| 单词 | kind of |
| 释义 | > as lemmaskind of Phrases P1. Phrases with prepositions. ΚΠ lOEOngean cynde [see sense 3a]. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2320 All swa maȝȝ godd don þe full well. To childenn ȝæness kinde. c1300 St. Brendan (Harl.) l. 195 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 225 Þeȝ hit þoȝte aȝe cunde þis fowel ansuerede anon. a1400 Siege Jerusalem (Laud) (1932) l. 1029 (MED) In his synwys soudeynly a syknesse is fallen..croked aȝens kynde & as a crepel woxen. ?1541 R. Copland tr. Galen Terapeutyke sig. A.ivv Yf any partyes are vlcerate with swellynge agaynste kynd, fyrste the swellynge must be cured. 1633 S. Otes Explan. Generall Epist. St. Iude ix. 111 The Sunne knew Christ, and therefore against kind was eclipsed. 1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. (ed. 2) II. 207 That bewitching Modesty, which is so becoming to the op'ning Veil, is against kind in the confirm'd, bold and agreeable Air of the Hat, Feather and Peruke. b. by kind. (a) By birth; (in early use also) spec. by right of birth or inheritance. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [adverb] > innately or naturally i-cundelyeOE through kindc1225 proprementc1230 kindlya1250 naturallyc1275 kinda1325 by kindc1325 of kindc1325 in kind1340 properly1340 voluntarily1562 natively1590 alliably1593 physically1629 innately1632 natural1793 congenitally1862 connately1884 c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 7276 Wo so were next king bi kunde, me clupede him aþeling. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1445 Þe..emperour of grece..has a sone..þat schal be emperour after him of heritage bi kynde. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Melibeus (Ellesmere) (1872) §2757 A free man by kynde or by [c1405 Hengwrt of] burthe. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 2800 (MED) I..am þe coron be kynd of clene all þat Iles. 1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. f. 10 There is no reason that..the son of hym that is a slaue and seruile borne by kynde, shoulde..beare office in a common welthe. 1612 W. S. Funerall Elegye sig. C2 Those are much more noble in the mind, Then many that haue noblenesse by kind. Birth, blood, and ancesters, are none of ours. 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xxviii. 238 His Grand-mother Mary Queen of Scots,..from whom he seems to have learnt, as it were by heart, or els by kind,..his words and speeches heer. 1712 M. Henry Expos. Prophetical Bks. Old Test. (Lam. v. 7) sig. Cccv/1 We are a Seed of Evil doers, Children of Wrath, and Heirs of the Curse; we are sinful, and we have it by Kind. (b) By virtue of, or in accordance with, the natural constitution, character, or condition of a person or thing; naturally. Now rare (Scottish and Irish English (northern) in later use).In Middle English sometimes with reference to innate moral feeling. ΚΠ 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 101 (MED) Þet þou hatye zenne and uoulhedes..zuo þet þou naȝt ne do aye kende..Yef þou art ariȝt zone, þou sselt him [sc. God] anlykny be kende, be heste, and be riȝte. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 357 (MED) Euel custume..torneþ among hemself traisoun in to kynde so fer forthe, þat as þei be traytoures by kynde. c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) l. 6590 (MED) By kynde hem is bireued Þat hij ne haue no tunge in her heued. a1450 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Claud.) (2009) 23 At mydnyght Cryst was yboren, for þen al thyng by kynde takuth rest. 1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) III. 661 All fische with fyn That creat wer be kynd. 1636 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae (new ed.) 853 By kinde ay we finde ay Few lackes them [sc. the senses] at the least. 1653 Duchess of Newcastle Poems & Fancies 153 Women, that inconstant are by kind, Can never in one place content their mind. 1792 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum IV. 411 Nae ferlie, tis tho' fickle she prove, A woman has't by kind. 1856 G. Henderson Pop. Rhymes Berwick 45 They hae it by kind, like the Blainslie Aits. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 194/2 By kind, by nature, naturally e.g. She has it by kind i.e. she is naturally gifted. c. in kind. See also sense 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [adverb] > innately or naturally i-cundelyeOE through kindc1225 proprementc1230 kindlya1250 naturallyc1275 kinda1325 by kindc1325 of kindc1325 in kind1340 properly1340 voluntarily1562 natively1590 alliably1593 physically1629 innately1632 natural1793 congenitally1862 connately1884 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 149 (MED) Þe milde..ssel habbe þet land ine kende. ΚΠ a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 185 Euerilc-on in kinde good, Ðor-quiles adam fro sinne stod. c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 51 (MED) Þo ben in complexioun Malancolik men & her blood is in kynde blak and þicke. 