preoccupantadj.n.

Brit.

/prɪˈɒkjᵿp(ə)nt/,

/priːˈɒkjᵿp(ə)nt/, U.S.

/priˈɑkjəp(ə)nt/

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, Latin occupant- , occupāns , occupāre ; pre- prefix, occupant n.

Etymology: As adjective < pre- prefix + classical Latin occupant-, occupāns, present participle of occupāre occupy v., after preoccupy v.; compare slightly earlier preoccupying adj. As noun < pre- prefix + occupant n., after preoccupy v.

A. adj.

Previously occupying; preoccupying, mentally absorbing.

ΚΠ

1654 E. Wolley tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Curia Politiæ 56 Least a preoccupant fear possess their spirits.

1850 Amer. Whig Rev. Jan. 89/2 His mind was occupied with two prior and stronger ideas... As the edifice approached completion, one of these pre-occupant thoughts lost ground.

1869 De Bow's Rev. Mar. 182 The..resources of the race..which have so rapidly wrested the continent of America from preoccupant races, and even from the dominion of primeval nature.

1995 Amer. Naturalist 146 248 If the preoccupant species is the predator..or prey..of the invading species, the population dynamics could oscillate locally.

B. n.

A person who occupies (a place or region) before others; a previous or earlier occupant. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > type of inhabitant generally > [noun] > previous inhabitant

preoccupant1774

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. xvii. 280 The inhabitants can neither boast the longevity, nor the luxuries of their former pre-occupants.

1795 V. Knox Spirit of Despotism viii. 57 A monarch..owing his feat on his throne to a revolution, to the expulsion of a pre-occupant.

1832 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 2) II. 173 Invasions of this kind, attended by the expulsion of the pre-occupants, are almost instantaneous.

a1834 J. Thelwall Jrnl. Brit. Stud. (1985) 24 33 Those murdered patriots..who had been the preoccupants of our dungeons.

1887 Catholic World Mar. 818 He can exclude others, as the preoccupant could from the chair at a public restaurant or the seat in a railroad-car.

1994 J. Barth Once upon Time 324 The analogy holds after all between those uppercase derring-doers of the Ur-myth—Theseus, Perseus, Oedipus,..Dante's Dante—and such lowercase preoccupants therewith as yours truly.

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

单词	preoccupant
释义	preoccupantadj.n. Brit. /prɪˈɒkjᵿp(ə)nt/, /priːˈɒkjᵿp(ə)nt/, U.S. /priˈɑkjəp(ə)nt/ Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, Latin occupant- , occupāns , occupāre ; pre- prefix, occupant n. Etymology: As adjective < pre- prefix + classical Latin occupant-, occupāns, present participle of occupāre occupy v., after preoccupy v.; compare slightly earlier preoccupying adj. As noun < pre- prefix + occupant n., after preoccupy v. A. adj. Previously occupying; preoccupying, mentally absorbing. ΚΠ 1654 E. Wolley tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Curia Politiæ 56 Least a preoccupant fear possess their spirits. 1850 Amer. Whig Rev. Jan. 89/2 His mind was occupied with two prior and stronger ideas... As the edifice approached completion, one of these pre-occupant thoughts lost ground. 1869 De Bow's Rev. Mar. 182 The..resources of the race..which have so rapidly wrested the continent of America from preoccupant races, and even from the dominion of primeval nature. 1995 Amer. Naturalist 146 248 If the preoccupant species is the predator..or prey..of the invading species, the population dynamics could oscillate locally. B. n. A person who occupies (a place or region) before others; a previous or earlier occupant. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > type of inhabitant generally > [noun] > previous inhabitant preoccupant1774 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. xvii. 280 The inhabitants can neither boast the longevity, nor the luxuries of their former pre-occupants. 1795 V. Knox Spirit of Despotism viii. 57 A monarch..owing his feat on his throne to a revolution, to the expulsion of a pre-occupant. 1832 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 2) II. 173 Invasions of this kind, attended by the expulsion of the pre-occupants, are almost instantaneous. a1834 J. Thelwall Jrnl. Brit. Stud. (1985) 24 33 Those murdered patriots..who had been the preoccupants of our dungeons. 1887 Catholic World Mar. 818 He can exclude others, as the preoccupant could from the chair at a public restaurant or the seat in a railroad-car. 1994 J. Barth Once upon Time 324 The analogy holds after all between those uppercase derring-doers of the Ur-myth—Theseus, Perseus, Oedipus,..Dante's Dante—and such lowercase preoccupants therewith as yours truly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1654
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