summum malumn.

Brit.

/ˌsʌməm ˈmaləm/,

/ˌsʊmᵿm ˈmalᵿm/, U.S.

/ˌsʊmᵿm ˈmɑlᵿm/,

/ˌsʊmᵿm ˈmælᵿm/,

/ˌsəməm ˈmɑləm/,

/ˌsəməm ˈmæləm/

Inflections: Plural summa mala.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin summum malum.

Etymology: < classical Latin summum malum (Cicero) < summum , neuter singular of summus highest (see sum n.¹) + malum , use as noun of neuter of malus bad (see mal- prefix). Compare earlier summum bonum n.

Now chiefly Philosophy.

The greatest or supreme evil; that which is most reprehensible, harmful, or undesirable. Cf. summum bonum n.

ΚΠ

1600 R. Kittowe Loues Load-starre sig. B2 The Axiomes of Art Haue fram'd a Summum Bonum... But wise men..Approue a Summum Malum, Oppositely raigning without dearth.

a1680 S. Charnock Two Disc. (1699) 22 Sin being the summum Malum, the greatest Evil, is naturally most opposite to God.

1753 tr. F. Génard School of Man 105 The Summum Malum is Vice.

1841 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 3 Sept. The roving mad dog..is considered the summum malum of that great order of natural things, viz. nuisances.

1872 Dark Blue Oct. 249 Very likely these three evils [sc. Indifferentism, Materialism, and Avarice] are the summa mala, of our age.

1937 Proc. Aristotelian Soc. Suppl. 16 122 Is there an utmost evil, a summum malum?

1957 H. Warrender Polit. Philos. Hobbes vii. 164 Men..agree in regarding salvation or self-preservation as their summum bonum and death or ultimate destruction as their summum malum.

2014 Crit. Inq. 40 382 Westerners eventually learned the lessons of the Holocaust and organized their moral consciousness around the summum malum of atrocity in war.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	summum malum
释义	summum malumn. Brit. /ˌsʌməm ˈmaləm/, /ˌsʊmᵿm ˈmalᵿm/, U.S. /ˌsʊmᵿm ˈmɑlᵿm/, /ˌsʊmᵿm ˈmælᵿm/, /ˌsəməm ˈmɑləm/, /ˌsəməm ˈmæləm/ Inflections: Plural summa mala. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin summum malum. Etymology: < classical Latin summum malum (Cicero) < summum , neuter singular of summus highest (see sum n.¹) + malum , use as noun of neuter of malus bad (see mal- prefix). Compare earlier summum bonum n. Now chiefly Philosophy. The greatest or supreme evil; that which is most reprehensible, harmful, or undesirable. Cf. summum bonum n. ΚΠ 1600 R. Kittowe Loues Load-starre sig. B2 The Axiomes of Art Haue fram'd a Summum Bonum... But wise men..Approue a Summum Malum, Oppositely raigning without dearth. a1680 S. Charnock Two Disc. (1699) 22 Sin being the summum Malum, the greatest Evil, is naturally most opposite to God. 1753 tr. F. Génard School of Man 105 The Summum Malum is Vice. 1841 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 3 Sept. The roving mad dog..is considered the summum malum of that great order of natural things, viz. nuisances. 1872 Dark Blue Oct. 249 Very likely these three evils [sc. Indifferentism, Materialism, and Avarice] are the summa mala, of our age. 1937 Proc. Aristotelian Soc. Suppl. 16 122 Is there an utmost evil, a summum malum? 1957 H. Warrender Polit. Philos. Hobbes vii. 164 Men..agree in regarding salvation or self-preservation as their summum bonum and death or ultimate destruction as their summum malum. 2014 Crit. Inq. 40 382 Westerners eventually learned the lessons of the Holocaust and organized their moral consciousness around the summum malum of atrocity in war. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1600
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