portent-likeadv.adj.

Brit.

/ˈpɔːtɛntˌlʌɪk/,

/ˈpɔːt(ə)ntlʌɪk/, U.S.

/ˈpɔrˌtɛntˌlaɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: portent n., -like suffix.

Etymology: < portent n. + -like suffix.In quot. 1743 at sense A., Hanmer's emendation of perttaunt like (in the Quarto of Love's Labour's Lost (1598) v. ii. 67) in his 1743 edition of Shakespeare's Wks., endorsed by Warburton in his 1747 edition. Although Hanmer's reading was not long accepted, the true reading has continued to be a matter of conjecture amongst Shakespearean scholars. In Stanley Wells and Gary Taylor's 1986 edition of the Compl. Wks., the reading is persuant like, modernized to pursuivant-like. For a brief history of readings and aesthetic, graphic, and metrical arguments in favour of his own, see Stanley Wells Re-editing Shakespeare for the Modern Reader (1984) 34–6.

A. adv.

In the manner of a portent. rare.

ΚΠ

1743 Shakespeare's Love's Labours Lost v. iii, in T. Hanmer Wks. Shakespear II. 140 So portent-like would I o'ersway his state, That he should be my fool, and I his fate.

1901 C. F. Forshaw Poet. Tributes Queen Vict. 280 The melancholy dirge of the dull sea Came portent-like to Osborne's watchers all.

B. adj.

Of the nature of a portent.

ΚΠ

1943 tr. Pius XI Quadragesimo Anno in Two Basic Social Encyclicals 161 When it [sc. Communism] has come to power, it is incredible and portent-like in its cruelty and inhumanity.

1949 Studio Internat. 188 253/1 Their joint showing provides a portent-like juxtaposition of American and Parisian art.

1964 M. F. McDonald tr. Lactantius Divine Instit. Bks. 1–7 iii. 229 They fabricated aerial orbs,..and they adorned them with certain portent-like images which they said were stars.

2004 D. L. Gorlée On translating Signs 212 Generalized or intersubjective semiotic thought has inferential, portent-like, and predictive results.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	portent-like
释义	portent-likeadv.adj. Brit. /ˈpɔːtɛntˌlʌɪk/, /ˈpɔːt(ə)ntlʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈpɔrˌtɛntˌlaɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: portent n., -like suffix. Etymology: < portent n. + -like suffix.In quot. 1743 at sense A., Hanmer's emendation of perttaunt like (in the Quarto of Love's Labour's Lost (1598) v. ii. 67) in his 1743 edition of Shakespeare's Wks., endorsed by Warburton in his 1747 edition. Although Hanmer's reading was not long accepted, the true reading has continued to be a matter of conjecture amongst Shakespearean scholars. In Stanley Wells and Gary Taylor's 1986 edition of the Compl. Wks., the reading is persuant like, modernized to pursuivant-like. For a brief history of readings and aesthetic, graphic, and metrical arguments in favour of his own, see Stanley Wells Re-editing Shakespeare for the Modern Reader (1984) 34–6. A. adv. In the manner of a portent. rare. ΚΠ 1743 Shakespeare's Love's Labours Lost v. iii, in T. Hanmer Wks. Shakespear II. 140 So portent-like would I o'ersway his state, That he should be my fool, and I his fate. 1901 C. F. Forshaw Poet. Tributes Queen Vict. 280 The melancholy dirge of the dull sea Came portent-like to Osborne's watchers all. B. adj. Of the nature of a portent. ΚΠ 1943 tr. Pius XI Quadragesimo Anno in Two Basic Social Encyclicals 161 When it [sc. Communism] has come to power, it is incredible and portent-like in its cruelty and inhumanity. 1949 Studio Internat. 188 253/1 Their joint showing provides a portent-like juxtaposition of American and Parisian art. 1964 M. F. McDonald tr. Lactantius Divine Instit. Bks. 1–7 iii. 229 They fabricated aerial orbs,..and they adorned them with certain portent-like images which they said were stars. 2004 D. L. Gorlée On translating Signs 212 Generalized or intersubjective semiotic thought has inferential, portent-like, and predictive results. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.adj.1743
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