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单词 exolete
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exoleteadj.

Etymology: < Latin exolētus, past participle of exolēscĕre to grow up, grow out of use, < ex- (see ex- prefix1) + ol- to grow; compare adolēscĕre.
Obsolete.
a. That has gone out of use; disused, obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > non-use > [adjective] > fallen out of use or obsolete
oldOE
outworna1522
stale1550
obsolete1579
overgone1581
overworn1603
disused1611
exolete1611
absoletea1613
worn-out1612
outdated1616
lapsed1667
exploded1709
supersededa1831
rinky-dink1913
1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. P2v A Greeke inscription which I could not vnderstand by reason of the antiquity of those exolete letters.
1624 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 2) ii. iv. i. v. 304 In which [sc. apothecaries' shops] many..exolete things out of date are to bee had.
1639 G. Digby in G. Digby & K. Digby Lett. conc. Relig. (1651) 125 Paganism is ridiculous, Judaism exolete.
1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 59 Plautus exolet phrases have been [exploded] from the eloquent orations of Ciceron.
1705 N. Tate tr. A. Cowley Of Plants (1795) Pref. 20 I declaimed..against the use of exolete and interpolated repetitions of old fables.
b. That has lost its virtue; effete, insipid.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > insipidity > [adjective]
wallowc897
smatchless?c1225
unsavoury?c1225
fresha1398
savourlessa1398
wearish1398
wershed1398
fond?c1430
unsavoured1435
palled1440
mildc1450
walsh1513
wallowish1548
dead1552
waterish1566
cold1585
flatten1594
seasonless1595
wersha1599
blown1600
flash1601
fatuous1608
tasteless1611
flat1617
insipid1620
ingustable1623
flashy1625
flatted1626
saltless1633
gustless1636
remiss1655
rheumatical1655
untasteable1656
vapid1656
exolete1657
distasted1662
vappous1673
insulse1676
toothless1679
mawkisha1697
intastable1701
waugh1703
impoignant1733
flavourless1736
instimulating1740
deadish1742
mawky1755
brineless1791
wishy-washy1791
keestless1802
shilpit1814
wish-washy1814
sapidless1821
silent1826
slushy1839
bland1878
spendsavour1879
wish-wash1896
dolled1917
spiceless1980
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Pp The vulgar Carpobalsame..being..faint, rancid, exolet.
1676 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 708 How exolete Blood falls asunder.
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician x. 358 These Exoticks..are now and then deprived partly of their virtues and exolete.
c. Of flowers: Faded.
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1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Exolete,..faded, or withered; as Flowers, &c.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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