particularityn.

Brit.

/pəˌtɪkjᵿˈlarᵻti/, U.S.

/pə(r)ˌtɪkjəˈlɛrədi/,

/pɑrˌtɪkjəˈlɛrədi/

Forms: 1500s particlarity, 1500s particularitte, 1500s–1600s particularitie, 1500s– particularity, 1600s particularite, 1600s perticularity; Scottish pre-1700 partecularaty, pre-1700 particularatis (plural), pre-1700 particularete, pre-1700 particularite, pre-1700 particularitie, pre-1700 particularitte, pre-1700 particularte, pre-1700 partiquelaryte, pre-1700 1700s– particularity.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French particularité; Latin particularitat-, particularitas.

Etymology: < Middle French, French particularité something particular, non-universal, component of a whole (1269 in Old French), particular circumstance (1579), particular character trait (c1800) and its etymon post-classical Latin particularitat-, particularitas fact or quality of being particular as opposed to universal (6th cent.), particular virtue or character (15th cent.) < particularis particular adj. + -tas (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix).

a. A particular point or circumstance; a detail. Cf. particular n. 1.Common in 16th–17th centuries.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > accompaniment > [noun] > a particular or detail

circumstances?c1225

particularity1528

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [noun] > quality of being specific or detailed > a detail or particular

circumstances?c1225

parcela1325

partya1393

specialc1405

particular?a1425

partc1425

specialityc1443

specialty1449

especialityc1460

particularity1528

respect1533

severals1606

especial1633

particularment1642

retail1644

instance1649

circumstantiality1854

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > one of the parts into which anything is divided > of a subject or action

joint1303

particularity1528

article1577

particular1601

detail1786

1528 S. Gardiner in N. Pocock Rec. Reformation (1870) I. l. 103 And so from such good words entered into the particularities of the matter.

1536 T. Cromwell Let. 14 May in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) II. 12 I write noo particularities, the thinges be soo abhomynable, that I thinke the like was neuer harde.

1578 in Court Minutes Surrey & Kent Sewer Comm. (London County Council) (1909) 306 The accompte of Thomas Harper for suche some of money as hath bene by him yssued..as at large by a boke therof remaynyng mencyonyng the particularityes appeareth amounteth to the some of lviij^li ix^s iij^d.

1632 R. Sanderson 12 Serm. 302 In this particularity whereof we now speake.

1639 S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events (Authors Epistle to the Reader) In the particularities which are added, either for connexion, or imbellishment of the recitall: the Author is strictly tyed to the bounds of probability.

1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 29 May (1965) I. 363 When I spoke of their Religion I forgot to mention 2 particularitys.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 19 The particularities related of this animal would be incredible, were they not attested upon oath.

1822 J. Galt Provost iv. 30 The office of dean of guild must be a very fashious one to folks like me, no skilled in its particularities.

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xi. 188 They survey society..and they see things so grouped and amassed as to infer easily the sum and genius, instead of tedious particularities.

1879 J. Morley Burke x. 209 Some particularity of event or inference... Burke never neglected these particularities.

1902 W. James Varieties Relig. Experience ii. 26 The man who knows governments most completely is he who troubles himself least about a definition..enjoying an intimate acquaintance with all their particularities [etc.].

1977 Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Feb. 148/3 Sociologists are notorious for their use of generalizing terms that ride roughshod over the particularities of history.

2000 J. Caughie Television Drama viii. 214 Period detail and the particularities of manners rather than grand narratives and the Grand Style seem indeed to be central to the allure of the past.

†b. in particularity: in detail; individually; specially. Cf. in particular adv. at particular adj., n., and adv. Phrases. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > specifically [phrase] > in detail

from point to pointa1393

in speciala1398

specialityc1485

in particularity1559

in piecemeal1561

in (the) detail1603

1559 M. Parker in G. Burnet Hist. Ref. (1681) II. Collect. Rec. 362 Which mine disability I might alleadg at length in particularity.

1569 Act 11 Eliz. in R. Bolton Statutes Ireland (1621) 317 Your Majesties title in generalitie to the whole Realme of Ireland, and in particularitie to the dominion and territories of Ulster.

