remedialadj.

Brit.

/rᵻˈmiːdɪəl/, U.S.

/rəˈmidiəl/,

/riˈmidiəl/

Forms: 1600s remediall, 1700s– remedial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin remedialis.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin remedialis that heals, salutary, curative (5th cent.) < classical Latin remedium remedy n. + -ālis -al suffix¹. Compare earlier remediable adj., remedious adj.

a. Providing or offering a remedy, tending to relieve or redress something.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > amending > [adjective]

remediousa1450

amendablea1500

amending1551

reparative1582

corrigible1602

corrective1603

remediate1608

remedial1612

amendful1639

reparatory1648

curative1658

relevant1676

correcting1692

correctory1758

redeeming1827

rectificatory1851

rectificative1863

1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion vi. 98 (margin) Φαρμακώδησ, Of remediall power.

1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 163 These Lawes were but penall, and not remediall, for the Parties wronged.

1707 J. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia (ed. 22) ii. xiv. 189 This Court proceeds..ordinarily..granting out Writs Mandatory and Remedial.

1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 55 The remedial part of a law is so necessary a consequence of the former two [etc.].

1770 E. Burke Thoughts Present Discontents 32 Every good political institution must have a preventive operation as well as a remedial.

1850 J. McCosh Method Divine Govt. (ed. 2) iv. ii. 472 The Gospel professes to be remedial, and remedial of an evil affecting the laws of God.

1862 E. M. Goulburn Thoughts Personal Relig. (1873) iii. ix. 236 That suffering is a medicine, remedial though bitter.

1931 Amer. Mercury Feb. 223/2 He ordered for himself the remedial Yogourt.

1946 A. Nelson Princ. Agric. Bot. xxv. 503 Of all the remedial measures which may be employed against silver-leaf, cleaning up the orchard ranks high in effectiveness.

2001 J. Le Fanu They don't know what's Wrong xi. 185 I follow all the usual preventative and remedial methods such as avoiding citrus fruits etc., paying scrupulous attention to hygiene—you name it, I've tried them all.

b. Designating physical exercises and other techniques designed to improve movement in the disabled or injured; relating to or using such methods.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > physiotherapy > [adjective]

physiatrical1858

physiatric1897

physicotherapeutic1904

physiotherapeutic1905

remedial1920

1920 Lancet 6 Mar. 568/1 Blinded masseurs..have also been trained to apply remedial exercises and to re-educate muscles.

1943 O. F. G. Smith Rehabilitation, Re-educ. & Remedial Exercises i. 9 When the patient has learnt to use the appliance,..whether a piece of needlework or a remedial apparatus, some personal responsibility should be put on him to continue the work in his own time.

1974 Times 11 Jan. 15/1 The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and the Society of Remedial Gymnasts.

1996 S. Lavery et al. Hamlyn Encycl. Complementary Health 55/2 Remedial massage is used to treat sports injuries and muscle strains.

2004 J. A. Petrek & A. L. Cheville in J. R. Harris et al. Dis. Breast (ed. 3) xci. 1459/1 Examples of remedial exercises for the upper extremities include alternating digital extension and flexion, wrist curls, [etc.].

2. Education.

a. Designating or relating to special classes, teaching methods, etc., in basic educational skills to help schoolchildren who have not achieved the proficiency necessary for them to be able to learn other subjects with their contemporaries.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > teaching > [adjective] > remedial

remedial1909

bonehead1926

1909 Elem. School Teacher 10 179 Whether such analysis is of value can be told only after a year's remedial work and another test.

1924 E. M. Paulu (title) Diagnostic testing and remedial teaching.

1942 F. J. Schonell Backwardness in Basic Subj. x. 204 If remedial work with backward readers is to be effective, a teacher should have..detailed information from a thorough diagnosis... Remedial methods must have therapeutic as well as pedagogical value.

1975 Lang. for Life (Dept. Educ. & Sci.) xviii. 270 Two groups of children were given remedial education, one in the Remedial Centre and one elsewhere.

1977 Cork Examiner 8 June 4/9 The most urgent point here was the need to eliminate overcrowded classes by reducing the pupil-teacher ratio to not more than 35 pupils per teacher and the appointment of more remedial teachers.

