exemplumn.

Brit.

/ᵻɡˈzɛmpləm/,

/ɛɡˈzɛmpləm/, U.S.

/ɪɡˈzɛmpləm/,

/ɛɡˈzɛmpləm/

Inflections: Plural exempla.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin exemplum.

Etymology: < classical Latin exemplum example n. Compare earlier asaumple n., example n., exemplar n., sample n.

1. An example (in various senses); esp. an illustrative or typical example; an embodiment of a quality or thing.In quot. ?1482 used independently to introduce an example; cf. for example at example n. Phrases 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > [noun] > exemplifying some rule, activity, quality, etc. > serving to confirm or illustrate > illustrative

ylikenessOE

ensample1393

exemplum?1482

spectacle1579

?1482 Long Parvula sig. bij^v Hyt nede not att all tymys to expresse the ablatyffe case Exemplum they be goon, itur.

1534 N. Udall Floures for Latine Spekynge gathered oute of Terence f. 114^v The eloquence of Cicero is exemplum for vs to folowe, and Cicero selfe is exemplar, in whiche exemplum of eloquence is conteyned.

1641 E. Kellett Tricoenium Christi ii. xii. 296 Exemplar, is the person from whom we take Example: Exemplum, is the thing which is propounded to us to imitate.

1794 Brit. Critic Apr. 422 The exemplum of the edition with which he had been furnished by a friend.

1865 A. E. Sansom Chloroform xx. 176 The drawing of a tooth presents..a perfect exemplum of acute pain.

1880 N. K. Davis Theory of Thought 289 The syllogism..had properly a principium for its sumption, and an exemplum for its subsumption.

1909 Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. 8 546 In connection with the fourteenth century attitude toward the women under discussion, it may be worth while to refer to the way in which certain men were conventionalized into exempla of this or that.

1956 Ess. & Stud. New Ser. 9 57 Shakespeare, Blake and Dante: all three offering..exempla of the energy to be derived from sexual experience.

2011 Fortean Times Mar. 64/2 The feud between Alfred Russel Wallace and John Hampden and his ‘Planist’ colleagues over Flat Earth theory..—an exemplum of why it is unwise to tangle with fixed-belief obsessives.

2. spec. An illustrative or instructive story; a parable. Cf. example n. 1d.Originally and frequently in contexts relating to Christian teaching.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > parable, allegory, or apologue > [noun]

byspelc950

by-talea1300

forbyseninga1300

fable1340

parablec1384

similitudea1425

examplec1425

allegoryc1450

problema1500

apologuea1555

byworda1557

mythology1603

Aesopism1845

exemplum1883

1883 Catholic World Oct. 139 The exempla..which became a regular part of the mediæval popular sermon, were the sources of many of the favorite folk-stories.

1890 T. F. Crane J. de Vitry's Exempla p. lxxx The exempla which we have thus far examined have been illustrative stories intended for insertion in sermons.

1916 G. H. Gerould Saints' Legends vi. 185 For the regular festivals of the liturgical year, they give exempla, sometimes drawn from the lives of the saints and sometimes not.

1954 Year's Work Eng. Stud. 1952 63 An exemplum told to illustrate and enforce a thesis.

2014 Guardian (Nexis) 15 Mar. 7 Middlemarch is not to everyone's taste: some readers find Eliot's voice tiresomely bossy, forever interjecting an edifying moral exemplum.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	exemplum
释义	exemplumn. Brit. /ᵻɡˈzɛmpləm/, /ɛɡˈzɛmpləm/, U.S. /ɪɡˈzɛmpləm/, /ɛɡˈzɛmpləm/ Inflections: Plural exempla. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin exemplum. Etymology: < classical Latin exemplum example n. Compare earlier asaumple n., example n., exemplar n., sample n. 1. An example (in various senses); esp. an illustrative or typical example; an embodiment of a quality or thing.In quot. ?1482 used independently to introduce an example; cf. for example at example n. Phrases 3. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > [noun] > exemplifying some rule, activity, quality, etc. > serving to confirm or illustrate > illustrative ylikenessOE ensample1393 exemplum?1482 spectacle1579 ?1482 Long Parvula sig. bij^v Hyt nede not att all tymys to expresse the ablatyffe case Exemplum they be goon, itur. 1534 N. Udall Floures for Latine Spekynge gathered oute of Terence f. 114^v The eloquence of Cicero is exemplum for vs to folowe, and Cicero selfe is exemplar, in whiche exemplum of eloquence is conteyned. 1641 E. Kellett Tricoenium Christi ii. xii. 296 Exemplar, is the person from whom we take Example: Exemplum, is the thing which is propounded to us to imitate. 1794 Brit. Critic Apr. 422 The exemplum of the edition with which he had been furnished by a friend. 1865 A. E. Sansom Chloroform xx. 176 The drawing of a tooth presents..a perfect exemplum of acute pain. 1880 N. K. Davis Theory of Thought 289 The syllogism..had properly a principium for its sumption, and an exemplum for its subsumption. 1909 Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. 8 546 In connection with the fourteenth century attitude toward the women under discussion, it may be worth while to refer to the way in which certain men were conventionalized into exempla of this or that. 1956 Ess. & Stud. New Ser. 9 57 Shakespeare, Blake and Dante: all three offering..exempla of the energy to be derived from sexual experience. 2011 Fortean Times Mar. 64/2 The feud between Alfred Russel Wallace and John Hampden and his ‘Planist’ colleagues over Flat Earth theory..—an exemplum of why it is unwise to tangle with fixed-belief obsessives. 2. spec. An illustrative or instructive story; a parable. Cf. example n. 1d.Originally and frequently in contexts relating to Christian teaching. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > parable, allegory, or apologue > [noun] byspelc950 by-talea1300 forbyseninga1300 fable1340 parablec1384 similitudea1425 examplec1425 allegoryc1450 problema1500 apologuea1555 byworda1557 mythology1603 Aesopism1845 exemplum1883 1883 Catholic World Oct. 139 The exempla..which became a regular part of the mediæval popular sermon, were the sources of many of the favorite folk-stories. 1890 T. F. Crane J. de Vitry's Exempla p. lxxx The exempla which we have thus far examined have been illustrative stories intended for insertion in sermons. 1916 G. H. Gerould Saints' Legends vi. 185 For the regular festivals of the liturgical year, they give exempla, sometimes drawn from the lives of the saints and sometimes not. 1954 Year's Work Eng. Stud. 1952 63 An exemplum told to illustrate and enforce a thesis. 2014 Guardian (Nexis) 15 Mar. 7 Middlemarch is not to everyone's taste: some readers find Eliot's voice tiresomely bossy, forever interjecting an edifying moral exemplum. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1482
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