nascentadj.

Brit.

/ˈneɪsnt/,

/ˈnasnt/, U.S.

/ˈneɪs(ə)nt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin nāscent-, nāscēns, nāscī.

Etymology: < classical Latin nāscent-, nāscēns, present participle of nāscī to be born, ultimately from the same Indo-European base as genital adj. and n. Compare naissant adj.

1. That is about to be born or is in the act of being born or brought forth.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > [adjective] > born

bornOE

prognatec1600

enixed1607

nascenta1624

native1655

a1624 R. Crakanthorpe Vigilius Dormitans (1631) xiii. 186 In the first, the Pope was but Antichrist nascent; In the second, Antichrist crescent.

1679 C. Ness Distinct Disc. Antichrist 64 Antichrist was nascent when Rome usurp'd authority first ouer all the churches.

1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature v. 91 Formed at once in the first article of the nascent animalculum.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VIII. 113 Some are found to place their eggs within the aurelia of some nascent insect.

1817 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. II. xxvi. 432 Ensuring a due supply of food for the nascent larvæ.

1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 386 To seize the nascent souls Of men as they rerose from death to life.

1878 W. E. Gladstone Homer 100 The population, over whom the nascent babe was to reign.

1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. ix The rooms wherein dozens of infants had wailed..now resounded with the tapping of nascent chicks.

2000 Human Life Rev. (Nexis) Jan. 99 Persistently he wrings his hands, professing his wish to vote with the pro-lifers to protect nascent life.

2. In extended use: that is in the act or condition of coming into existence; beginning to form, grow, develop, etc.

†a. Mathematics. Of an entity or quantity: beginning to increase or develop from zero or a trivial initial state; forming or designating an infinitesimal increment. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [adjective] > beginning to develop

nascent1706

1706 W. Jones Synopsis Palmariorum Matheseos 226 These Fluxions..are in the First Ratio of their Nascent Augments.

1766 T. Amory Life John Buncle II. viii. 292 An adequate notion of a nascent or evanescent quantity.

1801 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 92 25 A partial undulation, filling up the nascent angle between the radii and the surface.

1821 S. Parr Let. in Wks. (1828) VIII. 352 Your project of publishing sermons resembles a nascent arc.

b. gen. Of an abstract concept, as a state, quality, practice, institution, etc.In very frequent use from the 19th cent., esp. in nascent condition.

ΚΠ

1741 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses II. 218 To support nascent Hero-worship.

1749 G. Berkeley Let. in Wks. (1871) IV. 323 I recommended this nascent seminary to an English bishop.

1803 S. Smith Wks. (1850) 15 These symptoms of returning, or perhaps nascent purity in the mind of Mr. Lewis.

1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. (1837) I. i. ix. 230 Endeavouring to connect the phenomena..with a nascent condition of organic life.

1847 R. W. Hamilton Rewards & Punishm. (1853) v. 205 The nascent emotion acquires vigour.

1875 H. J. S. Maine Lect. Early Hist. Inst. ix. 278 Two alternative expedients were adopted by nascent law.

1916 D. H. Lawrence Amores 23 Dreams Old and Nascent.

1951 M. McLuhan Let. 14 Mar. (1987) 222 The comic book..has been seen as a degenerate literary form instead of as a nascent pictorial..form.

1979 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 25 Oct. 11/4 A seasoned cult member is assigned to the nascent convert.