2001 N.Y. Times 6 May iv. 14/5 As a child, I was tracked into remedial classes. But by junior high school, I found that the lowest tracked classes were far from challenging.

b. Of a child: receiving or requiring remedial teaching.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [adjective] > remedial pupil

remedial1928

1928 Elem. School Jrnl. 28 747 A large share of the progress made by the remedial pupils must..be due to the remedial instruction.

1966 New Statesman 22 Apr. 575/2 The youngest, according to her passport, is 11 years old. She looks and acts more like a remedial eight-year-old.

1975 Lang. for Life (Dept. Educ. & Sci.) xxv. 408 The average weekly time lay between 3 hrs. 12 mins. and 3 hrs. 22 mins. for all except the 12 year old ‘Remedial’ pupils.

2002 A. Fuller Don't let's go to Dogs Tonight 142 We have more than enough very well-trained (only white) teachers to go around, including a remedial teacher for the remedial kids, whom we call retards.

Derivatives

reˈmedially adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > amending > [adverb]

correctively1627

remediously1659

remedially1742

correctingly1887

1742 S. Wright Occas. Preacher VIII. 20 Sometimes a desirable young creature is taken away, that the Faults of others their relations or friends, may be remedially punished by the loss of such.

1796 E. Burke Thoughts Prospect Regicide Peace 54 It is, preventively, the assertor of its own rights; or remedially, their avenger.

1840 T. Arnold in A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold (1844) II. ix. 175 Before any~thing is ventured remedially.

1875 E. White Life in Christ (1878) v. xxxi. 534 It is God acting, no longer according to the course of law,..but remedially above law.

1962 Folklore 73 268 Mandrake roots are imported by orthodox Jews. They are still thought to be male and female and are used remedially, the scrapings being swallowed in water.

