spread-outadj.

Brit.

/sprɛdˈaʊt/, U.S.

/ˌsprɛdˈaʊt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: spread adj., out adv.

Etymology: < spread adj. + out adv., after to spread out (see spread v.). Compare earlier outspread adj.

That has or have been spread out (in various senses).

a. attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > [adjective] > spread out

openc1350

expanded?a1475

spread?c1510

splayeda1547

bredea1550

extended1552

spreaded1567

displayed1578

well-spread1600

outspreada1618

spreaden1620

expansed1628

extent1633

spread-out1644

explicate1661

expatiated1681

patulous1682

expatiate1702

sheeted1797

a-spread1879

1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 20 The habit of praier is in the spread out hands.

1773 Westm. Mag. Dec. 697/2 Cyntra in Portugal, where she [sc. Nature] has collected..the serpentine river, the spread-out silver sea, the flowers of every distant garden.

1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxvi. 158 It is only our native coachman with his spread-out fan-tail and perked-up crest.

1867 W. Morris Life & Death of Jason xvii. 335 Watching the spread-out linen slowly dry.

1877 T. H. Huxley & H. N. Martin Course Elem. Biol. (ed. 4) 209 A V-shaped notch about the size of a spread-out frog's web.

1934 H. G. Wells Exper. in Autobiogr. I. i. 29 I have played a spread-out patience called Miss Milligan for the past fifteen years.

1962 New Scientist 16 Aug. 347/1 Unless the spread-out produce is heaped up and quickly covered before each downpour..it will inevitably deteriorate.

2005 Time Out N.Y. 17 Feb. 58/1 The spread-out architecture and urban plan of L. A.

b. (Usually as two words.) In predicative use, following modifying adverb or conjoined with an adjective.Examples that are ambiguous between the passive and the stative adjectival use are treated as uses of the verb.

ΚΠ

1683 G. Sinclair Nat. Philos. Improven 6/2 The Ray [of the comet] was broader, and more spread out above, than below.

1760 J.-M. Leprince de Beaumont Young Ladies Mag. 4 xvii. 24 What I wrote was not legible; the letters were quite spread out.

1781 Encycl. Brit. VII. 4909/1 A mass of several pounds of mercury, contained in a shallow wide-mouthed vessel, is so spread out, that its upper surface is almost flat.

1825 J. G. Spurzheim Phrenology (ed. 3) 179 The organ of the love of approbation is..sometimes more spread out on either side.

1843 Southern Lit. Messenger July 437/1 Orange trees artificially spread out so as to hide the masonry.

1850 Ann. Hort. 539/2 The commonly-grown species..has the leaves digitato-pinnate, or spread out like the fingers of the hand.

1900 E. A. Minchin Sponges 125 The Rhagon is a little sponge organism, in shape like a cake or bun, being usually slightly flattened and spread out.

1961 B. Pym No Fond Return of Love xix. 186 Then the houses became more spread-out, and suddenly they were in the open country.

2010 A. T. Lester Chosen xlv. 404 The city seems really spread out.

Derivatives

spreadˈoutness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [noun] > condition of being

diffuseness1474

dispersedness1571

dispersenessa1613

spreadoutness1879

1879 W. James in Mind 4 339 Since the essences of things are as a matter of fact spread out and disseminated through the whole extent of time and space, it is in their spread-outness and alternation that he [sc. the entire man] will enjoy them.

1915 G. F. Stout Man. Psychol. (ed. 3) ii. i. 214 There is another inseparable character belonging to many kinds of sensation,..which may be called Extensity or extensiveness or diffusion or ‘spreadoutness’.

1993 R. Jenkins Portraits & Miniatures 155 ‘Spread-outness’ is indeed in general the enemy of metropolitan quality.

2004 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 27 Jan. 4 In the countryside we also have to cope with the very spreadoutness of our shire counties.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	spread-out
释义	spread-outadj. Brit. /sprɛdˈaʊt/, U.S. /ˌsprɛdˈaʊt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: spread adj., out adv. Etymology: < spread adj. + out adv., after to spread out (see spread v.). Compare earlier outspread adj. That has or have been spread out (in various senses). a. attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > [adjective] > spread out openc1350 expanded?a1475 spread?c1510 splayeda1547 bredea1550 extended1552 spreaded1567 displayed1578 well-spread1600 outspreada1618 spreaden1620 expansed1628 extent1633 spread-out1644 explicate1661 expatiated1681 patulous1682 expatiate1702 sheeted1797 a-spread1879 1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 20 The habit of praier is in the spread out hands. 1773 Westm. Mag. Dec. 697/2 Cyntra in Portugal, where she [sc. Nature] has collected..the serpentine river, the spread-out silver sea, the flowers of every distant garden. 1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxvi. 158 It is only our native coachman with his spread-out fan-tail and perked-up crest. 1867 W. Morris Life & Death of Jason xvii. 335 Watching the spread-out linen slowly dry. 1877 T. H. Huxley & H. N. Martin Course Elem. Biol. (ed. 4) 209 A V-shaped notch about the size of a spread-out frog's web. 1934 H. G. Wells Exper. in Autobiogr. I. i. 29 I have played a spread-out patience called Miss Milligan for the past fifteen years. 1962 New Scientist 16 Aug. 347/1 Unless the spread-out produce is heaped up and quickly covered before each downpour..it will inevitably deteriorate. 2005 Time Out N.Y. 17 Feb. 58/1 The spread-out architecture and urban plan of L. A. b. (Usually as two words.) In predicative use, following modifying adverb or conjoined with an adjective.Examples that are ambiguous between the passive and the stative adjectival use are treated as uses of the verb. ΚΠ 1683 G. Sinclair Nat. Philos. Improven 6/2 The Ray [of the comet] was broader, and more spread out above, than below. 1760 J.-M. Leprince de Beaumont Young Ladies Mag. 4 xvii. 24 What I wrote was not legible; the letters were quite spread out. 1781 Encycl. Brit. VII. 4909/1 A mass of several pounds of mercury, contained in a shallow wide-mouthed vessel, is so spread out, that its upper surface is almost flat. 1825 J. G. Spurzheim Phrenology (ed. 3) 179 The organ of the love of approbation is..sometimes more spread out on either side. 1843 Southern Lit. Messenger July 437/1 Orange trees artificially spread out so as to hide the masonry. 1850 Ann. Hort. 539/2 The commonly-grown species..has the leaves digitato-pinnate, or spread out like the fingers of the hand. 1900 E. A. Minchin Sponges 125 The Rhagon is a little sponge organism, in shape like a cake or bun, being usually slightly flattened and spread out. 1961 B. Pym No Fond Return of Love xix. 186 Then the houses became more spread-out, and suddenly they were in the open country. 2010 A. T. Lester Chosen xlv. 404 The city seems really spread out. Derivatives spreadˈoutness n. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [noun] > condition of being diffuseness1474 dispersedness1571 dispersenessa1613 spreadoutness1879 1879 W. James in Mind 4 339 Since the essences of things are as a matter of fact spread out and disseminated through the whole extent of time and space, it is in their spread-outness and alternation that he [sc. the entire man] will enjoy them. 1915 G. F. Stout Man. Psychol. (ed. 3) ii. i. 214 There is another inseparable character belonging to many kinds of sensation,..which may be called Extensity or extensiveness or diffusion or ‘spreadoutness’. 1993 R. Jenkins Portraits & Miniatures 155 ‘Spread-outness’ is indeed in general the enemy of metropolitan quality. 2004 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 27 Jan. 4 In the countryside we also have to cope with the very spreadoutness of our shire counties. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1644
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