importancyn.

Brit.

/ɪmˈpɔːt(ə)nsi/, U.S.

/ᵻmˈpɔrd(ə)nsi/

Forms: 1500s–1600s importancie, 1500s–1600s importancye, 1500s– importancy.

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

Etymology: < post-classical Latin importantia importance n.; compare -y suffix³, -ancy suffix. Compare earlier importance n.

Now usually considered nonstandard.

a. The fact or quality of being important; = importance n. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun]

mund?c1250

steemc1330

greatnessc1410

substancec1425

importance1485

weight1521

moment1522

weightiness1530

importancy1531

importunance1546

import1548

reckoning1582

sequel1588

ponderosity1589

valure1594

consequence1597

significance1597

circumstance1599

consequent1599

eminency1622

importmenta1625

concernment1626

consideration1634

telling1636

signification1645

considerableness1647

concerningness1657

nearness1679

significancy1679

respectability1769

interest1809

noteworthiness1852

portee1893

valency1897

1531 Bp. W. Barlow Dyaloge Lutheran Faccyons sig. k2^v They founde out some contrariety of so slender importancye, that men may playnely iudge in them.

1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 48 If the importancy or urgency of the cause..so requier.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. iii. 21 When we consider The importancy of Cypresse to the Turke.

1693 T. Beverley True State Gospel Truth 13 According to the great Importancy of the word Knowing in Scripture.

1744 Universal Spectator 21 Jan. 2/1 We could not be but very much surpriz'd at the Manner wherein a Matter of this Importancy is treated.

1799 J. Sevier Let. 1 May in A. Jackson Papers (1987) I. 220 Considering the importancy of the matter.

1846 ‘C. H. C.’ It Blows, it Snows 56 Richmond and its township are entitled to no more importancy in the eyes of the speculative capitalist.

1883 G. H. Calvert Brangonar ii. ii. 37 What we seek is the right man; and him we've found, the man For such high post,—high from th'importancy of largest functions.

1914 Charlotte (N. Carolina) Med. Jrnl. Nov. 299/1 Among those [sc. cases of insanity] of the most far reaching importancy are those that grow out of the home.

2004 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 8 July g1/1 If it's successful, Microsoft will have demonstrated its brilliancy, boosted its own importancy and taken another irreversible step toward world dominancy.

b. An important matter; = importance n. 2. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > that which is important > matter

importance1570

importancy1623

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Importancie, Importance, a matter of much value.

1625 T. Jackson Treat. Originall of Vnbeliefe v. vi. §3 The great dissention..in such importancies enforceth such as thinke they have attained to some certainty in this point to reele and stagger.

1688 W. Smith Future World ii. ii. 123 When right Reason, the great judge of human actions, shall arraign their importancies.

1737 Coll. Misc. Poems never before Publish'd 101 No Importancy of State-Affairs perplex'd his peaceful Pate.

1799 J. Inwood Serm. 195 Leave the consideration of all temporary importancies, for the consideration of those greater things of eternity.

1803 R. Southey in C. C. Southey Life & Corr. R. Southey (1850) II. x. 241 Materials for a volume that should contain more real importancies than all travellers have yet brought home.

1870 W. G. Herdman Thoughts on Speculative Cosmology & Princ. of Art vi. 90 In permanency and brilliance of colour we do not seem to surpass the old masters, and it is questionable whether our pigments are equal to theirs in either of the above importancies.

1922 R. H. Greene Mother's Garden of Verse 60 Touched with mirth At man's importancies, his petty scale of worth.

†2. Urgency, importunity; = importance n. 7. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > earnest request or entreaty > importunity or urgency

instancec1340

importunityc1425

instancy1515

importunateness?1526

importunacy1548

importancea1555

importancy1576

opportunitya1586

urgencec1592

urgency1611

clamorousnessa1617

pressingness1661

precariousness1666

supplicancy1728

beseechingness1863

imploringness1863

pleadingness1866

demandingness1930

1576 G. Whetstone Rocke of Regard i. 30 Giletta, although at the first made the matter coy, yet won by importancie, accepted his courtesie.

1609 Ford's Parismus: 2nd Pt. (new ed.) xviii. sig. S In the ende, his suits grew to that importancie [earlier edd. importunacie], that hee would haue no denyall.

1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον 204 Their importancie so far prevailed..that the first decree was quite abrogated.

