antisepticn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌantɪˈsɛptɪk/, U.S.

/ˌæn(t)əˈsɛptɪk/

Forms: 1700s antisceptick, 1700s antiseptick, 1700s–1800s antisceptic, 1700s– antiseptic.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin antisepticus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin antisepticus, adjective (1678 or earlier) < anti- anti- prefix + septicus septic adj.¹Compare French antiseptique (1763 as adjective (earliest as †antiseptike), 1765 as noun; 1895 in figurative use), Italian antisettico (1757 as adjective and noun). With the use as noun compare post-classical Latin antiseptica, plural (1678 or earlier).

A. n.

1. Originally: †a substance used to counteract or prevent putrefaction (obsolete); †a preservative (obsolete). In later use: any chemical agent capable of preventing or inhibiting the growth of bacteria and other microorganisms, esp. in a surgical site or on the skin or mucous membranes.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > antiseptic > [noun]

antiseptic1721

1721 Place's Hypothetical Notion of Plague iv. 34 As this Phenomenon shows the Motion of the Pestilential Poison to be putrefactive, it makes the Use of Antisepticks a reasonable Way to oppose it.

1751 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 557 Acids per se are most powerful antiseptics.

1848 Metrop. Sanitary Comm.: 2nd Rep. Commissioners: Minutes Evid. 35 Cold is..of all antiseptics the most powerful, preventing decomposition for an indefinite, if not for an infinite period.

1867 J. Lister in Lancet 21 Sept. 353/2 The material which I have employed is carbolic or phenic acid, a volatile organic compound which appears to exercise a peculiarly destructive influence upon low forms of life, and hence is the most powerful antiseptic with which we are at present acquainted.

1918 E. Appleton Diary 21 June in R. Cowen Nurse at Front (2013) 214 It felt a little strange at first being back to large numbers, with big wounds and the smells of gas-gangrene, pus and antiseptics.

1958 Nursing (St. John Ambulance Assoc.) vii. 87 Plain lint is white, and boracic lint is pink, having been impregnated with boracic acid, a mild antiseptic, and sterilized.

2007 Ecologist July 74/2 Today, antiseptics such as hydrogen peroxide, povidone iodine, acetic acid, chlorohexadine, cetrimide and Dakin solution (sodium hypochlorite) all find a place in many a family medicine cupboard.

2. figurative and in figurative context. A thing which (or occasionally a person who) prevents the occurrence of (esp. moral) decline, or protects against immoral or decadent influences. Cf. sense B. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > [noun] > efficacy or influence of a moral nature > preventing moral decay

antiseptic1825

1825 J. Bentham Rationale Reward 175 A salary proportionate to the wants of the functionary operates as a kind of moral antiseptic, or preservative.

1849 H. Rogers Ess. II. vi. 299 Johnson..speaks of an author's choosing a theme of enduring interest, if he would be remembered..Alas! we fear this is but an insufficient antiseptic.

1905 Spectator 22 Apr. 581/1 Imperial duties and responsibilities, properly understood and carried out, serve as antiseptics in the body politic.

1978 New Society 27 July 198/2 It is breathtakingly expensive, and high cost is in itself a great moral antiseptic.

2011 C. Rogers Bible Bk. by Bk. 127/2 Jesus is telling the followers they are to be right in the mess as his holy antiseptic.

B. adj.

1. Originally: †that counteracts or prevents putrefaction (cf. septic adj.¹ 1a) (obsolete). In later use: that prevents infection; spec. designating chemical agents that prevent or inhibit the growth of bacteria and other microorganisms, esp. at a surgical site or on the skin or mucous membranes; utlizing such agents; of, relating to, or characteristic of such agents.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > antiseptic > [adjective]

antiseptic1732

1732 tr. H. Boerhaave Elements Chymistry II. 151 The basis of sulphur is acid and oil intimately united; if it is burnt, one part affords acid, which is choaking, antialcaline, antiseptic, and ponderous.

