proemn.

Brit.

/ˈprəʊɛm/, U.S.

/ˈproʊˌɛm/

Forms: late Middle English prochem, late Middle English procheyn (transmission error), late Middle English proheim, late Middle English proheime, late Middle English proym, late Middle English–1500s proheme, 1500s proëme, 1500s–1600s prooeme, 1500s–1800s proeme, 1500s– proem, 1600s–1700s proëm, 1600s–1800s prooem; also Scottish pre-1700 proaeme, pre-1700 proheym.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French proeme; Latin prooemium.

Etymology: < Middle French proeme, proheme (a1310 in Old French; French proème ) and its etymon classical Latin prooemium (also prohoemium, prohēmium) prooemium n. Compare earlier proemy n. Compare also prooemium n.

1. An introductory discourse at the beginning of a piece of writing; a preface, preamble.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > parts of a written composition > [noun] > prologue or introduction

forespeechc1000

prologuec1350

proemya1382

preamblec1395

proemc1410

exordyc1430

prolocutory1447

protocolc1450

forespeaking1480

preface1484

prooemiumc1485

preparation1526

introduction1529

induction1533

introducement1536

epistle?1548

prelude1548

proposition1553

foretalk1565

exordium1581

prolegomenons1600

inducement1605

isagoge1652

propylaeum1693

programma1711

foreword1842

foretalking1872

programme1880

pronaos1894

peritext1977

epitext1978

c1410 (c1395) G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale (Harl. 7334) (1885) 43 He first..enditith..A proheme [c1405 Hengwrt prohemie; v.rr. prochem, proheime, procheyn] in the which descriuith he The mound [v.r. Pemonde] and of Saluces þe contre.

c1450 (?c1425) St. Mary of Oignies Prol., in Anglia (1885) 8 134 (MED) James..wrote..a longe proheme in to þe lyfe þat heere folowiþ.

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 64 As testifieth Cicero in the proheme of the offices.

1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits ix. 123 That doctrine of S. Hierome, which is found in his proem vpon Esay and Hierimie.

1602 J. Clapham Hist. Eng. sig. A3 The Proems of Historical Bookes are already filled with discourses of the profitable use that may be made of them.

1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. iii. 108 Seven Books; each of which..hath a Proœm, the whole none.

1739 J. Swift Verses on Death Dr. Swift: Nov. 1731 4 Thus much may serve by way of Proem; Proceed we therefore to our Poem.

1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. Introd. ii. 60 The proeme, or preamble, is often called in to help the construction of an act of parliament.

1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus iii. iii. 78/2 By way of proem, take the following not injudicious remarks.

1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity II. 404 The proœm of the Gospel declared that ‘the Word became flesh’.

1901 G. W. Cooke Guide-bk. Wks. Browning 18 The introduction or proem to The Two Poets of Croisic was printed in the second series of Selections made from his poems by Browning.

1968 J. A. W. Bennett Chaucer's Bk. of Fame ii. 86 If at this point we recall the tone of the Proem and Invocation we realize that it was part of a deliberate yet subtle preparative for this world of humanized natural phenomena.

1991 Classical Q. New Ser. 41 414 Virgil's two proems also contain verbal and thematic echoes of the Lucretian passages.

2. A prefatory part of a speech; preliminary remarks; an exordium. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > a speech > introductory speech or part of speech

forespeechc1000

prologuec1350

preamblec1395

preambulationc1395

prooemiumc1485

prolocutiona1525

introduction1529

insinuation1532

preface1532

proem1532

foretalk1565

opening statement1806

insinuance1888

1532 L. Cox Art or Crafte Rhetoryke sig. B.iiii Tullie..in the oracion..begynneth hys proeme thus.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark x. 70 With this proheme Jesus discouraged the yong man.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 549 So gloz'd the Tempter, and his Proem tun'd.

1706 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus II. i. 6 Thus a Lecture does he give Upon his Pill diminitive, Speaking his Merits in the Proem, That's Audience might the better know him.

1748 J. Geddes Ess. Composition Antients 84 The proem is the first part of an oration.

1762 S. Fielding tr. Xenophon Mem. Socrates iv. ii. 255 I should suppose too, that the Proem to his Speech, if he begins with letting them know that he hath never received any Instruction, must have something in it not unpleasant.

1865 G. Grote Plato I. iii. 130 (note) He sometimes..opened the debate by a proœm or prefatory address in his own person.