1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike Ded. sig. ¶¶^v There is no Law-maker so prouident, as that hee can in particularity foresee, and..præuent the infinite variety of future inconueniences.

a1626 F. Bacon Advt. Holy Warre in Certaine Misc. Wks. (1629) 133 But much more we Christians, vnto whom it is revealed in particularity, that all Men came from one Lumpe of Earth.

1832 J. F. Cooper Heidenmauer II. v. 55 God hath created all men equal, and therefore it is our right, no less than our duty, to see that Deurckheim is not wronged, especially in that part of her interests that belong, in particularity, to her substantial inhabitants.

1867 tr. M. Guizot Medit. Actual State Christianity v. 311 With the French Encyclopedists, things exist in particularity and individuals singly: the universe is an assemblage of individuals.

†2. Scottish. Personal interest or advantage; regard for this. Also: an act dictated by this. Cf. particular n. 5b. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > that which is obtained or acquired > personal or private

singular1419

singularity1426

particularityc1550

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [noun] > personal benefit or advantage

commodity1410

singularity1426

commodomec1547

particularityc1550

commodie1575

main chance1584

self-good1594

self-interest1595

job1680

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xix. 125 The quhilk gracis and propreteis ar nocht grantit be god for thy particularite bot rather..to be ane dispensatour of his gyftis amang the ignorant pepil.

1579 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 79 The correctioun of his thevis is nather done for gredines nor ony kynd of particularitie.

1586 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1881) 1st Ser. IV. 47 Mair respecting thair awne particulariteis nor the commounweill of the said citie.

a. gen. The fact or quality of being particular as opposed to general or universal; the fact of being or relating to one or some, but not all, of a class; relation to an individual thing; individuality, specificity; (spec. in Theology, esp. Christian Church) †(a) = particularism n. 1 (obsolete); (b) the doctrine of God's incarnation as Jesus at a particular time and place.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > [noun] > quality of being particular or not general

particularity1569

particularness1727

the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > the Trinity > the Son or Christ > [noun] > according to other attributes

horn of salvation (health)c825

fatherOE

sun of righteousnessOE

priestc1175

leecha1200

vinec1315

apostlec1382

amenc1384

shepherdc1384

the Wisdom of the Father1402

high priest1526

pelican1526

mediatora1530

reconcilerc1531

branch1535

morning star1535

surety1535

vicar1651

arch-shepherd1656

hierarch1855

particularity1930

1569 A. Golding tr. N. Hemmingsen Postill To Rdr. sig. Xx.vi Particularitie, is the restreyning of the largenesse of Christs benefites..vntoo a feawe.

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1027/1 So also was it generallie doone throughout all England, in which generalitie this city was of a particularitie.

1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. ii. iii. vi Not wedg'd in strait particularity, But grasping all in her vast active spright.

1656 tr. T. Hobbes Elements Philos. i. ii. 16 A Common Name set by it selfe without any note either of Universality or Particularity, as Man, Stone,..is called an Indefinite Name.

1725 I. Watts Logick i. iv. §4 Any common name whatsoever is made proper by terms of particularity added to it.

1865 J. B. Mozley 8 Lect. Miracles ii. 41 That..does not alter the particularity of the fact, or make it at all the more a universal.

1930 E. Hoskyns in G. K. Bell & G. A. Deissmann Mysterium Christi 89 The philosopher should..make sense of it [sc. revelation] by some other means than by obscuring the particularity of the Old Testament.

1969 T. F. Torrance Theol. Sci. iii. 140 God reveals Himself in the contingent particularity and sheer singularity of Jesus Christ.

1986 D. Madden Hidden Symptoms (1988) 32 With the weird particularity common to dreams, the dominant feature had been the school's radiators.

†b. A particular or individual matter or affair; a particular case or instance. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > [noun]

particularity1574

particular1609

1574 G. Baker tr. Composition Oleum Magistrale sig. C.ij For sithens experie[n]ce is but the obseruation or remembrance of the successe had in particuler things..and..neither art not science consisted in particularities: it must needs folow y^t naked experience maketh no art.

1592 R. Greene Philomela sig. B^v Yet when he called to mind hir chast vertues, and did ruminate the particularities of his loues toward himselfe, he supprest the suspitious flame of ielousy.