1751 Gentleman's Mag. 557 Myrrh in a watery menstruum was 12 times more antiseptic than sea salt.

1774 J. Priestley Exper. & Observ. Air I. 228 This remarkable antiseptic power of nitrous air.

1849 J. Gibbs Considerations Sewage London 43 The water, with which this is largely combined, is antisceptic, consequently no decay can take place.

1867 J. Lister in Lancet 27 July 95/1 In compound fractures there is an irregular wound, which..may therefore contain in its interstices the atmospheric germs which are the causes of decomposition, and these must be destroyed by the energetic application of the antiseptic agent.

1898 Cosmopolitan July 262/1 Thanks to modern discoveries respecting the antiseptic treatment of wounds, etc. there will be no hospital fevers or secondary hemorrhages.

1937 Amer. Home Apr. 7/1 (advt.) What you need is a mouth wash that is both antiseptic and deodorant in effect.

1998 Good Health Mag. Mar. 27/2 Tea tree oil has antiseptic properties.

2004 Independent on Sunday 18 July (Review Suppl.) 39/3 Propolis, the ‘bee-glue’ gathered by bees as an antiseptic substance to help protect the nest against infection, is used by beekeepers to ward off colds.

2. figurative. That prevents moral decline; that protects against immoral or decadent influences. Cf. sense A. 2. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > [adjective] > not degenerate > preventing moral decay

antiseptic1820

1820 R. Southey Life Wesley I. v. 204 In some such abominations Moravianism might have ended..where there was no antiseptic influence of surrounding circumstances to preserve it from putrescence.

1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets viii. 18 Not divine men, yet useful antiseptic products of their generation.

1921 Assoc. Men Mar. 305/2 The opportunities of this day will be seized by the young men of iron will, of granite principles, of antiseptic passions, of thorough training, of undiscouraged enthusiasm.

1944 Printers' Ink 13 Oct. 39/3 Advertising is not ethical or moral in itself. It has no antiseptic value.

3. figurative (usually mildly depreciative). Scrupulously clean or pure, esp. to the point of being impersonal or characterless; free or purged of anything perceived as dangerous or distasteful; prim. Cf. clinical adj. 3, sterile adj. 5.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affectedly proper

moy1487

strait-laced1554

mima1586

prim1702

prick-eared1707

prudish1717

priggish1731

primsy1786

trig1793

missish1795

missy1805

pershittie1808

missyish1818

missy-like1831

primmy1857

pruney and prismatic (or prismy)1857

antiseptic1891

blue-nosed1893

prissy1894

Nice Nelly1922

prissified1923

prunes and prismy1931

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > bland or insipid

colourlessc1425

unsavouryc1449

wearish?1533

wersha1599

tasteless1603

tame1604

juiceless1620

water gruela1627

dry1632

soulless1632

frigid1643

vapid1656

insipida1684

fade1715

heartless1780

vapid1785

achromatic1799

sauceless1817

albuminous1858

antiseptic1891

flat-footed1899

unatmospheric1913

defanged1920

anodyne1933

spiceless1942

tea-party1961

nothingburger1965

1891 Pedagogical Seminary 1 12 Elementation and methods are enemies of learning, so sterilizing, so antiseptic..that it is impossible to overestimate the terrible mental and even moral mutilation.

1921 E. A. Jewell Charmed Circle vi. 36 Mr. Sterrett blew smoke hospitably into space; but Dr. Henry didn't smoke. He was too antiseptic to smoke.

1951 W. Faulkner Requiem for Nun iii. 249 Living in new minute glass-walled houses set as neat and orderly and antiseptic as cribs in a nursery ward.

1972 N.Y. Mag. 29 May 47/1 I went to Sunnyside expecting to find it somewhat cutesy, a little antiseptic kernel of the past, all polished up, trim and spruce and neat.

