aspirantadj.n.

/əˈspʌɪərənt/occasionally

/ˈaspɪrənt/

Etymology: < French aspirant and < Latin aspīrāntem , present participle of aspirer , aspīrāre : see aspire v. and -ant suffix¹.

A. adj. = aspiring n.

1. Striving for a higher position, seeking distinction.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > aspiration, ambition > [adjective]

ambitiousc1384

aspiring1577

heroical1581

high-flyinga1586

high-reaching1593

soaringa1616

aspirant1808

would-be1813

Diotrephic1838

Diotrephian1845

Diotrephesian1862

millennial1897

1808 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) II. 373 I receive plenty of letters from poets aspirant.

1850 E. B. Browning Poems (new ed.) I. 343 To muse upon eternity's constraint Round our aspirant souls.

2. Mounting up, ascending.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [adjective] > moving upwards

uprisinga1300

risingc1450

ascensial?1504

mountant1525

mounting1550

orienta1560

ascendant1591

surgenta1592

stying1593

ambitiousc1595

arising1605

ascensive1646

subliming1666

ascending1667

ascensional1753

upmounting1794

rearing1816

upcoming1835

aspirant1845

insurrectionary1864

upgoing1896

1845 J. B. Mozley Blanco White in Ess. (1878) II. 134 Nature is retracing her aspirant steps.

1865 A. C. Swinburne Dolores 249 With flame all round him aspirant Stood flushed..the tyrant.

B. n.

a. One who aspires; one who, with steady purpose, seeks advancement to high position, or the acquirement of some privilege or advantage.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > aspiration, ambition > [noun] > one who aspires

pursuanta1393

aspirer1584

pretender1598

high-flyer1600

candidate1648

well-wisher1711

aspirant1738

aspirant1743

fast-tracker1970

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > aspiration, ambition > [noun] > one who aspires > to a position

candidate1609

Diotrephes1628

Diotrephist1674

aspirant1743

1743 W. Warburton in A. Pope Dunciad (rev. ed.) iv. 517 Each Aspirant..had proved his qualification and claim.

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIV lvii. 143 Perhaps she wish'd an aspirant profounder; But whatsoe'er she wished, she acted right.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 253 The way to greatness was left clear to a new set of aspirants.

b. Const. to, after, for.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > aspiration, ambition > [noun] > one who aspires

pursuanta1393

aspirer1584

pretender1598

high-flyer1600

candidate1648

well-wisher1711

aspirant1738

aspirant1743

fast-tracker1970

1738 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses I. 138 The Aspirant to the Mysteries.

1835 R. Browning Paracelsus ii. 58 I am to be degraded, after all, To an aspirant after fame, not truth.

1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea I. xiv. 208 A calculating and practical aspirant to Empire.

a1878 B. Taylor Stud. German Lit. (1879) 179 Aspirants for poetic honors.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	aspirant
释义	aspirantadj.n. /əˈspʌɪərənt/occasionally/ˈaspɪrənt/ Etymology: < French aspirant and < Latin aspīrāntem , present participle of aspirer , aspīrāre : see aspire v. and -ant suffix¹. A. adj. = aspiring n. 1. Striving for a higher position, seeking distinction. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > aspiration, ambition > [adjective] ambitiousc1384 aspiring1577 heroical1581 high-flyinga1586 high-reaching1593 soaringa1616 aspirant1808 would-be1813 Diotrephic1838 Diotrephian1845 Diotrephesian1862 millennial1897 1808 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) II. 373 I receive plenty of letters from poets aspirant. 1850 E. B. Browning Poems (new ed.) I. 343 To muse upon eternity's constraint Round our aspirant souls. 2. Mounting up, ascending. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [adjective] > moving upwards uprisinga1300 risingc1450 ascensial?1504 mountant1525 mounting1550 orienta1560 ascendant1591 surgenta1592 stying1593 ambitiousc1595 arising1605 ascensive1646 subliming1666 ascending1667 ascensional1753 upmounting1794 rearing1816 upcoming1835 aspirant1845 insurrectionary1864 upgoing1896 1845 J. B. Mozley Blanco White in Ess. (1878) II. 134 Nature is retracing her aspirant steps. 1865 A. C. Swinburne Dolores 249 With flame all round him aspirant Stood flushed..the tyrant. B. n. a. One who aspires; one who, with steady purpose, seeks advancement to high position, or the acquirement of some privilege or advantage. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > aspiration, ambition > [noun] > one who aspires pursuanta1393 aspirer1584 pretender1598 high-flyer1600 candidate1648 well-wisher1711 aspirant1738 aspirant1743 fast-tracker1970 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > aspiration, ambition > [noun] > one who aspires > to a position candidate1609 Diotrephes1628 Diotrephist1674 aspirant1743 1743 W. Warburton in A. Pope Dunciad (rev. ed.) iv. 517 Each Aspirant..had proved his qualification and claim. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIV lvii. 143 Perhaps she wish'd an aspirant profounder; But whatsoe'er she wished, she acted right. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 253 The way to greatness was left clear to a new set of aspirants. b. Const. to, after, for. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > aspiration, ambition > [noun] > one who aspires pursuanta1393 aspirer1584 pretender1598 high-flyer1600 candidate1648 well-wisher1711 aspirant1738 aspirant1743 fast-tracker1970 1738 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses I. 138 The Aspirant to the Mysteries. 1835 R. Browning Paracelsus ii. 58 I am to be degraded, after all, To an aspirant after fame, not truth. 1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea I. xiv. 208 A calculating and practical aspirant to Empire. a1878 B. Taylor Stud. German Lit. (1879) 179 Aspirants for poetic honors. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1738
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