masterfuladj.

Brit.

/ˈmɑːstəf(ᵿ)l/,

/ˈmastəf(ᵿ)l/, U.S.

/ˈmæstərf(ə)l/

Forms: see master n.¹ and -ful suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: master n.¹, -ful suffix.

Etymology: < master n.¹ + -ful suffix.

a. Having a master's character or disposition; accustomed to or insisting upon having one's own way; imperious, wilful, overbearing. Of an action: high-handed, despotic. (In later use merging with sense 3.)

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [adjective] > domineering or overbearing

masterfulc1390

pontificalc1440

overmasterfula1450

headya1513

imperious1529

supercilious1536

masterlya1544

termagant1546

law-like1556

masterlike1580

dictator-like1582

peremptory1590

domineering1598

burly1605

high-handed1606

pontificial1613

lording1629

overlordingc1629

pontifician1629

peremptor1630

dictatory1639

predominant1642

dictatorial1692

pontific1716

overbearing1718

dictativea1774

knock-me-down1848

imponenta1882

bossy1882

heavy-handed1883

seigneurial1970

c1390 Pistel of Swete Susan (Vernon) 288 Þus þese Maisterful men mouþes can mele.

c1400 (?c1380) Pearl 401 (MED) Maysterful mod and hyȝe pryde..arn heterly hated here.

a1425 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) 2 Macc. iv. 27 Sostratus..made maisterful axyng [L. exactio].

a1450 St. Edith (Faust.) (1883) 2926 (MED) Þey wolden þe ȝates vp barste, And other maystrefulle werkus þey wolde wyrche.

1530 Thorpe's Examinacion sig. Cv Though soche tyrauntis be masterfull and cruell in bostyng and manasing.

1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 77 What ado there is with him, before..his masterful spirit be soundly subdued!

1692 J. Dryden Cleomenes v. ii. 64 The Hero's Blood is not to be controul'd; Even in a Child 'tis madly Masterful.

1847 R. W. Emerson Ess. (new ed.) 1st Ser. ix. 241 Yonder masterful cuckoo Crowds every egg out of the nest.

1861 A. Trollope Framley Parsonage III. x. 193 She was proud and masterful.

1899 Arch. Surg. 10 107 This masterful disregard of logical thought.

1911 H. Walpole Perrin & Traill ii Mrs. Moy-Thompson, a thin, faded lady in perpetual black, had long ago been crushed into a miserable negligibility by her masterful husband.

1930 V. Sackville-West Edwardians iii. 97 He was..growing more..masterful, and arranged his life as it pleased him without seeking advice.

1997 London Rev. Bks. 23 Jan. 22/3 Disraeli, proud and masterful, developed a real craving to turn the tables on the pompous grandees of the beau monde.

b. Criminal Law. Esp. of robbers, beggars, or their actions: using or threatening force or violence. Now Scottish.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [adjective] > of robbers or beggars

sturdy1402

masterful1449

1449 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 36/1 For the away putting of sornaris ouerlyaris & masterful beggaris.

1489 in W. Fraser Lennox (1874) II. 130 The trew barownis..be the masterfull and parciall menys of the said personis..ar disherist and distroyit.

1542 in W. Cramond Rec. Elgin (1903) I. 71 The masterfull streking of Ellene Murray with ane tanggis.

1561 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 166 For the wranguis, violent, injust and maisterfull spolatioun.

1585 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 747 Wandering people, maisterfull beggaris, and utheris.

1747–8 Act 21 Geo. II c. 34 §20 The masterful taking away or detaining the same [cattle].

1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. II. iv. iv. 477 The slaughter of night-thieves, of house-breakers, of these who are assisting in masterful depredations, or of rebels [etc.].

1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet II. vii. 152 ‘Deforcement—spulzie—stouthrief—masterful rescue!’ exclaimed Peter Peebles, scandalized at the resistance offered to the law.

1971 Sc. Law Times 333 [They] took masterful possession of the vessel and appropriated it to their own use.

†c. Great, large. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective]

unlittleeOE

mickleeOE

greateOE

mucha1154

mainc1275

boldc1300

fadec1330

largec1392

tallc1430

big1444

masterfula1450

grand1452

largy1558

fine1590

bonnya1600

large-sized1628

roomly1682

lumping?1706

maun1743

strapping1827

barn door1829

serious1843

jumboesque1893

jumbo1897

economy-sized1930

L1942

jumbo-size1949

economy size1950

a1450 Forest Laws in W. A. Baillie-Grohman & F. Baillie-Grohman Master of Game (1904) 242 (MED) If the wardeyn..of the forest rewseth ony maisterfull bowes of the kinges okes.

a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 19 They went yche yere..and Ȝede vp vnto a maysterful mountayne.

