exn.¹

Brit.

/ɛks/, U.S.

/ɛks/

Forms: Plural exes, ex's, exs.

Etymology: ex- prefix¹ 2a.

colloquial.

One who formerly occupied the position or office denoted by the context; spec. a former husband or wife.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > divorce or dissolution > [noun] > divorced person

divorcee1814

ex1929

used-to-be1942

DWM1977

1827 T. Moore Cash, Corn & Catholics 125 ‘But don't you perceive, dear, the Church have found out That you're one of the people call'd Ex's at present?’ ‘Ah, true—you have hit it..(his Lordship replies), And, with tears, I confess—God forgive me the pun!—We X's have proved ourselves not to be Y's.’

1915 Boston Pilot 13 Mar. 4/4 The various kinds of Ex's [sc. ex-Catholics] are allowed to advertise their nasty anti-Catholic talks.

1929 E. Wilson I thought of Daisy ii. 96 ‘Phil was your first husband, was he?’ ‘Yes: he's my ex,’ she said.

1930 D. Byrne Golden Goat ix. 68 Here was an ex-king, one of the first exes.

1944 A. Christie Towards Zero 25 Leonard's new wife and his Ex were the best of friends.

1971 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Feb. 30/3 His ‘ex’ also got away with every stick of furniture and household equipment.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

exn.²

Brit.

/ɛks/, U.S.

/ɛks/

Etymology: Shortened < expense n.

colloquial.

= expense n. 3c. Always in plural forms exes, ex's, exs (cf. quot. 1894 at X n. 11a).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [noun] > expenses

costningc1275

spense1297

costagesa1325

misesa1325

spenses1377

dispensec1380

expensesc1384

pensiona1387

costsc1390

resaillec1450

chargec1460

charges1514

outgiving1556

disbursement1607

going-outs1607

defalcation1622

outgoing1622

expense1632

outgoa1641

damage1755

outset1755

expenditure1791

outspend1859

ex1864

paid-out1883

outs1884

x's1894

1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) 129 Exes, expenses; written thus—EXS.

1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 156 Just enough to clear our exes.

1878 Porcupine 10 Aug. 295/2 You are..pretty sure to cover your ‘ex's’.

1883 Referee 18 Mar. 3/3 The piece was ready, but the ‘pieces’ were not, and without the exes Morton would not allow..the curtain to go up.

1908 A. Bennett Old Wives' Tale iv. i. 436 The mater will fork out all my exes.

1915 F. M. Hueffer Good Soldier iii. v. 203 I have offered to pay her ex's myself.

1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. iii. i. 482 I'll fix that too—stand all the exes.

1970 K. Giles Murder Pluperfect 85 Their ten thousand bucks per year plus exes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

exadj.

Brit.

/ɛks/, U.S.

/ɛks/

Etymology: ex- prefix¹ 2a.

colloquial.

Former, quondam; outdated, passé.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adjective] > former (of persons)

umquhile1431

old1435

quondam1547

ancient1681

ci-devant1790

ex1823

former1905

past1915

1823 Ld. Byron Age of Bronze xvii. 35 And the Ex-Empress grows as Ex a wife!

1892 R. Kipling Lett. of Trav. (1920) 91 Nothing looks so hopelessly ‘ex’ as a President ‘returned to stores’.

1952 P. G. Wodehouse Barmy in Wonderland xiii. 126 ‘I allude to my fiancée. Or, rather, my ex~fiancée.’ ‘Is she ex?’ ‘Ex to the last drop. You never saw anything Ex-er.’

1955 Times 16 June 12/2 ‘Is she a member, or an ex-member, of the Communist Party?’—‘She is an ex-member’. ‘When did she go ‘ex’?’

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

exv.

Brit.

/ɛks/, U.S.

/ɛks/

Etymology: < the pronunciation of the letter X.

transitive. To cross out; to delete with an x.

ΘΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > efface, obliterate [verb (transitive)] > erase by marking

strikec1386

to rub offa1425

cancelc1440

streakc1440

cross1483

outstrike1487

line1530

to strike out1530

dash1549

to strike off1597

cancellate1664

damask1673

score1687

to run through1817

overscore1834

blue-pencil1883

stroke1885

caviar1890

to stencil out1891

to strike through1898

ex1935

x1942

a1849 E. A. Poe X-ing a Paragrab in Wks. (1856) IV. 265 ‘I shell have to x this ere paragrab,’ said he... So x it he did, unflinchingly and to press it went x-ed.]

