, northern eildest.

Etymology: Old English ęldest(a , superlative of Old English ald (West Saxon eald ) old adj.; compare Old Frisian eldest(a , Old High German altist(o (modern German ältest(e) , Gothic alþist(a < Old Germanic *aldisto- (-on- ). See elder adj.

The original form of the superlative of old adj.; now superseded by oldest adj. except in special uses.

†1. Of persons or things: Most aged, farthest advanced in age. Also absol. quasi-n. Obsolete in general sense: replaced by oldest adj.It is, however, still not unusual to speak of ‘the (two or three) eldest members of a family,’ ‘the eldest of the company,’ etc.; but this is due either to some slight notion of precedence or superior rank conferred by seniority, or to the wish to avoid the implication that the persons are, absolutely, old.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > age > [adjective] > older than an age > eldest

eldestc1000

mostc1275

heldesta1400

oldest1478

greatest1535

patriarchal1806

aîné1831

the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > oldest

eldestc1000

oldesta1425

c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xxiii. 11 Seðe eower yltst [c1160 Hatton G. yldest] sy beo se eower þen.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1361 Gloigin hehte þa alre elduste [c1300 Otho heldeste].

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 5847 Wid the eldest folk of israel.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. liii. [lii.] 190 The eldest man that lyuyng neuer saw nor herde of the lyke.

1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 323 A sexta or xx unces of the eldest wine.

1611 Bible (King James) John viii. 9 They..went out..beginning at the eldest, euen vnto the last [so 1881 in R.V.] .

1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) vi. 30 A man shall see where there is a house full of children, one, or two of the eldest respected.

2. The firstborn, or the oldest surviving (member of a family, son, daughter, etc.). Also quasi-n.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [adjective] > first-born

eldestc1000

first-begottenc1350

first-gottena1382

firstbornc1384

first-gendereda1398

first-kinneda1400

oldest1478

ayne1483

first-conceived1574

eigne1586

eldest-born1608

primogenit1619

first-begot1671

primogenitala1706

old1706

primogenitary1827

primogenitive1842

c1000 Ælfric Genesis xliv. 12 He sohte fram þam yldestan oþ þone gingestan.

c1175 Cott. Hom. 227 Se asprang of Noes ylste sune.

c1230 Hali Meid. 41 Heo of alle unþeawes is his ealdeste dohter.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1464 Þa ældeste [c1300 Otho eldeste] dohter haihte Gornoille .

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 381 Normandye hys erytage he ȝef hys eldoste sone Roberd þe Courtese.

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 4790 Þe eldost [c1425 Harl. aldest] hous al so.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum vi. xiv. 199 Lawe woll that the eldest sone haue the more parte of therytage.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4119 An was eildest o þe elleuen..ruben.

a1400–50 Alexander 2319 Heldest child.

c1480 (a1400) St. Nicholas 104 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 484 His heldast douchtyre.

c1600 Wriothesley's Chron. Eng. (1875) I. 50 The Erle of Ruttlandes eldyste daughter.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) i. i. 159 Good old Sir Roberts wiues eldest sonne.

1715 D. Defoe Family Instructor I. i. v. 112 The Daughter had not yet heard of it, nor the eldest Son.

1806 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. VI. 298 The eldest son had but an estate for life.

1827 T. Jarman Powell's Ess. Learning of Devises (ed. 3) II. 345 A testator..desired that the first annuity..might devolve upon the eldest child.

1887 R. Garnett Life Carlyle 12 Carlyle was the eldest of nine children.

3. Earliest, first produced; first, most ancient. archaic. Also quasi-n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adjective] > first or prior to all others

formec888

eldestc897

firstlOE

originalc1350

foremosta1400

furthermost?a1400

primary?a1425

primatea1425

primea1500

arch1574

soon1591

origin1632

utter1634

premier1652

aboriginary1653

furthest1653

fontal1656

principial1699

première1768

protological1936

first-ever1955

c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xliii. 313 Ðæt we gemyndgiað ðære scylde þe ure ieldesta mæg us on forworhte.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 104 He [God] is þe eldeste and þe meste yknawe.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 406 In the eeldist tyme.

1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie iv. vii. 180 Neither is the example of the eldest Churches a whit more auaileable.

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. iii. 37 My offence..hath the primall eldest curse vppont.

1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. xxxix. 95 Of imprisonment there was little use in the eldest times.