1598 J. Manwood Treat. Lawes Forrest i. §3, f. 4 ^v There is no principle or ground so generall, that there is not some particularitie exempted out of it.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) v. iii. 44 Now let the generall Trumpet blow his blast, Particularities, and pettie sounds To cease.

†4.

a. The fact or quality of being noteworthy or special; distinction; peculiarity. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > worthy of notice

notablenessc1450

particularity1570

conspicuity1601

of remarka1618

remarkableness1623

conspicuousness1661

noise1670

figure1692

observableness1727

remarkability1838

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [noun]

particularity1570

unusualness1579

egregiousness1606

remarkableness1623

extraordinarinessa1665

unusuality1799

remarkability1838

exceptionality1854

exceptionalness1886

1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. ciiij Sufficient to notifie, the particularitie, and excellency of the Arte.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 142. ⁋8 To..have the Esteem of a Woman of your Merit, has in it a Particularity of Happiness.

1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) Contents 7 Further augmented by the particularity of the Tide.

b. Peculiarity such as to cause surprise; oddity, singularity. Also: an instance of this; an odd action or characteristic. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [noun] > oddness

oddness1611

queerity1711

particularity1712

whimsicalness1715

oddity1739

queerness1748

whimsicality1761

singularity1768

quizzity1788

eccentricity1794

quizziness1798

queerishness1803

fantasticness1825

rumness1840

weirdness1869

quirkiness1870

rumminess1872

whimsiness1909

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 438. ⁋4 An habitual Humour, Whim, or Particularity of Behaviour.

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. xxiii. 130 Mr. Greville..has frequently surprised us with his particularities.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1739 I. 76 [Sir J. Reynolds:] One instance of his absence and particularity, as it is characteristick of the man, may be worth relating.

1807 J. Austen Let. 8 Feb. (1995) 120 Mary found on our return her card with only her name on it, & she had left word that she w^d call again.—The particularity of this made us talk.

5. An attribute belonging particularly to a specified person or thing; a special or distinctive quality or feature; a peculiarity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [noun] > a characteristic

privilegec1225

distinctionc1374

propertyc1390

tachea1400

pointa1425

specialty?a1425

difference?c1425

conditionc1460

markc1522

touch1528

specialty1532

differentia1551

character?1569

formality1570

particularity1585

peculiar1589

accent1591

appropriation1600

characterism1603

peculiarity1606

resemblance1622

propera1626

speciality1625

specificationa1631

appropriament1633

characteristic1646

discrimination1646

diagnostic1651

characteristical1660

stroke1666

talent1670

physiognomya1680

oddity1713

distinctive1816

spécialité1836

trait1864

flavour1866

middle name1905

discriminant1920

discriminator1943

1585 R. Lane Let. 12 Aug. in Trans. & Coll. Amer. Antiquarian Soc. (1860) 4 9 The generalle's returne..dothe presently cutte mee of from usinge cyrcumstances in reporte of the partycularityes of thys countrey in thys my letter unto your honor.

1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Comm. Notable Thinges in tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 343 It is thought that they doo descend of the tartares, by some particularities that is found amongst them.

1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iii. xii. 159 To speak what we know of the particularities of the Antartike straight.

1713 R. Steele Guardian No. 10. ⁋7 Some particularities in the garb of their Abbés may be transplanted hither to advantage.

1779 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 70 75 The particularity of this last eruption was, that the lava..was now chiefly thrown up from its Crater.

1844 Ld. Brougham Albert Lunel III. viii. 231 He has, however, some of the particularities of the family.

1863 E. V. Neale Analogy Thought & Nature 75 Seeking for the general conception through the particularities of the individual.

1966 W. Percy Last Gentleman iii. iv. 120 Now here surely is a good way to live nowadays..sampling the particularities of place yet cabined off from the sadness of place.

1994 Edmonton (Alberta) Jrnl. 30 Jan. e6/3 It's also missing some intriguing regional particularities, such as that dreadnought dish from my Nova Scotian youth called ‘boiled dinner’.