1935 R. Stout League of Frightened Men xiii. 157 He wasn't so good at the typewriter; he had exed out a good deal.

1958 D. Niland Call me when Cross turns Over iv. 126 Ex the lot out and give you the whole blank page to yourself.

1962 ‘A. Lejeune’ Duel in Shadows xi. 149 He exed out..‘e’ and ‘a’ and substituted ‘eye’ and ‘aye’.

1965 K. Giles Some Beasts no More vi. 163 ‘Was he a good typist?’ ‘Quite fast, sir, but a lot of exing out, not expert.’

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

exprep.

Brit.

/ɛks/, U.S.

/ɛks/

Etymology: < Latin ex out of (archaically also ec ), corresponding to Greek ἐξ , ἐκ (see ex- prefix²), Gaulish ex- (Old Welsh eh- in ehofn fearless), Old Irish ass, ess-, e-, Lithuanian iš, ? Old Church Slavonic izŭ (Russian iz). Before consonants sometimes reduced to ē.

1. In Latin phrases (some of which are in English written as single words), as ex animo n., ex parte adj., extempore v., ex-voto n., etc.

2. Commerce.

a. Used for ‘out of’, ‘landed from’ (a ship), with reference to goods. Similarly in phrase ex warehouse: (sold directly) from the warehouse.

ΚΠ

1874 Porcupine XV. 775/2 It is no unusual thing for brokers and merchants to sell their goods ‘ex quay’.

1884 Times 4 July 11 The landing shed..with its contents, about 100 tons of flax ex the Maria A. Hinde..was totally destroyed by fire.

1887 Daily News 8 July 6/8 During the week a good deal of business, ex-warehouse, has been transacted.

1888 Daily News 5 Oct. 5/3 The..price..is said to have been fully fivepence farthing a pound ex ship.

1955 Times 28 July 12/2 It was on an ex works basis.

1962 Times 13 Feb. 4/6 The cost, ex yard, is the same as for a boat built in this country.

1965 J. L. Hanson Dict. Econ. 164/2 Ex-quay, goods sold on this condition must be taken charge of by the purchaser after they have been landed from the ship.

1967 K. Giles Death in Diamonds ix. 170 All the billing is done ex London.

b. With sense ‘without,’ ‘exclusive of’; esp. in phrase ex dividend (abbreviated ex div. or x.d.), used with reference to sales of stocks or shares to indicate that the dividend next to be paid is not included in the sale. So formerly ex interest (abbreviated ex int., ex in., x.i.); also ex new (ex n., x.n.), intimating that the right to an allotment of new shares or stock is not included in the sale.

ΚΠ

1845 Times July [In the daily lists of prices of railway shares the following frequently occur], ex. div., x.d., ex in., ex int., x.i., ex new, ex n., x.n.

1877 R. Giffen Stock Exchange Securities 59 The price quickly rising from 125 cum div early in July to 136 ex div in September.

1878 E. C. Maddison Speculation on Stock Exchange ii. 13 After prices have been quoted ‘ex dividend’.

1882 R. Bithell Counting-house Dict. 122 Ex drawing. Since the prices of stocks and shares quoted in the official list carry with them the right to claim all accruing advantages in respect of those stocks or shares; and since the ‘drawings’ for the Sinking Fund or amortization are among those advantages, it is usual to state, about the time when drawings take place, whether the prices carry with them the right to the drawing, or whether that right has ceased. This is done by inserting, after the price, the phrase ‘ex drawing’ or ‘cum drawing’.

1885 Daily News 13 Mar. 2/1 New York Central Railway 92⁵/ ₈ 92⁷/ ₈ xd.

1893 R. Bithell Counting-house Dict. (rev. ed.) 118 Ex all (x all.). When these words are added to the quotation of the price of any stock, they signify that the coupon or dividend just due on such stock, and any preference claim to new stock, bonus, or other privilege arising from the possession of the stock sold, is retained by the seller.

1894 N.E.D. at Ex Mod. The custom-house expenses amount to £5, ex stamps.

1903 Pitman's Business Man's Guide Ex coupon,..without the interest coupon.

1906 in A. P. Poley & F. H. C. Gould Hist., Law & Pract. Stock Exchange (1907) 292 When Securities on which Options are open are quoted ‘Ex Rights’ an official price will..be fixed for the Rights.

