awantingadj.

Brit.

/əˈwɒntɪŋ/, U.S.

/əˈwɑn(t)ɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: English a-wanting.

Etymology: < the phrase a-wanting ( < a prep.¹ + wanting n.: see a prep.¹ II.), subsequently reanalysed as a single word, as if from a verb *awant . Compare a-missing adj.

Chiefly Scottish.

1. In predicative use. Absent, missing; = wanting adj. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [adjective] > deficient or wanting

wanec825

thurfec1175

lacking1480

indigent1531

defect1543

awanting1583

missed1584

wanting1592

defective1603

wanted1619

half-baked1627

deficient1632

manqué1773

1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. G.jjj Orpheus his harp raysed Euridice his wife from death: and your cunning I know in this poynt wilbe as currant as neds, so your consent be not awanting.

1611 R. Brathwait Golden Fleece sig. E2 One thing is yet awanting, which if thou By thy diuinest skill shalt ere performe..With a perpetuall wreath Ile thee adorne.

1660 R. Burney Κέρδιστον Δῶρον 105 To acquaint me with what passes, or is awanting in the Nations.

a1742 T. Story Jrnl. of Life (1747) 78 Mutual Love and Esteem was not a-wanting.

1797 Scots Mag. Jan. 5/2 It [sc. a house] was easily capable of much neatness, but which we were disappointed to find totally a-wanting.

a1856 H. Miller Testimony of Rocks (1857) ii. 94 The upper side of the skull is often awanting.

1877 ‘H. A. Page’ T. De Quincey: Life & Writings II. xvi. 24 A Greek quotation with an accent misplaced or awanting.

1907 Sc. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. Nov. 407 These symptoms are often awanting, and are so untrustworthy that no importance should be attached to either their presence or absence.

1972 F. Roberts & I. M. M. Macphail Dumbarton Common Good Accts. 243 It would appear that two pages of the Charge..are awanting.

2010 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 4 Aug. 8 Facilities were awanting for either acquiring or disposing of such stock.

†2. In predicative use. With of: lacking in or in need of. Cf. wanting adj. 2. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 298 The fauouraris of the quene wes ay awantand of the siluer, but not of men.

1634 Earl of Strafford Let. 6 Oct. (1739) I. 309 We are altogether awanting of Precedents whereby to govern us.

1700 Serious Warning & Caution George Keith 7 They may not be a wanting of high Pretences, and making in Words a great and specious Profession of him.

1843 Observer 11 June Notwithstanding these manifold deficiencies, the work is not wholly awanting of merit.

1862 M. Oliphant Chrons. Carlingford 105/2 I sent Brown, but it wasn't a bit of use. It's you, Mr. Vincent, she's awanting of.

1915 Sydney Morning Herald 24 Aug. 4/2 What might the honoured gentleman as sent you with this here bit of card be a-wanting of?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	awanting
释义	awantingadj. Brit. /əˈwɒntɪŋ/, U.S. /əˈwɑn(t)ɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: English a-wanting. Etymology: < the phrase a-wanting ( < a prep.¹ + wanting n.: see a prep.¹ II.), subsequently reanalysed as a single word, as if from a verb awant . Compare a-missing adj. Chiefly Scottish. 1. In predicative use. Absent, missing; = wanting adj. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [adjective] > deficient or wanting wanec825 thurfec1175 lacking1480 indigent1531 defect1543 awanting1583 missed1584 wanting1592 defective1603 wanted1619 half-baked1627 deficient1632 manqué1773 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus* (new ed.) sig. G.jjj Orpheus his harp raysed Euridice his wife from death: and your cunning I know in this poynt wilbe as currant as neds, so your consent be not awanting. 1611 R. Brathwait Golden Fleece sig. E2 One thing is yet awanting, which if thou By thy diuinest skill shalt ere performe..With a perpetuall wreath Ile thee adorne. 1660 R. Burney Κέρδιστον Δῶρον 105 To acquaint me with what passes, or is awanting in the Nations. a1742 T. Story Jrnl. of Life (1747) 78 Mutual Love and Esteem was not a-wanting. 1797 Scots Mag. Jan. 5/2 It [sc. a house] was easily capable of much neatness, but which we were disappointed to find totally a-wanting. a1856 H. Miller Testimony of Rocks (1857) ii. 94 The upper side of the skull is often awanting. 1877 ‘H. A. Page’ T. De Quincey: Life & Writings II. xvi. 24 A Greek quotation with an accent misplaced or awanting. 1907 Sc. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. Nov. 407 These symptoms are often awanting, and are so untrustworthy that no importance should be attached to either their presence or absence. 1972 F. Roberts & I. M. M. Macphail Dumbarton Common Good Accts. 243 It would appear that two pages of the Charge..are awanting. 2010 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 4 Aug. 8 Facilities were awanting for either acquiring or disposing of such stock. †2. In predicative use. With of: lacking in or in need of. Cf. wanting adj. 2. Obsolete. ΚΠ c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 298 The fauouraris of the quene wes ay awantand of the siluer, but not of men. 1634 Earl of Strafford Let. 6 Oct. (1739) I. 309 We are altogether awanting of Precedents whereby to govern us. 1700 Serious Warning & Caution George Keith 7 They may not be a wanting of high Pretences, and making in Words a great and specious Profession of him. 1843 Observer 11 June Notwithstanding these manifold deficiencies, the work is not wholly awanting of merit. 1862 M. Oliphant Chrons. Carlingford 105/2 I sent Brown, but it wasn't a bit of use. It's you, Mr. Vincent, she's awanting of. 1915 Sydney Morning Herald 24 Aug. 4/2 What might the honoured gentleman as sent you with this here bit of card be a-wanting of? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1583
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