2005 New Yorker 4 Apr. 83/2 He feared that getting up and clearing the plates to the sink might be interpreted as an act of antiseptic fastidiousness, explicitly anti-sexual.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	antiseptic
释义	antisepticn.adj. Brit. /ˌantɪˈsɛptɪk/, U.S. /ˌæn(t)əˈsɛptɪk/ Forms: 1700s antisceptick, 1700s antiseptick, 1700s–1800s antisceptic, 1700s– antiseptic. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin antisepticus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin antisepticus, adjective (1678 or earlier) < anti- anti- prefix + septicus septic adj.¹Compare French antiseptique (1763 as adjective (earliest as †antiseptike), 1765 as noun; 1895 in figurative use), Italian antisettico (1757 as adjective and noun). With the use as noun compare post-classical Latin antiseptica, plural (1678 or earlier). A. n. 1. Originally: †a substance used to counteract or prevent putrefaction (obsolete); †a preservative (obsolete). In later use: any chemical agent capable of preventing or inhibiting the growth of bacteria and other microorganisms, esp. in a surgical site or on the skin or mucous membranes. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > antiseptic > [noun] antiseptic1721 1721 Place's Hypothetical Notion of Plague iv. 34 As this Phenomenon shows the Motion of the Pestilential Poison to be putrefactive, it makes the Use of Antisepticks a reasonable Way to oppose it. 1751 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 557 Acids per se are most powerful antiseptics. 1848 Metrop. Sanitary Comm.: 2nd Rep. Commissioners: Minutes Evid. 35 Cold is..of all antiseptics the most powerful, preventing decomposition for an indefinite, if not for an infinite period. 1867 J. Lister in Lancet 21 Sept. 353/2 The material which I have employed is carbolic or phenic acid, a volatile organic compound which appears to exercise a peculiarly destructive influence upon low forms of life, and hence is the most powerful antiseptic with which we are at present acquainted. 1918 E. Appleton Diary 21 June in R. Cowen Nurse at Front (2013) 214 It felt a little strange at first being back to large numbers, with big wounds and the smells of gas-gangrene, pus and antiseptics. 1958 Nursing (St. John Ambulance Assoc.) vii. 87 Plain lint is white, and boracic lint is pink, having been impregnated with boracic acid, a mild antiseptic, and sterilized. 2007 Ecologist July 74/2 Today, antiseptics such as hydrogen peroxide, povidone iodine, acetic acid, chlorohexadine, cetrimide and Dakin solution (sodium hypochlorite) all find a place in many a family medicine cupboard. 2. figurative and in figurative context. A thing which (or occasionally a person who) prevents the occurrence of (esp. moral) decline, or protects against immoral or decadent influences. Cf. sense B. 2. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > [noun] > efficacy or influence of a moral nature > preventing moral decay antiseptic1825 1825 J. Bentham Rationale Reward 175 A salary proportionate to the wants of the functionary operates as a kind of moral antiseptic, or preservative. 1849 H. Rogers Ess. II. vi. 299 Johnson..speaks of an author's choosing a theme of enduring interest, if he would be remembered..Alas! we fear this is but an insufficient antiseptic. 1905 Spectator 22 Apr. 581/1 Imperial duties and responsibilities, properly understood and carried out, serve as antiseptics in the body politic. 1978 New Society 27 July 198/2 It is breathtakingly expensive, and high cost is in itself a great moral antiseptic. 2011 C. Rogers Bible Bk. by Bk. 127/2 Jesus is telling the followers they are to be right in the mess as his holy antiseptic. B. adj. 1. Originally: †that counteracts or prevents putrefaction (cf. septic adj.¹ 1a) (obsolete). In later use: that prevents infection; spec. designating chemical agents that prevent or inhibit the growth of bacteria and other microorganisms, esp. at a surgical site or on the skin or mucous membranes; utlizing such agents; of, relating to, or characteristic of such agents. