单词 | above the common |
释义 | > as lemmasabove (or beyond, out of) the common a. With the. That which is ordinary or undistinguished. Frequently in above (or beyond, out of) the common: extraordinary; unusual.In quot. 1966 short for common stock n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > especially or particularly [phrase] > rare above (or beyond, out of) the common1743 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions Ep. Ded. sig. *ij My booke..craues the fauour of some speciall countenaunce farre aboue the common, or else it can not possiblie procure free passage. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iv. i. 33 Your Sonne Will or exceed the Common, or be caught With cautelous baits and practice. View more context for this quotation 1743 H. Walpole Let. 12 May (1842) I. 322 My joy is beyond the common, for I flatter myself this victory will save us one. 1780 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 2) IV. iv. 75 A man above the common. 1836 R. W. Emerson Nature viii. 92 To see the miraculous in the common. 1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 292 Forethought which was quite out of the common with them. 1966 ‘E. Lathen’ Murder makes Wheels go Round i. 4 ‘We're thinking in terms of an offering of one million five of the common,’ he said. 2014 Star (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 25 June 120 Most people are searching for someone or something to follow, but if they can't see you rising above the common, the mediocrity, they will not be able to change their course and unite with you on yours. < as lemmas |
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