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单词 phaetontic
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Phaetonticadj.

Forms: 1600s Phaetentique, 1600s Phaetontick, 1700s–1800s Phaetontic. Also with lower-case initial.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Phaëtont- , Phaëtōn , Phaëthōn , -ic suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin Phaëtont-, oblique stem of Phaëtōn, variant of Phaëthōn, the name in classical mythology of the son of Helios (see phaeton n.) + -ic suffix (compare ancient Greek Φαέθοντ- , oblique stem of Φαέθων ). Compare slightly later phaetonical adj. at phaeton n. Derivatives, Phaetontal adj., Phaetontical adj.
Obsolete.
Of or relating to Phaethon; = Phaetonic adj. at phaeton n. Derivatives.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adjective] > rash or reckless
recklesseOE
redmodOE
unreckless?c1225
hastivec1300
racklec1300
testyc1374
rabbisha1387
temeraryc1410
temerous1461
rash1509
temerarious1532
hare-brained1548
temerarec1550
hare-brain1566
hot-spurred1573
overrash1577
hotspur1586
madcap1591
wretchless1598
Phaetontic1608
zeal-blind1615
Phaetontal1617
unresponsable1619
Phaetontical1630
phaetonicala1640
Phaetonic1708
hell-bent1731
harum-scarum1751
unresponsible1764
suicidal1768
rumgumptious1781
shy1787
devil-may-care1799
bullheaded1818
devil-may-carish1825
temeritous1892
kamikaze1952
1608 Merry Deuill of Edmonton sig. A4v No time on earth like Phaetentique flames Can haue perpetuall being.
1658 J. Jones tr. Ovid Invective against Ibis 1st Ded. How Phaetontick spirits break their necks.
1742 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 48/1 Tho' I cannot send you an English Translation..I have almost completed a Phætontic Greek Version of it.
1829 C. Lamb Lett. (1935) III. 234 I fear their steed, bred out of the wind without father,..hot, phaetontic.
1853 J. R. Lowell in A. H. Clough Corr. 10 Oct. (1957) 465 We had green fields instead of our usual Phaetontic ones.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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