† entreprenantadj.

Forms:

α. late Middle English intreprenaunt.

β. late Middle English entrepreignant, 1500s enterprenaunt, 1600s entreprenant.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French entreprenant, entreprendre.

Etymology: < Middle French, French entreprenant bold, daring, enterprising (14th cent.; 13th cent. in Old French as entrepreignant ), use as adjective of present participle of entreprendre to undertake (see enterprise v.).The Old French variant entrepreignant (apparently unattested in either Anglo-Norman or Middle French) reflects early variation in the stem of the French verb. With the α. forms compare inter- prefix.

Obsolete.

Of a person: bold, daring; enterprising.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > [adjective]

adventurousc1330

undertaking?a1400

entreprenantc1475

enterprising1601

attemptive1603

venturing1616

emprising1829

c1475 tr. C. de Pisan Livre du Corps de Policie (Cambr.) (1977) 118 Gentillmen that be so noryshed be mor intreprenaunt [1521 enterprenaunt] in the feete of werre.

a1500 Partenay (Trin. Cambr.) l. 5073 To partenay went Terry..yonge, lusty, ioly, inly fresh And gay, Hardy, myghty, fers, entrepreignant ay.

a1500 Partenay (Trin. Cambr.) l. 2504 A full good knight..wurthy, Entrepreignant, coragious, and hardy.

c1500 Melusine (1895) 122 The sawdan is hardy & enterprenaunt.

1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode iv. iii. 63 My young Master, whom your Mother durst not trust upon salt water, but left you to be your own Tutour at fourteen, to be very brisk and entreprenant.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	entreprenant
释义	† entreprenantadj. Forms: α. late Middle English intreprenaunt. β. late Middle English entrepreignant, 1500s enterprenaunt, 1600s entreprenant. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French entreprenant, entreprendre. Etymology: < Middle French, French entreprenant bold, daring, enterprising (14th cent.; 13th cent. in Old French as entrepreignant ), use as adjective of present participle of entreprendre to undertake (see enterprise v.).The Old French variant entrepreignant (apparently unattested in either Anglo-Norman or Middle French) reflects early variation in the stem of the French verb. With the α. forms compare inter- prefix. Obsolete. Of a person: bold, daring; enterprising. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > [adjective] adventurousc1330 undertaking?a1400 entreprenantc1475 enterprising1601 attemptive1603 venturing1616 emprising1829 c1475 tr. C. de Pisan Livre du Corps de Policie (Cambr.) (1977) 118 Gentillmen that be so noryshed be mor intreprenaunt [1521 enterprenaunt] in the feete of werre. a1500 Partenay (Trin. Cambr.) l. 5073 To partenay went Terry..yonge, lusty, ioly, inly fresh And gay, Hardy, myghty, fers, entrepreignant ay. a1500 Partenay (Trin. Cambr.) l. 2504 A full good knight..wurthy, Entrepreignant, coragious, and hardy. c1500 Melusine (1895) 122 The sawdan is hardy & enterprenaunt. 1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode iv. iii. 63 My young Master, whom your Mother durst not trust upon salt water, but left you to be your own Tutour at fourteen, to be very brisk and entreprenant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.c1475
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