1681 J. Dryden Absalom & Achitophel 15 And Self-defence is Natures Eldest Law.

1773 Ld. Monboddo Orig. & Progress of Lang. (1774) I. i. vii. 87 Matter must be the eldest of things.

1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. xi. 275 Thou the eldest, thou the wisest, Guide me.

1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci v. iv. 102 Plead with the swift frost That it should spare the eldest flower of spring.

†4. Military. Senior in rank or standing. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1721 London Gaz. No. 5930/1 The eldest Battallion of Foot-Guards.

5. eldest hand n. Cards the first player; the right of playing first.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > [noun] > card-player > first, last, etc., player

eldest hand1599

younger hand1669

youngest hand1674

leader1677

fourth1803

1599 J. Minsheu Pleasant Dialogues Spanish & Eng. 26 in R. Percyvall & J. Minsheu Spanish Gram. I did lift an ace..I a fower..I a sixe, whereby I am the eldest hand.

1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester xv. 130 If there be three Kings..&c. turn'd up, the eldest hand wins it.

1719 T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth I. 99 The 'tothers eldest Hand Gave Hopes to make a Jest on 't.

1876 A. Campbell-Walker Correct Card Gloss. p. xi Eldest hand, the player on the dealer's left hand.

†6. eldest part n. Law Obsolete (see quot. 1641.)

ΚΠ

1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 137 The eldest part. Enitia pars is that part that upon partition amongst coparceners falls unto the eldest sister or auncientest coparcener.

Compounds

eldest-born n.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [adjective] > first-born

eldestc1000

first-begottenc1350

first-gottena1382

firstbornc1384

first-gendereda1398

first-kinneda1400

oldest1478

ayne1483

first-conceived1574

eigne1586

eldest-born1608

primogenit1619

first-begot1671

primogenitala1706

old1706

primogenitary1827

primogenitive1842

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear i. 49 Gonorill our eldest borne, speake first.

1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes i. 7 Man..the eldest-born of a certain genealogy.

eldest-hearted adj.

