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单词 proprietorial
释义

proprietorialadj.

Brit. /prəˌprʌɪəˈtɔːrɪəl/, U.S. /p(r)əˌpraɪəˈtɔriəl/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: proprietor n., -ial suffix.
Etymology: < proprietor n. + -ial suffix; compare -orial suffix.
1. Of or relating to a proprietor; characteristic of or resembling a proprietor or owner; possessive.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > possessor > [adjective] > of or relating to owner
propertarya1425
proprietaryc1450
proprietory1618
proprietorial1783
1783 J. Scott Let. Right Honourable Edmund Burke 25 As the commercial and proprietorial rights of the Company have been thus essentially infringed by former acts of Parliament, their political power has been no less cautiously restricted.
1851 W. H. Dixon W. Penn vii. 234 Control over all the powers of the state, financial, civil, proprietorial, and judicial.
1866 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 June 2 [To] discharge the social and proprietorial obligation devolving upon them.
1909 Daily Chron. 30 Aug. 7/3 She smiled softly to herself at this new tone, this anxious proprietorial tone.
1931 W. Faulkner Sanctuary xxv. 293 Then, proprietorial, adjurant, sweating, he resumed his harsh monologue.
1977 Daily Tel. 9 Apr. 19/5 As [building] societies are owned by all their investing shareholders and borrowers they are effectively removed from any real proprietorial control.
2001 P. D. James Death in Holy Orders (2002) 100 Giles was becoming both more proprietorial and more demanding of time and affection.
2. That is a proprietor; consisting of proprietors; = proprietary adj. 1.
ΚΠ
1849 Examiner 29 Dec. 1/3 Beside them may be a very small number of the more intelligent, and educated,—a wealthier, proprietorial class.
1866 London Rev. 24 Nov. 568 ‘Stop, stop,’ exclaimed the proprietorial censor, ‘that won't do.’
1904 Spectator 3 Sept. 314/1 Directed, not towards the removal of the old proprietorial class,..but towards facilitating their remaining in the country.
1977 Private Eye 13 May 3/2 The original switch from a members to a proprietorial club..was partly conditional on Livesey buying the freehold.
2005 Guardian 13 Sept. 27 They will stay in their jobs for as long as they continue to interpret the interests of the proprietorial class correctly.

Derivatives

proˌprieˈtorially adv. as a proprietor; in the manner of a proprietor.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > possessor > [adverb] > as owner
proprietarily1586
proprietorially1864
1864 Daily Tel. 8 June 5/4 Editorially and proprietorially connected with the World newspaper.
1901 Westm. Gaz. 7 June 10/2 Alderman H. was proprietorially connected with the Dispatch.
1944 Pick of Punch 170 ‘All these is our rooms,’ said Ginger proprietorially.
1996 M. Syal Anita & Me (1997) v. 104 ‘These am me mates, Sherrie and Sally..’ Anita said, her hand resting proprietorially on the Poet's knee.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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