†d. Probably: strong in resistance; hard to overcome. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 159 That land is strait and maisterfull to wyn.

†e. Of a natural agency: violent, overwhelming. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [adjective] > specifically of natural agencies

starkeOE

steer13..

savagea1393

wightc1400

violentc1425

rageousc1450

bolda1522

masterfula1522

shouldering1747

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) v. xiii. 57 Thi self is witnes quhow, laitlie our the laif, Sa maisterfull storme amyd the Libyan see Scho raisit sone.

1641 S. Marshall Peace-offering 5 They are compared to the most masterfull and mercilesse creatures of fire and water.

2. Possessing the skill or proficiency of a master in any sphere of activity; characterized by or exhibiting supreme artistic or intellectual power; masterly.Use in this sense, which seems to have declined somewhat during the 19th cent., has been criticized in usage guides, apparently starting with H. W. Fowler Dict. Mod. Eng. Usage (1926) 344.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] > masterly > characteristic of a master

masterful?c1425

masterlike1580

mastering1596

masterous1642

magisterial1643

masterlya1648

?c1425 T. Hoccleve Jonathas (Durh.) l. 595 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 237 Fellicula..herde seyn..How maistreful a leche he had him kid.

1641 J. Milton Animadversions 25 Variety..erects and rouses an Auditory, like the maisterfull running over many Cords and divisions.

1733 T. Gent Ant. & Mod. Hist. Rippon Pref. p. xi The most masterful Strokes engrav'd on Copper.

1830 Fraser's Mag. 1 128 The manly and masterful novels of Sir Walter Scott.

1877 M. Oliphant Makers of Florence (ed. 2) Introd. The same masterful hand which carved the lovely anguish of the Dawn.

1883 J. Ruskin Art of Eng. (1884) ii. 65 Whether pleasing or displeasing to your taste they are entirely masterful.

1925 W. S. Braithwaite in A. Locke New Negro 39 It was the stirring year of 1917 that heard the first real masterful accent in Negro poetry.

1961 Times Lit. Suppl. 22 Dec. 905/2 Some of the most visually incisive..and technically masterful paintings of all time.

1988 N.Y. Times 14 Aug. i. 47/6 A group of women..led by Mary Evans, a masterful needle worker.

a. Having the qualities of a master; powerful and able to control others; commanding, vigorous in rule; †having authority, being in a position to rule (obsolete). Later also in weakened sense (frequently humorous): assured, assertive, having the air of one in control.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > command > [adjective] > able or qualified to command

masterfulc1440

ordinanta1460

masterlya1544

c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure 3413 The ferthe was sir Iudas..The maysterfull Makabee.

1525 in J. B. Paul & J. M. Thomson Registrum Magni Sigilli Scotorum (1883) III. 97/2 Gif ony persone of the said craft purchessis ony outman or maisterfull man to be advocat agane..the craft.

1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 444 I haue na myster to matche with maisterfull men.

1608 J. Panke Fal of Babel 116 Great Marvaile it were that Damasus should be..growne potent, and masterfull over the bishops of the East.

1675 R. Allestree Art Contentm. iii. 48 He..has given us the use of reason wherewith to manage that soveraignty, without which we had only bin the more masterful sort of brutes.

1874 A. C. Swinburne Bothwell i. i. 14 As kingly a king as masterful a lord, And no less hers than ours.

1890 J. K. Hosmer Anglo-Saxon Freedom 165 What if the occupant of the throne..had been a ruler really good and gifted..arbitrary but masterful?

1904 J. Conrad Nostromo iii. xii. 456 Masterful and tender, he was entering slowly upon the fulness of his possession.

1995 K. O'Riordan Involved 69 ‘God I love it when you're so masterful,’ she laughed. ‘Masterful my arse,’ he said. ‘I'm in agony.’

b. Of actions, appearance, language, etc.: characteristic or indicative of mastery, authority, or control.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > [adjective] > indicative of authority

masterful1824

1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 264 A certain triumphant masterful look in his eyes.

1862 J. Skelton Nugæ Criticæ ix. 375 The masterful words of a great man.

1914 D. H. Lawrence Prussian Officer & Other Stories 68 There was about her..that masterful aplomb of a woman who has brought up and ruled her sons.

1935 E. Bowen House in Paris i. v. 70 He looked again at the clock with masterful confidence, as though its hands moved faster the more he looked.

1981 D. Potter Pennies from Heaven xx. 125 Her change of tone allowed him to play the smoothly masterful role which pleased him most.

