idiomaticaladj.

Brit.

/ˌɪdɪəˈmatᵻkl/, U.S.

/ˌɪdiəˈmædək(ə)l/

Forms: 1600s idiomaticall, 1600s– idiomatical.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ἰδιωματικός , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek ἰδιωματικός idiomatic adj. + -al suffix¹. Compare later idiomatic adj. and its etymon post-classical Latin idiomaticus.

†1. Astrology. Meaning uncertain: either ‘relating to one person’ or ‘based on a particular terminology’. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1618 B. Holyday Technogamia iii. ii sig. G^v Then there is your Iudiciarie, which is either Genethliacall, or Catholike instructing in predictions, either Idiomaticall or Symptomaticall.

2. = idiomatic adj. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > a language > [adjective] > marked by distinctive characteristics of a language

idiomatical1674

idiomatic1839

1674 M. Lewis (title) An essay to facilitate the education of youth..fitted to childrens capacities, for the learning, especially of the English, Latin and Greek Tongues: but may be as a general Grammar, and a Foundation to any Tongue: in three parts, an accidence, a middle grammar, and a critical or idiomatical grammar.

1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VI. xxxvii. 145 To say a man is fallen in love..carries an idiomatical kind of implication, that love is a thing below a man.

1781 S. Johnson Addison in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets V. 158 If his language had been less idiomatical, it might have lost somewhat of its genuine Anglicism.

1827 J. Bennett Introd. View Short-hand 26 Arbitraries, a grammatical and idiomatical assemblage of words in the preceding and following conjugations.

1896 Jewish Q. Rev. 9 147 Some forms and particles display the idiomatical characteristics of the Palestinian Talmud.

1986 P. de Man Resistance to Theory 97 A translation brings out all that is idiomatical, all that is customary, all that is quotidian, all that is nonsensical, all that is prosaic in the original.

2000 Independent (Nexis) 15 Nov. 12 Devoted to the work of those with only a flimsy grasp of the English language's iniquities, it highlights..bungles..which come out of a rather too literal interpretation of the idiomatical and the figurative.

†3. = idiomatic adj. 2. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > [adjective] > belonging to a particular thing or person

specialc1230

proper1340

peculiara1475

specifical?a1475

singular?a1513

private1526

privy1560

personed1565

individual1570

particular1582

idiotical1655

specific1665

sacred1667

specific1667

specifiala1670

idiomatic1771

idiomatical1774

appropriate1796

exclusive1804

propriate1820

especial1854

dedicated1969

1774 Ld. Monboddo Of Origin & Progress of Lang. (ed. 2) I. i. viii. 99 Qualities that are accidental, or idiomatical, that is, peculiar to the individual.

Derivatives

idioˈmaticalness n. the quality or condition of being idiomatic.

ΚΠ

1851 M. Montagu Psalms Pref. p. xii A combination of the greatest simplicity force and beauty, coupled at the same time with a very peculiar idiomaticalness belonging to the Country and Age of their production.

1898 F. Hall in Nation (N.Y.) 66 341/3 Its character..makes nothing either for or against the idiomaticalness of in our midst.

1979 D. J. Allerton Ess. Gram. Theory v. 95 An effect of non-idiomaticalness.]

2000 Mod. Lang. Rev. 95 1098 This remains a very useful reference text, but teachers should be aware that some idiomaticalness is sacrificed to expository simplicity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	idiomatical
释义	idiomaticaladj. Brit. /ˌɪdɪəˈmatᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌɪdiəˈmædək(ə)l/ Forms: 1600s idiomaticall, 1600s– idiomatical. Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ἰδιωματικός , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek ἰδιωματικός idiomatic adj. + -al suffix¹. Compare later idiomatic adj. and its etymon post-classical Latin idiomaticus. †1. Astrology. Meaning uncertain: either ‘relating to one person’ or ‘based on a particular terminology’. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1618 B. Holyday Technogamia iii. ii sig. G^v Then there is your Iudiciarie, which is either Genethliacall, or Catholike instructing in predictions, either Idiomaticall or Symptomaticall. 2. = idiomatic adj. 1a. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > [adjective] > marked by distinctive characteristics of a language idiomatical1674 idiomatic1839 1674 M. Lewis (title) An essay to facilitate the education of youth..fitted to childrens capacities, for the learning, especially of the English, Latin and Greek Tongues: but may be as a general Grammar, and a Foundation to any Tongue: in three parts, an accidence, a middle grammar, and a critical or idiomatical grammar. 1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VI. xxxvii. 145 To say a man is fallen in love..carries an idiomatical kind of implication, that love is a thing below a man. 1781 S. Johnson Addison in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets V. 158 If his language had been less idiomatical, it might have lost somewhat of its genuine Anglicism. 1827 J. Bennett Introd. View Short-hand 26 Arbitraries, a grammatical and idiomatical assemblage of words in the preceding and following conjugations. 1896 Jewish Q. Rev. 9 147 Some forms and particles display the idiomatical characteristics of the Palestinian Talmud. 1986 P. de Man Resistance to Theory 97 A translation brings out all that is idiomatical, all that is customary, all that is quotidian, all that is nonsensical, all that is prosaic in the original. 2000 Independent (Nexis) 15 Nov. 12 Devoted to the work of those with only a flimsy grasp of the English language's iniquities, it highlights..bungles..which come out of a rather too literal interpretation of the idiomatical and the figurative. †3. = idiomatic adj. 2. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > [adjective] > belonging to a particular thing or person specialc1230 proper1340 peculiara1475 specifical?a1475 singular?a1513 private1526 privy1560 personed1565 individual1570 particular1582 idiotical1655 specific1665 sacred1667 specific1667 specifiala1670 idiomatic1771 idiomatical1774 appropriate1796 exclusive1804 propriate1820 especial1854 dedicated1969 1774 Ld. Monboddo Of Origin & Progress of Lang. (ed. 2) I. i. viii. 99 Qualities that are accidental, or idiomatical, that is, peculiar to the individual. Derivatives idioˈmaticalness n. the quality or condition of being idiomatic. ΚΠ 1851 M. Montagu Psalms Pref. p. xii A combination of the greatest simplicity force and beauty, coupled at the same time with a very peculiar idiomaticalness belonging to the Country and Age of their production. 1898 F. Hall in Nation (N.Y.) 66 341/3 Its character..makes nothing either for or against the idiomaticalness of in our midst. 1979 D. J. Allerton Ess. Gram. Theory v. 95 An effect of non-idiomaticalness.] 2000 Mod. Lang. Rev. 95 1098 This remains a very useful reference text, but teachers should be aware that some idiomaticalness is sacrificed to expository simplicity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1618
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