exhibitionn.

Brit.

/ˌɛksᵻˈbɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌɛksəˈbɪʃən/

Forms: Middle English–1500s exibicion, exibycion, Middle English ( exebucion, exhebicion), exhibicion, exhibycion, exhybycyon, 1600s ( exhibicon), 1500s– exhibition.

Etymology: < Old French exhibicion, French exhibition, < late Latin exhibitiōn-em , noun of action < exhibēre to exhibit v.

I. The action of providing or furnishing.

†1.

a. Maintenance, support. Obsolete. [Compare late Latin exhibitio et tegumentum = ‘food and raiment’ (Forcellini).]

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > provision of means of support or livelihood

substancec1384

maintenance1389

sustenance1389

sustentation1389

sustaining1395

findingc1400

uphold1439

retainment1449

exhibition?a1475

entertainment?c1475

upholdingc1480

entertaininga1492

sustenation1496

support1561

alimentation1590

alimony1622

enablement1626

subsisting1698

keep1801

life support1852

palimony1977

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1879) VII. 259 Havynge..a litelle summe assignede to his exhibicion.

1480 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 65 I will that..oon parte therof to be applied and conuerted to thexibicion and sustentacion of a perpetuall chapleyn.

1567 R. Mulcaster tr. J. Fortescue Learned Commendation Lawes Eng. f. 114 Charges for the exhibition [L. exhibitione] of theire chyldren.

a1627 J. Fletcher & T. Middleton Nice Valour iii. iv, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Uuu3/2 My maintenance rascals; my Bulk, my exhibition.

1711 J. Strype Life Abp. Parker ii. xvii. 253 To bestow 8l. of the said 10l...towards the Use and Exhibition of Three Grammar Scholars.

†b. The ‘foundation’ of a grammar-school.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > educational administration > school administration > [noun] > governing body or foundation

exhibition15..

college1536

15.. in Whiston Cathedral Trusts 12 That no childe be admitted to thexhibicion of the said churche, whose father is knowne to be worthe in goodes above ccc^li.

†2.

a. singular and plural. An allowance of money for a person's support; a pension, salary. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > payment to maintain estate or carry on work

exhibition1498

pension fee1601

pension money1663

malikana1840

1498 Patent Roll 13 Hen. VII On reasonable wages or exebucion.

1501 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 163 He sendeth you but x^li towards the exibicions of my nese his wyfe.

1635 R. Boyle Diary in Lismore Papers (1886) 1st Ser. IV. 138 50^li was lent to my son..which I am to abate owt of his next Easter exhibicon.

1676 W. Wycherley Plain-dealer v. i He must have a setled Exhibition of forty pounds a Year.

1714 J. Swift Pres. State Affairs (1741) 22 He..is..driven to live in Exile upon a small Exhibition.

†b. A gift, present. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun]

givec888

lakeOE

presentc1230

giftc1275

garrison1297

benefit1377

beneficec1380

givinga1382

handsela1393

donativec1430

oblation1433

propine1448

presentationc1460

don1524

sportule1538

premie?1548

first penny1557

donation1577

exhibition1579

donary1582

fairing1584

merced1589

gifture1592

meed1613

recado1615

regalo1622

regale1649

dation1656

compliment1702

dashee1705

dash1788

cadeau1808

bestowment1837

potlatch1844

prez.1919

Harry Freeman's1925

pressie1933

1579 W. Fulke Confut. Treat. N. Sander in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 553 His owne bondslaues, whom he hyreth with a little exhibition, to blase his charitie.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. iii. 73 I would not doe such a thing for a ioynt ring..nor any such exhibition.

†a. Pecuniary assistance given to a university student (obsolete in general sense).

ΚΠ

1528 J. Skelton Honorificatissimo: Replycacion agaynst Yong Scolers sig. Av To gyve you exhibycion To mainteyne with your skoles.

1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxix. 195 They will giue a scholer some petie poore exhibition to seeme to be religious.

