observantn.adj.

Brit.

/əbˈzəːvnt/, U.S.

/əbˈzərv(ə)nt/

Forms: late Middle English obseruance (plural), late Middle English–1500s obseruantes (plural), late Middle English–1500s obseruauntes (plural), 1500s observante, 1500s observauntes (plural), 1500s observauntis (plural), 1500s–1600s obseruant, 1500s– observant; Scottish pre-1700 observante, pre-1700 1700s– observant.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French observant.

Etymology: < Middle French, French observant, present participle (compare -ant suffix¹) of observer observe v. Compare Middle French observant (1508 as noun in sense ‘person who observes a religious rule’, mid 16th cent. as adjective in sense ‘observing a rule’).With the plural form obseruance (see quot. a1500 at sense A. 1b) compare inhabitans , inhabitance , early plural forms of inhabitant n., and perhaps also accidence n.²

A. n.

a. Roman Catholic Church. A member of a branch of the Franciscan order in which the friars followed a strict version of the Franciscan rule. Usually with capital initial. Now historical.Reincorporated into the Franciscan Order proper in 1897 by Leo XIII's bull ‘Felicitate quadam’. Cf. Capuchin n. 1, conventual n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious order > Franciscan > [noun] > Observant(strict)

observant1474

Observantine1611

Minor-Observantine1762

Observantist1865

1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. ii. 88 Religious men as monkes freris chanons obseruantes.

a1500 (a1470) Brut (BL Add. 10099) 511 Seynt Bernardyne..began þe new reformacion of þat ordre in many places, In so myche þat þei þat were reformed bene called Obseruantes, which Obseruauntes bene encrecid gretly in Italie & in Almaigne.

1534 in R. K. Hannay Acts Lords of Council Public Affairs (1932) 426 Ane profest freir of the Freiris Minouris of the Observants.

1693 A. Gavin Short Hist. Monastical Orders xvi. 172 They were called Minors of the Observants.

1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. II. 220 The houses of the Observants at Canterbury and Greenwich..were repressed.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xii. [Cyclops] 324 Capuchins, cordeliers, minimes and observants.

1991 Our Sunday Visitor's Catholic Encycl. 416/1 The movement later gave rise to a reformed Franciscan group—the ‘Observants’—which won Church approval in 1415.

†b. gen. A person who observes a particular law, etc. Usually with of. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > carrying out > observance or carrying out a promise, law, etc. > [noun] > one who

keeper1382

observanta1500

observator1502

observer1550

the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > [noun] > one who observes or keeps

keeper1382

observanta1500

observator1502

observer1550

redeemer1552

observatrix1653

a1500 (a1471) G. Ashby Active Policy Prince 560 in Poems (1899) 30 Muche more rather to be obseruance Of cristen lawe we shulde yeve attendance.

1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 79^v Our Lawes..allow no rewarde to theyr temperate obseruants.

a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. (Mar Lodge) viii. iii. f. 250^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Observant(e The pepill for the maist parte..avowit thame to be diligent observantis of the law of God.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 150 Suidas calleth them observants of the Lawe.

†2. A dutiful or attentive servant or follower; an obsequious attendant. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > types of servant > [noun] > dutiful or attentive

observer1601

observant1608

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear vii. 99 Twentie silly ducking Obseruants, that stretch their duties nisely.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 810 For the Festiuall of this Gaine-god,..the Merchants, his deuoted and faithfull obseruants,..bought a slaue..to represent that Idol.

1617 Janua Linguarum Ded. Presented by..your highnesses most humblest obseruant I.B.P.

3. With plural agreement. With the. Observant people as a class.

ΚΠ

1866 Rural Amer. (Utica, N.Y.) 15 Mar. 91/1 It is in the experience of the observant, that a linen shirt becomes damp by perspiration, it remains cold and clammy for a long time afterwards; and unless removed will certainly cause some bodily ailment.