1508 Balade in Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. dv Thingis in kynde desyris thingis lyke. (c) [After post-classical Latin in specie (see in specie at specie n.).] (i) In the context of a repayment, distribution, bequest, etc.: in the form of the article or object in question, as opposed to its equivalent value in money. Now usually (of payment): consisting of goods or services, not money. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > merchandise > in goods [phrase] in kind1578 society > trade and finance > payment > [adverb] > in kind in kind1578 society > trade and finance > payment > [phrase] > in kind in kind1578 1578 T. Rogers Godlie Treat. Lawfull Vse of Ritches vi. f. 8v, in tr. P. Cæsar Gen. Disc. Damnable Sect Vsurers Lendyng is a contracte, whereby one manne giueth his right of a thyng to an other, without any price at all, but vppon condition that the same thyng in kinde be repaied. 1584 E. Bunny Scepter of Iudah 32 They would rather covet to give the valu of it in monie, than the thing it selfe in kind. 1607 T. Ridley View Civile & Eccl. Law 219 For such things as may be kept, & by keeping will not be the worse, he oght precisely to preserue them, specially where the Testator hath bequeathed any thing in kind. 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 171 He did..giue the goods of all the Prisoners vnto those that had taken them; either to take them in Kind, or compound for them. 1670 I. Walton Life H. Wotton 49 in Lives His very Food and Rayment were plentifully provided for him in kind. 1713 J. Swift Part of 7th Epist. Horace Imitated 10 The Farmers..Force him to take his Tythes in kind. 1754 E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. II. xx. 148 Their Rent is chiefly paid in Kind, that is to say, great Part of it in several Species arising from the Product of the Farm; such as Barly, Oatmeal [etc.]. 1800 W. Holland Diary in Paupers & Pig Killers (1984) 47 Farmer Morle dined with me and paid his small Tithes, his Great Tithe I take in kind. a1862 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1869) III. v. 329 Their revenues were mostly paid, not in money, but in kind, such as corn, wine and cattle. 1898 W. Wright Brontës in Ireland 116 The miller..was paid in kind. 1953 J. Cary Except the Lord 13 The Coytes would often pay their men partly in kind, in skim-milk or potatoes. 2015 Taupo (N.Z.) Times (Nexis) 24 July 21 Some of the officials at the meetings were paid in kind (often with meat). (ii) In the context of responding or reacting to someone or something (esp. in retaliation): with something similar; in the same way. Frequently in to respond in kind at respond v. Phrases. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > exchange > [adverb] therewithc1000 in changea1387 changeably1425 interchangeably1587 exchangeably1598 in kind1638 convertibly1710 interconvertibly1811 1638 G. Sandys Paraphr. Iob 39 in Paraphr. Divine Poems If I have waited at my Neighbours doore: Let my laicivious wife with others grin'd; And by her lust repay my guilt in kind. 1726 Four Years Voy. Capt. G. Roberts Ded. sig. Aij Obligations you have laid me under,..I despair of ever having the Opportunity to return them in Kind. 1750 D. Hume Let. 18 Apr. (1932) I. 141 You dare not revenge yourself in kind, by advising your patients to have nothing to do with the parson. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. xi. 272 The best of them are most willing to repay my follies in kind. 1873 Harper's Mag. June 57/2 Falcon observed Staines, saw at once he was a gentleman, and touched his hat to him, to which Christopher responded in kind. 1917 Boys' Life Aug. 4/2 The first thing that told him of her close proximity was a stream of bullets from Travers's automatic, as he tried to repay in kind the German's attentions. 1971 A. MacLean Bear Island (1972) iv. 70 I gave him a casually acknowledging wave of my hand and he answered in kind. 2006 W. Easterly White Man's Burden viii. 286 The Portuguese demand for slaves was so insatiable that the Kongo raided neighboring peoples, who retaliated in kind. ΚΠ 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. iii. at Isæan Riuer Salmon, which is euer in kind all times of the yeare. 