retortiveadj.¹

Brit.

/rᵻˈtɔːtɪv/, U.S.

/rəˈtɔrdɪv/,

/riˈtɔrdɪv/

Forms: see retort n.² and -ive suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: retort v.¹, -ive suffix.

Etymology: < retort v.¹ + -ive suffix. Compare earlier retorted adj.¹ With sense 1 compare also retort n.² Compare French rétorsif that retorts (1764).

†1. Music. = retorted adj.¹ 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [adjective] > types of proportion

proportionate?a1505

imperfectc1570

perfect1588

retorted1597

retortive1597

imperfectible1609

major?1779

minor?1779

1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke i. 54 Because I made it to expresse sextupla, I haue set it downe in semibriefes, allowing sixe for a stroke, and taking awaie the retortiue mood.

1676 T. Mace Musick's Monument ii. 130 If you find It Vniform, and Retortive, either in Its Barrs, or Strains,..Then you will find it very Easie, to Humour a Lesson, by Playing some Sentences Loud, and others again Soft.

1754 Muses Delight 11 The third [mark] denotes a brisk Movement, and contains but one Minim, or two Crotchets, &c. in a Bar.—This is called Retortive Time.

1778 G. Bernard tr. A. Bemetzrieder Music made Easy i. iii. 36 There is a third sort of time..which is called Retortive Time.

2. Of the nature of a sharp reply or retort; (also) characterized by retorts; given to making retorts. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [adjective] > of the nature of a retort

retortive1632

the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [adjective] > characterized by retorts

retorting1781

retortive1949

1632 ‘T. T.’ Whetstone of Reproofe (title page) A compendious retortiue discussion of the misapplyed by-way.

1772 Lady's Mag. Dec. 573/1 Neither retortive language will forbear, Nor ev'n the most severe invectives spare.

1781 J. Rutherford in tr. Cicero Principal Orations Argt. 219 Recrimination, and retortive abuse, are..the governing principles of the speech.

1830 G. S. Faber Diffic. Romanism (ed. 2) ii. iv. 318 The apt answer of Blandina, though thrown into the form of a retortive question, is implicatively a palpable denial.

1865 J. Rush Brief Outl. Anal. Human Intellect I. vi. 271 Sharp and ready wits, pouncing and clutching moneymakers, retortive and dodging wranglers, sleek-worded knaves.

1949 G. B. Shaw in Strand Mag. July 20/2 A trumpery farce may win an uproarious success by its retortive back~chat.

1989 M. Spevack in J. E. Peters & T. M. Stein Scholastic Midwifery 6 Among other patterns are word-plays of a mocking or retortive nature.

†3. That faces back or backwards; retrospective. Cf. retorted adj.¹ 1b. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adjective] > having backward direction > turned backwards

retort?a1475

retorqued1590

retorted1605

reverting1631

reflex1633

retortive1787

1787 J. Barlow Vision of Columbus v. 165 From all his guileful plots the veil they drew, With eye retortive look'd creation thro'.

1822 A. S. Grenville Orig. Poet. Effusions 37 With retortive mind, we dwelt on days Long past.

1855 Arm Chair (ed. 4) 20 As gently passed the fleeting breath away, Retortive memory brought her youthful day, And one fond look back on the past she flung.

4. Retaliatory, retributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [adjective] > relating to retaliation

taliary1620

retaliatory1745

retortive1836

talionic1886

1836 Virginia Free Press 14 Jan. Retortive measures cannot therefore be sanctioned.

1872 Appletons' Jrnl. 12 Oct. 409/3 The hawk..is a more dangerous adversary, being retortive as well as resentful.

1912 Trans. Royal Hist. Soc. 3rd Ser. 6 170 It was urged by Lisemann that the Rhine trade..be closed to the English, and that retortive tolls be levied on English merchandise.

1990 I. G. Caytas & J. I. Mahari in D. E. Fair & C. de Boissieu Financial Inst. Eur. under New Competitive Conditions xvi. 230 No universal retortive action looms for antagonizing one or the other Fortune 500 firm.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† retortiveadj.²

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

Etymology: < post-classical Latin retortivus involving heating or other treatment in a retort (a1541 in Paracelsus) < classical Latin retort- , past participial stem of retorquere (see retort v.¹) + -īvus -ive suffix. Compare earlier retort n.¹

Chemistry. Obsolete. rare.

