parturiencyn.

Brit.

/pɑːˈtjʊərɪənsi/, U.S.

/pɑrˈt(j)ʊriənsi/

Forms: 1600s parturiencie, 1600s– parturiency.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin parturient- , parturiēns , -ency suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin parturient-, parturiēns, present participle of parturīre to be in labour (see parturient adj. and n.): see -ency suffix. Compare later parturience n.

Now rare.

The condition of being about to give birth. Chiefly figurative: the condition or quality of being ready to produce something, as an idea, discovery, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > [noun] > making or becoming productive or fruitful > capacity for

pregnance?1533

fecundity1642

parturiency1652

1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 55 The Inventer, from whose brains have..issued off-springs every whit as con[si]derable, with parturiencie for greater births.

1686 H. More Brief Disc. Real Presence vii. 49 I believe in the Authors thereof there was a kind of Parturiency, and more confused Divination of that Truth.

1736 G. Berkeley Querist: Pt. II (new ed.) §253 A more general Parturiency with respect to Politics and public Counsels.

1853 Ld. Clarendon in F. A. Wellesley Paris Embassy in Second Empire (1928) 20 How very French the whole history of the Empress's beginning, continuation and end of parturiency has been. I doubt her having children.

1921 Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 4 279 A feature of interest in this period of national parturiency is the influence exercised upon the intellectual and educational development by expatriates.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	parturiency
释义	parturiencyn. Brit. /pɑːˈtjʊərɪənsi/, U.S. /pɑrˈt(j)ʊriənsi/ Forms: 1600s parturiencie, 1600s– parturiency. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin parturient- , parturiēns , -ency suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin parturient-, parturiēns, present participle of parturīre to be in labour (see parturient adj. and n.): see -ency suffix. Compare later parturience n. Now rare. The condition of being about to give birth. Chiefly figurative: the condition or quality of being ready to produce something, as an idea, discovery, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > [noun] > making or becoming productive or fruitful > capacity for pregnance?1533 fecundity1642 parturiency1652 1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 55 The Inventer, from whose brains have..issued off-springs every whit as con[si]derable, with parturiencie for greater births. 1686 H. More Brief Disc. Real Presence vii. 49 I believe in the Authors thereof there was a kind of Parturiency, and more confused Divination of that Truth. 1736 G. Berkeley Querist: Pt. II (new ed.) §253 A more general Parturiency with respect to Politics and public Counsels. 1853 Ld. Clarendon in F. A. Wellesley Paris Embassy in Second Empire (1928) 20 How very French the whole history of the Empress's beginning, continuation and end of parturiency has been. I doubt her having children. 1921 Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 4 279 A feature of interest in this period of national parturiency is the influence exercised upon the intellectual and educational development by expatriates. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1652
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