1988 P. Gay Freud i. 37 Having seen Martha Bernays, Freud knew what he wanted, and his masterful impetuosity carried her with him.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	masterful
释义	masterfuladj. Brit. /ˈmɑːstəf(ᵿ)l/, /ˈmastəf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˈmæstərf(ə)l/ Forms: see master n.¹ and -ful suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: master n.¹, -ful suffix. Etymology: < master n.¹ + -ful suffix. 1. a. Having a master's character or disposition; accustomed to or insisting upon having one's own way; imperious, wilful, overbearing. Of an action: high-handed, despotic. (In later use merging with sense 3.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [adjective] > domineering or overbearing masterfulc1390 pontificalc1440 overmasterfula1450 headya1513 imperious1529 supercilious1536 masterlya1544 termagant1546 law-like1556 masterlike1580 dictator-like1582 peremptory1590 domineering1598 burly1605 high-handed1606 pontificial1613 lording1629 overlordingc1629 pontifician1629 peremptor1630 dictatory1639 predominant1642 dictatorial1692 pontific1716 overbearing1718 dictativea1774 knock-me-down1848 imponenta1882 bossy1882 heavy-handed1883 seigneurial1970 c1390 Pistel of Swete Susan (Vernon) 288 Þus þese Maisterful men mouþes can mele. c1400 (?c1380) Pearl 401 (MED) Maysterful mod and hyȝe pryde..arn heterly hated here. a1425 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) 2 Macc. iv. 27 Sostratus..made maisterful axyng [L. exactio]. a1450 St. Edith (Faust.) (1883) 2926 (MED) Þey wolden þe ȝates vp barste, And other maystrefulle werkus þey wolde wyrche. 1530 Thorpe's Examinacion sig. Cv Though soche tyrauntis be masterfull and cruell in bostyng and manasing. 1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 77 What ado there is with him, before..his masterful spirit be soundly subdued! 1692 J. Dryden Cleomenes v. ii. 64 The Hero's Blood is not to be controul'd; Even in a Child 'tis madly Masterful. 1847 R. W. Emerson Ess. (new ed.) 1st Ser. ix. 241 Yonder masterful cuckoo Crowds every egg out of the nest. 1861 A. Trollope Framley Parsonage III. x. 193 She was proud and masterful. 1899 Arch. Surg. 10 107 This masterful disregard of logical thought. 1911 H. Walpole Perrin & Traill ii Mrs. Moy-Thompson, a thin, faded lady in perpetual black, had long ago been crushed into a miserable negligibility by her masterful husband. 1930 V. Sackville-West Edwardians iii. 97 He was..growing more..masterful, and arranged his life as it pleased him without seeking advice. 1997 London Rev. Bks. 23 Jan. 22/3 Disraeli, proud and masterful, developed a real craving to turn the tables on the pompous grandees of the beau monde. b. Criminal Law. Esp. of robbers, beggars, or their actions: using or threatening force or violence. Now Scottish. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [adjective] > of robbers or beggars sturdy1402 masterful1449 1449 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 36/1 For the away putting of sornaris ouerlyaris & masterful beggaris. 1489 in W. Fraser Lennox (1874) II. 130 The trew barownis..be the masterfull and parciall menys of the said personis..ar disherist and distroyit. 1542 in W. Cramond Rec. Elgin (1903) I. 71 The masterfull streking of Ellene Murray with ane tanggis. 1561 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 166 For the wranguis, violent, injust and maisterfull spolatioun. 1585 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 747 Wandering people, maisterfull beggaris, and utheris. 1747–8 Act 21 Geo. II c. 34 §20 The masterful taking away or detaining the same [cattle]. 1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. II. iv. iv. 477 The slaughter of night-thieves, of house-breakers, of these who are assisting in masterful depredations, or of rebels [etc.]. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet II. vii. 152 ‘Deforcement—spulzie—stouthrief—masterful rescue!’ exclaimed Peter Peebles, scandalized at the resistance offered to the law. 1971 Sc. Law Times 333 [They] took masterful possession of the vessel and appropriated it to their own use. †c. Great, large. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] unlittleeOE mickleeOE greateOE mucha1154 mainc1275 boldc1300 fadec1330 largec1392 tallc1430 big1444 masterfula1450 grand1452 largy1558 fine1590 bonnya1600 large-sized1628 roomly1682 lumping?1706 maun1743 strapping1827 barn door1829 serious1843 jumboesque1893 jumbo1897 economy-sized1930 L1942 jumbo-size1949 economy size1950 a1450 Forest Laws in W. A. Baillie-Grohman & F. Baillie-Grohman Master of Game (1904) 242 (MED) If the wardeyn..of the forest rewseth ony maisterfull bowes of the kinges okes. a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 19 They went yche yere..and Ȝede vp vnto a maysterful mountayne. †d. Probably: strong in resistance; hard to overcome. