quasiadv.

Brit.

/ˈkweɪzʌɪ/,

/ˈkwɑːzi/,

/ˈkwɒzi/, U.S.

/ˈkwɑzi/,

/ˈkweɪˌzaɪ/,

/ˈkwɑsi/,

/ˈkweɪˌsaɪ/

Origin: Of multiple origins. A borrowing from Latin. Partly also a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin quasi; French quasi.

Etymology: < classical Latin quasi as if, as it were, almost, practically < quam , interrogative and relative adverb + sī , conditional particle (see si quis n.); originally (in quots. 1485¹, 1485² at sense 1) via Middle French quasi (c1000 in Old French in an isolated attestation, subsequently from early 15th cent.; French quasi (now archaic, literary, and regional); < Latin).Compare Old Occitan quaisses (end of the 10th cent.), quais, cais (both 12th cent.; Occitan quasi), Catalan quasi (14th cent.; second half of the 13th cent. as quaix, quax), Spanish casi (beginning of the 14th cent.; c1250 as quasi), Portuguese quase (15th cent.; also †quasi), Italian quasi (13th cent.).

Now rare.

1. Almost, virtually; as it were, so to speak; in effect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adverb] > as it were

as it werec1175

quasi1485

so to say1619

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [adverb] > seemingly or apparently

in semblant?a1366

quasi1485

cloakedlya1500

appearingly1554

in show1556

apparentlya1572

pearinglya1578

with show1614

seeminglya1616

seemingly1715

seemly1821

in semblance1864

semblably1889

mbu2002

1485 W. Caxton tr. Paris & Vienne (1957) 25 Wherof he was moche angry, and quasi half in despayr [Fr. quasi demy desperé].

1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. kvj/2 After that charles had the domynacyon, quasi in al espayne.

1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love iv. iii. sig. H2 Breeches quasi Beare-riches; when a gallant beares all his Ritches in his Breeches.

a1686 T. Watson Body Pract. Divinity (1692) 97 Men come quasi armed in Coat of Male, that the Sword of the Word will not enter.

1805 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. V. 135 This devolution..is quasi a descent per formam doni.

1866 Amer. Law Reg. 14 158 The petitioner was quasi a judicial officer in the act for which he was indicted, and not responsible therefor.

1931 Jrnl. Business Univ. Chicago 4 205 This principle was not pushed so far as to include one who was ‘quasi’ a party.

1986 Leonardo 19 295/1 I searched for a generally valid syntax of the form, quasi a grammar of shaping, which I believe created a new intensity in my work.

2. Introducing an etymological explanation or a word: as if it were. Occasionally abbreviated q. (see Q n. 15b), qu.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > other schools of linguistics > [adverb] > etymology > introducing etymological explanation

quasi1568

Q1658

qu.1676

1568 E. Dering Sparing Restraint 20 This is proued by the Etimologie, or true explication of the word λειτουργᾶν quasi λήιτα ἔργα ἐχων, he that hath common businesse in hande.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. ii. 87 Maister Person, quasi Person?

a1640 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1811) (modernized text) §82 81 Culme, so called, as some say, quasi Calme.

1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. x. 419 They are more properly call'd Almanacks, quasi Al-mon-aght.

1826 W. Scott Woodstock II. iv. 90 Rere-suppers (quasi arrière) belonged to a species of luxury [etc.].

1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. p. xxvii The Earls of Wilbraham (quasi wild boar ham).

1917 Classical Q. 11 92 The assumption of a similar semantic will clear up the etymology of (me) paenitet, quasi ‘it frets me’.

1985 T. F. Hoad Conc. Oxf. Dict. Eng. Etymol. 2/1 Being regarded as f. ab and homō, homin- man, quasi ‘inhuman’.

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

单词	quasi
释义	quasiadv. Brit. /ˈkweɪzʌɪ/, /ˈkwɑːzi/, /ˈkwɒzi/, U.S. /ˈkwɑzi/, /ˈkweɪˌzaɪ/, /ˈkwɑsi/, /ˈkweɪˌsaɪ/ Origin: Of multiple origins. A borrowing from Latin. Partly also a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin quasi; French quasi. Etymology: < classical Latin quasi as if, as it were, almost, practically < quam , interrogative and relative adverb + sī , conditional particle (see si quis n.); originally (in quots. 1485¹, 1485² at sense 1) via Middle French quasi (c1000 in Old French in an isolated attestation, subsequently from early 15th cent.; French quasi (now archaic, literary, and regional); < Latin).Compare Old Occitan quaisses (end of the 10th cent.), quais, cais (both 12th cent.; Occitan quasi), Catalan quasi (14th cent.; second half of the 13th cent. as quaix, quax), Spanish casi (beginning of the 14th cent.; c1250 as quasi), Portuguese quase (15th cent.; also †quasi), Italian quasi (13th cent.). Now rare. 1. Almost, virtually; as it were, so to speak; in effect. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adverb] > as it were as it werec1175 quasi1485 so to say1619 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [adverb] > seemingly or apparently in semblant?a1366 quasi1485 cloakedlya1500 appearingly1554 in show1556 apparentlya1572 pearinglya1578 with show1614 seeminglya1616 seemingly1715 seemly1821 in semblance1864 semblably1889 mbu2002 1485 W. Caxton tr. Paris & Vienne (1957) 25 Wherof he was moche angry, and quasi half in despayr [Fr. quasi demy desperé]. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. kvj/2 After that charles had the domynacyon, quasi in al espayne. 1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love iv. iii. sig. H2 Breeches quasi Beare-riches; when a gallant beares all his Ritches in his Breeches. View more context for this quotation a1686 T. Watson Body Pract. Divinity (1692) 97 Men come quasi armed in Coat of Male, that the Sword of the Word will not enter. 1805 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. V. 135 This devolution..is quasi a descent per formam doni. 1866 Amer. Law Reg. 14 158 The petitioner was quasi a judicial officer in the act for which he was indicted, and not responsible therefor. 1931 Jrnl. Business Univ. Chicago 4 205 This principle was not pushed so far as to include one who was ‘quasi’ a party. 1986 Leonardo 19 295/1 I searched for a generally valid syntax of the form, quasi a grammar of shaping, which I believe created a new intensity in my work. 2. Introducing an etymological explanation or a word: as if it were. Occasionally abbreviated q. (see Q n. 15b), qu. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > other schools of linguistics > [adverb] > etymology > introducing etymological explanation quasi1568 Q1658 qu.1676 1568 E. Dering Sparing Restraint 20 This is proued by the Etimologie, or true explication of the word λειτουργᾶν quasi λήιτα ἔργα ἐχων, he that hath common businesse in hande. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. ii. 87 Maister Person, quasi Person? a1640 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1811) (modernized text) §82 81 Culme, so called, as some say, quasi Calme. 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. x. 419 They are more properly call'd Almanacks, quasi Al-mon-aght. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock II. iv. 90 Rere-suppers (quasi arrière) belonged to a species of luxury [etc.]. 1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. p. xxvii The Earls of Wilbraham (quasi wild boar ham). 1917 Classical Q. 11 92 The assumption of a similar semantic will clear up the etymology of (me) paenitet, quasi ‘it frets me’. 1985 T. F. Hoad Conc. Oxf. Dict. Eng. Etymol. 2/1 Being regarded as f. ab and homō, homin- man, quasi ‘inhuman’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : quasi-comb. form < adv.1485 see also
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