1657 T. Barker Barker's Delight 52 When you go to your pleasure again, put the bait in a little water it will come in kind again. 1712 J. Norris Profitable Advice for Rich & Poor 26 We take particular Care to store our Houses with Salt-Beef and Pork 'till Fresh comes again in Kind. d. of kind. (a) By birth; by dint of the character one has inherited or acquired from one's parents or ancestors; (also) by right of birth or inheritance. Obsolete (Scottish in later use). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [adverb] > innately or naturally i-cundelyeOE through kindc1225 proprementc1230 kindlya1250 naturallyc1275 kinda1325 by kindc1325 of kindc1325 in kind1340 properly1340 voluntarily1562 natively1590 alliably1593 physically1629 innately1632 natural1793 congenitally1862 connately1884 c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 6680 (MED) Þo moste it nede come aȝen to þe riȝt eir of kunde. c1390 Talkyng of Love of God (Vernon) (1950) 26 (MED) Feirnesse..makeþ mony mon beo biloued..Summe nobleye & hendelek and gentrise of kuynde. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Wolf & Lamb l. 2656 in Poems (1981) 98 Thy language rigorus Cummis the off kynd; swa thy father before Held me at bait. a1525 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (St Andrews) ix. l. 2679 Hys ayre, þat was of kynd king. a1628 J. Carmichaell Coll. Prov. in Scots (1957) No. 1358 Sche taks it of kynd, her mother had the same falt when she was young. 1825 Writer’s Clerk II. 124 He tak's it well o' kind, for his father is as worthy a man as is in Homeston. (b) By virtue of, or in accordance with, the natural constitution, character, or condition of a person or thing; naturally. Obsolete (Scottish in later use). ΚΠ a1300 (c1275) Physiologus (1991) l. 429 He [sc. elephants] arn so kolde of kinde Ðat no golsipe is hem minde. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 60 Wommen of kynde desiren libertee. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 207 Thes Englyshe Bretouns be braggars of kynde. 1567 R. Sempill Test. & Trag. King Henrie (single sheet) O wickit [women]..Serpentis of kynde, thocht cumlie seme ȝour statuire. 1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle ii. v. sig. Cii She is geuen to it of kynde. 1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week iv. 37 Last Valentine, the day when birds of kind Their paramours with mutual chirpings find. (a) In a debased, deformed, or unnatural condition. In later use: (of fresh produce) out of season. Cf. later in kind at Phrases 1c. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > in disorder [phrase] at or on six and sevenOE out of kinda1375 out of rulea1387 out of tonea1400 out of joint1415 out of nockc1520 out of tracea1529 out of order1530 out of tune1535 out of square1555 out of kilter1582 off the hinges?1608 out of (the) hinges?1608 in, out of gear1814 out of gearing1833 off the rails1848 on the bumc1870 society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degenerate [verb (intransitive)] afallOE fallOE out of kinda1375 degender1539 degenerate1553 decline1604 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > abnormal [phrase] > abnormal or unnatural out of kinda1375 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 107 (MED) How þat best þerwe bale was brouȝt out of kinde, I wol ȝou telle. c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. iii. l. 247 Thi kyngdom þorw here couetyse wol out of kynde weynde [emended in ed. to wende]. c1475 Antichrist & Disciples in J. H. Todd Three Treat. J. Wycklyffe (1851) p. cxxx (MED) Þei han many puruyours..to gete metes..well diȝt wiþ spicerie..wiþ sauces & syropis colour out of kynde. 1566 Discr. Rare Most Monstrous Fishe (single sheet) Such shaples shapes for to amend, whych now are out of kynd. 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 43 So garden with orchard, & hopyard..that want the like benefite, grow out a kinde. 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 30v The countrie people long retained a conceit, that in Summer time they weare out of kind. 1661 P. Enderbie Cambria Triumphans i. 10 When Salmons grow out of kind or season in Wye, in the River Usk..Salmons come in season, so that in the County of Monmouth all the whole year Salmons are fit to be presented to an Emperors Table. (b) Having lost, declined from, or forsaken the qualities of character appropriate to one's birth or ancestry; not true to one's inheritance; degenerate. Usually in to go (also grow, swerve, etc.) out of kind. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 187 A man..coueyteþ as Mercurius, gooþ out of kynde [L. degenerat] as Jubiter, and is cruel as Saturnus. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. ccxlvij/1 Hast þu seen me, forsake my lygnage or go out of kynde [Fr. me as tu veu deslignager esprouue moy; L. numquid degenerem me probasti]? a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Ciiv On message to Pelide my father go:Shew vnto him my cruel dedes, and how Neoptolem is swarued out of kinde. 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Heb. xi. f. xxv Neither dyd Ioseph growe out of kynde, & become vnlike his auncestours in faith. 1611 T. Draxe Christian Armorie i. xii. 120 His children might haue growen out of kind, and haue obscured and blemished his name. 1679 L. Sharpe Reward of Diligence 25 You so far degenerated from the spirit and actions of men, that you are grown quite out of kind. a1784 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherd in Sc. Wks. (1938) 125 For ye was born and hopes ye'll die a Laird. Ye're nae yet out of kind for a' your bra's. 1916 J. Mowat Caithness Prov. 8 ‘He's gaen oot o' e' kind’—he has broken the traditions of his ancestry. (c) In a manner contrary to or in violation of nature or one's natural character; in an unnatural or immoral manner. Obsolete.The work cited in quot. 1762 is a burlesque of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales with pervasive use of archaic language. ΚΠ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 2889 Oute of kind þe sin was don. 1568 T. Drant tr. Gregory of Nazianzus Epigr. & Sentences sig. D.iiii My tonge doth talke, And tattle out of kinde. 1658 J. Jones in tr. Ovid Invective against Ibis Comm. 55 Lot cannot so properly be said to lie with his own daughters as they with him, for he knew not when they lay down or when they rose up. Neither can his drunkenness mitigate, but aggravate the sin. When bloud toucheth bloud in this kind, it is abominable out of kind. 1762 J. Hall-Stevenson Crazy Tales v. 81 Yet thereto, though I oft have been inclin'd, Have not I yvir practic'd out of kind. (a) By virtue of, or in accordance with, the natural constitution, character, or condition of a person or thing; naturally. Obsolete.In Middle English sometimes with reference to innate moral feeling. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [adverb] > innately or naturally i-cundelyeOE through kindc1225 proprementc1230 kindlya1250 naturallyc1275 kinda1325 by kindc1325 of kindc1325 in kind1340 properly1340 voluntarily1562 natively1590 alliably1593 physically1629 innately1632 natural1793 congenitally1862 connately1884 c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Royal) (1981) 134 Engles & sawlen, þurh þet ha bigunnen, ahten & mahten endin þurh cunde. ?c1335 in W. Heuser Kildare-Gedichte (1904) 171 (MED) I snurpe, i snobbe..Þroȝ kund i comble and kelde. c1390 Castle of Love (Vernon) (1967) l. 169 (MED) Two lawen Adam scholde..Witen and holden in paradis; Þat on him was þorw kynde ilet, Þat oþer was clept lawe iset. a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) l. 801 (MED) Alle þir, thurgh kynd, to an ald man falles Þat clerkes propertes of eld calles. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 134 The body of this bold [sc. Hector]..may not..be keppit thurgh kynd for vnclene ayre. (b) By birth; spec. by right of birth or inheritance. Obsolete. ΚΠ c1300Þorh cunde [see sense 14]. c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) l. 1057 Þurth kende of hem y can bo Telle of þing þat is ago And al þing þat is now. ?c1625 in E. Beveridge & J. D. Westwood Fergusson's Sc. Prov. (1924) No. 1624 Ye ar stout throw kynd your goodschir drew a sword to a plaitful of pottag. P2. Postmodifying phrases with of and a determiner. a. of a kind. (a) Cards. Of a number of cards in a hand: having the same face value but of different suits. Used chiefly in ranking players' hands in games such as poker, esp. in three of a kind, four of a kind. ΚΠ 1793 Matrimonial Mag. Jan. 26/2 When you hold two cards of a kind, and a third is upon the table, you may..lay down one of them. 1865 G. M. Evans How Gamblers Win 43 As a general thing, ‘pat hands’, that is, hands which fall complete without drawing (as flushes, fulls, or four of a kind)—should be avoided, as they tend to excite suspicion. 1940 O. Jacoby On Poker v. 36 The time to sandbag is when you have three of a kind or better. 1992 A. R. Taylor Guinness Bk. Trad. Pub Games 45/2 If the next player can play a similar card (i.e. lay out the third card of three-of-a-kind), he gets 6 points for a pair-royal. 