force-putn.

Brit.

/ˈfɔːspʊt/, U.S.

/ˈfɔrsˌpʊt/

Forms: Also 1600s–1700s forced put.

Etymology: perhaps forced put was a term of some game, = ‘forced move’; see forced adj. 2b and put n.¹

Now dialect.

An action rendered unavoidable by circumstances; a ‘Hobson's choice’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > [noun] > scope for choice > absence of

noneeOE

force-put1658

Hobson's choice1660

put1805

1658 G. Starkey Natures Explic. 328 To give poysons to purge, in expectation that Nature being forced to play a desperate game, and reduced to a forc't put, may [etc.].

1662 A. Mervyn Speech to Duke of Ormond 3 It must be therefore a forc'd Put, that presseth us on to this address.

c1680 E. Hickeringill Hist. Whiggism in Wks. (1716) I. 118 Sometimes the Laws being put in Execution at a force-put, and then again slackning the Reins and following natural inclination.

1751 S. Richardson Clarissa (ed. 3) VII. ii. 20 It is truly, to be ingenuous, a forced put: For my passions are so wound up, that I am obliged either to laugh or cry.

1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund I. 526 He thought that it might pass for a case of necessity, or forced-put.

1876 in Notes & Queries 5th Ser. V. 266 A tradesman [of Torquay] told me..that he had left his house very early..‘but not from choice, 'twas a force-put’.

1892 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Force-put.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	force-put
释义	force-putn. Brit. /ˈfɔːspʊt/, U.S. /ˈfɔrsˌpʊt/ Forms: Also 1600s–1700s forced put. Etymology: perhaps forced put was a term of some game, = ‘forced move’; see forced adj. 2b and put n.¹ Now dialect. An action rendered unavoidable by circumstances; a ‘Hobson's choice’. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > [noun] > scope for choice > absence of noneeOE force-put1658 Hobson's choice1660 put1805 1658 G. Starkey Natures Explic. 328 To give poysons to purge, in expectation that Nature being forced to play a desperate game, and reduced to a forc't put, may [etc.]. 1662 A. Mervyn Speech to Duke of Ormond 3 It must be therefore a forc'd Put, that presseth us on to this address. c1680 E. Hickeringill Hist. Whiggism in Wks. (1716) I. 118 Sometimes the Laws being put in Execution at a force-put, and then again slackning the Reins and following natural inclination. 1751 S. Richardson Clarissa (ed. 3) VII. ii. 20 It is truly, to be ingenuous, a forced put: For my passions are so wound up, that I am obliged either to laugh or cry. 1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund I. 526 He thought that it might pass for a case of necessity, or forced-put. 1876 in Notes & Queries 5th Ser. V. 266 A tradesman [of Torquay] told me..that he had left his house very early..‘but not from choice, 'twas a force-put’. 1892 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Force-put. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1658
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