optimacyn.

Brit.

/ˈɒptᵻməsi/, U.S.

/ˈɑptəməsi/

Forms: 1500s optimacie, 1500s– optimacy, 1600s optimatie.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin optimatia.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin optimatia government by the nobles or upper classes (16th cent.) < classical Latin optimāt- , optimās (see optimate n. and adj.) + -ia -y suffix³; compare -acy suffix.From the late 17th cent. the word came to be largely superseded by aristocracy n.

Now rare.

†1. The upper classes; the nobility, the aristocracy. Also figurative. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [noun]

optimacy1579

aristocracy1651

great world1699

peerage1725

well-connected1788

governing class1795

patriciate1795

well-connected1831

caste1842

(the) salt of the earth1842

the leisured class(es1848

japonicadom1851

countyocracy1859

masterclass1861

proprietariat1872

four hundred1888

the Establishment1923

gratin1934

power élite1942

U1954

upper1955

topside1958

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 1084 The citie of Sicyone, after it fell from her first gouernment of the optimacie and nobilitie [Gk. ἀριστοκρατία].

1613–18 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. (1626) 63 The Londoners, who are..as among the optimacy of England.

1644 H. Parker Jus Populi 61 Bloody disputes betwixt the Optimacy, and populacy.

1682 tr. T. Erastus Treat. Excommun. 17 Though they had a Leader, yet were they govern'd by the Optimacy or Nobility [L. regebantur obtimatum gubernatione].

1796 J. Thelwall Sober Reflect. in Writings (1995) 342 In the former instance, it was the gentry, the optimacy, the aristocratic interest, that moved, that agitated, and conducted every thing..; in the latter, the great body of the people.

1883 Cornhill Mag. Feb. 222 A member of that new aristocracy..that optimacy of passion and genius..which is coming into existence as a cosmopolitan gentility among the confused and fading class-distinctions of the past.

2. Government, or a government, by the nobles or upper classes; = aristocracy n. 3; a state with this form of government. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > [noun] > of the upper classes

oligarchy1542

aristocracy1577

optimacy1595

ottimacy1595

society > authority > rule or government > a or the state > [noun] > state ruled by upper classes

optimacy1595

aristocracy1603

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 539 Cimon..set vp the gouernment of the nobility (called Optimacia [Gk. ἀριστοκρατία]) that was established in the time of Clisthenes.]

1595 T. Bedingfield in N. Machiavelli Florentine Hist. To Rdr. By this..appeareth how both the optimacie and Populer gouernments are subiect to mutation.

1604 R. Dallington View of Fraunce sig. D4^v The State of Venice, which at this day, is the most perfect Optimacy in the world.

1658 P. Heylyn Stumbling-block of Disobedience iv. 124 Till the Romans had expulsed their Kings,..Monarchie being changed to an Optimatie.

1681 H. Neville Plato Redivivus 43 Aristocracy, or Optimacy, is a Common-wealth, where the better sort..have the chief Administration of the Government.

1776 J. Adams On Govt. in Wks. (1851) IV. 473 Where the noble or the rich held all the power, they called their own government aristocracy, or government of the better sort, or optimacy, government of the best sort.

1876 G. Meredith Beauchamp's Career I. xii. 133 Digging and mining will be done; so will harping and singing. But then we have a natural optimacy.

1969 E. Rawson Spartan Trad. in European Thought (1991) 151 Sparta was an optimacy, as all the Greek historians and orators bear out.

3. The best or highest state or condition; optimality. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being the best > [noun] > best state or condition

optimacy1651

1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs 173 Which of all these generall remedies hath the principality of verity and vertue, and the optimacy in sanation, is not worth the dispute.

a1930 R. Bridges Come se Quando in Poet. Wks. (1936) 522 Soon as Night in grey mantle wrappeth all else, they [sc. stars] appear in their optimacy from under the ocean or behind the high mountains.

1999 Utopian Stud. 10 128 Rawls prescribed that whatever is distributed, must be produced efficiently, modeled by Pareto's optimacy curve. But Pareto optimacy is impossible in a monopoly because the price of commodities (the services of the state) is too high.