2000 Amer. Scholar Autumn 7/1 There are few French, English, Greek, or Latin writers of more than antiquarian interest in whom he hasn't found some trait, or tag, or particularity, worth praising.

†6. Special attentiveness to a person; familiarity of behaviour or manner; an instance of this. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > [noun] > disrespect by undue familiarity

familiarityc1410

particularity1591

freedoma1625

over freedom1668

over-familiarity1676

1591 in I. W. Archer et al. Relig., Politics, & Society in 16th-cent. Eng. (2003) 229 I thus doe finde that yow are noted for particularity to mee by others in like competition.

1664 T. Killigrew 2nd Pt. Bellamira i. v, in Comedies & Trag. 529 Constancy and particularity shew the minds chastity.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 47. ⁋2 All the remarkable Particularities which are usual for Persons who admire one another.

1735 H. Fielding Universal Gallant iii. 37 Sister, I am surpriz'd at you. This Particularity with a young Fellow is very indecent.

1773 R. Hitchcock Macaroni v. 74 We both have lov'd your daughters some time—you must have observ'd the particularity of our behaviour, as we wish'd not to conceal it.

1809 W. Dunlap tr. A. von Kotzebue Fraternal Discord iii. 39 That vanity which makes an idle youth misconstrue politeness into particularity, and boast over the bottle of favors which the innocent victim of his folly is not capable of imagining.

1816 J. Austen Emma III. xiv. 268 Behaving one hour with objectionable particularity to another woman.

1844 J. H. Ingraham Ellen Hart i. 5 And would he have colored as he did..if he had not thought of the beauteous Ellen with more particularity than he regarded other young misses?

7. Minuteness or precision of description, expression, investigation, etc.; consideration of the particulars of a subject.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [noun] > quality of being specific or detailed

specialty1384

circumstance1393

punctuality1620

punctualness1620

specializing1633

particularity1638

detailedness1842

specificality1858

detailism1865

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > attention to details

circumstance1509

particularity1638

minuteness1640

circumstantiality1731

circumstantialness1731

circumstancing1801

1638 A. Read Treat. 1st Pt. Chirurg. xviii. 130 Fomentations..for a gangrene, whereof I meane to discourse in a particularity.

1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. 39 Articles (1700) ii. 53 There is no part of the Gospel writ with so copious a Particularity, as the History of his Sufferings and Death.

1790 W. Paley Horæ Paulinæ i. 5 The very particularity of St. Paul's Epistles.

1833 Pearl & Lit. Gaz. 23 Nov. 63/3 He then..contemplated the Editor's six feet two, with an ominous particularity.

1884 Law Rep.: Appeal Cases 9 180 It is necessary to examine the proceedings with some particularity.

1955 G. Gorer Exploring Eng. Char. xiii. 221 Two groups of people identified themselves with more particularity than was called for in the questionnaire.

1991 Industr. Law Jrnl. 20 285 It seems to us important that advisers and parties appearing in person..must be prepared..to analyze issues and present their case with some degree of accuracy and particularity.

8. Attentiveness to details of conduct or action; special carefulness; fastidiousness, scrupulousness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [noun] > scrupulous care or attention to detail

chariness1571

minuteness1640

exactness1645

particularity1669

nicety1711

exactitude1735

narrowness1817

particularness1859

scrupulousness1863

detail1868

scrupulosity1879

meticulosity1887

meticulousness1909

1669 A. Woodhead tr. Life St. Teresa (1671) ii. 255 With great weight, and much particularity, I heard internally that Verse of the Psalm.

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison I. viii. 36 Sir Rowland himself, as you will guess by his particularity, is an old bachelor.

1832 J. P. Kennedy Swallow Barn (1860) 14 It [sc. the letter] flouted my opinions, laughed at my particularity.

1882 C. F. Woolson Anne 96 A particularity as to the saving of string.

1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker xiii. 212 The old-maidish particularity of an American sailor.

1921 Times 5 Mar. 14/3 Any meticulous particularity with regard to what was happening between the right hon. gentleman and the railways would..be a waste of time.

2002 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch (Nexis) 19 Sept. 17 Chef Hartmut Handke.., who is famous for his particularity about raw ingredients, has been pleased by what he terms the ‘outstanding’ quality of the meat.