2006 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 12 Nov. iii. 16/3 His four of a kind beat his remaining opponent's pair of queens. (b) Following a numeral, with reference to a number of people or (less commonly) things: very similar, much the same. Esp. in two of a kind.In quot. 1691 with reference to things of the identical type. ΚΠ 1691 Athenian Mercury 18 Apr. By Monster the Proposer means a monstrous product, from a Natural Generation, as when two of a kind, as Man and Woman, two Monkeys, &c. produce something of the same species, yet with less or more Limbs.] 1873 Trans. Royal Hist. Soc. 2 163 Two of a kind, whate'er they be, Are very certain to agree. 1909 Pharmaceut. Era 8 July 36/1 The intelligent doctor and this honest drug store are two of a kind. 1942 E. Ferber Saratoga Trunk (new ed.) vi. 100 In a way, chéri , we're two of a kind. 1970 R. D. Abrahams Positively Black v. 122 There were the Dalton Brothers, four of a kind. 2005 M. Lewycka Short Hist. Tractors in Ukrainian xvii. 182 I realise how much I have been depending on Big Sis to take on Valentina. Now I recognise that in some ways they are two of a kind. (c) Used to indicate that something is not a good or typical example of its type. Cf. a kind of at Phrases 3a(a). ΚΠ 1885 A. J. Wilson Life T. Wanless ix. 129 But had this maiden no guilt , then? Yes, she had guilt of a kind. 1951 ‘J. Wyndham’ Day of Triffids xiv. 250 With the aid of a cook-book Josella had managed to produce meals of a kind. 2005 J. M. Coetzee Slow Man xxviii. 232 Yes it is, marriage of a kind. (d) one of a kind: see one-of-a-kind at one adj., n., and pron. Phrases 4g. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > intrinsic or inherent [phrase] > naturally or of itself of his (its, etc.) (own) kindc1475 c1475 (c1399) Mum & Sothsegger (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) iii. l. 19 (MED) Þis beste, of his kynde Secheth and sercheth þo schrewed wormes. 1530 J. Rastell New Bk. Purgatory ii. x. sig. dv Yet can the soule perceyve..of hys owne kynde. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. lx. 227 Hyssope groweth not of his owne kinde in this countrey. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 169 Nature should bring forth Of it owne kinde, all foyzon. a1640 T. Jackson Treat. Primæval Estate First Man xxi, in Exact Coll. Wks. (1654) 3066 The Fear of any Disgrace or disrespect with men, were in themselves or of their own kind Absolutely Good. c. of its kind: (used with reference to an example of something) (a) of its sort, type, or class; (b) within the limitations of its sort. ΚΠ 1649 tr. R. Descartes Disc. Reason 94 'Tis not to be believed..that an Ape..which were the most perfect of its kinde [Fr. de son espèce], should..equall the most stupid child. 1700 G. Booth tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. Libr. v. ii. 186 This..Amber, which for Beauty and Brightness, excels all others of its Kind. 1829 Foreign Q. Rev. Jan. 393 Their Russia leather..is by no means bad of its kind. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations II. vii. 107 Rather a stately house of its kind, but dolefully in want of painting. 1969 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Jan. 61/1 Thomas's nature writing was good of its kind. 2014 New Scientist 1 Mar. 40/2 Burney points out a lone loulu palm tree, one of the last of its kind. d. (a) nothing of the kind: nothing that is equivalent or similar to what has been mentioned or described. Also anything of the kind (in negative contexts). Frequently used to express emphatic denial. ΚΠ 1700 F. Atterbury Rights Eng. Convocation 454 It not being touch'd on, or so much as hinted there, we might without further Authority conclude that nothing of the kind was done. 1798 T. Dutton tr. F. Nicolai Life & Opinions Sebaldus Nothanker II. i. 21 No..the Bible says nothing of the kind—and, let me tell you, if it did, I should not acknowledge it for God's word. 1862 A. Trollope Orley Farm II. xiv. 111 There was never anything of the kind before. 1908 App. Jrnl. Senate 77th Gen. Assembly Ohio ii. 575 Q. You say if in August, 1905, you bought oats from the Union Grain and Hay Company that your books will show that purchase? A. I didn't say anything of the kind. I couldn't tell you about that. 1961 New Scientist 7 Dec. 634/1 Nothing of the kind can be said in support of one of the most recent and most obnoxious of class distinctions. 