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

单词	optimacy
释义	optimacyn. Brit. /ˈɒptᵻməsi/, U.S. /ˈɑptəməsi/ Forms: 1500s optimacie, 1500s– optimacy, 1600s optimatie. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin optimatia. Etymology: < post-classical Latin optimatia government by the nobles or upper classes (16th cent.) < classical Latin optimāt- , optimās (see optimate n. and adj.) + -ia -y suffix³; compare -acy suffix.From the late 17th cent. the word came to be largely superseded by aristocracy n. Now rare. †1. The upper classes; the nobility, the aristocracy. Also figurative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [noun] optimacy1579 aristocracy1651 great world1699 peerage1725 well-connected1788 governing class1795 patriciate1795 well-connected1831 caste1842 (the) salt of the earth1842 the leisured class(es1848 japonicadom1851 countyocracy1859 masterclass1861 proprietariat1872 four hundred1888 the Establishment1923 gratin1934 power élite1942 U1954 upper1955 topside1958 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 1084 The citie of Sicyone, after it fell from her first gouernment of the optimacie and nobilitie [Gk. ἀριστοκρατία]. 1613–18 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. (1626) 63 The Londoners, who are..as among the optimacy of England. 1644 H. Parker Jus Populi 61 Bloody disputes betwixt the Optimacy, and populacy. 1682 tr. T. Erastus Treat. Excommun. 17 Though they had a Leader, yet were they govern'd by the Optimacy or Nobility [L. regebantur obtimatum gubernatione]. 1796 J. Thelwall Sober Reflect. in Writings (1995) 342 In the former instance, it was the gentry, the optimacy, the aristocratic interest, that moved, that agitated, and conducted every thing..; in the latter, the great body of the people. 1883 Cornhill Mag. Feb. 222 A member of that new aristocracy..that optimacy of passion and genius..which is coming into existence as a cosmopolitan gentility among the confused and fading class-distinctions of the past. 2. Government, or a government, by the nobles or upper classes; = aristocracy n. 3; a state with this form of government. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > [noun] > of the upper classes oligarchy1542 aristocracy1577 optimacy1595 ottimacy1595 society > authority > rule or government > a or the state > [noun] > state ruled by upper classes optimacy1595 aristocracy1603 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 539 Cimon..set vp the gouernment of the nobility (called Optimacia [Gk. ἀριστοκρατία]) that was established in the time of Clisthenes.] 1595 T. Bedingfield in N. Machiavelli Florentine Hist. To Rdr. By this..appeareth how both the optimacie and Populer gouernments are subiect to mutation. 1604 R. Dallington View of Fraunce sig. D4^v The State of Venice, which at this day, is the most perfect Optimacy in the world. 1658 P. Heylyn Stumbling-block of Disobedience iv. 124 Till the Romans had expulsed their Kings,..Monarchie being changed to an Optimatie. 1681 H. Neville Plato Redivivus 43 Aristocracy, or Optimacy, is a Common-wealth, where the better sort..have the chief Administration of the Government. 1776 J. Adams On Govt. in Wks. (1851) IV. 473 Where the noble or the rich held all the power, they called their own government aristocracy, or government of the better sort, or optimacy, government of the best sort. 1876 G. Meredith Beauchamp's Career I. xii. 133 Digging and mining will be done; so will harping and singing. But then we have a natural optimacy. 1969 E. Rawson Spartan Trad. in European Thought (1991) 151 Sparta was an optimacy, as all the Greek historians and orators bear out. 3. The best or highest state or condition; optimality. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being the best > [noun] > best state or condition optimacy1651 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs 173 Which of all these generall remedies hath the principality of verity and vertue, and the optimacy in sanation, is not worth the dispute. a1930 R. Bridges Come se Quando in Poet. Wks. (1936) 522 Soon as Night in grey mantle wrappeth all else, they [sc. stars] appear in their optimacy from under the ocean or behind the high mountains. 1999 Utopian Stud. 10 128 Rawls prescribed that whatever is distributed, must be produced efficiently, modeled by Pareto's optimacy curve. But Pareto optimacy is impossible in a monopoly because the price of commodities (the services of the state) is too high. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1579
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