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > antiseptic > [adjective] antiseptic1732 1732 tr. H. Boerhaave Elements Chymistry II. 151 The basis of sulphur is acid and oil intimately united; if it is burnt, one part affords acid, which is choaking, antialcaline, antiseptic, and ponderous. 1751 Gentleman's Mag. 557 Myrrh in a watery menstruum was 12 times more antiseptic than sea salt. 1774 J. Priestley Exper. & Observ. Air I. 228 This remarkable antiseptic power of nitrous air. 1849 J. Gibbs Considerations Sewage London 43 The water, with which this is largely combined, is antisceptic, consequently no decay can take place. 1867 J. Lister in Lancet 27 July 95/1 In compound fractures there is an irregular wound, which..may therefore contain in its interstices the atmospheric germs which are the causes of decomposition, and these must be destroyed by the energetic application of the antiseptic agent. 1898 Cosmopolitan July 262/1 Thanks to modern discoveries respecting the antiseptic treatment of wounds, etc. there will be no hospital fevers or secondary hemorrhages. 1937 Amer. Home Apr. 7/1 (advt.) What you need is a mouth wash that is both antiseptic and deodorant in effect. 1998 Good Health Mag. Mar. 27/2 Tea tree oil has antiseptic properties. 2004 Independent on Sunday 18 July (Review Suppl.) 39/3 Propolis, the ‘bee-glue’ gathered by bees as an antiseptic substance to help protect the nest against infection, is used by beekeepers to ward off colds. 2. figurative. That prevents moral decline; that protects against immoral or decadent influences. Cf. sense A. 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > [adjective] > not degenerate > preventing moral decay antiseptic1820 1820 R. Southey Life Wesley I. v. 204 In some such abominations Moravianism might have ended..where there was no antiseptic influence of surrounding circumstances to preserve it from putrescence. 1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets viii. 18 Not divine men, yet useful antiseptic products of their generation. 1921 Assoc. Men Mar. 305/2 The opportunities of this day will be seized by the young men of iron will, of granite principles, of antiseptic passions, of thorough training, of undiscouraged enthusiasm. 1944 Printers' Ink 13 Oct. 39/3 Advertising is not ethical or moral in itself. It has no antiseptic value. 3. figurative (usually mildly depreciative). Scrupulously clean or pure, esp. to the point of being impersonal or characterless; free or purged of anything perceived as dangerous or distasteful; prim. Cf. clinical adj. 3, sterile adj. 5. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affectedly proper moy1487 strait-laced1554 mima1586 prim1702 prick-eared1707 prudish1717 priggish1731 primsy1786 trig1793 missish1795 missy1805 pershittie1808 missyish1818 missy-like1831 primmy1857 pruney and prismatic (or prismy)1857 antiseptic1891 blue-nosed1893 prissy1894 Nice Nelly1922 prissified1923 prunes and prismy1931 the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > bland or insipid colourlessc1425 unsavouryc1449 wearish?1533 wersha1599 tasteless1603 tame1604 juiceless1620 water gruela1627 dry1632 soulless1632 frigid1643 vapid1656 insipida1684 fade1715 heartless1780 vapid1785 achromatic1799 sauceless1817 albuminous1858 antiseptic1891 flat-footed1899 unatmospheric1913 defanged1920 anodyne1933 spiceless1942 tea-party1961 nothingburger1965 1891 Pedagogical Seminary 1 12 Elementation and methods are enemies of learning, so sterilizing, so antiseptic..that it is impossible to overestimate the terrible mental and even moral mutilation. 1921 E. A. Jewell Charmed Circle vi. 36 Mr. Sterrett blew smoke hospitably into space; but Dr. Henry didn't smoke. He was too antiseptic to smoke. 1951 W. Faulkner Requiem for Nun iii. 249 Living in new minute glass-walled houses set as neat and orderly and antiseptic as cribs in a nursery ward. 1972 N.Y. Mag. 29 May 47/1 I went to Sunnyside expecting to find it somewhat cutesy, a little antiseptic kernel of the past, all polished up, trim and spruce and neat. 2005 New Yorker 4 Apr. 83/2 He feared that getting up and clearing the plates to the sink might be interpreted as an act of antiseptic fastidiousness, explicitly anti-sexual. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1721
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