单词 | notionate |
释义 | notionateadj. Chiefly U.S. regional (chiefly southern and south Midland), Irish English (northern), and Scottish. = notional adj. 7. ΚΠ 1850 in W. K. Northall Life & Recoll. Yankee Hill 127 Samuel Winston..was considered a ‘notionate critter’. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xxxv. 245 He was a ‘notionate’ old fellow the elder Mains of Yawal, and would be obeyed. 1896 W. D. Howells Idyls in Drab 119 That young woman has made you blame yourself for nothin'. You're perfectly notionate about it. 1945 B. A. Botkin Lay my Burden Down 40 A old man named Josh, he pretty old and notionate. 1987 Washington Post (Nexis) 8 June b3 Alysheba turned rank, or sour, refusing to run in a straight line, his head twisted in the manner of notionate colts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † notionatev. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To form a notion of; to devise or originate by process of thought. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > contrive, devise, or invent [verb (transitive)] findeOE conceive1340 seek1340 brewc1386 divine1393 to find outc1405 to search outc1425 to find up?c1430 forgec1430 upfindc1440 commentc1450 to dream out1533 inventa1538 father1548 spina1575 coin1580 conceit1591 mint1593 spawn1594 cook1599 infantize1619 fabulize1633 notionate1645 to make upc1650 to spin outa1651 to cook up1655 to strike out1735 mother1788 to think up1855 to noodle out1950 gin1980 1645 C. Culpeper Let. 2 Nov. in 17th-cent. Polit. & Financial Papers (1996) 252 I pray remember my seruice to Mr Dury & the Ladies, & remembringe him of notionatinge his essay vpon Mr Webbe. 1660 R. Burney Κέρδιστον Δῶρον 5 I take in all things, Heavenly and earthly within my breast; I form them with essence, and stamp them with exsistence, I notionate their seed and kernell, their Quintessence and effluxes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < adj.1850v.1645 |
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