1907 Westm. Gaz. 13/1 The observant always take into account that some women look nicest in emphatic contrasts, such as black and white or navy-blue and white..while others look better with less sharp decision.

1978 P. Roth Professor of Desire 182 I still prefer to appear..wearing a jacket and a tie..though, as the observant will record, generally it will be the same jacket and the same tie.

B. adj.

1. Roman Catholic Church. With capital initial. Of or designating the Franciscan Observants (see sense A. 1a). Frequently as postmodifier. Now historical.

ΚΠ

1502 in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 56 The Fryers Observauntes at Grenewiche.

a1746 J. Lewis in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) II. 196 Frier Forest, one of the Observant Friers.

1868 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. I. 9 An Observant Friar, that is a strict Franciscan, who observed his rule, as distinguished from the Conventuals, who lived in great luxury.

1889 Athenæum 29 June 820/3 The Observant Order was..suppressed before all the others.

1899 Dict. National Biogr. at West, Nicolas His admission to the Friars Observant indicates..West belonged to the older school of ecclesiastical conservatism.

1993 Dict. National Biogr.: Missing Persons 549/1 Henry..from 1501 to 1506 was building the Observant friary in Richmond, Surrey.

†2. Deferential, respectful; considerately attentive; assiduous in service; obsequious. Occasionally with of, to. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [adjective] > paying respectful attention

courting1580

observant1594

assiduous1725

1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night sig. Fiii^v My deuoted obseruant dutie.

1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Obseruant, dutifull, full of diligent seruice.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. A2^v Beholding you not with the inquisitiue eye of presumption..but with the obseruant eye of dutie and admiration.

a1713 T. Ellwood Hist. Life (1714) 170 Yet this..made them a little the more observant to me.

1743 R. Pococke Descr. East I. iv. ii. 167 They are in the hands of very kind masters, and are as observant of them.

1792 M. Wollstonecraft Vindic. Rights Woman ix. 342 Would men but generously snap our chains,..they would find us more observant daughters, more affectionate sisters.

a1817 J. Austen Persuasion (1818) IV. iv. 60 He was steady, observant, moderate, candid, never run away with by spirits or selfishness.

3. Attentive, perceptive; quick to notice or perceive. Frequently with of, † on.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > [adjective] > observing, observant

perceivantc1390

markingc1580

regardfula1586

regardant1588

curiousa1592

observant1599

observing1607

observative1609

animadversive1642

smoky1688

notice-taking1816

noteful1838

1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 5 In this transcursive reportory without some obseruant glaunce, I may not dully ouerpasse the gallant beauty of their hauen.

1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. i. 70 This same strikt and most obseruant watch.

1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar i. vi. §9 The active Piety of a credulous, a pious and less observant age.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 384 Tisiphone there keeps the Ward..Observant of the Souls that pass the downward way.

1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 5 Wand'ring from clime to clime, observant stray'd.

1796 F. Burney Camilla I. ii. i. 127 He was observant of the errors of others, and watched till he nearly eradicated his own.

1801 E. Helme St. Margaret's Cave I. xvii. 225 Cautiously observant on all that passed.

1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. v. 106 Felix Holt, when he entered, was not in an observant mood.

1918 W. Cather My Ántonia ii. ix. 225 They had all..been early awakened and made observant by coming at a tender age from an old country to a new.

1961 I. Fleming Thunderball v. 43 If you were observant of small details, you might register that all the men were of approximately the same age-group, between thirty and forty.

1986 L. Erdrich Beet Queen vi. 105 He had been the one with the bold observant statements downstairs, but once I tagged him he flushed and fell silent.

a. Attentive in adhering to or following a law, custom, principle, etc. Usually with of, †to.Now chiefly with reference to religious customs and rites: cf. sense B. 4b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > carrying out > observance or carrying out a promise, law, etc. > [adjective]

observant1608

the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > [adjective]

faithfulc1384

officiousc1487

heedful1548

heedy1548

religious1567

unhurting1581

rigid1602

observant1608

conscionable1620

strictc1660

solid1880

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 180 Thinking by this deuotion,..in this obseruant manner to pacifie the wrath of God.