1598 E. Guilpin Skialetheia sig. A7 I haue sized in Cambridge, and my friends a season Some exhibition for me there disburst.

b. Now only spec. A fixed sum given for a term of years from the funds of a school, college, or university, generally upon the result of a competitive examination. Cf. bursary n. 3 and scholarship n.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > educational administration > [noun] > scholarships

scholarship1535

demyship1536

burse1560

exhibition1631

travelling fellowship1694

bursary1733

travelling scholarship1798

studentship1802

Newcastle1832

pupilship1838

Newcastle1845

state scholarship1849

Ireland1861

bursarship1864

schol1888

freeship1893

Rhodes scholarship1902

Fulbright1952

schoolmaster studentship1957

assisted place1977

Rhodes1994

1631 T. Adams in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) (Camden) 146 An exhibition of £40 per annum for two or three years.

1692 Sir R. Bulkeley in Evelyn's Mem. (1857) III. 323 At St. Paul's school he was chosen (with a small exhibition of £10 a year..) to go off to Cambridge.

1772 S. Denne & W. Shrubsole Hist. Rochester 91 A yearly exhibition was to be paid to four scholars.

1806 K. White Let. 30 June My last term bill amounts only to £4 5s. 3d., after my exhibitions are deducted.

1886 Oxf. Univ. Cal. 37 Candidates for the [Junior Mathematical] Exhibition must be Members of the University who have not exceeded eight Terms from their matriculation inclusively.

II. Senses relating to medicine.

4. Medicine. The administration of a remedy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > [noun] > administration of treatment

administration?a1425

application?a1425

medicining?a1425

ministration?a1425

ministering1530

physicking1610

exhibiting1620

adhibition1654

exhibition1785

medicamenting1823

1785 J. Pearson in Med. Communications 2 77 The most proper remedy against such a diarrhœa, is the exhibition of a cathartic.

1806 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 15 101 During the exhibition of all these medicines, purgative glysters also..were used.

1875 B. Meadows Clin. Observ. 28 As the result of the exhibition of arsenical treatment.

III. The action of exhibiting or displaying, and related uses.

a. The action of exhibiting, submitting for inspection, displaying or holding up to view; manifestation; visible show or display (of a feeling, quality, etc.); an instance of this. Const. of.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > manifestation > [noun]

uppingc950

showingOE

propositiona1382

evidencec1384

musterc1400

manifestation?a1425

demonstrationc1450

ostension1474

demonstrance1509

ostentationa1513

forthsetting1528

apparition1533

manifesting1536

outshow1547

objection1554

displaying1556

proclamation1567

discovery1576

remonstrance1583

appearance1587

explicature1592

ostent1600

object1609

showing forth1615

innotescencea1631

presentment1637

deplication1648

display1661

exertion1668

extraversion1675

exhibitiona1677

exertment1696

show-off1776

unfoldment1850

outcrop1854

outplay1859

eclosion1889

a1677 I. Barrow Serm. Several Occasions (1678) 462 The ancient exhibition of a gracious Promise.

1692 J. Ray Misc. Disc. Dissolution World ix. 184 The Exhibition of the Messiah.

1701 N. Grew Cosmol. Sacra ii. iv. §17 What are all Mechanick Works, but the Sensible Exhibition of Mathematick Demonstrations?

1755 N. Magens Ess. Insurances I. 453 The Exhibition of the usual Clearances and Certificates.

a1780 J. Harris Philol. Inq. (1781) ii. vi. 139 A dramatic piece, or play is the exhibition of an action.

1833 T. Chalmers On Power of God (1835) I. v. 208 Anger, if we but study its history and actual exhibitions.

1850 A. Jameson Legends Monastic Orders 101 However outrageous the pride of Dunstan, he never would have dared such an exhibition of presumption.

b. The action of producing (an object of litigation) in court.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > [noun] > production of object

exhibition1880

1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius Institutes iv. 341 He is pursuer who desires exhibition or restitution.

c. Scots Law. An action for compelling production or delivery of writings.

