† machinousadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: machine n., -ous suffix.

Etymology: < machine n. + -ous suffix. Compare post-classical Latin machinosus crafty (late 13th and early 14th centuries in British sources, adumbrated by the solitary classical Latin attestation, Suetonius, Nero 34.2, which refers to a mechanical trap), Middle French machineux treacherous, conspiring (1378), Italian machinoso, glossed by Florio (1611) as ‘plotting, deuising or framing’.

Obsolete. rare.

Concerned with plots or stratagems.Explained in N.E.D. as ‘cunningly contrived’, though this sense may perhaps be secondary.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adjective] > in contrivance or machination > cunningly contrived or devised

compassedc1430

witty1602

machinous1633

finessed1749

1633 S. Marmion Fine Compan. v. ii. sig. K2^v Ile..stand in his defence against all machinous Engines that shall bee planted for the battery of his wit and fortune.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	machinous
释义	† machinousadj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: machine n., -ous suffix. Etymology: < machine n. + -ous suffix. Compare post-classical Latin machinosus crafty (late 13th and early 14th centuries in British sources, adumbrated by the solitary classical Latin attestation, Suetonius, Nero 34.2, which refers to a mechanical trap), Middle French machineux treacherous, conspiring (1378), Italian machinoso, glossed by Florio (1611) as ‘plotting, deuising or framing’. Obsolete. rare. Concerned with plots or stratagems.Explained in N.E.D. as ‘cunningly contrived’, though this sense may perhaps be secondary. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adjective] > in contrivance or machination > cunningly contrived or devised compassedc1430 witty1602 machinous1633 finessed1749 1633 S. Marmion Fine Compan. v. ii. sig. K2^v Ile..stand in his defence against all machinous Engines that shall bee planted for the battery of his wit and fortune. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1633
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