home-comingadj.

Brit.

/ˈhəʊmˌkʌmɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈhoʊmˌkəmɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: home adv., coming adj.

Etymology: < home adv. + coming adj. Compare earlier homecoming n. In the specific use at sense 1, after homecoming n. 2.

1. That comes or is coming home. Also U.S.: (of a former student) that attends a homecoming (homecoming n. 2).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > return > [adjective] > home

homebound1598

homeward-bound1602

home-coming1655

home-going1763

1655 S. Rutherford Covenant of Life Opened ii. xii. 358 When..he sees the home-coming sinner, he ran, fell on his neck, and had compassion upon him.

1803 J. Mitford Crusades in Poet. Reg. 1802 (ed. 2) 181 The ceaseless hum Of the home-coming bees at even-tide.

1847 Howitt's Jrnl. 2 311/1 Sweeter..than the tinkle of the cow-bells on the high Alpine pastures or the home-coming chimes of the goats.

1913 Chicago Tribune 16 Nov. b2 Illinois, fired to superhuman endeavor by the presence of a big crowd of homecoming alumni..fought the confident Purdue team to a scoreless tie.

1992 New Yorker 24 Aug. 4/1 The pivotal scene may have been Miss Tyson's long, burstingly emotional run down the road to greet her home-coming husband.

2. Direct, to the point; effective, appropriate. Cf. home adj. 3a. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > effect produced on emotions > [adjective] > strong or deep

sensiblea1393

solemnc1400

forcible1573

powerful1588

pressive1623

effectual1662

knock-down1690

impressive1775

imposing1783

effective1790

telling1819

home-coming1848

compelling1901

awesome1916

impactive1934

dynamite1942

fuck-off1962

1848 N. Brit. Rev. May 73/2 Not as the finest in the book, but perhaps the most home-coming, we extract the following.

1873 Sc. Sabbath-school Teacher's Mag. 5 164 A flash of truth, a home-coming word, an earnest invitation..will do far more than a long harangue.

1885 Evangelical Christendom 1 Jan. 19/2 That was a very home-coming reply.

1907 T. G. Tucker Foreign Debt of Eng. Lit. i. 16 Dante could make a mighty verse out of the noun and verb, by choosing for his noun and verb the absolutely truest and most home-coming.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	home-coming
释义	home-comingadj. Brit. /ˈhəʊmˌkʌmɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈhoʊmˌkəmɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: home adv., coming adj. Etymology: < home adv. + coming adj. Compare earlier homecoming n. In the specific use at sense 1, after homecoming n. 2. 1. That comes or is coming home. Also U.S.: (of a former student) that attends a homecoming (homecoming n. 2). ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > return > [adjective] > home homebound1598 homeward-bound1602 home-coming1655 home-going1763 1655 S. Rutherford Covenant of Life Opened ii. xii. 358 When..he sees the home-coming sinner, he ran, fell on his neck, and had compassion upon him. 1803 J. Mitford Crusades in Poet. Reg. 1802 (ed. 2) 181 The ceaseless hum Of the home-coming bees at even-tide. 1847 Howitt's Jrnl. 2 311/1 Sweeter..than the tinkle of the cow-bells on the high Alpine pastures or the home-coming chimes of the goats. 1913 Chicago Tribune 16 Nov. b2 Illinois, fired to superhuman endeavor by the presence of a big crowd of homecoming alumni..fought the confident Purdue team to a scoreless tie. 1992 New Yorker 24 Aug. 4/1 The pivotal scene may have been Miss Tyson's long, burstingly emotional run down the road to greet her home-coming husband. 2. Direct, to the point; effective, appropriate. Cf. home adj. 3a. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > effect produced on emotions > [adjective] > strong or deep sensiblea1393 solemnc1400 forcible1573 powerful1588 pressive1623 effectual1662 knock-down1690 impressive1775 imposing1783 effective1790 telling1819 home-coming1848 compelling1901 awesome1916 impactive1934 dynamite1942 fuck-off1962 1848 N. Brit. Rev. May 73/2 Not as the finest in the book, but perhaps the most home-coming, we extract the following. 1873 Sc. Sabbath-school Teacher's Mag. 5 164 A flash of truth, a home-coming word, an earnest invitation..will do far more than a long harangue. 1885 Evangelical Christendom 1 Jan. 19/2 That was a very home-coming reply. 1907 T. G. Tucker Foreign Debt of Eng. Lit. i. 16 Dante could make a mighty verse out of the noun and verb, by choosing for his noun and verb the absolutely truest and most home-coming. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1655
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