ΚΠ

1861 in G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev. ed.)

d. concrete. Something that is exhibited; a display, sight, spectacle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > [noun] > sight or spectacle

sightc950

showingOE

spectacle1434

inspectionc1460

show1536

object1588

eyemark1595

theatre1606

theorya1626

exhibit1676

exhibition1786

something to see (or look at)1808

eyeful1858

spectacular1890

1786 W. Gilpin Observ. Mountains & Lakes Cumberland I. p. xxvii The windings of a noble river—or some other exhibition.

?1790 J. Imison Curious & Misc. Articles (new ed.) 51 in School of Arts (ed. 2) Some excellent prints..held in great esteem among the admirers of exhibitions of this kind.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 665 Exhibitions which humane men generally avoid.

e. to make an exhibition of oneself: to behave in such an ostentatious or conspicuous manner as to appear contemptible or laughable. colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > deride, ridicule, or mock [verb (intransitive)] > appear ridiculous

to make an exhibition of oneself1854

1854 C. Dickens Child's Hist. Eng. III. xxxii. 162 His Sowship was making such an exhibition of himself..as is not often seen in any sty.

1914 G. B. Shaw Misalliance 83 I know Ive made a silly exhibition of myself here.

1935 I. Compton-Burnett House & its Head i. 10 Am I to believe it was you, who chose to make an exhibition of yourself with a maid-servant behind the house?

a. A public display (of works of art, manufactured articles, natural productions, etc.); also, the place where the display is made. In early quots. often spec. the exhibition of pictures of the Royal Academy; now applied esp. to those exhibitions on a large scale of which the ‘Great Exhibition’ held in London in 1851 was the first and typical example.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > a public show or spectacle > [noun]

spectaclea1340

speculationc1440

steracle14..

triumphc1503

show1565

sprank1568

ostentation1598

presentationa1616

exposition1649

gauds1652

raree-show1681

spectacle1749

exhibition1761

draw1881

spectacular1890

society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > an exhibition > [noun]

display1661

exhibition1761

show shop1772

travelling exhibition1800

show1831

exposition1851

showing1885

exhibit1894

étalage1900

show-up1931

installation1969

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > display of pictures > [noun] > exhibition

exhibition1761

picture show1858

one-man show1879

biennial1928

retrospective1929

biennale1968

1761 S. Johnson Let. 10 June (1992) I. 199 The Artists have instituted a yearly exhibition of pictures and statues... This year was the second exhibition.

1818 Ld. Byron Beppo lxxv. 39 No exhibition glares with annual pictures.

1824 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) II. ix. 183 Is it possible that the Exhibition has closed and ‘Silenus’ not been sold?

1851 Expositor 11 Jan. 163/3 The Exhibition is to be no mere fancy fair or amateur show-room.

1890 (title) Catalogue of the Royal Military Exhibition.

b. attributive and in other combinations.

ΚΠ

1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xxvii. 245 It was too late..to repair to the exhibition room.

1861 G. W. Thornbury Life Turner I. 91 The lad's own productions at Somerset House would have been quite enough to attract an exhibition-haunting amateur.

7. A public examination or display of the attainments of students. U.S.

ΚΠ

1786 P. M. Freneau Poems 352 Lines, intended for Mr. Peale's Exhibition, Philadelphia, May 10, 1784.

1829 Regul. Boston School Comm. 11 There shall be two general visitations of the schools annually, for the purpose of exhibition.

1829 Regul. Boston School Comm. 11 These exhibitions.

1887 J. Kirkland Zury 186 It was customary to have on February 22nd a school ‘Exhibition’ with speeches, dialogues, and so forth.

1899 E. E. Hale J. R. Lowell 29 They were within the number of twenty-four students [at Harvard] who had had honors at the several exhibitions.

1943 A. G. Powell I can go Home Again 51 At the close of the school next spring, we had the ‘Exhibition’, with charades, dialogues, recitations, and so forth.

Derivatives

exhiˈbitional adj. of or pertaining to an exhibition.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > an exhibition > [adjective] > relating to or suitable for

show1573

exhibitional1882

showpiece1945

preview1954

1882 J. Parker Apostolic Life (1884) III. 294 There is no touch of merely exhibitional genius.

1886 New Princeton Rev. I. 121 Madame and her suite had gone to partake of their yearly exhibitional refreshments.

exhiˈbitionize v. (intransitive) to frequent exhibitions.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > an exhibition > exhibit [verb (intransitive)] > frequent exhibitions