2000 Washington Post (Nexis) 28 June a16 The extraordinarily fragile and nascent condition of the news media at the birth of Russia's tumultuous experiment in capitalism.

c. Of a material thing or substance: in the act or process of being formed from component parts or emerging from one state into another; beginning to form, grow, or develop; (Chemistry, esp. of hydrogen) freshly released from a compound by electrolysis or chemical action and characterized by great reactivity; (Biochemistry, esp. of RNA or protein) freshly synthesized by transcription or translation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > chemistry > chemical properties > [adjective] > of or relating to miscellaneous other properties

sweet1666

nimble1671

watery1741

unvitriolized1757

greedy1758

unneutralized1758

unvitrifiable1758

free1783

fixed1800

nascent1800

inorganic1831

assimilative1837

unnitrogenized1846

inactive1848

kaligenous1854

unacceptant1866

aggressive1888

oligodynamic1893

chromotropic1899

undissociated1899

osmophoric1901

thermochromic1904

unary1923

non-stoichiometric1943

odoriphoric1944

slow-release1946

sonoluminescent1961

uniaxial1965

1800 H. Davy Res. Nitrous Oxide iii. ii. 423 There are no reasons for supposing that any of the residual atmospheric oxygene is immediately combined with fixed or nascent hydrogene, or hydrocarbonate, in the venous blood.

1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. viii. 60 It [has] been alledged, that cartilage in truth is only nascent or imperfect bone.

1826 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 116 388 Nascent hydrogen was not, as had been generally believed, the cause of the appearance of metals from metallic solutions.

1831 On Planting (Libr. Useful Knowl.) vii. 91 Nascent stem.—The development of the stem of a seedling plant, just previous to the exhibition of the first leaves.

1849 H. M. Noad Lect. Electr. (ed. 3) 157 The oxides of copper and zinc reduced by the nascent hydrogen.

1862 C. Darwin On Var. Contrivances Orchids Fertilised vi. 268 These protuberances may be provisionally considered as nascent antennæ.

1877 C. W. Thomson Voy. ‘Challenger’ I. ii. 141 They seem to thrive best among the elements of nascent limestones.

1959 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 45 1441 There is a protein component which is transiently associated with the ribosomes and has all the characteristics which would be expected in a compulsory precursor of the soluble proteins. It appears that this nascent protein is a polypeptide strand which is formed on the ribosome and is subsequently released as soluble protein.

1965 C. S. G. Phillips & R. J. P. Williams Inorg. Chem. I. xi. 412 Nascent hydrogen is an unstable form of hydrogen which has sufficient life or kinetic stability for it to be able to react with Po before it is transformed into normal H₂ molecules.

1989 New Scientist 22 Apr. 40/1 As the nascent nail is extruded across the bed of the nail, irregularities in the bed leave mirror-image striations in the nail.

2001 Biophysical Chem. 91 191 The fluorescent nucleotide was incorporated specifically at the 5′ end of nascent RNA synthesized in two different modes of transcription initiation.

Compounds

nascent green n. a light green, like that of a young plant.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > light green

willow-green1672

oil-green1673

lily-green1739

celadon1768

nascent green1839

ice-green1863

eau-de-nil1870

Nile green1871

absinthe1872

reseda1874

feuille1883

mignonette1883

chartreuse1884

water-green1884

mignonette-green1888

Nile1895

serpent1895

willow1922

peppermint1930

kelly1936

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 420 Yellow with blue [produces] green of a variety of shades; such as nascent green.

1943 D. Gascoyne Poems 1937–42 54 Through the smoke men gaze with bloodshot eyes At the translucent apparition, clad in trembling nascent green.

1999 Derby Evening Tel. (Nexis) 6 Nov. 40 The nascent green of springing beech.

nascent state n. the state of coming into existence, beginning to form or develop, etc.; (Chemistry) the state of a nascent substance (cf. sense 2c).

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > [noun] > coming into existence > state of coming into existence

nascent state1781

1781 J. Priestley Exper. & Observ. Air (new ed.) II. 84 A true inflammable air is first produced, and in its nascent state, as it may be called, is immediately decomposed.

1823 G. S. Faber Treat. Christian Dispensations II. ii. vi. 213 Idolatry is plainly enough described as being only in a nascent state.

1880 E. Cleminshaw tr. C. A. Wurtz Atomic Theory 208 The peculiar activity of hydrogen and oxygen when in the nascent state.