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 159 That land is strait and maisterfull to wyn. †e. Of a natural agency: violent, overwhelming. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [adjective] > specifically of natural agencies starkeOE steer13.. savagea1393 wightc1400 violentc1425 rageousc1450 bolda1522 masterfula1522 shouldering1747 a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) v. xiii. 57 Thi self is witnes quhow, laitlie our the laif, Sa maisterfull storme amyd the Libyan see Scho raisit sone. 1641 S. Marshall Peace-offering 5 They are compared to the most masterfull and mercilesse creatures of fire and water. 2. Possessing the skill or proficiency of a master in any sphere of activity; characterized by or exhibiting supreme artistic or intellectual power; masterly.Use in this sense, which seems to have declined somewhat during the 19th cent., has been criticized in usage guides, apparently starting with H. W. Fowler Dict. Mod. Eng. Usage (1926) 344. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] > masterly > characteristic of a master masterful?c1425 masterlike1580 mastering1596 masterous1642 magisterial1643 masterlya1648 ?c1425 T. Hoccleve Jonathas (Durh.) l. 595 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 237 Fellicula..herde seyn..How maistreful a leche he had him kid. 1641 J. Milton Animadversions 25 Variety..erects and rouses an Auditory, like the maisterfull running over many Cords and divisions. 1733 T. Gent Ant. & Mod. Hist. Rippon Pref. p. xi The most masterful Strokes engrav'd on Copper. 1830 Fraser's Mag. 1 128 The manly and masterful novels of Sir Walter Scott. 1877 M. Oliphant Makers of Florence (ed. 2) Introd. The same masterful hand which carved the lovely anguish of the Dawn. 1883 J. Ruskin Art of Eng. (1884) ii. 65 Whether pleasing or displeasing to your taste they are entirely masterful. 1925 W. S. Braithwaite in A. Locke New Negro 39 It was the stirring year of 1917 that heard the first real masterful accent in Negro poetry. 1961 Times Lit. Suppl. 22 Dec. 905/2 Some of the most visually incisive..and technically masterful paintings of all time. 1988 N.Y. Times 14 Aug. i. 47/6 A group of women..led by Mary Evans, a masterful needle worker. 3. a. Having the qualities of a master; powerful and able to control others; commanding, vigorous in rule; †having authority, being in a position to rule (obsolete). Later also in weakened sense (frequently humorous): assured, assertive, having the air of one in control. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > [adjective] > able or qualified to command masterfulc1440 ordinanta1460 masterlya1544 c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure 3413 The ferthe was sir Iudas..The maysterfull Makabee. 1525 in J. B. Paul & J. M. Thomson Registrum Magni Sigilli Scotorum (1883) III. 97/2 Gif ony persone of the said craft purchessis ony outman or maisterfull man to be advocat agane..the craft. 1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 444 I haue na myster to matche with maisterfull men. 1608 J. Panke Fal of Babel 116 Great Marvaile it were that Damasus should be..growne potent, and masterfull over the bishops of the East. 1675 R. Allestree Art Contentm. iii. 48 He..has given us the use of reason wherewith to manage that soveraignty, without which we had only bin the more masterful sort of brutes. 1874 A. C. Swinburne Bothwell i. i. 14 As kingly a king as masterful a lord, And no less hers than ours. 1890 J. K. Hosmer Anglo-Saxon Freedom 165 What if the occupant of the throne..had been a ruler really good and gifted..arbitrary but masterful? 1904 J. Conrad Nostromo iii. xii. 456 Masterful and tender, he was entering slowly upon the fulness of his possession. 1995 K. O'Riordan Involved 69 ‘God I love it when you're so masterful,’ she laughed. ‘Masterful my arse,’ he said. ‘I'm in agony.’ b. Of actions, appearance, language, etc.: characteristic or indicative of mastery, authority, or control. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [adjective] > indicative of authority masterful1824 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 264 A certain triumphant masterful look in his eyes. 1862 J. Skelton Nugæ Criticæ ix. 375 The masterful words of a great man. 1914 D. H. Lawrence Prussian Officer & Other Stories 68 There was about her..that masterful aplomb of a woman who has brought up and ruled her sons. 1935 E. Bowen House in Paris i. v. 70 He looked again at the clock with masterful confidence, as though its hands moved faster the more he looked. 1981 D. Potter Pennies from Heaven xx. 125 Her change of tone allowed him to play the smoothly masterful role which pleased him most. 1988 P. Gay Freud i. 37 Having seen Martha Bernays, Freud knew what he wanted, and his masterful impetuosity carried her with him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.c1390
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