1998 Contemp. Theatre Rev. 7 iv. 93 Then I understood that what I had thought was brilliant, wasn't anything of the kind. 2004 Isis 95 459/2 I said nothing of the kind. (b) something of the kind: something like the thing which has been mentioned or described. ΚΠ 1733 P. Shaw in tr. F. Bacon Philos. Wks. II. 484 This indeed would be a capital Work; and we conceive Hopes that something of the kind is the View and Design of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris. 1806 Trial R. Patch 60 It might be a shot fired from a police-boat, after a boat with some smuggled goods, or something of the kind. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xvii. 55 Something of the kind had been done. 1911 J. Conrad Let. 20 Oct. (1956) 234 Something of the kind must be done or else novel-writing becomes a mere debauch of the imagination. 2014 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 31 July 6 Mr Miliband is the only one of the four main party leaders who doesn't already do something of the kind. P3. kind of. Cf. kinda adv. and adj. a. Uses in which kind of limits or expresses a degree of reservation about the description or designation that follows it. See also in a kind of way at way n.1 and int.1 Phrases 6c(d). (a) a kind of: a person or thing that is, or may be, included in the specified class or type, though not possessing all the appropriate or expected characteristics or properties; someone or something that can only doubtfully be described as belonging to the class or type in question. Also some kind of. Cf. of a kind (see Phrases 2a(c)). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > in the particular case [phrase] > an individual not typical of its class a kind of?1565 a sort of‥1703 of sorts1902 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adverb] > to a limited extent as (also so) far as it goes1533 a kind of?1565 not to say1590 in his (also her, etc.) way1700 for what it's worth1830 kinda1834 ?1565 A. Hartwell tr. W. Haddon Sight of Portugall Pearle sig. Diii At length after a volume of raylynge & vncharitable checkes, you knyt vp a kynde of conclusion. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. i. 261 I haue the wit to thinke my Master is a kinde of a knaue. View more context for this quotation 1683 E. Hooker in J. Pordage Theologia Mystica Pref. Epist. 103 (note) There must be..in the passions..some kind of spiritualitie. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 353 I..thought my self a kind of a Monarch. 1738 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. (ed. 2) I. 343 Only a kind of huts were built there. 1761 J. Wesley Jrnl. 10 June in Wks. (1827) III. 52 One, a kind of gentleman, seemed displeased. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. ix. 62 The rock..bent by the pressure so as to form a kind of arch. a1898 W. Brann in J. D. Shaw Brann, Iconoclast (1905) II. 274 He was a kind of half-baked poetaster. 1976 F. Howerd On Way I lost It (1977) iv. 61 I thought it was some kind of sick joke. 2009 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 19 Aug. a9 His wife feeds him a potion that turns him into a kind of feminist. (b) colloquial (originally U.S.). Used adverbially: in a way, in a manner of speaking; to some extent or degree, somewhat; in some way, somehow. In later use sometimes simply expressing a degree of uncertainty or diffidence on the speaker's part in making a comment. ΚΠ 1775 in O. E. Winslow Amer. Broadside Verse (1930) 141 Captain Davis had a gun, He kind of clapt his head on 't. 1830 Massachusetts Spy 6 Jan. 1/5 I was kind of provoked at the way you came up. 1882 Cent. Mag. July 347/2 He was soft-spoken, and she was kind of high-strung. 1914 S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn xv. 195 It was great to be in England—though the people there are kind of chilly some ways. 1943 Collier's 15 May 62/3 ‘It's kind of terrible,’ she said at last. 1990 Rolling Stone 22 Mar. 80/3 You kind of feel sorry for him. 2005 J. Canseco Juiced 32 Gomez was kind of a smart ass. (c) colloquial. In collocation with sort of, esp. in kind of sort of, typically for emphasis, expressing a greater degree of reservation or hesitation on the part of speaker. Cf. kinda sorta at kinda adv. and adj. Phrases, sort n.2 8c. ΚΠ 1803 Goldfinch 131 A kind of sort of giddiness seiz'd me all over! 1823 L. Hunt in Noctes Ambrosianae Aug. 242/1 A pretty kind of-sort-of-kind of thing. 1830 M. R. Mitford Our Village IV. 82 Dash is a sort of a kind of a spaniel. 1901 F. Norris Octopus i. iii. 102 Makes it go down kind of sort of slick. 1984 B. Michaels Grey Beginning 163 This was sort of kind of meant to be an apology. 