† oliver currentadv.

Forms: late Middle English olyuer currant, 1500s olyver currant.

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French. Etymon: French oliver corant.

Etymology: Apparently < Anglo-Norman oliver corant usual practice (1346 or earlier; compare French regional (Normandy) olivier courant habitual course, and also Old French, Middle French avoir son olivier courant (c1210), Old French, Middle French, French †avoir tous ses oliviers courants (see below), French regional (Boulogne) avoir des oliviers courants , all in sense ‘to do as one pleases, to enjoy freedom of action’), of uncertain origin; probably < an unattested sense ‘olive-press’ of Anglo-Norman oliver (see oliver n.¹) + corant (see current adj.); compare post-classical Latin olivero currente, apparently ‘with olive-press working’, i.e. ‘without impediment’ (from late 12th cent. in British sources).The French phrase avoir tous ses oliviers courants is noted by Cotgrave:1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Il a tous ses oliviers courans, hee hath his full swindge or libertie, he doth what he list. For alternative (and less likely) derivations see Gaston Paris in Romania (1889) 18 132–5, Paul Meyer in Romania (1903) 32 450–1, Times Lit. Suppl. (1933) 10 Aug. 537.

Obsolete.

Smoothly, without hindrance, according to plan.In quot. c1560 as the author's parting words at the end of a love poem.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > [adverb] > without hindrance or encumberment

freelyeOE

wellOE

freec1250

glidderly13..

without (also but) lettingc1330

oliver current1466

smootha1500

pronewise1585

currently1586

glib1594

glibly1607

clearly1612

swimminglya1640

smoothly1668

uninterrupted1677

unobstructedly1788

smack-smooth1802

sweetly1825

sweet1846

unimpededly1846

hitchlessly1910

1466 in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 433 Iff ye cowde fynde the menes..to cawse [the] meyre in my lordes ere to telle hym..thys wolde do nonn harme, iff it be soo þat all thynge go olyuer currant.

c1560 J. Fielding Poem (Ashm. 48) f. 114 Olyver Currant, John Fyldynge.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	oliver current
释义	† oliver currentadv. Forms: late Middle English olyuer currant, 1500s olyver currant. Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French. Etymon: French oliver corant. Etymology: Apparently < Anglo-Norman oliver corant usual practice (1346 or earlier; compare French regional (Normandy) olivier courant habitual course, and also Old French, Middle French avoir son olivier courant (c1210), Old French, Middle French, French †avoir tous ses oliviers courants (see below), French regional (Boulogne) avoir des oliviers courants , all in sense ‘to do as one pleases, to enjoy freedom of action’), of uncertain origin; probably < an unattested sense ‘olive-press’ of Anglo-Norman oliver (see oliver n.¹) + corant (see current adj.); compare post-classical Latin olivero currente, apparently ‘with olive-press working’, i.e. ‘without impediment’ (from late 12th cent. in British sources).The French phrase avoir tous ses oliviers courants is noted by Cotgrave:1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Il a tous ses oliviers courans, hee hath his full swindge or libertie, he doth what he list. For alternative (and less likely) derivations see Gaston Paris in Romania (1889) 18 132–5, Paul Meyer in Romania (1903) 32 450–1, Times Lit. Suppl. (1933) 10 Aug. 537. Obsolete. Smoothly, without hindrance, according to plan.In quot. c1560 as the author's parting words at the end of a love poem. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > [adverb] > without hindrance or encumberment freelyeOE wellOE freec1250 glidderly13.. without (also but) lettingc1330 oliver current1466 smootha1500 pronewise1585 currently1586 glib1594 glibly1607 clearly1612 swimminglya1640 smoothly1668 uninterrupted1677 unobstructedly1788 smack-smooth1802 sweetly1825 sweet1846 unimpededly1846 hitchlessly1910 1466 in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 433 Iff ye cowde fynde the menes..to cawse [the] meyre in my lordes ere to telle hym..thys wolde do nonn harme, iff it be soo þat all thynge go olyuer currant. c1560 J. Fielding Poem (Ashm. 48) f. 114 Olyver Currant, John Fyldynge. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adv.1466
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