beforetimeadv.n.

Brit.

/bᵻˈfɔːtʌɪm/, U.S.

/bəˈfɔrˌtaɪm/,

/biˈfɔrˌtaɪm/, Caribbean English

/biˈfoː(r)ˌtaim/

Forms: see before adv., prep., conj., and n. and time n., int., and conj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: before adv., time n.

Etymology: < before adv. + time n. Compare aforetime adv. Compare also later beforetimes adv., foretime adv., and (with the use as noun) foretime n.Also written as two words, especially in early use.

A. adv. Now archaic and Jamaican.

In the past, formerly, previously; = beforetimes adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > [adverb]

erea822

fernOE

whileOE

erera1000

whilereOE

onceOE

somewhile1154

whilomc1175

herebeforec1200

somewhilesa1250

yorea1250

orc1275

rather?a1300

erewhilec1305

sometimea1325

sometimec1330

at or in sometime1340

in arrear1340

heretoforea1375

fernyear1377

once upon a timec1380

behinds1382

beforetimea1393

of olda1393

erenow1393

umquhilea1400

erst14..

fornec1400

yore whilec1400

of before1402

late1423

abefore1431

beforetimes1449

whilesc1480

sometime1490

aforrow?a1513

behind1526

quondamc1540

in foretime(s?c1550

erstwhile1569

erstwhiles1569

aleare1581

erewhiles1584

sometimes1597

formerly1599

anciently1624

olim1645

somewhile since1652

quondamly1663

forepassed1664

sometimea1684

backward1691

historically1753

time back1812

had-been1835

when1962

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) Prol. l. 848 (MED) Unethes stant ther oght upryht..As it before tyme stod.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 2110 (MED) Affrick..Þat bifor time was cald libye.

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 28 Beforetyme, ante, antea.

1534 in G. Bray Doc. Eng. Reformation (2004) x. 89 Yielding unto the King's Highness and to his heirs and successors, all such duties, rights, and interests as beforetime have been accustomed to be paid for any such archbishopric or bishopric.

a1567 L. Nowell Vocabularium Saxonicum (1952) 24/2 On ærdagum, before time.

1611 Bible (King James) 1 Sam. ix. 9 He that is now called a Prophet, was beforetime called a Seer.

1713 J. Wise Churches Quarrel Espoused viii. 101 There was before time, a vast Pile of Incoherent Atomes, which Globically hung Sleeping upon a Centre-atom.

1863 H. M. Waddell Twenty-nine Years in W. Indies & Central Afr. 121 Before time, minister, I was one of the biggest rogues ever was; but now I do try, and beg God to keep me from such bad ways.

1865 A. C. Swinburne Ballad of Burdens 36 And no more as the thing beforetime seen.

1907 M. G. Gross Star of Valhalla xli. 297 Then could they ride forth on the vikings as beforetime.

1956 in F. G. Cassidy & R. B. LePage Dict. Jamaican Eng. (2002) 36/1 /bifúotaim mi hie se../ Formerly, I have heard it said...

B. n.

An earlier time; the time preceding something (in later use frequently in plural).Usually in prepositional phrases, as in the beforetime(s), from a beforetime, etc.; in early use also in noun phrases used adverbially without an introductory preposition (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [phrase] > time preceding

beforetime?c1450

?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 153 The bifore tyme thei had be maried.

?1614 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses vi. 392 Having touch'd no meat A long before time.

1818 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 319/2 A snow piece, representing the piazza san Marco at Venice, as it was in the before time, with a number of sellers, buyers, and masques, by Carletto Carliari 1594.

1877 H. G. Murray Tom Kittle's Wake 20 In a before time, quite ober da chookoo yonder, dere was a woman dere.

1892 Open Court 16 June 3282/2 If I had it to do all over again,..and knew in the beforetime that the sufferings and the trials would be thousand-fold what they have already been, I should not one minute hesitate.

1916 C. W. Harrison Magic of Malaya ii. 48 They rose before me..all the victims of the bitter law of those days, though perhaps many had suffered also in our time had not their lot been cast in the beforetimes.

2004 C. M. Valente Labyrinth 52 Threads of voice and fennel like capillaries, invading my mind, refracted words from a beforetime I know has never been.