1928 Daily Mail 25 July 19/3 Ex rights. Ex all. Ex bonus. Ex return capital. Ex drawing. Ex cash bonus.

1962 H. O. Beecheno Introd. Business Stud. vi. 59 The terms ‘xr’ (ex rights) or ‘xc’ (ex capital)..seen against the price. This means that the special rights extended to existing share~holders do not apply.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

> see also

also refers to : ex-prefix¹

also refers to : ex-prefix²

n.¹1827

n.²1864

adj.1823

v.1935

prep.1845

单词	ex
释义	exn.¹ Brit. /ɛks/, U.S. /ɛks/ Forms: Plural exes, ex's, exs. Etymology: ex- prefix¹ 2a. colloquial. One who formerly occupied the position or office denoted by the context; spec. a former husband or wife. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > divorce or dissolution > [noun] > divorced person divorcee1814 ex1929 used-to-be1942 DWM1977 1827 T. Moore Cash, Corn & Catholics 125 ‘But don't you perceive, dear, the Church have found out That you're one of the people call'd Ex's at present?’ ‘Ah, true—you have hit it..(his Lordship replies), And, with tears, I confess—God forgive me the pun!—We X's have proved ourselves not to be Y's.’ 1915 Boston Pilot 13 Mar. 4/4 The various kinds of Ex's [sc. ex-Catholics] are allowed to advertise their nasty anti-Catholic talks. 1929 E. Wilson I thought of Daisy ii. 96 ‘Phil was your first husband, was he?’ ‘Yes: he's my ex,’ she said. 1930 D. Byrne Golden Goat ix. 68 Here was an ex-king, one of the first exes. 1944 A. Christie Towards Zero 25 Leonard's new wife and his Ex were the best of friends. 1971 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Feb. 30/3 His ‘ex’ also got away with every stick of furniture and household equipment. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). exn.² Brit. /ɛks/, U.S. /ɛks/ Etymology: Shortened < expense n. colloquial. = expense n. 3c. Always in plural forms exes, ex's, exs (cf. quot. 1894 at X n. 11a). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [noun] > expenses costningc1275 spense1297 costagesa1325 misesa1325 spenses1377 dispensec1380 expensesc1384 pensiona1387 costsc1390 resaillec1450 chargec1460 charges1514 outgiving1556 disbursement1607 going-outs1607 defalcation1622 outgoing1622 expense1632 outgoa1641 damage1755 outset1755 expenditure1791 outspend1859 ex1864 paid-out1883 outs1884 x's1894 1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) 129 Exes, expenses; written thus—EXS. 1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 156 Just enough to clear our exes. 1878 Porcupine 10 Aug. 295/2 You are..pretty sure to cover your ‘ex's’. 1883 Referee 18 Mar. 3/3 The piece was ready, but the ‘pieces’ were not, and without the exes Morton would not allow..the curtain to go up. 1908 A. Bennett Old Wives' Tale iv. i. 436 The mater will fork out all my exes. 1915 F. M. Hueffer Good Soldier iii. v. 203 I have offered to pay her ex's myself. 1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. iii. i. 482 I'll fix that too—stand all the exes. 1970 K. Giles Murder Pluperfect 85 Their ten thousand bucks per year plus exes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). exadj. Brit. /ɛks/, U.S. /ɛks/ Etymology: ex- prefix¹ 2a. colloquial. Former, quondam; outdated, passé. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adjective] > former (of persons) umquhile1431 old1435 quondam1547 ancient1681 ci-devant1790 ex1823 former1905 past1915 1823 Ld. Byron Age of Bronze xvii. 35 And the Ex-Empress grows as Ex a wife! 1892 R. Kipling Lett. of Trav. (1920) 91 Nothing looks so hopelessly ‘ex’ as a President ‘returned to stores’. 1952 P. G. Wodehouse Barmy in Wonderland xiii. 126 ‘I allude to my fiancée. Or, rather, my ex~fiancée.’ ‘Is she ex?’ ‘Ex to the last drop. You never saw anything Ex-er.’ 1955 Times 16 June 12/2 ‘Is she a member, or an ex-member, of the Communist Party?’—‘She is an ex-member’. ‘When did she go ‘ex’?’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). exv. Brit. /ɛks/, U.S. /ɛks/ Etymology: < the pronunciation of the letter X. transitive. To cross out; to delete with an x. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > efface, obliterate [verb (transitive)] > erase by marking strikec1386 to rub offa1425 cancelc1440 streakc1440 cross1483 outstrike1487 line1530 to strike out1530 dash1549 to strike off1597 cancellate1664 damask1673 score1687 to run through1817 overscore1834 blue-pencil1883 stroke1885 caviar1890 to stencil out1891 to strike through1898 ex1935 x1942 a1849 E. A. Poe X-ing a Paragrab in Wks. (1856) IV. 265 ‘I shell have to x this ere paragrab,’ said he... So x it he did, unflinchingly and to press it went x-ed.] 1935 R. Stout League of Frightened Men xiii. 157 He wasn't so good at the typewriter; he had exed out a good deal. 1958 D. Niland Call me when Cross turns Over iv. 126 Ex the lot out and give you the whole blank page to yourself. 