lifewayn.

Brit.

/ˈlʌɪfweɪ/, U.S.

/ˈlaɪfˌweɪ/

Forms: see life n. and way n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: life n., way n.¹

Etymology: < life n. + way n.¹ Compare way of life at way n.¹ and int.¹ Phrases 4d. Compare also life-course n. at life n. Compounds 1a(b).The word apparently became obsolete at the end of the Old English period and was re-formed in the mid 19th cent.

Chiefly North American in later use.

A way through life, a course of life; a way or manner of life, (in later use) esp. one that is customary or traditional. Cf. folkway n. at folk n. Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > way of life > [noun]

lifeeOE

lifewayOE

livelihoodOE

livingc1350

dietc1460

tradec1485

use1488

daily life1516

way of living1516

governmenta1616

way of lifea1616

tread1628

mode1758

OE Guthlac A 768 Se waldend..sawlum rymeð liþe lifwegas leohte geræhte.

OE Wulfstan Christian Life (Hatton) 210 Utan nu efstan & ealle ure lifwegas geornlice rihtan.

1842 W. T. M. Torrens On Uses & Stud. Hist. ii. 70 The accidents that befel advocate Bonaparte's third son, on his life-way from Corsica to St. Helena.

1887 A. P. Peabody Christian Morals x. 277 He knows no happiness..that can be brought into momentary comparison with the consciousness of rightness in his lifeway, and with the thoughts and purposes that give the trend and the impelling force to this lifeway.

1946 Sci. Monthly June 565/1 A social problem of contacts between two races and the impact of ‘superior’ Western culture on the life-way of preliterates.

1969 Beaver Spring 62/2 Wouldn't it be expected to contribute notably to an interpretation of their [sc. Eskimos'] life-ways in art?

1975 Nature 22 May 280/2 He [sc. Professor John Bowker] drew attention to the extent to which religions function as bounded systems of information process, in which resources are made available to human beings for the construction of a life-way from birth to death.

2002 Indian Country Today 14 Aug. A4/2 To describe these independent lifeways, or religions—certainly on a par with other such spiritual systems—as mere ‘customs’ does not do the reality justice.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lifeway
释义	lifewayn. Brit. /ˈlʌɪfweɪ/, U.S. /ˈlaɪfˌweɪ/ Forms: see life n. and way n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: life n., way n.¹ Etymology: < life n. + way n.¹ Compare way of life at way n.¹ and int.¹ Phrases 4d. Compare also life-course n. at life n. Compounds 1a(b).The word apparently became obsolete at the end of the Old English period and was re-formed in the mid 19th cent. Chiefly North American in later use. A way through life, a course of life; a way or manner of life, (in later use) esp. one that is customary or traditional. Cf. folkway n. at folk n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > way of life > [noun] lifeeOE lifewayOE livelihoodOE livingc1350 dietc1460 tradec1485 use1488 daily life1516 way of living1516 governmenta1616 way of lifea1616 tread1628 mode1758 OE Guthlac A 768 Se waldend..sawlum rymeð liþe lifwegas leohte geræhte. OE Wulfstan Christian Life (Hatton) 210 Utan nu efstan & ealle ure lifwegas geornlice rihtan. 1842 W. T. M. Torrens On Uses & Stud. Hist. ii. 70 The accidents that befel advocate Bonaparte's third son, on his life-way from Corsica to St. Helena. 1887 A. P. Peabody Christian Morals x. 277 He knows no happiness..that can be brought into momentary comparison with the consciousness of rightness in his lifeway, and with the thoughts and purposes that give the trend and the impelling force to this lifeway. 1946 Sci. Monthly June 565/1 A social problem of contacts between two races and the impact of ‘superior’ Western culture on the life-way of preliterates. 1969 Beaver Spring 62/2 Wouldn't it be expected to contribute notably to an interpretation of their [sc. Eskimos'] life-ways in art? 1975 Nature 22 May 280/2 He [sc. Professor John Bowker] drew attention to the extent to which religions function as bounded systems of information process, in which resources are made available to human beings for the construction of a life-way from birth to death. 2002 Indian Country Today 14 Aug. A4/2 To describe these independent lifeways, or religions—certainly on a par with other such spiritual systems—as mere ‘customs’ does not do the reality justice. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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