2006 Play: N.Y. Times Sports Mag. Sept. 18/3 The new approach of USA Basketball acknowledges that the ethos drilled into previous generations of American players—pass to a teammate who has a better shot, move without the ball—must now be taught remedially.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	remedial
释义	remedialadj. Brit. /rᵻˈmiːdɪəl/, U.S. /rəˈmidiəl/, /riˈmidiəl/ Forms: 1600s remediall, 1700s– remedial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin remedialis. Etymology: < post-classical Latin remedialis that heals, salutary, curative (5th cent.) < classical Latin remedium remedy n. + -ālis -al suffix¹. Compare earlier remediable adj., remedious adj. 1. a. Providing or offering a remedy, tending to relieve or redress something. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > [adjective] remediousa1450 amendablea1500 amending1551 reparative1582 corrigible1602 corrective1603 remediate1608 remedial1612 amendful1639 reparatory1648 curative1658 relevant1676 correcting1692 correctory1758 redeeming1827 rectificatory1851 rectificative1863 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion vi. 98 (margin) Φαρμακώδησ, Of remediall power. 1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 163 These Lawes were but penall, and not remediall, for the Parties wronged. 1707 J. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia (ed. 22) ii. xiv. 189 This Court proceeds..ordinarily..granting out Writs Mandatory and Remedial. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 55 The remedial part of a law is so necessary a consequence of the former two [etc.]. 1770 E. Burke Thoughts Present Discontents 32 Every good political institution must have a preventive operation as well as a remedial. 1850 J. McCosh Method Divine Govt. (ed. 2) iv. ii. 472 The Gospel professes to be remedial, and remedial of an evil affecting the laws of God. 1862 E. M. Goulburn Thoughts Personal Relig. (1873) iii. ix. 236 That suffering is a medicine, remedial though bitter. 1931 Amer. Mercury Feb. 223/2 He ordered for himself the remedial Yogourt. 1946 A. Nelson Princ. Agric. Bot. xxv. 503 Of all the remedial measures which may be employed against silver-leaf, cleaning up the orchard ranks high in effectiveness. 2001 J. Le Fanu They don't know what's Wrong xi. 185 I follow all the usual preventative and remedial methods such as avoiding citrus fruits etc., paying scrupulous attention to hygiene—you name it, I've tried them all. b. Designating physical exercises and other techniques designed to improve movement in the disabled or injured; relating to or using such methods. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > physiotherapy > [adjective] physiatrical1858 physiatric1897 physicotherapeutic1904 physiotherapeutic1905 remedial1920 1920 Lancet 6 Mar. 568/1 Blinded masseurs..have also been trained to apply remedial exercises and to re-educate muscles. 1943 O. F. G. Smith Rehabilitation, Re-educ. & Remedial Exercises i. 9 When the patient has learnt to use the appliance,..whether a piece of needlework or a remedial apparatus, some personal responsibility should be put on him to continue the work in his own time. 1974 Times 11 Jan. 15/1 The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and the Society of Remedial Gymnasts. 1996 S. Lavery et al. Hamlyn Encycl. Complementary Health 55/2 Remedial massage is used to treat sports injuries and muscle strains. 2004 J. A. Petrek & A. L. Cheville in J. R. Harris et al. Dis. Breast (ed. 3) xci. 1459/1 Examples of remedial exercises for the upper extremities include alternating digital extension and flexion, wrist curls, [etc.]. 2. Education. a. Designating or relating to special classes, teaching methods, etc., in basic educational skills to help schoolchildren who have not achieved the proficiency necessary for them to be able to learn other subjects with their contemporaries. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > [adjective] > remedial remedial1909 bonehead1926 1909 Elem. School Teacher 10 179 Whether such analysis is of value can be told only after a year's remedial work and another test. 1924 E. M. Paulu (title) Diagnostic testing and remedial teaching. 1942 F. J. Schonell Backwardness in Basic Subj. x. 204 If remedial work with backward readers is to be effective, a teacher should have..detailed information from a thorough diagnosis... Remedial methods must have therapeutic as well as pedagogical value. 1975 Lang. for Life (Dept. Educ. & Sci.) xviii. 270 Two groups of children were given remedial education, one in the Remedial Centre and one elsewhere. 1977 Cork Examiner 8 June 4/9 The most urgent point here was the need to eliminate overcrowded classes by reducing the pupil-teacher ratio to not more than 35 pupils per teacher and the appointment of more remedial teachers. 2001 N.Y. Times 6 May iv. 14/5 As a child, I was tracked into remedial classes. But by junior high school, I found that the lowest tracked classes were far from challenging. b. Of a child: receiving or requiring remedial teaching. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [adjective] > remedial pupil remedial1928 1928 Elem. School Jrnl. 28 747 A large share of the progress made by the remedial pupils must..be due to the remedial instruction. 1966 New Statesman 22 Apr. 575/2 The youngest, according to her passport, is 11 years old. She looks and acts more like a remedial eight-year-old. 1975 Lang. for Life (Dept. Educ. & Sci.) xxv. 408 The average weekly time lay between 3 hrs. 12 mins. and 3 hrs. 22 mins. for all except the 12 year old ‘Remedial’ pupils. 2002 A. Fuller Don't let's go to Dogs Tonight 142 We have more than enough very well-trained (only white) teachers to go around, including a remedial teacher for the remedial kids, whom we call retards. Derivatives reˈmedially adv. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > [adverb] correctively1627 remediously1659 remedially1742 correctingly1887 1742 S. Wright Occas. Preacher VIII. 20 Sometimes a desirable young creature is taken away, that the Faults of others their relations or friends, may be remedially punished by the loss of such. 1796 E. Burke Thoughts Prospect Regicide Peace 54 It is, preventively, the assertor of its own rights; or remedially, their avenger. 1840 T. Arnold in A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold (1844) II. ix. 175 Before any~thing is ventured remedially. 1875 E. White Life in Christ (1878) v. xxxi. 534 It is God acting, no longer according to the course of law,..but remedially above law. 1962 Folklore 73 268 Mandrake roots are imported by orthodox Jews. They are still thought to be male and female and are used remedially, the scrapings being swallowed in water. 2006 Play: N.Y. Times Sports Mag. Sept. 18/3 The new approach of USA Basketball acknowledges that the ethos drilled into previous generations of American players—pass to a teammate who has a better shot, move without the ball—must now be taught remedially. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1612
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