1940 Classical Q. 34 66 A canon of the parts of the judicial speech. This canon comprises typically four parts, proem, narrative, demonstration, and epilogue.

3. In extended use and figurative. A commencement, beginning, prelude.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > a) preparation(s) > a preliminary action or step

introductionc1386

deductiona1535

induction?1544

preamble1548

flourish1552

preludium1563

primordium1577

preparativec1580

exordium1581

introit1583

foregoinga1586

prologuea1586

preface1589

prelusion1597

proem1598

prolusion1601

introductory1646

preliminary1656

prelimination1667

flourishing1687

little go1842

preluding1858

foreword1888

prelim1891

prelimen1898

run-in1900

opening gambit1911

prolegomenon1926

lead-in1928

pipe-openera1936

lead-up1953

intro1964

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes 290/3 Preludio, a proheme in musicke.

1607 G. Markham First Pt. First Bk. Eng. Arcadia f. 22 Madam, I protest this bloodie beginning was no intended Proem of my seruice.

1660 S. Pordage tr. Seneca Troades ii. i. 9 The Thessalian Prince..did Thracian armes annoy, The Proem to thy fatall fall O Troy!

a1664 M. Frank LI Serm. (1672) 216 These yet are but the Proems of his mercy.

1788 H. Walpole Reminisc. in Lett. (1857) I. p. xcii The reign of George I was little more than the proem to the history of England under the House of Brunswick.

1874 H. R. Reynolds John the Baptist ii. 67 It then becomes part of a record which..does not shrink from the supernatural, the proem of a unique life.

1929 Times 25 Apr. 15/3 Was the quotation..intended as a graceful proem to the half-year's holiday which M. Bartel will be spending under an Italian sun?

1994 Buffalo (N.Y.) News (Nexis) 10 July 7 Though ‘The Golden Ocean’ is complete in itself, one might think of it as a proem, an overture to the full symphony of the later cycle.