Of the nature of a retort (retort n.¹ 1); involving treatment in a retort.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > [adjective]

squizing1565

coercive1650

retortive1651

enforcinga1657

squeezinga1687

1651 D. Border Πολυϕαρμακος και Χυμιστης cxxv. 81 Distill them in a glasse retortive in sand.

1660 J. Harding tr. Paracelsus Archidoxis i. 55 Separate this (by a Retortive process or pressing) from the feces.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	retortive
释义	retortiveadj.¹ Brit. /rᵻˈtɔːtɪv/, U.S. /rəˈtɔrdɪv/, /riˈtɔrdɪv/ Forms: see retort n.² and -ive suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: retort v.¹, -ive suffix. Etymology: < retort v.¹ + -ive suffix. Compare earlier retorted adj.¹ With sense 1 compare also retort n.² Compare French rétorsif that retorts (1764). †1. Music. = retorted adj.¹ 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [adjective] > types of proportion proportionate?a1505 imperfectc1570 perfect1588 retorted1597 retortive1597 imperfectible1609 major?1779 minor?1779 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke i. 54 Because I made it to expresse sextupla, I haue set it downe in semibriefes, allowing sixe for a stroke, and taking awaie the retortiue mood. 1676 T. Mace Musick's Monument ii. 130 If you find It Vniform, and Retortive, either in Its Barrs, or Strains,..Then you will find it very Easie, to Humour a Lesson, by Playing some Sentences Loud, and others again Soft. 1754 Muses Delight 11 The third [mark] denotes a brisk Movement, and contains but one Minim, or two Crotchets, &c. in a Bar.—This is called Retortive Time. 1778 G. Bernard tr. A. Bemetzrieder Music made Easy i. iii. 36 There is a third sort of time..which is called Retortive Time. 2. Of the nature of a sharp reply or retort; (also) characterized by retorts; given to making retorts. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [adjective] > of the nature of a retort retortive1632 the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [adjective] > characterized by retorts retorting1781 retortive1949 1632 ‘T. T.’ Whetstone of Reproofe (title page) A compendious retortiue discussion of the misapplyed by-way. 1772 Lady's Mag. Dec. 573/1 Neither retortive language will forbear, Nor ev'n the most severe invectives spare. 1781 J. Rutherford in tr. Cicero Principal Orations Argt. 219 Recrimination, and retortive abuse, are..the governing principles of the speech. 1830 G. S. Faber Diffic. Romanism (ed. 2) ii. iv. 318 The apt answer of Blandina, though thrown into the form of a retortive question, is implicatively a palpable denial. 1865 J. Rush Brief Outl. Anal. Human Intellect I. vi. 271 Sharp and ready wits, pouncing and clutching moneymakers, retortive and dodging wranglers, sleek-worded knaves. 1949 G. B. Shaw in Strand Mag. July 20/2 A trumpery farce may win an uproarious success by its retortive back~chat. 1989 M. Spevack in J. E. Peters & T. M. Stein Scholastic Midwifery 6 Among other patterns are word-plays of a mocking or retortive nature. †3. That faces back or backwards; retrospective. Cf. retorted adj.¹ 1b. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adjective] > having backward direction > turned backwards retort?a1475 retorqued1590 retorted1605 reverting1631 reflex1633 retortive1787 1787 J. Barlow Vision of Columbus v. 165 From all his guileful plots the veil they drew, With eye retortive look'd creation thro'. 1822 A. S. Grenville Orig. Poet. Effusions 37 With retortive mind, we dwelt on days Long past. 1855 Arm Chair (ed. 4) 20 As gently passed the fleeting breath away, Retortive memory brought her youthful day, And one fond look back on the past she flung. 4. Retaliatory, retributive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [adjective] > relating to retaliation taliary1620 retaliatory1745 retortive1836 talionic1886 1836 Virginia Free Press 14 Jan. Retortive measures cannot therefore be sanctioned. 1872 Appletons' Jrnl. 12 Oct. 409/3 The hawk..is a more dangerous adversary, being retortive as well as resentful. 1912 Trans. Royal Hist. Soc. 3rd Ser. 6 170 It was urged by Lisemann that the Rhine trade..be closed to the English, and that retortive tolls be levied on English merchandise. 1990 I. G. Caytas & J. I. Mahari in D. E. Fair & C. de Boissieu Financial Inst. Eur. under New Competitive Conditions xvi. 230 No universal retortive action looms for antagonizing one or the other Fortune 500 firm. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † retortiveadj.² Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin retortivus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin retortivus involving heating or other treatment in a retort (a1541 in Paracelsus) < classical Latin retort- , past participial stem of retorquere (see retort v.¹) + -īvus -ive suffix. Compare earlier retort n.¹ Chemistry. Obsolete. rare. Of the nature of a retort (retort n.¹ 1); involving treatment in a retort. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > [adjective] squizing1565 coercive1650 retortive1651 enforcinga1657 squeezinga1687 1651 D. Border Πολυϕαρμακος και Χυμιστης cxxv. 81 Distill them in a glasse retortive in sand. 1660 J. Harding tr. Paracelsus Archidoxis i. 55 Separate this (by a Retortive process or pressing) from the feces. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < adj.¹1597adj.²1651
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