1962 ‘A. Lejeune’ Duel in Shadows xi. 149 He exed out..‘e’ and ‘a’ and substituted ‘eye’ and ‘aye’. 1965 K. Giles Some Beasts no More vi. 163 ‘Was he a good typist?’ ‘Quite fast, sir, but a lot of exing out, not expert.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). exprep. Brit. /ɛks/, U.S. /ɛks/ Etymology: < Latin ex out of (archaically also ec ), corresponding to Greek ἐξ , ἐκ (see ex- prefix²), Gaulish ex- (Old Welsh eh- in ehofn fearless), Old Irish ass, ess-, e-, Lithuanian iš, ? Old Church Slavonic izŭ (Russian iz). Before consonants sometimes reduced to ē. 1. In Latin phrases (some of which are in English written as single words), as ex animo n., ex parte adj., extempore v., ex-voto n., etc. 2. Commerce. a. Used for ‘out of’, ‘landed from’ (a ship), with reference to goods. Similarly in phrase ex warehouse: (sold directly) from the warehouse. ΚΠ 1874 Porcupine XV. 775/2 It is no unusual thing for brokers and merchants to sell their goods ‘ex quay’. 1884 Times 4 July 11 The landing shed..with its contents, about 100 tons of flax ex the Maria A. Hinde..was totally destroyed by fire. 1887 Daily News 8 July 6/8 During the week a good deal of business, ex-warehouse, has been transacted. 1888 Daily News 5 Oct. 5/3 The..price..is said to have been fully fivepence farthing a pound ex ship. 1955 Times 28 July 12/2 It was on an ex works basis. 1962 Times 13 Feb. 4/6 The cost, ex yard, is the same as for a boat built in this country. 1965 J. L. Hanson Dict. Econ. 164/2 Ex-quay, goods sold on this condition must be taken charge of by the purchaser after they have been landed from the ship. 1967 K. Giles Death in Diamonds ix. 170 All the billing is done ex London. b. With sense ‘without,’ ‘exclusive of’; esp. in phrase ex dividend (abbreviated ex div. or x.d.), used with reference to sales of stocks or shares to indicate that the dividend next to be paid is not included in the sale. So formerly ex interest (abbreviated ex int., ex in., x.i.); also ex new (ex n., x.n.), intimating that the right to an allotment of new shares or stock is not included in the sale. ΚΠ 1845 Times July [In the daily lists of prices of railway shares the following frequently occur], ex. div., x.d., ex in., ex int., x.i., ex new, ex n., x.n. 1877 R. Giffen Stock Exchange Securities 59 The price quickly rising from 125 cum div early in July to 136 ex div in September. 1878 E. C. Maddison Speculation on Stock Exchange ii. 13 After prices have been quoted ‘ex dividend’. 1882 R. Bithell Counting-house Dict. 122 Ex drawing. Since the prices of stocks and shares quoted in the official list carry with them the right to claim all accruing advantages in respect of those stocks or shares; and since the ‘drawings’ for the Sinking Fund or amortization are among those advantages, it is usual to state, about the time when drawings take place, whether the prices carry with them the right to the drawing, or whether that right has ceased. This is done by inserting, after the price, the phrase ‘ex drawing’ or ‘cum drawing’. 1885 Daily News 13 Mar. 2/1 New York Central Railway 92⁵/ ₈ 92⁷/ ₈ xd. 1893 R. Bithell Counting-house Dict. (rev. ed.) 118 Ex all (x all.). When these words are added to the quotation of the price of any stock, they signify that the coupon or dividend just due on such stock, and any preference claim to new stock, bonus, or other privilege arising from the possession of the stock sold, is retained by the seller. 1894 N.E.D. at Ex Mod. The custom-house expenses amount to £5, ex stamps. 1903 Pitman's Business Man's Guide Ex coupon,..without the interest coupon. 1906 in A. P. Poley & F. H. C. Gould Hist., Law & Pract. Stock Exchange (1907) 292 When Securities on which Options are open are quoted ‘Ex Rights’ an official price will..be fixed for the Rights. 1928 Daily Mail 25 July 19/3 Ex rights. Ex all. Ex bonus. Ex return capital. Ex drawing. Ex cash bonus. 1962 H. O. Beecheno Introd. Business Stud. vi. 59 The terms ‘xr’ (ex rights) or ‘xc’ (ex capital)..seen against the price. This means that the special rights extended to existing share~holders do not apply. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022). > see also also refers to : ex-prefix¹ also refers to : ex-prefix² < n.¹1827n.²1864adj.1823v.1935prep.1845 see also
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exn.1

exn.2

exadj.

exv.

exprep.

> see also

exn.¹

exn.²