eleventh commandmentn.

Etymology: eleventh adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: eˈleventh coˈmmandment.

jocular and ironic.

A rule to be observed as strictly as if it were an addition to the ten commandments (cf. commandment n. 2d and John xiii. 34).

a. gen.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > serious saying, dictum > [noun] > as rule of conduct, etc.

precepta1325

form1484

principle?1533

tenenta1556

maxima1564

maxim1578

primate1596

teneta1620

brocarda1623

formulaa1638

sutra1801

eleventh commandment1857

metarule1945

1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago III. i. 37 ‘No one has a right to be idle.’ ‘Oh!’ groaned Claude; ‘where did you find that eleventh commandment?’

1886 E. Lynn Linton Paston Carew I. iii. 46 He had learned the eleventh commandment [sc. do not tell tales out of school] to the echo and was the safest confidant to be found within the four seas.

1970 R. Millar Abelard & Eloise i. iii. 9 Thou canst not serve God and woman. Gilles..You hear that, Peter? Fulbert has unearthed the Eleventh Commandment.

1979 Fowles & Horvat Tree 22 It was almost as if he had let one of his cordons grow as it liked, a blasphemous breaking of his own eleventh commandment: Thou shalt prune all trees.

1987 Church Times 28 Aug. 5/1 Rabbi Julia Neuberger..said that..perhaps the eleventh commandment should be ‘to treasure the environment we have for future generations’.

b. spec. ‘Thou shalt not be found out’ and variants. (The usual sense.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [noun] > without being found out

eleventh commandment1860

1860 G. J. Whyte Melville Holmby House I. xv. 213 Members..who wink conveniently at the infraction of every commandment in the Decalogue, provided you are scrupulous to keep the eleventh,..and which says, ‘thou shalt not be found out!’

1876 B. H. Buxton Jennie of ‘the Prince's’ III. xiii. 314 I could never have survived being ‘found out’, so I had to pay heavily. After all, that eleventh commandment is the only one that it is vitally important to keep in these days.

1912 Intimacies of Court & Society ii. 30 The pariahs of England, that land sacred to the eleventh commandment, ‘Thou shalt not be found out’.

1970 N. Fleming Czech Point (1971) viii. 98 I reminded myself of another of his maxims—the one that he called the 11^th commandment: ‘Don't get caught’.

1984 in Amer. Speech (1985) 60 247 Do English gentlemen have mistresses, or do they religiously observe the eleventh commandment: thou shalt not be found out?

c. U.S. ‘Thou shalt not speak ill of other Republicans’ and variants.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [noun] > principles or policies

federalism1787

state rights1787

colonizationism1831

hunkerism1845

Reconstructionism1881

Little Americanism1898

Point Four1949

fairness doctrine1952

new frontier1961

Great Society1964

eleventh commandment1966

Nixon Doctrine1969

1966 Los Angeles Times 3 June 3/6 The candidate [sc. Ronald Reagan]..declared in response to a question at a Pacific Telephone public affairs forum that he would not break the so-called 11^th commandment which prohibits Republicans from speaking ill of each other.

1975 in Amer. Speech (1985) 60 246 [Ronald Reagan] believes in the so-called eleventh commandment: Thou shalt not speak ill of other Republicans.

1976 New Yorker 15 Mar. 111/3 Mrs. Perry Duryea, in dramatic violation of the Eleventh Commandment according to Ronald Reagan—that a Republican should not speak ill of another Republican—announced..that..Rockefeller was not fit for the Vice-Presidency or any other office.

1985 Amer. Speech 60 244 In its most common formulation the Eleventh Commandment enjoins Republicans not to bad-mouth other Republicans.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	eleventh commandment
释义	eleventh commandmentn. Etymology: eleventh adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: eˈleventh coˈmmandment. jocular and ironic. A rule to be observed as strictly as if it were an addition to the ten commandments (cf. commandment n. 2d and John xiii. 34). a. gen. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > serious saying, dictum > [noun] > as rule of conduct, etc. precepta1325 form1484 principle?1533 tenenta1556 maxima1564 maxim1578 primate1596 teneta1620 brocarda1623 formulaa1638 sutra1801 eleventh commandment1857 metarule1945 1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago III. i. 37 ‘No one has a right to be idle.’ ‘Oh!’ groaned Claude; ‘where did you find that eleventh commandment?’ 1886 E. Lynn Linton Paston Carew I. iii. 46 He had learned the eleventh commandment [sc. do not tell tales out of school] to the echo and was the safest confidant to be found within the four seas. 1970 R. Millar Abelard & Eloise i. iii. 9 Thou canst not serve God and woman. Gilles..You hear that, Peter? Fulbert has unearthed the Eleventh Commandment. 1979 Fowles & Horvat Tree 22 It was almost as if he had let one of his cordons grow as it liked, a blasphemous breaking of his own eleventh commandment: Thou shalt prune all trees. 1987 Church Times 28 Aug. 5/1 Rabbi Julia Neuberger..said that..perhaps the eleventh commandment should be ‘to treasure the environment we have for future generations’. b. spec. ‘Thou shalt not be found out’ and variants. (The usual sense.) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [noun] > without being found out eleventh commandment1860 1860 G. J. Whyte Melville Holmby House I. xv. 213 Members..who wink conveniently at the infraction of every commandment in the Decalogue, provided you are scrupulous to keep the eleventh,..and which says, ‘thou shalt not be found out!’ 1876 B. H. Buxton Jennie of ‘the Prince's’ III. xiii. 314 I could never have survived being ‘found out’, so I had to pay heavily. After all, that eleventh commandment is the only one that it is vitally important to keep in these days. 1912 Intimacies of Court & Society ii. 30 The pariahs of England, that land sacred to the eleventh commandment, ‘Thou shalt not be found out’. 1970 N. Fleming Czech Point (1971) viii. 98 I reminded myself of another of his maxims—the one that he called the 11^th commandment: ‘Don't get caught’. 1984 in Amer. Speech (1985) 60 247 Do English gentlemen have mistresses, or do they religiously observe the eleventh commandment: thou shalt not be found out? c. U.S. ‘Thou shalt not speak ill of other Republicans’ and variants. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [noun] > principles or policies federalism1787 state rights1787 colonizationism1831 hunkerism1845 Reconstructionism1881 Little Americanism1898 Point Four1949 fairness doctrine1952 new frontier1961 Great Society1964 eleventh commandment1966 Nixon Doctrine1969 1966 Los Angeles Times 3 June 3/6 The candidate [sc. Ronald Reagan]..declared in response to a question at a Pacific Telephone public affairs forum that he would not break the so-called 11^th commandment which prohibits Republicans from speaking ill of each other. 1975 in Amer. Speech (1985) 60 246 [Ronald Reagan] believes in the so-called eleventh commandment: Thou shalt not speak ill of other Republicans. 1976 New Yorker 15 Mar. 111/3 Mrs. Perry Duryea, in dramatic violation of the Eleventh Commandment according to Ronald Reagan—that a Republican should not speak ill of another Republican—announced..that..Rockefeller was not fit for the Vice-Presidency or any other office. 1985 Amer. Speech 60 244 In its most common formulation the Eleventh Commandment enjoins Republicans not to bad-mouth other Republicans. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1857
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