† adaysadv.

Forms: Middle English–1600s adaies, Middle English–1600s adayes, 1500s–1800s adays.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: on days at day n. Phrases 1d(b).

Etymology: < on days at day n. Phrases 1d(b), with reduction of the first element (compare a prep.¹). Compare earlier aday adv.

Obsolete (regional in later use).

1. At the present time; = nowadays adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [adverb]

noweOE

nowtheOE

nughuOE

todayOE

nowthenc1225

orc1275

in presentc1330

in this presentc1330

now by dawec1330

of present1340

presentc1385

nowadays?1387

adaysa1393

nowadaya1393

now on daysa1393

presently?a1425

now of daysc1425

now-o'-daysc1450

at (the) presenta1500

at this presenta1500

nowdaysa1500

currently1579

on the presenta1616

actually1663

nowanights1672

naow1824

at this (or the) present speaking1835

again1837

contemporarily1837

nowdays1850

any more1859

hic et nunc1935

at this moment in time1936

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iii. l. 828 (MED) And suche adaies be now fele..That lete here tunges gon unteid.

a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) l. 1415 (MED) A-dayes now, my sone, as men may se, O chirche vn-to a man may not suffise.

c1475 Antichrist & Disciples in J. H. Todd Three Treat. J. Wycklyffe (1851) p. cxxv (MED) Antecrist..shal..done many meruelis as now ben don a daies.

a1500 Sir Degrevant (Cambr.) (1949) 822 (MED) What vseþ þe Eorl adayes? Hontes he ar reuayes?

1653 D. Osborne Lett. to Sir W. Temple (1888) 85 [The orange-flower water] is very good, and I am so sweet with it a days that I despise roses.

a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) 4 I seldom see Mr. Smith a-days.

2. In the daytime (as opposed to the night); during the day; by day. Cf. aday adv. 2.In quot. c1400: (perhaps): daily (= aday adv. 1).

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > [adverb]

dayseOE

adayc1275

adaysc1400

a daytala1500

from sun to suna1500

up-sun1825

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xv. l. 278 (MED) Antony, a dayes aboute none tyme, Had a bridde þat brouȝte hym bred.

c1410 tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 147 Þe emperour was i-smyte..so þat adaies he felt noþing ne tasted.

1560 T. Ingelend Disobedient Child (1848) 21 With broylynge & burnynge in the kytchyn adayes.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. ii. ii. 99 Pining a daies,..waking a nights.

1675 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Odysses 59 A-days he weeping sat upon the shore.

1703 Philos. Trans. 1702–3 (Royal Soc.) 23 1466 I carried the same Box adays in the Wastband of my Breeches, where I us'd to put my Watch, and a nights I plac'd it within a large Tin Bottle fill'd with hot Water.

1765 T. Ellwood Hist. Life (ed. 3) 149 We had also the Liberty of some other Rooms over that Hall, to walk or work in a-Days.

1778 J. Abercrombie Universal Gardener & Botanist at Lactuca, Put them [sc. the glasses] on every night, in cold or very wet weather especially; even also adays when great rains prevail.

1847 J. Todd Let. 4 Dec. in John Todd (1876) xxv. 349 Mary is getting better; she works adays, and I warm her bed and nurse her, nights.

1899 B. W. Green Word-bk. Virginia Folk-speech 38 Adays, by day; in the daytime.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	adays
释义	† adaysadv. Forms: Middle English–1600s adaies, Middle English–1600s adayes, 1500s–1800s adays. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: on days at day n. Phrases 1d(b). Etymology: < on days at day n. Phrases 1d(b), with reduction of the first element (compare a prep.¹). Compare earlier aday adv. Obsolete (regional in later use). 1. At the present time; = nowadays adv. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [adverb] noweOE nowtheOE nughuOE todayOE nowthenc1225 orc1275 in presentc1330 in this presentc1330 now by dawec1330 of present1340 presentc1385 nowadays?1387 adaysa1393 nowadaya1393 now on daysa1393 presently?a1425 now of daysc1425 now-o'-daysc1450 at (the) presenta1500 at this presenta1500 nowdaysa1500 currently1579 on the presenta1616 actually1663 nowanights1672 naow1824 at this (or the) present speaking1835 again1837 contemporarily1837 nowdays1850 any more1859 hic et nunc1935 at this moment in time1936 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iii. l. 828 (MED) And suche adaies be now fele..That lete here tunges gon unteid. a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) l. 1415 (MED) A-dayes now, my sone, as men may se, O chirche vn-to a man may not suffise. c1475 Antichrist & Disciples in J. H. Todd Three Treat. J. Wycklyffe (1851) p. cxxv (MED) Antecrist..shal..done many meruelis as now ben don a daies. a1500 Sir Degrevant (Cambr.) (1949) 822 (MED) What vseþ þe Eorl adayes? Hontes he ar reuayes? 1653 D. Osborne Lett. to Sir W. Temple (1888) 85 [The orange-flower water] is very good, and I am so sweet with it a days that I despise roses. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) 4 I seldom see Mr. Smith a-days. 2. In the daytime (as opposed to the night); during the day; by day. Cf. aday adv. 2.In quot. c1400: (perhaps): daily (= aday adv. 1). ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > [adverb] dayseOE adayc1275 adaysc1400 a daytala1500 from sun to suna1500 up-sun1825 c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xv. l. 278 (MED) Antony, a dayes aboute none tyme, Had a bridde þat brouȝte hym bred. c1410 tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 147 Þe emperour was i-smyte..so þat adaies he felt noþing ne tasted. 1560 T. Ingelend Disobedient Child (1848) 21 With broylynge & burnynge in the kytchyn adayes. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. ii. ii. 99 Pining a daies,..waking a nights. 1675 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Odysses 59 A-days he weeping sat upon the shore. 1703 Philos. Trans. 1702–3 (Royal Soc.) 23 1466 I carried the same Box adays in the Wastband of my Breeches, where I us'd to put my Watch, and a nights I plac'd it within a large Tin Bottle fill'd with hot Water. 1765 T. Ellwood Hist. Life (ed. 3) 149 We had also the Liberty of some other Rooms over that Hall, to walk or work in a-Days. 1778 J. Abercrombie Universal Gardener & Botanist at Lactuca, Put them [sc. the glasses] on every night, in cold or very wet weather especially; even also adays when great rains prevail. 1847 J. Todd Let. 4 Dec. in John Todd (1876) xxv. 349 Mary is getting better; she works adays, and I warm her bed and nurse her, nights. 1899 B. W. Green Word-bk. Virginia Folk-speech 38 Adays, by day; in the daytime. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.a1393
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