单词 | non-term |
释义 | † non-termn. Obsolete. The time of vacation between two terms; (gen.) a period of suspended activity in a university or court. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > [noun] > a period of leisurec1449 non-terminus1573 Sabbatism1582 non-term1607 recess1620 playtime1631 by-hour1639 vacancy1654 relache1780 lounge1806 spellc1845 pink-eye1901 seventh-inning stretch1915 standoff1918 timeout1931 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Yy4v Non terme (non terminus) is the time of vacation between Terme and Terme. 1649 E. Sparke in J. Shute Sarah & Hagar Ep. Ded. sig. av By thus improving an enforced Non-term, and over-long Vacation, in such a promulgating the best of Laws. a1658 J. Cleveland For Sleep in Wks. (1687) 295 The Senses Non-Term, Life's serenest Shore. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 71 During this Interval and Non-tearm of Sensation (for so we may..call Sleep). 1824 Gradus ad Cantabr. (at cited word) When any Member of the Senate dies within the University during Term, on application to the Vice-chancellor, the University bell rings an hour; from which period Non Term, as to public lectures and disputations, commences for three days. 1871 L. Colange Zell's Pop. Encycl. II. 485/2 Non-term, a vacation between two terms of a court. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1607 |
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