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

单词	particularity
释义	particularityn. Brit. /pəˌtɪkjᵿˈlarᵻti/, U.S. /pə(r)ˌtɪkjəˈlɛrədi/, /pɑrˌtɪkjəˈlɛrədi/ Forms: 1500s particlarity, 1500s particularitte, 1500s–1600s particularitie, 1500s– particularity, 1600s particularite, 1600s perticularity; Scottish pre-1700 partecularaty, pre-1700 particularatis (plural), pre-1700 particularete, pre-1700 particularite, pre-1700 particularitie, pre-1700 particularitte, pre-1700 particularte, pre-1700 partiquelaryte, pre-1700 1700s– particularity. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French particularité; Latin particularitat-, particularitas. Etymology: < Middle French, French particularité something particular, non-universal, component of a whole (1269 in Old French), particular circumstance (1579), particular character trait (c1800) and its etymon post-classical Latin particularitat-, particularitas fact or quality of being particular as opposed to universal (6th cent.), particular virtue or character (15th cent.) < particularis particular adj. + -tas (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). 1. a. A particular point or circumstance; a detail. Cf. particular n. 1.Common in 16th–17th centuries. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > accompaniment > [noun] > a particular or detail circumstances?c1225 particularity1528 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [noun] > quality of being specific or detailed > a detail or particular circumstances?c1225 parcela1325 partya1393 specialc1405 particular?a1425 partc1425 specialityc1443 specialty1449 especialityc1460 particularity1528 respect1533 severals1606 especial1633 particularment1642 retail1644 instance1649 circumstantiality1854 the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > one of the parts into which anything is divided > of a subject or action joint1303 particularity1528 article1577 particular1601 detail1786 1528 S. Gardiner in N. Pocock Rec. Reformation (1870) I. l. 103 And so from such good words entered into the particularities of the matter. 1536 T. Cromwell Let. 14 May in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) II. 12 I write noo particularities, the thinges be soo abhomynable, that I thinke the like was neuer harde. 1578 in Court Minutes Surrey & Kent Sewer Comm. (London County Council) (1909) 306 The accompte of Thomas Harper for suche some of money as hath bene by him yssued..as at large by a boke therof remaynyng mencyonyng the particularityes appeareth amounteth to the some of lviij^li ix^s iij^d. 1632 R. Sanderson 12 Serm. 302 In this particularity whereof we now speake. 1639 S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events (Authors Epistle to the Reader) In the particularities which are added, either for connexion, or imbellishment of the recitall: the Author is strictly tyed to the bounds of probability. 1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 29 May (1965) I. 363 When I spoke of their Religion I forgot to mention 2 particularitys. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 19 The particularities related of this animal would be incredible, were they not attested upon oath. 1822 J. Galt Provost iv. 30 The office of dean of guild must be a very fashious one to folks like me, no skilled in its particularities. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xi. 188 They survey society..and they see things so grouped and amassed as to infer easily the sum and genius, instead of tedious particularities. 1879 J. Morley Burke x. 209 Some particularity of event or inference... Burke never neglected these particularities. 1902 W. James Varieties Relig. Experience ii. 26 The man who knows governments most completely is he who troubles himself least about a definition..enjoying an intimate acquaintance with all their particularities [etc.]. 1977 Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Feb. 148/3 Sociologists are notorious for their use of generalizing terms that ride roughshod over the particularities of history. 2000 J. Caughie Television Drama viii. 214 Period detail and the particularities of manners rather than grand narratives and the Grand Style seem indeed to be central to the allure of the past. †b. in particularity: in detail; individually; specially. Cf. in particular adv. at particular adj., n., and adv. Phrases. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > specifically [phrase] > in detail from point to pointa1393 in speciala1398 specialityc1485 in particularity1559 in piecemeal1561 in (the) detail1603 1559 M. Parker in G. Burnet Hist. Ref. (1681) II. Collect. Rec. 362 Which mine disability I might alleadg at length in particularity. 1569 Act 11 Eliz. in R. Bolton Statutes Ireland (1621) 317 Your Majesties title in generalitie to the whole Realme of Ireland, and in particularitie to the dominion and territories of Ulster. 