2020 @FakeDawnSummers 13 Mar. in twitter.com (accessed 28 July 2020) When I saw the first guy shake that guy's hand, I was like ohh, this was in the beforetimes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	beforetime
释义	beforetimeadv.n. Brit. /bᵻˈfɔːtʌɪm/, U.S. /bəˈfɔrˌtaɪm/, /biˈfɔrˌtaɪm/, Caribbean English /biˈfoː(r)ˌtaim/ Forms: see before adv., prep., conj., and n. and time n., int., and conj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: before adv., time n. Etymology: < before adv. + time n. Compare aforetime adv. Compare also later beforetimes adv., foretime adv., and (with the use as noun) foretime n.Also written as two words, especially in early use. A. adv. Now archaic and Jamaican. In the past, formerly, previously; = beforetimes adv. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > [adverb] erea822 fernOE whileOE erera1000 whilereOE onceOE somewhile1154 whilomc1175 herebeforec1200 somewhilesa1250 yorea1250 orc1275 rather?a1300 erewhilec1305 sometimea1325 sometimec1330 at or in sometime1340 in arrear1340 heretoforea1375 fernyear1377 once upon a timec1380 behinds1382 beforetimea1393 of olda1393 erenow1393 umquhilea1400 erst14.. fornec1400 yore whilec1400 of before1402 late1423 abefore1431 beforetimes1449 whilesc1480 sometime1490 aforrow?a1513 behind1526 quondamc1540 in foretime(s?c1550 erstwhile1569 erstwhiles1569 aleare1581 erewhiles1584 sometimes1597 formerly1599 anciently1624 olim1645 somewhile since1652 quondamly1663 forepassed1664 sometimea1684 backward1691 historically1753 time back1812 had-been1835 when1962 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) Prol. l. 848 (MED) Unethes stant ther oght upryht..As it before tyme stod. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 2110 (MED) Affrick..Þat bifor time was cald libye. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 28 Beforetyme, ante, antea. 1534 in G. Bray Doc. Eng. Reformation (2004) x. 89 Yielding unto the King's Highness and to his heirs and successors, all such duties, rights, and interests as beforetime have been accustomed to be paid for any such archbishopric or bishopric. a1567 L. Nowell Vocabularium Saxonicum (1952) 24/2 On ærdagum, before time. 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Sam. ix. 9 He that is now called a Prophet, was beforetime called a Seer. View more context for this quotation 1713 J. Wise Churches Quarrel Espoused viii. 101 There was before time, a vast Pile of Incoherent Atomes, which Globically hung Sleeping upon a Centre-atom. 1863 H. M. Waddell Twenty-nine Years in W. Indies & Central Afr. 121 Before time, minister, I was one of the biggest rogues ever was; but now I do try, and beg God to keep me from such bad ways. 1865 A. C. Swinburne Ballad of Burdens 36 And no more as the thing beforetime seen. 1907 M. G. Gross Star of Valhalla xli. 297 Then could they ride forth on the vikings as beforetime. 1956 in F. G. Cassidy & R. B. LePage Dict. Jamaican Eng. (2002) 36/1 /bifúotaim mi hie se../ Formerly, I have heard it said... B. n. An earlier time; the time preceding something (in later use frequently in plural).Usually in prepositional phrases, as in the beforetime(s), from a beforetime, etc.; in early use also in noun phrases used adverbially without an introductory preposition (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [phrase] > time preceding beforetime?c1450 ?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 153 The bifore tyme thei had be maried. ?1614 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses vi. 392 Having touch'd no meat A long before time. 1818 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 319/2 A snow piece, representing the piazza san Marco at Venice, as it was in the before time, with a number of sellers, buyers, and masques, by Carletto Carliari 1594. 1877 H. G. Murray Tom Kittle's Wake 20 In a before time, quite ober da chookoo yonder, dere was a woman dere. 1892 Open Court 16 June 3282/2 If I had it to do all over again,..and knew in the beforetime that the sufferings and the trials would be thousand-fold what they have already been, I should not one minute hesitate. 1916 C. W. Harrison Magic of Malaya ii. 48 They rose before me..all the victims of the bitter law of those days, though perhaps many had suffered also in our time had not their lot been cast in the beforetimes. 2004 C. M. Valente Labyrinth 52 Threads of voice and fennel like capillaries, invading my mind, refracted words from a beforetime I know has never been. 2020 @FakeDawnSummers 13 Mar. in twitter.com (accessed 28 July 2020) When I saw the first guy shake that guy's hand, I was like ohh, this was in the beforetimes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.n.a1393
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