precogn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌpriːˈkɒɡ/,

/ˈpriːkɒɡ/, U.S.

/ˈpriˌkɑɡ/

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: precognition n., precognitive adj.

Etymology: Shortened < either precognition n. or precognitive adj.; apparently coined by Philip K. Dick (see quots. 1954 at sense 1 and 1954 at sense 2).

Originally Science Fiction.

1. = precognition n. 1. Frequently attributive or as adj.In adjectival use sometimes short for precognitive adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > [noun]

foreshowinga1050

foreknowingc1374

foreseeingc1374

fore-wit1377

before-knowingc1384

presciencec1384

fore-wittingc1386

presciencec1395

foresight14..

previdence?a1425

prevision?a1425

prenostication?a1450

precognitiona1500

before-witting1532

foreknowledge1535

fore-fetch1554

presciency1572

fore-wisdom1576

prenotion1588

presension1597

prospecta1616

presensation1653

prospiciency1681

prevoyance1767

onsight1838

preview1855

precog1954

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > [adjective]

previsional1643

prescient1653

previsive1736

previsionary1818

precognitive1869

precog1954

1954 P. K. Dick in Galaxy Sci. Fiction Oct. 10/2 His wife's precog span was somewhat greater than his own.

1967 Listener 16 Mar. 359/3 Apart from the massive evidence of ESP in human life—what does the Professor say about ‘pre-cog’, I wonder—the abundance of ESP in nature must surely infuriate him.

1988 D. Suvin Positions & Presuppositions in Sci. Fiction 124 [The novel] is overburdened with quite unnecessary elements such as Mayerson's precog faculties.

2003 Contra Costa Times (Nexis) 21 Mar. t6 Beaver (Jason Lee), a wisecracking sweetheart with some vague precog skills and a penchant for chewing toothpicks.

2. A person who predicts something; a person with precognition.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > [noun] > one who foreknows or foresees

fore-witterc1374

far-casterc1540

foreknower1548

foreseer1548

precog1954

1954 P. K. Dick in Galaxy Sci. Fiction Oct. 10/1 He kept on talking to the Norm-class officials grouped around the two Precogs.

1973 Daily News (N.Y.) 21 Aug. 53/1 Certain precogs prophesy the future with the buckshot approach, generalized predictions.

1986 Toronto Star (Nexis) 18 May a19 The psychics, the palm readers, the astrologers, the precogs and all the various and assorted occultniks that afflict our society.

2002 N.Y. Times Mag. 15 Dec. 116/1 The world of Spielberg's ‘Minority Report’, in which future criminals are pre-emptively arrested for crimes foreseen by psychic ‘precogs’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	precog
释义	precogn.adj. Brit. /ˌpriːˈkɒɡ/, /ˈpriːkɒɡ/, U.S. /ˈpriˌkɑɡ/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: precognition n., precognitive adj. Etymology: Shortened < either precognition n. or precognitive adj.; apparently coined by Philip K. Dick (see quots. 1954 at sense 1 and 1954 at sense 2). Originally Science Fiction. 1. = precognition n. 1. Frequently attributive or as adj.In adjectival use sometimes short for precognitive adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > [noun] foreshowinga1050 foreknowingc1374 foreseeingc1374 fore-wit1377 before-knowingc1384 presciencec1384 fore-wittingc1386 presciencec1395 foresight14.. previdence?a1425 prevision?a1425 prenostication?a1450 precognitiona1500 before-witting1532 foreknowledge1535 fore-fetch1554 presciency1572 fore-wisdom1576 prenotion1588 presension1597 prospecta1616 presensation1653 prospiciency1681 prevoyance1767 onsight1838 preview1855 precog1954 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > [adjective] previsional1643 prescient1653 previsive1736 previsionary1818 precognitive1869 precog1954 1954 P. K. Dick in Galaxy Sci. Fiction Oct. 10/2 His wife's precog span was somewhat greater than his own. 1967 Listener 16 Mar. 359/3 Apart from the massive evidence of ESP in human life—what does the Professor say about ‘pre-cog’, I wonder—the abundance of ESP in nature must surely infuriate him. 1988 D. Suvin Positions & Presuppositions in Sci. Fiction 124 [The novel] is overburdened with quite unnecessary elements such as Mayerson's precog faculties. 2003 Contra Costa Times (Nexis) 21 Mar. t6 Beaver (Jason Lee), a wisecracking sweetheart with some vague precog skills and a penchant for chewing toothpicks. 2. A person who predicts something; a person with precognition. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > [noun] > one who foreknows or foresees fore-witterc1374 far-casterc1540 foreknower1548 foreseer1548 precog1954 1954 P. K. Dick in Galaxy Sci. Fiction Oct. 10/1 He kept on talking to the Norm-class officials grouped around the two Precogs. 1973 Daily News (N.Y.) 21 Aug. 53/1 Certain precogs prophesy the future with the buckshot approach, generalized predictions. 1986 Toronto Star (Nexis) 18 May a19 The psychics, the palm readers, the astrologers, the precogs and all the various and assorted occultniks that afflict our society. 2002 N.Y. Times Mag. 15 Dec. 116/1 The world of Spielberg's ‘Minority Report’, in which future criminals are pre-emptively arrested for crimes foreseen by psychic ‘precogs’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1954
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