1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike Ded. sig. ¶¶^v There is no Law-maker so prouident, as that hee can in particularity foresee, and..præuent the infinite variety of future inconueniences. a1626 F. Bacon Advt. Holy Warre in Certaine Misc. Wks. (1629) 133 But much more we Christians, vnto whom it is revealed in particularity, that all Men came from one Lumpe of Earth. 1832 J. F. Cooper Heidenmauer II. v. 55 God hath created all men equal, and therefore it is our right, no less than our duty, to see that Deurckheim is not wronged, especially in that part of her interests that belong, in particularity, to her substantial inhabitants. 1867 tr. M. Guizot Medit. Actual State Christianity v. 311 With the French Encyclopedists, things exist in particularity and individuals singly: the universe is an assemblage of individuals. †2. Scottish. Personal interest or advantage; regard for this. Also: an act dictated by this. Cf. particular n. 5b. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > that which is obtained or acquired > personal or private singular1419 singularity1426 particularityc1550 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [noun] > personal benefit or advantage commodity1410 singularity1426 commodomec1547 particularityc1550 commodie1575 main chance1584 self-good1594 self-interest1595 job1680 c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xix. 125 The quhilk gracis and propreteis ar nocht grantit be god for thy particularite bot rather..to be ane dispensatour of his gyftis amang the ignorant pepil. 1579 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 79 The correctioun of his thevis is nather done for gredines nor ony kynd of particularitie. 1586 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1881) 1st Ser. IV. 47 Mair respecting thair awne particulariteis nor the commounweill of the said citie. 3. a. gen. The fact or quality of being particular as opposed to general or universal; the fact of being or relating to one or some, but not all, of a class; relation to an individual thing; individuality, specificity; (spec. in Theology, esp. Christian Church) †(a) = particularism n. 1 (obsolete); (b) the doctrine of God's incarnation as Jesus at a particular time and place. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > [noun] > quality of being particular or not general particularity1569 particularness1727 the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > the Trinity > the Son or Christ > [noun] > according to other attributes horn of salvation (health)c825 fatherOE sun of righteousnessOE priestc1175 leecha1200 vinec1315 apostlec1382 amenc1384 shepherdc1384 the Wisdom of the Father1402 high priest1526 pelican1526 mediatora1530 reconcilerc1531 branch1535 morning star1535 surety1535 vicar1651 arch-shepherd1656 hierarch1855 particularity1930 1569 A. Golding tr. N. Hemmingsen Postill To Rdr. sig. Xx.vi Particularitie, is the restreyning of the largenesse of Christs benefites..vntoo a feawe. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1027/1 So also was it generallie doone throughout all England, in which generalitie this city was of a particularitie. 1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. ii. iii. vi Not wedg'd in strait particularity, But grasping all in her vast active spright. 1656 tr. T. Hobbes Elements Philos. i. ii. 16 A Common Name set by it selfe without any note either of Universality or Particularity, as Man, Stone,..is called an Indefinite Name. 1725 I. Watts Logick i. iv. §4 Any common name whatsoever is made proper by terms of particularity added to it. 1865 J. B. Mozley 8 Lect. Miracles ii. 41 That..does not alter the particularity of the fact, or make it at all the more a universal. 1930 E. Hoskyns in G. K. Bell & G. A. Deissmann Mysterium Christi 89 The philosopher should..make sense of it [sc. revelation] by some other means than by obscuring the particularity of the Old Testament. 1969 T. F. Torrance Theol. Sci. iii. 140 God reveals Himself in the contingent particularity and sheer singularity of Jesus Christ. 1986 D. Madden Hidden Symptoms (1988) 32 With the weird particularity common to dreams, the dominant feature had been the school's radiators. †b. A particular or individual matter or affair; a particular case or instance. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > [noun] particularity1574 particular1609 1574 G. Baker tr. Composition Oleum Magistrale sig. C.ij For sithens experie[n]ce is but the obseruation or remembrance of the successe had in particuler things..and..neither art not science consisted in particularities: it must needs folow y^t naked experience maketh no art. 1592 R. Greene Philomela sig. B^v Yet when he called to mind hir chast vertues, and did ruminate the particularities of his loues toward himselfe, he supprest the suspitious flame of ielousy. 