单词 | inmate |
释义 | inmaten.adj. A. n. 1. a. In relation to other persons: One who is the mate or associate of another or others in the same dwelling; one who dwells with others in a house. (Now rare.) In early use, One admitted for a consideration to reside in a house occupied or rented by another; a lodger or subtenant.In the 16th and 17th centuries there were stringent statutes and by-laws against the harbouring of poor persons as ‘inmates’, subtenants, or lodgers, a practice which tended to increase the number of paupers locally chargeable. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > temporary inhabitant > [noun] > in another's house > lodger boarder1530 inmake1536 inmate1589 quarterer1595 commoner1598 tabler1598 by-settel1612 lodgera1616 inquilinea1641 pensioner1673 pensionnairea1794 Artful Dodger1839 paying guest1853 roomer1859 star boarder1875 pension-boarder1898 latchkey1905 PG1925 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant by type of accommodation > [noun] > inhabitant of house > household > member of familiara1250 domestic1539 domestical?c1550 communicant1577 inmate1589 hoghenhine1607 familist1631 mainpast1865 1589 Act 31 Eliz. c. 7 §6 There shall not be any Inmate or more Famylies or Housholdes then one, dwellinge or inhabitinge in anye one Cottage. 1597–1602 Transcript W. Riding Sessions Rolls (Rec. Ser.) 86 Whosoever..doth take any Inmate..shall releefe and keepe them from beggyng. 1601 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 260 Taking an inmate in to his hous. 1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 79 Bias was of Priene,..some affirm he was rich, others, that he had no estate, but lived as an inmate. 1676 tr. G. Guillet de Saint-Georges Acct. Voy. Athens 86 In those Countries, the Master and his Cattle are Inmates, and lye higgledy piggledy in the same room. 1690 J. Child Disc. Trade ii. 64 For the Laws against Inmates, and empowering the Parishioners to take Security before they suffer any poor Person to Inhabit amongst them..I am sure in Cities and great Towns of Trade they are altogether improper, and contrary to the practice of other Cities and Trading Towns abroad. 1832 H. Martineau Hill & Valley iv. 68 Mrs. Sydney inquired whether he was a pleasant inmate and a kind neighbour. b. Sometimes, One not originally or properly belonging to the place where he dwells; a foreigner, stranger. Often figurative. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > type of inhabitant generally > [noun] > non-native inhabitant alien?a1400 out-comelingc1400 strangerc1460 free denizen1551 denizen1576 peregrine1593 inmatea1600 outcomer1607 resident alien1801 metic1808 expatriate1818 international1851 offcome1859 overrunner1876 aubain1882 offcomer1898 non-native1899 outworlder1948 transplant1961 expat1962 non-patrial1971 society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [noun] > one who is separated or isolated > stranger or outsider fremdc950 guestc950 althedyOE allophyleOE uncoutha1250 strangea1325 alienc1384 barbarc1384 barbarync1384 strangerc1385 barbaric1388 foreigna1399 outland?a1400 farandman14.. out-comelingc1400 foreigner1422 alienar1473 alienate1497 estrangec1503 new face?a1513 barbarianc1550 fremman1568 frenne1579 estranger1586 inmatea1600 outlier1606 outcomer1607 externc1610 exoteric1697 outner1721 outsider1800 unco1800 inconnu1807 outrigger1850 offcome1859 ringer1896 offcomer1898 shenzi1910 out-grouper1938 outworlder1948 a1600 R. Hooker Learned Disc. (1612) 2 Some criticall wits may perhaps halfe suspect that these two words, Per se, are inmates. But if the place which they haue, be their owne, their sense can be none other then that which I haue given them. 1611 B. Jonson Catiline ii. sig. D3 He is but a new fellow, An In-mate here in Rome (as Catiline calls him). View more context for this quotation a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1684) 139 Though the English [language] swell with the inmates of Italian, French, and Latin. 1692 tr. Sallust Wks. 352 Not an Upstart, an Inn-mate, and but lately admitted to the Privileges of this City. 2. In relation to the house or dwelling-place: An occupant along with others, one of the family or company who occupy a house or other abode; hence sometimes simply = Indweller, inhabitant, occupier. Const. of. (literal and figurative) ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant by type of accommodation > [noun] > inhabitant of house houseeOE inmate1609 house-dweller1649 1609 S. Daniel Civile Wares (rev. ed.) viii. lxx. 221 Within her brow..sate Scorn; Shame in her Cheekes; where also Feare became An In-mate too. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 34 Religion which before had bin a privat in-mate in Adams houshold, was now..publike exercise. a1649 W. Drummond Poems (1656) 22 You Inmates of the Woods. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 495 So spake the Enemie of Mankind, enclos'd In Serpent, Inmate bad. View more context for this quotation 1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland 115 All the feathered In-mates of the sky. 1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 892 If thou guard it's [the heart's] sacred chambers sure From vicious inmates and delights impure. View more context for this quotation 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xiii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 337 It had readily opened its gates to admit the noble lady who was its present inmate. 1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales II. 261 An inmate of a lunatic asylum. 1876 W. E. Gladstone Homeric Synchronism 200 Twelve were married inmates of his palace. B. adj. That is an inmate (literal or figurative); dwelling in the same house with, or in the house of, another; dwelling within, indwelling. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > [adjective] > inhabiting house > with others inmate1656 inmated1822 multi-occupation1972 1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 360 In the famous case of the two inmate harlots, whereof King Solomon had the hearing. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 166 A sequent King, who seeks To stop thir overgrowth, as inmate guests Too numerous. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 72 'Tis usual now, an Inmate Graff to see, With Insolence invade a Foreign Tree. View more context for this quotation 1783 J. Hoole tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso I. vi. 210 Unknowing, that beneath thy rugged rind Conceal'd, an inmate spirit lay confin'd. 1806 R. Cumberland Mem. (1807) II. 185 The children, who were inmate with me when I settled at Tunbridge Wells. Derivatives inmatecy n. /ˈɪnmeɪtsɪ/ [irregular: see -cy suffix] the position of an inmate. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > [noun] > as inmate inmatecy1830 1830 ‘J. Bee’ Ess. in S. Foote Dramatic Wks. (new ed.) I. p. clxvii (note) Thither [to the Fleet-Prison] the Doctor repaired..and found our laughing philosopher in the usual plight of such an inmatecy, poor and pennyless. ˈinmated adj. located as an inmate. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > [adjective] > inhabiting house > with others inmate1656 inmated1822 multi-occupation1972 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 648 Even those who associated with the sick were seldom infected unless inmated in their rooms. ˈinmateless adj. without an inmate. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > temporary inhabitant > [adjective] > without lodger inmateless1835 1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi II. vi. ii. 297 The cottages..were some shut up..some open, but seemingly inmateless. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1589 |
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