1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 24 When custome hath brought a thing to become..honour, whosoever is not observant and obedient thereto, is dishonored.

1701 W. Wotton Hist. Rome i. 19 Exactly observant of Sincerity and Truth.

1792 M. Wollstonecraft Vindic. Rights Woman v. 239 This appears to be the course of nature; and in morals..we should be observant of her sacred indications.

1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales II. 332 Conscientiously observant of contracts.

1859 Ladies' Repository Nov. 695 They are very observant of the outward forms of religion, perhaps superstitiously so.

1913 N.E.D. at Traditionary a. Observant of tradition.

1957 J. Bishop Day Christ Died (1989) 11 They referred to Jews who were less observant of the law, or chronically unclean, as Amé-Haaretz.

1999 R. E. Guiley Encycl. Witches & Witchcraft (ed. 2) 155/1 The contemporary hedge witch is..observant of Pagan seasonal festivals.

b. spec. Acting in accordance with the rituals and rules of behaviour associated with a particular religion, esp. Judaism.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > orthodoxy > [adjective]

righteOE

orthodoxc1454

catholicc1500

sound1526

catholicala1530

orthodoxastical1570

orthodoxical1577

orthodoxal1607

symmetral1660

hardshell1836

hard-shelled1842

observant1902

bien pensant1923

1902 Daily Chron. 2 Oct. 7/1 To-day observant Jews throughout the world celebrate the commencement of their New Year.

1905 Westm. Gaz. 25 Mar. 3/2 Someone will be suggesting [giving up] linen collars next—in which case the really Lenten-observant man will look like nothing so much as a burglar.

1972 C. Potok My Name is Asher Lev i. 36 The stores that were run by observant Jews were all closed on Shabbos.

1988 P. Brown Body & Society (1989) xii. 251 The monks and nuns of Egypt were as often as not the children of observant Christian families.

†5. Observable, visible; evident, noteworthy. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adjective]

i-seyenlyeOE

iseneOE

senec1175

seyelyc1225

visiblea1340

seena1398

sighty1398

seeablea1425

spectablec1440

sightfulc1480

sightly1532

appearingc1550

discernable1561

eyely1561

discoverable1572

spectible1581

observable1589

visive1598

aspectable1612

observant1615

perspicable1621

perspiculative1623

remarkable1623

eyeable1633

visory1633

appearable1651

dignoscible1671

discernible1678

traceable1748

noticeable1753

visual1757

distinguishable1762

1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 201 Onely such things as most obseruant were,..I thought to shadow briefely.

1623 T. Aylesbury Serm. 14 Foure things in Christ to us are very observant.

a1653 H. Binning Serm. xiii, in Sinners Sanctuary (1670) 234 I wish we could have this image of ingratitude alwayes observant to our eyes.

†6. Carefully particular; heedful. Now Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adjective]

busyOE

carefula1000

orne?c1225

intentivec1290

soignous1340

curiousc1386

diligentc1400

well-advisedc1405

thoughtfulc1450

thoughtyc1480

keepful1489

tentfula1525

respective1525

solicit?1526

heedful1548

heedy1548

tentyc1555

chare1564

respectful1585

tentible1603

solicitous1610

observant1627

care-taking1825

leery1911

1627 G. Hakewill Apologie iv. vii. 358 Of their weight they were so curious and observant, that they had them weighed many times at their very tables.

1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 22 The Dutch..are equally observant with us, in the sheathing their Rudder Irons.