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

单词	proem
释义	proemn. Brit. /ˈprəʊɛm/, U.S. /ˈproʊˌɛm/ Forms: late Middle English prochem, late Middle English procheyn (transmission error), late Middle English proheim, late Middle English proheime, late Middle English proym, late Middle English–1500s proheme, 1500s proëme, 1500s–1600s prooeme, 1500s–1800s proeme, 1500s– proem, 1600s–1700s proëm, 1600s–1800s prooem; also Scottish pre-1700 proaeme, pre-1700 proheym. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French proeme; Latin prooemium. Etymology: < Middle French proeme, proheme (a1310 in Old French; French proème ) and its etymon classical Latin prooemium (also prohoemium, prohēmium) prooemium n. Compare earlier proemy n. Compare also prooemium n. 1. An introductory discourse at the beginning of a piece of writing; a preface, preamble. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > parts of a written composition > [noun] > prologue or introduction forespeechc1000 prologuec1350 proemya1382 preamblec1395 proemc1410 exordyc1430 prolocutory1447 protocolc1450 forespeaking1480 preface1484 prooemiumc1485 preparation1526 introduction1529 induction1533 introducement1536 epistle?1548 prelude1548 proposition1553 foretalk1565 exordium1581 prolegomenons1600 inducement1605 isagoge1652 propylaeum1693 programma1711 foreword1842 foretalking1872 programme1880 pronaos1894 peritext1977 epitext1978 c1410 (c1395) G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale (Harl. 7334) (1885) 43 He first..enditith..A proheme [c1405 Hengwrt prohemie; v.rr. prochem, proheime, procheyn] in the which descriuith he The mound [v.r. Pemonde] and of Saluces þe contre. c1450 (?c1425) St. Mary of Oignies Prol., in Anglia (1885) 8 134 (MED) James..wrote..a longe proheme in to þe lyfe þat heere folowiþ. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 64 As testifieth Cicero in the proheme of the offices. 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits ix. 123 That doctrine of S. Hierome, which is found in his proem vpon Esay and Hierimie. 1602 J. Clapham Hist. Eng. sig. A3 The Proems of Historical Bookes are already filled with discourses of the profitable use that may be made of them. 1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. iii. 108 Seven Books; each of which..hath a Proœm, the whole none. 1739 J. Swift Verses on Death Dr. Swift: Nov. 1731 4 Thus much may serve by way of Proem; Proceed we therefore to our Poem. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. Introd. ii. 60 The proeme, or preamble, is often called in to help the construction of an act of parliament. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus iii. iii. 78/2 By way of proem, take the following not injudicious remarks. 1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity II. 404 The proœm of the Gospel declared that ‘the Word became flesh’. 1901 G. W. Cooke Guide-bk. Wks. Browning 18 The introduction or proem to The Two Poets of Croisic was printed in the second series of Selections made from his poems by Browning. 1968 J. A. W. Bennett Chaucer's Bk. of Fame ii. 86 If at this point we recall the tone of the Proem and Invocation we realize that it was part of a deliberate yet subtle preparative for this world of humanized natural phenomena. 1991 Classical Q. New Ser. 41 414 Virgil's two proems also contain verbal and thematic echoes of the Lucretian passages. 2. A prefatory part of a speech; preliminary remarks; an exordium. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > a speech > introductory speech or part of speech forespeechc1000 prologuec1350 preamblec1395 preambulationc1395 prooemiumc1485 prolocutiona1525 introduction1529 insinuation1532 preface1532 proem1532 foretalk1565 opening statement1806 insinuance1888 1532 L. Cox Art or Crafte Rhetoryke sig. B.iiii Tullie..in the oracion..begynneth hys proeme thus. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark x. 70 With this proheme Jesus discouraged the yong man. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 549 So gloz'd the Tempter, and his Proem tun'd. View more context for this quotation 1706 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus II. i. 6 Thus a Lecture does he give Upon his Pill diminitive, Speaking his Merits in the Proem, That's Audience might the better know him. 1748 J. Geddes Ess. Composition Antients 84 The proem is the first part of an oration. 1762 S. Fielding tr. Xenophon Mem. Socrates iv. ii. 255 I should suppose too, that the Proem to his Speech, if he begins with letting them know that he hath never received any Instruction, must have something in it not unpleasant. 1865 G. Grote Plato I. iii. 130 (note) He sometimes..opened the debate by a proœm or prefatory address in his own person. 1940 Classical Q. 34 66 A canon of the parts of the judicial speech. This canon comprises typically four parts, proem, narrative, demonstration, and epilogue. 3. In extended use and figurative. A commencement, beginning, prelude. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > a) preparation(s) > a preliminary action or step introductionc1386 deductiona1535 induction?1544 preamble1548 flourish1552 preludium1563 primordium1577 preparativec1580 exordium1581 introit1583 foregoinga1586 prologuea1586 preface1589 prelusion1597 proem1598 prolusion1601 introductory1646 preliminary1656 prelimination1667 flourishing1687 little go1842 preluding1858 foreword1888 prelim1891 prelimen1898 run-in1900 opening gambit1911 prolegomenon1926 lead-in1928 pipe-openera1936 lead-up1953 intro1964 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes 290/3 Preludio, a proheme in musicke. 1607 G. Markham First Pt. First Bk. Eng. Arcadia f. 22 Madam, I protest this bloodie beginning was no intended Proem of my seruice. 1660 S. Pordage tr. Seneca Troades ii. i. 9 The Thessalian Prince..did Thracian armes annoy, The Proem to thy fatall fall O Troy! a1664 M. Frank LI Serm. (1672) 216 These yet are but the Proems of his mercy. 1788 H. Walpole Reminisc. in Lett. (1857) I. p. xcii The reign of George I was little more than the proem to the history of England under the House of Brunswick. 1874 H. R. Reynolds John the Baptist ii. 67 It then becomes part of a record which..does not shrink from the supernatural, the proem of a unique life. 1929 Times 25 Apr. 15/3 Was the quotation..intended as a graceful proem to the half-year's holiday which M. Bartel will be spending under an Italian sun? 1994 Buffalo (N.Y.) News (Nexis) 10 July 7 Though ‘The Golden Ocean’ is complete in itself, one might think of it as a proem, an overture to the full symphony of the later cycle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † proemv. Forms: 1600s prooeme, 1800s proem. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: proem n. Etymology: < proem n. Compare classical Latin prooemiārī (see proemiate v.). Compare earlier proemiate v. Obsolete. transitive. To preface, introduce; to produce as a proem. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > parts of a written composition > write parts of composition [verb (transitive)] > introduce or furnish with prologue prefix1538 front1592 preface1603 preamble1628 perfixa1659 prologue1701 proema1716 prologize1779 premise1823 a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) VIII. xiii. 367 Moses might..very well proœme the repetition of the covenant with this upbraiding reprehension. 1851 W. W. Lord Christ in Hades vi. 129 But soon thus proemed his Egyptian tongue: ‘O wonder never raised by gods or men [etc.].’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1410v.a1716
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