1672 O. Walker Of Educ. i. v. 37 Pressing all things great and small with the same vigour and importancy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	importancy
释义	importancyn. Brit. /ɪmˈpɔːt(ə)nsi/, U.S. /ᵻmˈpɔrd(ə)nsi/ Forms: 1500s–1600s importancie, 1500s–1600s importancye, 1500s– importancy. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin importantia. Etymology: < post-classical Latin importantia importance n.; compare -y suffix³, -ancy suffix. Compare earlier importance n. Now usually considered nonstandard. 1. a. The fact or quality of being important; = importance n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] mund?c1250 steemc1330 greatnessc1410 substancec1425 importance1485 weight1521 moment1522 weightiness1530 importancy1531 importunance1546 import1548 reckoning1582 sequel1588 ponderosity1589 valure1594 consequence1597 significance1597 circumstance1599 consequent1599 eminency1622 importmenta1625 concernment1626 consideration1634 telling1636 signification1645 considerableness1647 concerningness1657 nearness1679 significancy1679 respectability1769 interest1809 noteworthiness1852 portee1893 valency1897 1531 Bp. W. Barlow Dyaloge Lutheran Faccyons sig. k2^v They founde out some contrariety of so slender importancye, that men may playnely iudge in them. 1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 48 If the importancy or urgency of the cause..so requier. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. iii. 21 When we consider The importancy of Cypresse to the Turke. View more context for this quotation 1693 T. Beverley True State Gospel Truth 13 According to the great Importancy of the word Knowing in Scripture. 1744 Universal Spectator 21 Jan. 2/1 We could not be but very much surpriz'd at the Manner wherein a Matter of this Importancy is treated. 1799 J. Sevier Let. 1 May in A. Jackson Papers (1987) I. 220 Considering the importancy of the matter. 1846 ‘C. H. C.’ It Blows, it Snows 56 Richmond and its township are entitled to no more importancy in the eyes of the speculative capitalist. 1883 G. H. Calvert Brangonar ii. ii. 37 What we seek is the right man; and him we've found, the man For such high post,—high from th'importancy of largest functions. 1914 Charlotte (N. Carolina) Med. Jrnl. Nov. 299/1 Among those [sc. cases of insanity] of the most far reaching importancy are those that grow out of the home. 2004 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 8 July g1/1 If it's successful, Microsoft will have demonstrated its brilliancy, boosted its own importancy and taken another irreversible step toward world dominancy. b. An important matter; = importance n. 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > that which is important > matter importance1570 importancy1623 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Importancie, Importance, a matter of much value. 1625 T. Jackson Treat. Originall of Vnbeliefe v. vi. §3 The great dissention..in such importancies enforceth such as thinke they have attained to some certainty in this point to reele and stagger. 1688 W. Smith Future World ii. ii. 123 When right Reason, the great judge of human actions, shall arraign their importancies. 1737 Coll. Misc. Poems never before Publish'd 101 No Importancy of State-Affairs perplex'd his peaceful Pate. 1799 J. Inwood Serm. 195 Leave the consideration of all temporary importancies, for the consideration of those greater things of eternity. 1803 R. Southey in C. C. Southey Life & Corr. R. Southey (1850) II. x. 241 Materials for a volume that should contain more real importancies than all travellers have yet brought home. 1870 W. G. Herdman Thoughts on Speculative Cosmology & Princ. of Art vi. 90 In permanency and brilliance of colour we do not seem to surpass the old masters, and it is questionable whether our pigments are equal to theirs in either of the above importancies. 1922 R. H. Greene Mother's Garden of Verse 60 Touched with mirth At man's importancies, his petty scale of worth. †2. Urgency, importunity; = importance n. 7. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > earnest request or entreaty > importunity or urgency instancec1340 importunityc1425 instancy1515 importunateness?1526 importunacy1548 importancea1555 importancy1576 opportunitya1586 urgencec1592 urgency1611 clamorousnessa1617 pressingness1661 precariousness1666 supplicancy1728 beseechingness1863 imploringness1863 pleadingness1866 demandingness1930 1576 G. Whetstone Rocke of Regard i. 30 Giletta, although at the first made the matter coy, yet won by importancie, accepted his courtesie. 1609 Ford's Parismus: 2nd Pt. (new ed.) xviii. sig. S In the ende, his suits grew to that importancie [earlier edd. importunacie], that hee would haue no denyall. 1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον 204 Their importancie so far prevailed..that the first decree was quite abrogated. 1672 O. Walker Of Educ. i. v. 37 Pressing all things great and small with the same vigour and importancy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1531
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