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单词 subitary
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subitaryadj.

Forms:

α. 1600s subitarie, 1600s–1700s subitary.

β. 1600s subitory.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin subitārius.
Etymology: < classical Latin subitārius prepared or got together to meet an emergency, (of troops) hastily enrolled, (of buildings) hastily erected, makeshift < subitus subite adj. + -ārius -ary suffix1.With the β. forms compare -ory suffix2.
Obsolete. rare.
Made, done, etc., suddenly, hastily, or without premeditation; makeshift.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adjective] > acting with haste > hasty or hurried > hastily performed or done
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1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. iii. iv. 90 The Colonie Antium, were commaunded to send unto Quintius, subitarie souldiers [L. subitarios milites].
1645 J. Taylor Oxf. Besiedged 2 The Couragious..Cromwell, shew'd himselfe like a blazing fiery Commet, full of combustible Valour, and Subitory Expedition.
1758 J. Upton in Spenser's Faerie Queen II. 648/1 Leucippe..is carried away and intended to be sacrificed. There is..a subitary altar erected.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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