1774 O. Goldsmith Grecian Hist. II. ii. 118 To be scrupulously observant to avoid offending the prince.

1891 T. R. Lounsbury Stud. Chaucer I. iii. 232 The very difficulty of getting a correct copy at the hands of the scribe must have had a tendency to make the author..more observant about the character of his own original.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	observant
释义	observantn.adj. Brit. /əbˈzəːvnt/, U.S. /əbˈzərv(ə)nt/ Forms: late Middle English obseruance (plural), late Middle English–1500s obseruantes (plural), late Middle English–1500s obseruauntes (plural), 1500s observante, 1500s observauntes (plural), 1500s observauntis (plural), 1500s–1600s obseruant, 1500s– observant; Scottish pre-1700 observante, pre-1700 1700s– observant. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French observant. Etymology: < Middle French, French observant, present participle (compare -ant suffix¹) of observer observe v. Compare Middle French observant (1508 as noun in sense ‘person who observes a religious rule’, mid 16th cent. as adjective in sense ‘observing a rule’).With the plural form obseruance (see quot. a1500 at sense A. 1b) compare inhabitans , inhabitance , early plural forms of inhabitant n., and perhaps also accidence n.² A. n. 1. a. Roman Catholic Church. A member of a branch of the Franciscan order in which the friars followed a strict version of the Franciscan rule. Usually with capital initial. Now historical.Reincorporated into the Franciscan Order proper in 1897 by Leo XIII's bull ‘Felicitate quadam’. Cf. Capuchin n. 1, conventual n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious order > Franciscan > [noun] > Observant(strict) observant1474 Observantine1611 Minor-Observantine1762 Observantist1865 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. ii. 88 Religious men as monkes freris chanons obseruantes. a1500 (a1470) Brut (BL Add. 10099) 511 Seynt Bernardyne..began þe new reformacion of þat ordre in many places, In so myche þat þei þat were reformed bene called Obseruantes, which Obseruauntes bene encrecid gretly in Italie & in Almaigne. 1534 in R. K. Hannay Acts Lords of Council Public Affairs (1932) 426 Ane profest freir of the Freiris Minouris of the Observants. 1693 A. Gavin Short Hist. Monastical Orders xvi. 172 They were called Minors of the Observants. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. II. 220 The houses of the Observants at Canterbury and Greenwich..were repressed. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xii. [Cyclops] 324 Capuchins, cordeliers, minimes and observants. 1991 Our Sunday Visitor's Catholic Encycl. 416/1 The movement later gave rise to a reformed Franciscan group—the ‘Observants’—which won Church approval in 1415. †b. gen. A person who observes a particular law, etc. Usually with of. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > carrying out > observance or carrying out a promise, law, etc. > [noun] > one who keeper1382 observanta1500 observator1502 observer1550 the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > [noun] > one who observes or keeps keeper1382 observanta1500 observator1502 observer1550 redeemer1552 observatrix1653 a1500 (a1471) G. Ashby Active Policy Prince 560 in Poems (1899) 30 Muche more rather to be obseruance Of cristen lawe we shulde yeve attendance. 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 79^v Our Lawes..allow no rewarde to theyr temperate obseruants. a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. (Mar Lodge) viii. iii. f. 250^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Observant(e The pepill for the maist parte..avowit thame to be diligent observantis of the law of God. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 150 Suidas calleth them observants of the Lawe. †2. A dutiful or attentive servant or follower; an obsequious attendant. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > types of servant > [noun] > dutiful or attentive observer1601 observant1608 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear vii. 99 Twentie silly ducking Obseruants, that stretch their duties nisely. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 810 For the Festiuall of this Gaine-god,..the Merchants, his deuoted and faithfull obseruants,..bought a slaue..to represent that Idol. 1617 Janua Linguarum Ded. Presented by..your highnesses most humblest obseruant I.B.P. 3. With plural agreement. With the. Observant people as a class. ΚΠ 1866 Rural Amer. (Utica, N.Y.) 15 Mar. 91/1 It is in the experience of the observant, that a linen shirt becomes damp by perspiration, it remains cold and clammy for a long time afterwards; and unless removed will certainly cause some bodily ailment. 