not-livingadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈnɒtlɪvɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈnɑtˌlɪvɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: not adv., living adj.

Etymology: < not adv. + living adj. Compare earlier unliving adj. and slightly earlier non-living adj. at non- prefix 6a.

Inanimate; not alive, esp. as contrasted with something living. Also as n. (with the): that which is not alive; dead people, etc., as a class.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > absence of life or consciousness > [adjective]

lifelessOE

unlivingOE

bloodless and bonelessOE

deadlya1225

dead1430

natureless1548

exanimate1552

inanimatea1555

unlively1563

spiritless1570

unquickened1610

unanimate1615

inanimal1623

inanimated1646

unvital1661

unanimated1697

unbreathing1709

unconscious1744

pulseless1820

azoic1854

not-living1869

abiotic1873

unvitalized1874

1869 T. H. Huxley in Fortn. Rev. 1 Feb. 140 The assumption of the existence in the living matter of a something which has no representative or correlative in the not living matter which gave rise to it.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. i. 7 All that we can do is to make clear what characteristics distinguish living creatures from not-living things, such as stones or stars.

1953 H. J. Massingham & E. Hyams Prophecy of Famine iii. 57 The harmony..between the living creature..and the not-living habitat itself.

1964 J. Gould & W. L. Kolb Dict. Social Sci. 607/1 Birth rituals..signifying the separation of the infant from the world of the dead (or not-living) and his aggregation to that of the living.

1991 J. Graham Picnic in Region of Unlikeness II. 44 The not living you can keep alive in you, the god in the house.

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

单词	not-living
释义	not-livingadj.n. Brit. /ˈnɒtlɪvɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈnɑtˌlɪvɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: not adv., living adj. Etymology: < not adv. + living adj. Compare earlier unliving adj. and slightly earlier non-living adj. at non- prefix 6a. Inanimate; not alive, esp. as contrasted with something living. Also as n. (with the): that which is not alive; dead people, etc., as a class. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > absence of life or consciousness > [adjective] lifelessOE unlivingOE bloodless and bonelessOE deadlya1225 dead1430 natureless1548 exanimate1552 inanimatea1555 unlively1563 spiritless1570 unquickened1610 unanimate1615 inanimal1623 inanimated1646 unvital1661 unanimated1697 unbreathing1709 unconscious1744 pulseless1820 azoic1854 not-living1869 abiotic1873 unvitalized1874 1869 T. H. Huxley in Fortn. Rev. 1 Feb. 140 The assumption of the existence in the living matter of a something which has no representative or correlative in the not living matter which gave rise to it. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. i. 7 All that we can do is to make clear what characteristics distinguish living creatures from not-living things, such as stones or stars. 1953 H. J. Massingham & E. Hyams Prophecy of Famine iii. 57 The harmony..between the living creature..and the not-living habitat itself. 1964 J. Gould & W. L. Kolb Dict. Social Sci. 607/1 Birth rituals..signifying the separation of the infant from the world of the dead (or not-living) and his aggregation to that of the living. 1991 J. Graham Picnic in Region of Unlikeness II. 44 The not living you can keep alive in you, the god in the house. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1869
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