1986 R. Narayan Talkative Man 97 This girl was innocent, her mind in a nascent state.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nascent
释义	nascentadj. Brit. /ˈneɪsnt/, /ˈnasnt/, U.S. /ˈneɪs(ə)nt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin nāscent-, nāscēns, nāscī. Etymology: < classical Latin nāscent-, nāscēns, present participle of nāscī to be born, ultimately from the same Indo-European base as genital adj. and n. Compare naissant adj. 1. That is about to be born or is in the act of being born or brought forth. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > [adjective] > born bornOE prognatec1600 enixed1607 nascenta1624 native1655 a1624 R. Crakanthorpe Vigilius Dormitans (1631) xiii. 186 In the first, the Pope was but Antichrist nascent; In the second, Antichrist crescent. 1679 C. Ness Distinct Disc. Antichrist 64 Antichrist was nascent when Rome usurp'd authority first ouer all the churches. 1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature v. 91 Formed at once in the first article of the nascent animalculum. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VIII. 113 Some are found to place their eggs within the aurelia of some nascent insect. 1817 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. II. xxvi. 432 Ensuring a due supply of food for the nascent larvæ. 1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 386 To seize the nascent souls Of men as they rerose from death to life. 1878 W. E. Gladstone Homer 100 The population, over whom the nascent babe was to reign. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. ix The rooms wherein dozens of infants had wailed..now resounded with the tapping of nascent chicks. 2000 Human Life Rev. (Nexis) Jan. 99 Persistently he wrings his hands, professing his wish to vote with the pro-lifers to protect nascent life. 2. In extended use: that is in the act or condition of coming into existence; beginning to form, grow, develop, etc. †a. Mathematics. Of an entity or quantity: beginning to increase or develop from zero or a trivial initial state; forming or designating an infinitesimal increment. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [adjective] > beginning to develop nascent1706 1706 W. Jones Synopsis Palmariorum Matheseos 226 These Fluxions..are in the First Ratio of their Nascent Augments. 1766 T. Amory Life John Buncle II. viii. 292 An adequate notion of a nascent or evanescent quantity. 1801 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 92 25 A partial undulation, filling up the nascent angle between the radii and the surface. 1821 S. Parr Let. in Wks. (1828) VIII. 352 Your project of publishing sermons resembles a nascent arc. b. gen. Of an abstract concept, as a state, quality, practice, institution, etc.In very frequent use from the 19th cent., esp. in nascent condition. ΚΠ 1741 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses II. 218 To support nascent Hero-worship. 1749 G. Berkeley Let. in Wks. (1871) IV. 323 I recommended this nascent seminary to an English bishop. 1803 S. Smith Wks. (1850) 15 These symptoms of returning, or perhaps nascent purity in the mind of Mr. Lewis. 1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. (1837) I. i. ix. 230 Endeavouring to connect the phenomena..with a nascent condition of organic life. 1847 R. W. Hamilton Rewards & Punishm. (1853) v. 205 The nascent emotion acquires vigour. 1875 H. J. S. Maine Lect. Early Hist. Inst. ix. 278 Two alternative expedients were adopted by nascent law. 1916 D. H. Lawrence Amores 23 Dreams Old and Nascent. 1951 M. McLuhan Let. 14 Mar. (1987) 222 The comic book..has been seen as a degenerate literary form instead of as a nascent pictorial..form. 1979 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 25 Oct. 11/4 A seasoned cult member is assigned to the nascent convert. 2000 Washington Post (Nexis) 28 June a16 The extraordinarily fragile and nascent condition of the news media at the birth of Russia's tumultuous experiment in capitalism. c. Of a material thing or substance: in the act or process of being formed from component parts or emerging from one state into another; beginning to form, grow, or develop; (Chemistry, esp. of hydrogen) freshly released from a compound by electrolysis or chemical action and characterized by great reactivity; (Biochemistry, esp. of RNA or protein) freshly synthesized by transcription or translation. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical properties > [adjective] > of or relating to miscellaneous other properties sweet1666 nimble1671 watery1741 unvitriolized1757 greedy1758 unneutralized1758 unvitrifiable1758 free1783 fixed1800 nascent1800 inorganic1831 assimilative1837 unnitrogenized1846 inactive1848 kaligenous1854 unacceptant1866 aggressive1888 oligodynamic1893 chromotropic1899 undissociated1899 osmophoric1901 thermochromic1904 unary1923 non-stoichiometric1943 odoriphoric1944 slow-release1946 sonoluminescent1961 uniaxial1965 1800 H. Davy Res. Nitrous Oxide iii. ii. 423 There are no reasons for supposing that any of the residual atmospheric oxygene is immediately combined with fixed or nascent hydrogene, or hydrocarbonate, in the venous blood. 1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. viii. 60 It [has] been alledged, that cartilage in truth is only nascent or imperfect bone. 1826 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 116 388 Nascent hydrogen was not, as had been generally believed, the cause of the appearance of metals from metallic solutions. 1831 On Planting (Libr. Useful Knowl.) vii. 91 Nascent stem.—The development of the stem of a seedling plant, just previous to the exhibition of the first leaves. 1849 H. M. Noad Lect. Electr. (ed. 3) 157 The oxides of copper and zinc reduced by the nascent hydrogen. 1862 C. Darwin On Var. Contrivances Orchids Fertilised vi. 268 These protuberances may be provisionally considered as nascent antennæ. 1877 C. W. Thomson Voy. ‘Challenger’ I. ii. 141 They seem to thrive best among the elements of nascent limestones. 1959 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 45 1441 There is a protein component which is transiently associated with the ribosomes and has all the characteristics which would be expected in a compulsory precursor of the soluble proteins. It appears that this nascent protein is a polypeptide strand which is formed on the ribosome and is subsequently released as soluble protein. 1965 C. S. G. Phillips & R. J. P. Williams Inorg. Chem. I. xi. 412 Nascent hydrogen is an unstable form of hydrogen which has sufficient life or kinetic stability for it to be able to react with Po before it is transformed into normal H₂ molecules. 1989 New Scientist 22 Apr. 40/1 As the nascent nail is extruded across the bed of the nail, irregularities in the bed leave mirror-image striations in the nail. 2001 Biophysical Chem. 91 191 The fluorescent nucleotide was incorporated specifically at the 5′ end of nascent RNA synthesized in two different modes of transcription initiation. Compounds nascent green n. a light green, like that of a young plant. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > light green willow-green1672 oil-green1673 lily-green1739 celadon1768 nascent green1839 ice-green1863 eau-de-nil1870 Nile green1871 absinthe1872 reseda1874 feuille1883 mignonette1883 chartreuse1884 water-green1884 mignonette-green1888 Nile1895 serpent1895 willow1922 peppermint1930 kelly1936 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 420 Yellow with blue [produces] green of a variety of shades; such as nascent green. 1943 D. Gascoyne Poems 1937–42 54 Through the smoke men gaze with bloodshot eyes At the translucent apparition, clad in trembling nascent green. 1999 Derby Evening Tel. (Nexis) 6 Nov. 40 The nascent green of springing beech. nascent state n. the state of coming into existence, beginning to form or develop, etc.; (Chemistry) the state of a nascent substance (cf. sense 2c). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > [noun] > coming into existence > state of coming into existence nascent state1781 1781 J. Priestley Exper. & Observ. Air (new ed.) II. 84 A true inflammable air is first produced, and in its nascent state, as it may be called, is immediately decomposed. 1823 G. S. Faber Treat. Christian Dispensations II. ii. vi. 213 Idolatry is plainly enough described as being only in a nascent state. 1880 E. Cleminshaw tr. C. A. Wurtz Atomic Theory 208 The peculiar activity of hydrogen and oxygen when in the nascent state. 1986 R. Narayan Talkative Man 97 This girl was innocent, her mind in a nascent state. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1624
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