1907 Westm. Gaz. 13/1 The observant always take into account that some women look nicest in emphatic contrasts, such as black and white or navy-blue and white..while others look better with less sharp decision. 1978 P. Roth Professor of Desire 182 I still prefer to appear..wearing a jacket and a tie..though, as the observant will record, generally it will be the same jacket and the same tie. B. adj. 1. Roman Catholic Church. With capital initial. Of or designating the Franciscan Observants (see sense A. 1a). Frequently as postmodifier. Now historical. ΚΠ 1502 in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 56 The Fryers Observauntes at Grenewiche. a1746 J. Lewis in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) II. 196 Frier Forest, one of the Observant Friers. 1868 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. I. 9 An Observant Friar, that is a strict Franciscan, who observed his rule, as distinguished from the Conventuals, who lived in great luxury. 1889 Athenæum 29 June 820/3 The Observant Order was..suppressed before all the others. 1899 Dict. National Biogr. at West, Nicolas His admission to the Friars Observant indicates..West belonged to the older school of ecclesiastical conservatism. 1993 Dict. National Biogr.: Missing Persons 549/1 Henry..from 1501 to 1506 was building the Observant friary in Richmond, Surrey. †2. Deferential, respectful; considerately attentive; assiduous in service; obsequious. Occasionally with of, to. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [adjective] > paying respectful attention courting1580 observant1594 assiduous1725 1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night sig. Fiii^v My deuoted obseruant dutie. 1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Obseruant, dutifull, full of diligent seruice. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. A2^v Beholding you not with the inquisitiue eye of presumption..but with the obseruant eye of dutie and admiration. View more context for this quotation a1713 T. Ellwood Hist. Life (1714) 170 Yet this..made them a little the more observant to me. 1743 R. Pococke Descr. East I. iv. ii. 167 They are in the hands of very kind masters, and are as observant of them. 1792 M. Wollstonecraft Vindic. Rights Woman ix. 342 Would men but generously snap our chains,..they would find us more observant daughters, more affectionate sisters. a1817 J. Austen Persuasion (1818) IV. iv. 60 He was steady, observant, moderate, candid, never run away with by spirits or selfishness. View more context for this quotation 3. Attentive, perceptive; quick to notice or perceive. Frequently with of, † on. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > [adjective] > observing, observant perceivantc1390 markingc1580 regardfula1586 regardant1588 curiousa1592 observant1599 observing1607 observative1609 animadversive1642 smoky1688 notice-taking1816 noteful1838 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 5 In this transcursive reportory without some obseruant glaunce, I may not dully ouerpasse the gallant beauty of their hauen. 1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. i. 70 This same strikt and most obseruant watch. 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar i. vi. §9 The active Piety of a credulous, a pious and less observant age. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 384 Tisiphone there keeps the Ward..Observant of the Souls that pass the downward way. 1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 5 Wand'ring from clime to clime, observant stray'd. 1796 F. Burney Camilla I. ii. i. 127 He was observant of the errors of others, and watched till he nearly eradicated his own. 1801 E. Helme St. Margaret's Cave I. xvii. 225 Cautiously observant on all that passed. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. v. 106 Felix Holt, when he entered, was not in an observant mood. 1918 W. Cather My Ántonia ii. ix. 225 They had all..been early awakened and made observant by coming at a tender age from an old country to a new. 1961 I. Fleming Thunderball v. 43 If you were observant of small details, you might register that all the men were of approximately the same age-group, between thirty and forty. 