exhibitionize1834

1834 New Monthly Mag. 41 245 Hackneyed as we are in exhibitionizing, we did not contemplate this scene without the liveliest pleasure.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	exhibition
释义	exhibitionn. Brit. /ˌɛksᵻˈbɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌɛksəˈbɪʃən/ Forms: Middle English–1500s exibicion, exibycion, Middle English ( exebucion, exhebicion), exhibicion, exhibycion, exhybycyon, 1600s ( exhibicon), 1500s– exhibition. Etymology: < Old French exhibicion, French exhibition, < late Latin exhibitiōn-em , noun of action < exhibēre to exhibit v. I. The action of providing or furnishing. †1. a. Maintenance, support. Obsolete. [Compare late Latin exhibitio et tegumentum = ‘food and raiment’ (Forcellini).] ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > provision of means of support or livelihood substancec1384 maintenance1389 sustenance1389 sustentation1389 sustaining1395 findingc1400 uphold1439 retainment1449 exhibition?a1475 entertainment?c1475 upholdingc1480 entertaininga1492 sustenation1496 support1561 alimentation1590 alimony1622 enablement1626 subsisting1698 keep1801 life support1852 palimony1977 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1879) VII. 259 Havynge..a litelle summe assignede to his exhibicion. 1480 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 65 I will that..oon parte therof to be applied and conuerted to thexibicion and sustentacion of a perpetuall chapleyn. 1567 R. Mulcaster tr. J. Fortescue Learned Commendation Lawes Eng. f. 114 Charges for the exhibition [L. exhibitione] of theire chyldren. a1627 J. Fletcher & T. Middleton Nice Valour iii. iv, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Uuu3/2 My maintenance rascals; my Bulk, my exhibition. 1711 J. Strype Life Abp. Parker ii. xvii. 253 To bestow 8l. of the said 10l...towards the Use and Exhibition of Three Grammar Scholars. †b. The ‘foundation’ of a grammar-school. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > school administration > [noun] > governing body or foundation exhibition15.. college1536 15.. in Whiston Cathedral Trusts 12 That no childe be admitted to thexhibicion of the said churche, whose father is knowne to be worthe in goodes above ccc^li. †2. a. singular and plural. An allowance of money for a person's support; a pension, salary. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > payment to maintain estate or carry on work exhibition1498 pension fee1601 pension money1663 malikana1840 1498 Patent Roll 13 Hen. VII On reasonable wages or exebucion. 1501 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 163 He sendeth you but x^li towards the exibicions of my nese his wyfe. 1635 R. Boyle Diary in Lismore Papers (1886) 1st Ser. IV. 138 50^li was lent to my son..which I am to abate owt of his next Easter exhibicon. 1676 W. Wycherley Plain-dealer v. i He must have a setled Exhibition of forty pounds a Year. 1714 J. Swift Pres. State Affairs (1741) 22 He..is..driven to live in Exile upon a small Exhibition. †b. A gift, present. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun] givec888 lakeOE presentc1230 giftc1275 garrison1297 benefit1377 beneficec1380 givinga1382 handsela1393 donativec1430 oblation1433 propine1448 presentationc1460 don1524 sportule1538 premie?1548 first penny1557 donation1577 exhibition1579 donary1582 fairing1584 merced1589 gifture1592 meed1613 recado1615 regalo1622 regale1649 dation1656 compliment1702 dashee1705 dash1788 cadeau1808 bestowment1837 potlatch1844 prez.1919 Harry Freeman's1925 pressie1933 1579 W. Fulke Confut. Treat. N. Sander in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 553 His owne bondslaues, whom he hyreth with a little exhibition, to blase his charitie. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. iii. 73 I would not doe such a thing for a ioynt ring..nor any such exhibition. 3. †a. Pecuniary assistance given to a university student (obsolete in general sense). ΚΠ 1528 J. Skelton Honorificatissimo: Replycacion agaynst Yong Scolers sig. Av To gyve you exhibycion To mainteyne with your skoles. 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxix. 195 They will giue a scholer some petie poore exhibition to seeme to be religious. 1598 E. Guilpin Skialetheia sig. A7 I haue sized in Cambridge, and my friends a season Some exhibition for me there disburst. b. Now only spec. A fixed sum given for a term of years from the funds of a school, college, or university, generally upon the result of a competitive examination. Cf. bursary n. 3 and scholarship n. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > [noun] > scholarships scholarship1535 demyship1536 burse1560 exhibition1631 travelling fellowship1694 bursary1733 travelling scholarship1798 studentship1802 Newcastle1832 pupilship1838 Newcastle1845 state scholarship1849 Ireland1861 bursarship1864 schol1888 freeship1893 Rhodes scholarship1902 Fulbright1952 schoolmaster studentship1957 assisted place1977 Rhodes1994 1631 T. Adams in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) (Camden) 146 An exhibition of £40 per annum for two or three years. 1692 Sir R. Bulkeley in Evelyn's Mem. (1857) III. 323 At St. Paul's school he was chosen (with a small exhibition of £10 a year..) to go off to Cambridge. 1772 S. Denne & W. Shrubsole Hist. Rochester 91 A yearly exhibition was to be paid to four scholars. 1806 K. White Let. 30 June My last term bill amounts only to £4 5s. 3d., after my exhibitions are deducted. 1886 Oxf. Univ. Cal. 37 Candidates for the [Junior Mathematical] Exhibition must be Members of the University who have not exceeded eight Terms from their matriculation inclusively. II. Senses relating to medicine. 4. Medicine. The administration of a remedy. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > [noun] > administration of treatment administration?a1425 application?a1425 medicining?a1425 ministration?a1425 ministering1530 physicking1610 exhibiting1620 adhibition1654 exhibition1785 medicamenting1823 1785 J. Pearson in Med. Communications 2 77 The most proper remedy against such a diarrhœa, is the exhibition of a cathartic. 1806 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 15 101 During the exhibition of all these medicines, purgative glysters also..were used. 1875 B. Meadows Clin. Observ. 28 As the result of the exhibition of arsenical treatment. III. The action of exhibiting or displaying, and related uses. 5. a. The action of exhibiting, submitting for inspection, displaying or holding up to view; manifestation; visible show or display (of a feeling, quality, etc.); an instance of this. Const. of. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > [noun] uppingc950 showingOE propositiona1382 evidencec1384 musterc1400 manifestation?a1425 demonstrationc1450 ostension1474 demonstrance1509 ostentationa1513 forthsetting1528 apparition1533 manifesting1536 outshow1547 objection1554 displaying1556 proclamation1567 discovery1576 remonstrance1583 appearance1587 explicature1592 ostent1600 object1609 showing forth1615 innotescencea1631 presentment1637 deplication1648 display1661 exertion1668 extraversion1675 exhibitiona1677 exertment1696 show-off1776 unfoldment1850 outcrop1854 outplay1859 eclosion1889 a1677 I. Barrow Serm. Several Occasions (1678) 462 The ancient exhibition of a gracious Promise. 1692 J. Ray Misc. Disc. Dissolution World ix. 184 The Exhibition of the Messiah. 1701 N. Grew Cosmol. Sacra ii. iv. §17 What are all Mechanick Works, but the Sensible Exhibition of Mathematick Demonstrations? 1755 N. Magens Ess. Insurances I. 453 The Exhibition of the usual Clearances and Certificates. a1780 J. Harris Philol. Inq. (1781) ii. vi. 139 A dramatic piece, or play is the exhibition of an action. 1833 T. Chalmers On Power of God (1835) I. v. 208 Anger, if we but study its history and actual exhibitions. 1850 A. Jameson Legends Monastic Orders 101 However outrageous the pride of Dunstan, he never would have dared such an exhibition of presumption. b. The action of producing (an object of litigation) in court. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > [noun] > production of object exhibition1880 1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius Institutes iv. 341 He is pursuer who desires exhibition or restitution. c. Scots Law. An action for compelling production or delivery of writings. ΚΠ 1861 in G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev. ed.) d. concrete. Something that is exhibited; a display, sight, spectacle. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > [noun] > sight or spectacle sightc950 showingOE spectacle1434 inspectionc1460 show1536 object1588 eyemark1595 theatre1606 theorya1626 exhibit1676 exhibition1786 something to see (or look at)1808 eyeful1858 spectacular1890 1786 W. Gilpin Observ. Mountains & Lakes Cumberland I. p. xxvii The windings of a noble river—or some other exhibition. ?1790 J. Imison Curious & Misc. Articles (new ed.) 51 in School of Arts (ed. 2) Some excellent prints..held in great esteem among the admirers of exhibitions of this kind. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 665 Exhibitions which humane men generally avoid. e. to make an exhibition of oneself: to behave in such an ostentatious or conspicuous manner as to appear contemptible or laughable. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > deride, ridicule, or mock [verb (intransitive)] > appear ridiculous to make an exhibition of oneself1854 1854 C. Dickens Child's Hist. Eng. III. xxxii. 162 His Sowship was making such an exhibition of himself..as is not often seen in any sty. 1914 G. B. Shaw Misalliance 83 I know Ive made a silly exhibition of myself here. 1935 I. Compton-Burnett House & its Head i. 10 Am I to believe it was you, who chose to make an exhibition of yourself with a maid-servant behind the house? 6. a. A public display (of works of art, manufactured articles, natural productions, etc.); also, the place where the display is made. In early quots. often spec. the exhibition of pictures of the Royal Academy; now applied esp. to those exhibitions on a large scale of which the ‘Great Exhibition’ held in London in 1851 was the first and typical example. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > a public show or spectacle > [noun] spectaclea1340 speculationc1440 steracle14.. triumphc1503 show1565 sprank1568 ostentation1598 presentationa1616 exposition1649 gauds1652 raree-show1681 spectacle1749 exhibition1761 draw1881 spectacular1890 society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > an exhibition > [noun] display1661 exhibition1761 show shop1772 travelling exhibition1800 show1831 exposition1851 showing1885 exhibit1894 étalage1900 show-up1931 installation1969 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > display of pictures > [noun] > exhibition exhibition1761 picture show1858 one-man show1879 biennial1928 retrospective1929 biennale1968 1761 S. Johnson Let. 10 June (1992) I. 199 The Artists have instituted a yearly exhibition of pictures and statues... This year was the second exhibition. 1818 Ld. Byron Beppo lxxv. 39 No exhibition glares with annual pictures. 1824 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) II. ix. 183 Is it possible that the Exhibition has closed and ‘Silenus’ not been sold? 1851 Expositor 11 Jan. 163/3 The Exhibition is to be no mere fancy fair or amateur show-room. 1890 (title) Catalogue of the Royal Military Exhibition. b. attributive and in other combinations. ΚΠ 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xxvii. 245 It was too late..to repair to the exhibition room. 1861 G. W. Thornbury Life Turner I. 91 The lad's own productions at Somerset House would have been quite enough to attract an exhibition-haunting amateur. 7. A public examination or display of the attainments of students. U.S. ΚΠ 1786 P. M. Freneau Poems 352 Lines, intended for Mr. Peale's Exhibition, Philadelphia, May 10, 1784. 1829 Regul. Boston School Comm. 11 There shall be two general visitations of the schools annually, for the purpose of exhibition. 1829 Regul. Boston School Comm. 11 These exhibitions. 1887 J. Kirkland Zury 186 It was customary to have on February 22nd a school ‘Exhibition’ with speeches, dialogues, and so forth. 1899 E. E. Hale J. R. Lowell 29 They were within the number of twenty-four students [at Harvard] who had had honors at the several exhibitions. 1943 A. G. Powell I can go Home Again 51 At the close of the school next spring, we had the ‘Exhibition’, with charades, dialogues, recitations, and so forth. Derivatives exhiˈbitional adj. of or pertaining to an exhibition. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > an exhibition > [adjective] > relating to or suitable for show1573 exhibitional1882 showpiece1945 preview1954 1882 J. Parker Apostolic Life (1884) III. 294 There is no touch of merely exhibitional genius. 1886 New Princeton Rev. I. 121 Madame and her suite had gone to partake of their yearly exhibitional refreshments. exhiˈbitionize v. (intransitive) to frequent exhibitions.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > an exhibition > exhibit [verb (intransitive)] > frequent exhibitions exhibitionize1834 1834 New Monthly Mag. 41 245 Hackneyed as we are in exhibitionizing, we did not contemplate this scene without the liveliest pleasure. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.?a1475
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