单词 | pertainment |
释义 | pertainmentn. Originally Scottish. rare. That which pertains to something or someone; a belonging; an appurtenance. In early use spec. (Scottish) = pertinent n. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > an adjunct to property pertinence1379 pertinent1396 tachment?a1400 connex1540 annexation1611 pertinency1651 pertainment1674 appendage1694 1674 in J. B. Craven Hist. Church in Orkney (1893) I. 58 With all..freedomes privaleages and righteous pertainments..pertaining to the said viccarage. a1868 C. Harpur Poet. Wks. (1984) 859 The joint sanctioner Of all political pertainment. 1897 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 415 [They] possess some of the finest pertainments of the human race. 2001 Irish News (Nexis) 6 Nov. 4 A wonderful circus act..taking the advantages of the assembly and pertainments of office and at the same time trying to bring it down. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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