1986 L. Erdrich Beet Queen vi. 105 He had been the one with the bold observant statements downstairs, but once I tagged him he flushed and fell silent. 4. a. Attentive in adhering to or following a law, custom, principle, etc. Usually with of, †to.Now chiefly with reference to religious customs and rites: cf. sense B. 4b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > carrying out > observance or carrying out a promise, law, etc. > [adjective] observant1608 the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > [adjective] faithfulc1384 officiousc1487 heedful1548 heedy1548 religious1567 unhurting1581 rigid1602 observant1608 conscionable1620 strictc1660 solid1880 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 180 Thinking by this deuotion,..in this obseruant manner to pacifie the wrath of God. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 24 When custome hath brought a thing to become..honour, whosoever is not observant and obedient thereto, is dishonored. 1701 W. Wotton Hist. Rome i. 19 Exactly observant of Sincerity and Truth. 1792 M. Wollstonecraft Vindic. Rights Woman v. 239 This appears to be the course of nature; and in morals..we should be observant of her sacred indications. 1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales II. 332 Conscientiously observant of contracts. 1859 Ladies' Repository Nov. 695 They are very observant of the outward forms of religion, perhaps superstitiously so. 1913 N.E.D. at Traditionary a. Observant of tradition. 1957 J. Bishop Day Christ Died (1989) 11 They referred to Jews who were less observant of the law, or chronically unclean, as Amé-Haaretz. 1999 R. E. Guiley Encycl. Witches & Witchcraft (ed. 2) 155/1 The contemporary hedge witch is..observant of Pagan seasonal festivals. b. spec. Acting in accordance with the rituals and rules of behaviour associated with a particular religion, esp. Judaism. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > orthodoxy > [adjective] righteOE orthodoxc1454 catholicc1500 sound1526 catholicala1530 orthodoxastical1570 orthodoxical1577 orthodoxal1607 symmetral1660 hardshell1836 hard-shelled1842 observant1902 bien pensant1923 1902 Daily Chron. 2 Oct. 7/1 To-day observant Jews throughout the world celebrate the commencement of their New Year. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 25 Mar. 3/2 Someone will be suggesting [giving up] linen collars next—in which case the really Lenten-observant man will look like nothing so much as a burglar. 1972 C. Potok My Name is Asher Lev i. 36 The stores that were run by observant Jews were all closed on Shabbos. 1988 P. Brown Body & Society (1989) xii. 251 The monks and nuns of Egypt were as often as not the children of observant Christian families. †5. Observable, visible; evident, noteworthy. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adjective] i-seyenlyeOE iseneOE senec1175 seyelyc1225 visiblea1340 seena1398 sighty1398 seeablea1425 spectablec1440 sightfulc1480 sightly1532 appearingc1550 discernable1561 eyely1561 discoverable1572 spectible1581 observable1589 visive1598 aspectable1612 observant1615 perspicable1621 perspiculative1623 remarkable1623 eyeable1633 visory1633 appearable1651 dignoscible1671 discernible1678 traceable1748 noticeable1753 visual1757 distinguishable1762 1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 201 Onely such things as most obseruant were,..I thought to shadow briefely. 1623 T. Aylesbury Serm. 14 Foure things in Christ to us are very observant. a1653 H. Binning Serm. xiii, in Sinners Sanctuary (1670) 234 I wish we could have this image of ingratitude alwayes observant to our eyes. †6. Carefully particular; heedful. Now Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adjective] busyOE carefula1000 orne?c1225 intentivec1290 soignous1340 curiousc1386 diligentc1400 well-advisedc1405 thoughtfulc1450 thoughtyc1480 keepful1489 tentfula1525 respective1525 solicit?1526 heedful1548 heedy1548 tentyc1555 chare1564 respectful1585 tentible1603 solicitous1610 observant1627 care-taking1825 leery1911 1627 G. Hakewill Apologie iv. vii. 358 Of their weight they were so curious and observant, that they had them weighed many times at their very tables. 1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 22 The Dutch..are equally observant with us, in the sheathing their Rudder Irons. 1774 O. Goldsmith Grecian Hist. II. ii. 118 To be scrupulously observant to avoid offending the prince. 1891 T. R. Lounsbury Stud. 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