1598 J. Manwood Treat. Lawes Forrest i. §3, f. 4 ^v There is no principle or ground so generall, that there is not some particularitie exempted out of it. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) v. iii. 44 Now let the generall Trumpet blow his blast, Particularities, and pettie sounds To cease. View more context for this quotation †4. a. The fact or quality of being noteworthy or special; distinction; peculiarity. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > worthy of notice notablenessc1450 particularity1570 conspicuity1601 of remarka1618 remarkableness1623 conspicuousness1661 noise1670 figure1692 observableness1727 remarkability1838 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [noun] particularity1570 unusualness1579 egregiousness1606 remarkableness1623 extraordinarinessa1665 unusuality1799 remarkability1838 exceptionality1854 exceptionalness1886 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. ciiij Sufficient to notifie, the particularitie, and excellency of the Arte. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 142. ⁋8 To..have the Esteem of a Woman of your Merit, has in it a Particularity of Happiness. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) Contents 7 Further augmented by the particularity of the Tide. b. Peculiarity such as to cause surprise; oddity, singularity. Also: an instance of this; an odd action or characteristic. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [noun] > oddness oddness1611 queerity1711 particularity1712 whimsicalness1715 oddity1739 queerness1748 whimsicality1761 singularity1768 quizzity1788 eccentricity1794 quizziness1798 queerishness1803 fantasticness1825 rumness1840 weirdness1869 quirkiness1870 rumminess1872 whimsiness1909 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 438. ⁋4 An habitual Humour, Whim, or Particularity of Behaviour. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. xxiii. 130 Mr. Greville..has frequently surprised us with his particularities. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1739 I. 76 [Sir J. Reynolds:] One instance of his absence and particularity, as it is characteristick of the man, may be worth relating. 1807 J. Austen Let. 8 Feb. (1995) 120 Mary found on our return her card with only her name on it, & she had left word that she w^d call again.—The particularity of this made us talk. 5. An attribute belonging particularly to a specified person or thing; a special or distinctive quality or feature; a peculiarity. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [noun] > a characteristic privilegec1225 distinctionc1374 propertyc1390 tachea1400 pointa1425 specialty?a1425 difference?c1425 conditionc1460 markc1522 touch1528 specialty1532 differentia1551 character?1569 formality1570 particularity1585 peculiar1589 accent1591 appropriation1600 characterism1603 peculiarity1606 resemblance1622 propera1626 speciality1625 specificationa1631 appropriament1633 characteristic1646 discrimination1646 diagnostic1651 characteristical1660 stroke1666 talent1670 physiognomya1680 oddity1713 distinctive1816 spécialité1836 trait1864 flavour1866 middle name1905 discriminant1920 discriminator1943 1585 R. Lane Let. 12 Aug. in Trans. & Coll. Amer. Antiquarian Soc. (1860) 4 9 The generalle's returne..dothe presently cutte mee of from usinge cyrcumstances in reporte of the partycularityes of thys countrey in thys my letter unto your honor. 1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Comm. Notable Thinges in tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 343 It is thought that they doo descend of the tartares, by some particularities that is found amongst them. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iii. xii. 159 To speak what we know of the particularities of the Antartike straight. 1713 R. Steele Guardian No. 10. ⁋7 Some particularities in the garb of their Abbés may be transplanted hither to advantage. 1779 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 70 75 The particularity of this last eruption was, that the lava..was now chiefly thrown up from its Crater. 1844 Ld. Brougham Albert Lunel III. viii. 231 He has, however, some of the particularities of the family. 1863 E. V. Neale Analogy Thought & Nature 75 Seeking for the general conception through the particularities of the individual. 1966 W. Percy Last Gentleman iii. iv. 120 Now here surely is a good way to live nowadays..sampling the particularities of place yet cabined off from the sadness of place. 1994 Edmonton (Alberta) Jrnl. 30 Jan. e6/3 It's also missing some intriguing regional particularities, such as that dreadnought dish from my Nova Scotian youth called ‘boiled dinner’. 