单词 | exolete |
释义 | † exoleteadj. 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 apothecaries' shops] many..exolete things out of date are to bee had. 1639 G. Digby in G. Digby & K. Digby Lett.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. ΚΠ 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). < adj.1611 |
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