ΚΠ

1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia I. i. 12 They had elected Pambo for their abbot..eldest-hearted of them.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	eldest
释义	eldestadj. /ˈɛldɪst/ Forms: Old English eldest(a, ældest(a, (West Saxon ieldest(a, yldest(a), yltst, Middle English ylste, Middle English ealdeste, eldeste, Middle English eldast, eldost, eldust, ( heldast, heldest, Middle English eeldist), Middle English– eldest, northern eildest. Etymology: Old English ęldest(a , superlative of Old English ald (West Saxon eald ) old adj.; compare Old Frisian eldest(a , Old High German altist(o (modern German ältest(e) , Gothic alþist(a < Old Germanic aldisto- (-on-* ). See elder adj. The original form of the superlative of old adj.; now superseded by oldest adj. except in special uses. †1. Of persons or things: Most aged, farthest advanced in age. Also absol. quasi-n. Obsolete in general sense: replaced by oldest adj.It is, however, still not unusual to speak of ‘the (two or three) eldest members of a family,’ ‘the eldest of the company,’ etc.; but this is due either to some slight notion of precedence or superior rank conferred by seniority, or to the wish to avoid the implication that the persons are, absolutely, old. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > [adjective] > older than an age > eldest eldestc1000 mostc1275 heldesta1400 oldest1478 greatest1535 patriarchal1806 aîné1831 the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > oldest eldestc1000 oldesta1425 c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xxiii. 11 Seðe eower yltst [c1160 Hatton G. yldest] sy beo se eower þen. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1361 Gloigin hehte þa alre elduste [c1300 Otho heldeste]. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 5847 Wid the eldest folk of israel. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. liii. [lii.] 190 The eldest man that lyuyng neuer saw nor herde of the lyke. 1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 323 A sexta or xx unces of the eldest wine. 1611 Bible (King James) John viii. 9 They..went out..beginning at the eldest, euen vnto the last [so 1881 in R.V.] . View more context for this quotation 1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) vi. 30 A man shall see where there is a house full of children, one, or two of the eldest respected. 2. The firstborn, or the oldest surviving (member of a family, son, daughter, etc.). Also quasi-n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [adjective] > first-born eldestc1000 first-begottenc1350 first-gottena1382 firstbornc1384 first-gendereda1398 first-kinneda1400 oldest1478 ayne1483 first-conceived1574 eigne1586 eldest-born1608 primogenit1619 first-begot1671 primogenitala1706 old1706 primogenitary1827 primogenitive1842 c1000 Ælfric Genesis xliv. 12 He sohte fram þam yldestan oþ þone gingestan. c1175 Cott. Hom. 227 Se asprang of Noes ylste sune. c1230 Hali Meid. 41 Heo of alle unþeawes is his ealdeste dohter. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1464 Þa ældeste [c1300 Otho eldeste] dohter haihte Gornoille . 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 381 Normandye hys erytage he ȝef hys eldoste sone Roberd þe Courtese. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 4790 Þe eldost [c1425 Harl. aldest] hous al so. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum vi. xiv. 199 Lawe woll that the eldest sone haue the more parte of therytage. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4119 An was eildest o þe elleuen..ruben. a1400–50 Alexander 2319 Heldest child. c1480 (a1400) St. Nicholas 104 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 484 His heldast douchtyre. c1600 Wriothesley's Chron. Eng. (1875) I. 50 The Erle of Ruttlandes eldyste daughter. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) i. i. 159 Good old Sir Roberts wiues eldest sonne. View more context for this quotation 1715 D. Defoe Family Instructor I. i. v. 112 The Daughter had not yet heard of it, nor the eldest Son. 1806 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. VI. 298 The eldest son had but an estate for life. 1827 T. Jarman Powell's Ess. Learning of Devises (ed. 3) II. 345 A testator..desired that the first annuity..might devolve upon the eldest child. 1887 R. Garnett Life Carlyle 12 Carlyle was the eldest of nine children. 3. Earliest, first produced; first, most ancient. archaic. Also quasi-n. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adjective] > first or prior to all others formec888 eldestc897 firstlOE originalc1350 foremosta1400 furthermost?a1400 primary?a1425 primatea1425 primea1500 arch1574 soon1591 origin1632 utter1634 premier1652 aboriginary1653 furthest1653 fontal1656 principial1699 première1768 protological1936 first-ever1955 c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xliii. 313 Ðæt we gemyndgiað ðære scylde þe ure ieldesta mæg us on forworhte. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 104 He [God] is þe eldeste and þe meste yknawe. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 406 In the eeldist tyme. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie iv. vii. 180 Neither is the example of the eldest Churches a whit more auaileable. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. iii. 37 My offence..hath the primall eldest curse vppont. View more context for this quotation 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. xxxix. 95 Of imprisonment there was little use in the eldest times. 1681 J. Dryden Absalom & Achitophel 15 And Self-defence is Natures Eldest Law. 1773 Ld. Monboddo Orig. & Progress of Lang. (1774) I. i. vii. 87 Matter must be the eldest of things. 1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. xi. 275 Thou the eldest, thou the wisest, Guide me. 1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci v. iv. 102 Plead with the swift frost That it should spare the eldest flower of spring. †4. Military. Senior in rank or standing. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1721 London Gaz. No. 5930/1 The eldest Battallion of Foot-Guards. 5. eldest hand n. Cards the first player; the right of playing first. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > [noun] > card-player > first, last, etc., player eldest hand1599 younger hand1669 youngest hand1674 leader1677 fourth1803 1599 J. Minsheu Pleasant Dialogues Spanish & Eng. 26 in R. Percyvall & J. Minsheu Spanish Gram. I did lift an ace..I a fower..I a sixe, whereby I am the eldest hand. 1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester xv. 130 If there be three Kings..&c. turn'd up, the eldest hand wins it. 1719 T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth I. 99 The 'tothers eldest Hand Gave Hopes to make a Jest on 't. 1876 A. Campbell-Walker Correct Card Gloss. p. xi Eldest hand, the player on the dealer's left hand. †6. eldest part n. Law Obsolete (see quot. 1641.) ΚΠ 1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 137 The eldest part. Enitia pars is that part that upon partition amongst coparceners falls unto the eldest sister or auncientest coparcener. Compounds eldest-born n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [adjective] > first-born eldestc1000 first-begottenc1350 first-gottena1382 firstbornc1384 first-gendereda1398 first-kinneda1400 oldest1478 ayne1483 first-conceived1574 eigne1586 eldest-born1608 primogenit1619 first-begot1671 primogenitala1706 old1706 primogenitary1827 primogenitive1842 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear i. 49 Gonorill our eldest borne, speake first. View more context for this quotation 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes i. 7 Man..the eldest-born of a certain genealogy. eldest-hearted adj. ΚΠ 1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia I. i. 12 They had elected Pambo for their abbot..eldest-hearted of them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.c897
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