2000 Amer. Scholar Autumn 7/1 There are few French, English, Greek, or Latin writers of more than antiquarian interest in whom he hasn't found some trait, or tag, or particularity, worth praising. †6. Special attentiveness to a person; familiarity of behaviour or manner; an instance of this. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > [noun] > disrespect by undue familiarity familiarityc1410 particularity1591 freedoma1625 over freedom1668 over-familiarity1676 1591 in I. W. Archer et al. Relig., Politics, & Society in 16th-cent. Eng. (2003) 229 I thus doe finde that yow are noted for particularity to mee by others in like competition. 1664 T. Killigrew 2nd Pt. Bellamira i. v, in Comedies & Trag. 529 Constancy and particularity shew the minds chastity. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 47. ⁋2 All the remarkable Particularities which are usual for Persons who admire one another. 1735 H. Fielding Universal Gallant iii. 37 Sister, I am surpriz'd at you. This Particularity with a young Fellow is very indecent. 1773 R. Hitchcock Macaroni v. 74 We both have lov'd your daughters some time—you must have observ'd the particularity of our behaviour, as we wish'd not to conceal it. 1809 W. Dunlap tr. A. von Kotzebue Fraternal Discord iii. 39 That vanity which makes an idle youth misconstrue politeness into particularity, and boast over the bottle of favors which the innocent victim of his folly is not capable of imagining. 1816 J. Austen Emma III. xiv. 268 Behaving one hour with objectionable particularity to another woman. View more context for this quotation 1844 J. H. Ingraham Ellen Hart i. 5 And would he have colored as he did..if he had not thought of the beauteous Ellen with more particularity than he regarded other young misses? 7. Minuteness or precision of description, expression, investigation, etc.; consideration of the particulars of a subject. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [noun] > quality of being specific or detailed specialty1384 circumstance1393 punctuality1620 punctualness1620 specializing1633 particularity1638 detailedness1842 specificality1858 detailism1865 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > attention to details circumstance1509 particularity1638 minuteness1640 circumstantiality1731 circumstantialness1731 circumstancing1801 1638 A. Read Treat. 1st Pt. Chirurg. xviii. 130 Fomentations..for a gangrene, whereof I meane to discourse in a particularity. 1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. 39 Articles (1700) ii. 53 There is no part of the Gospel writ with so copious a Particularity, as the History of his Sufferings and Death. 1790 W. Paley Horæ Paulinæ i. 5 The very particularity of St. Paul's Epistles. 1833 Pearl & Lit. Gaz. 23 Nov. 63/3 He then..contemplated the Editor's six feet two, with an ominous particularity. 1884 Law Rep.: Appeal Cases 9 180 It is necessary to examine the proceedings with some particularity. 1955 G. Gorer Exploring Eng. Char. xiii. 221 Two groups of people identified themselves with more particularity than was called for in the questionnaire. 1991 Industr. Law Jrnl. 20 285 It seems to us important that advisers and parties appearing in person..must be prepared..to analyze issues and present their case with some degree of accuracy and particularity. 8. Attentiveness to details of conduct or action; special carefulness; fastidiousness, scrupulousness. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [noun] > scrupulous care or attention to detail chariness1571 minuteness1640 exactness1645 particularity1669 nicety1711 exactitude1735 narrowness1817 particularness1859 scrupulousness1863 detail1868 scrupulosity1879 meticulosity1887 meticulousness1909 1669 A. Woodhead tr. Life St. Teresa (1671) ii. 255 With great weight, and much particularity, I heard internally that Verse of the Psalm. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison I. viii. 36 Sir Rowland himself, as you will guess by his particularity, is an old bachelor. 1832 J. P. Kennedy Swallow Barn (1860) 14 It [sc. the letter] flouted my opinions, laughed at my particularity. 1882 C. F. Woolson Anne 96 A particularity as to the saving of string. 1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker xiii. 212 The old-maidish particularity of an American sailor. 1921 Times 5 Mar. 14/3 Any meticulous particularity with regard to what was happening between the right hon. gentleman and the railways would..be a waste of time. 2002 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch (Nexis) 19 Sept. 17 Chef Hartmut Handke.., who is famous for his particularity about raw ingredients, has been pleased by what he terms the ‘outstanding’ quality of the meat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1528
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