2002 L. Henderson Broken Record Technique 163 The mystery of a shadowplay, the sorrow of the battle, a kind of sort of tryst. b. no kind of: used emphatically to denote the complete absence of anything of the kind specified, or to suggest that the subject could in no way be said to belong to the specified class. Later also any kind of (in negative contexts). Cf. no sort of.. at sort n.2 9. ΚΠ 1546 S. Gardiner Declar. True Articles f. xli Goddes knowledge they saye is infallible in all thinges that shalbe, and that is moost true, but the infallibilitie is no kynd of cause, of ye thinge thereby so to be caused, to be, but onely an assuraunce that the thinge as it is knowen of god, shall so be. 1571 T. Fortescue tr. P. Mexia Foreste iii. ii. 111 The first writers had no kinde, or maner of Paper, but wrote continually on the leaues of the Date tree. a1672 Bp. J. Wilkins Of Princ. Nat. Relig. (1675) i. ix. 125 There is no kind or degree of perfection that our imaginations are able to conceive. 1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy V. xix. 83 The sash pullies, when the lead was gone, were of no kind of use. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 173 The embryo has no kind of vascular connexion with the sac that contains it. 1884 Cent. Mag. Dec. 189/2 A poor old woman like me, who hasn't any kind of a handle to her name. 1970 R. Thorp & R. Blake Music of their Laughter 118/2 When we talked, eventually he convinced me that he wasn't any kind of a nut. 1992 i-D July 53/3 The plot makes no kind of sense. 2013 Racing Post (Nexis) 2 July 6 I am no kind of expert in these matters. c. (a) that (also this, such) kind of thing: used to refer generally to things of the same or a similar kind as that previously mentioned or implied. Cf. that or this sort of thing at sort n.2 10a. ΚΠ 1680 School of Venus i, in B. K. Mudge When Flesh becomes Word (2004) 11 When a man thrusts his Prick into a Womans Cunt, it is called Fucking. But pray do'nt talk of such kind of thing before Company, for they will call you an immodest baudy Wench, and chide you for it. 1806 R. Semple Charles Ellis I. ii. 19 Ben used to say that Latin, and all that kind of thing, was of no more use to a sailor than a fourth mast to a ship. 1858 A. Trollope Dr. Thorne II. v. 100 Now, I like this kind of thing once in a way. 1889 A. T. Pask Eyes of Thames 100 The quiet waterside,..so villagey, and all that kind of thing, you know. 1953 B. Pym Jane & Prudence i. 10 I look after the humdrum side of his work, seeing books through the press and that kind of thing. 1997 W. Self Great Apes (1998) vii. 112 You shouldn't worry too much, the prognosis for this kind of thing is on the whole fairly good. 2011 Z. Strachan Ever fallen in Love 41 He wasn't a stoner, not really, though since I'd been hanging around with him I'd got a lot more into that kind of thing. (b) colloquial. kind of thing: used conversationally to qualify a preceding statement, suggesting that the statement is approximate or captures the speaker's meaning only in a general way: ‘as it were’, ‘so to speak’, ‘or something of that kind’. Cf. earlier sort of thing at sort n.2 10b. ΚΠ 1907 Church Eclectic July 282/1 The short, crisp, magazine article, which gives the cock-sure feeling, so satisfactory to the man in the street—‘all for sixpence, taught whilst you wait,’ as it were kind of thing. 1966 K. Amis Anti-Death League (1968) 114 How did you get on to it, kind of thing? 2002 S. Finnan in L. Purcell Black Chicks Talking 34 My grandmother had a large family, in two lots, kind of thing. P4. Irish English. to be kind father for (a person): to be inherent or innate in the specified person's character or constitution by virtue of heredity; to be natural for (someone). Cf. sense 1c and kind adj. 2a. Now rare.In later use frequently interpreted as showing kind adj.; cf. note at kind adj. 2a. ΚΠ c1735 J. Swift Dialogue in Hybernian Stile (1977) 74 And a good warrant you have, it is kind father for you. 1830 W. Carleton Traits & Stories Irish Peasantry I. 199 To do him justice, he's very friendly in going to a neighbour's funeral; and, indeed, kind father for you, Mr. Morrow, for it's he that was a raal good hand at going to such places himself. 1902 S. Brenan in Eng. Dial. Dict. III. 441/2 [Antrim] It's kind father for him to be a good Nationalist. 1953 Irish Examiner 3 Feb. 8/5 It was kind father for him to have a rare liking for racing. 1973 Connacht Times 20 July 38/7 If ever the phrase ‘kind father for him’ was apt it was well and truly demonstrated in the play of..young Frank Stockwell who showed every promise of following his father on to the Galway team. < as lemmas |
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