borderlinen.

Etymology: border n.

1. The strip of land along the border between two countries or districts; a frontier-line; often figurative, the boundary between areas, classes, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > land-boundary > of a region or territory

terma1382

frontier1413

rind1530

terminus?1605

barrier1709

bound-line1850

borderline1869

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > bounding line or surface > boundary-line > dividing

threadc1400

dividentc1450

several1597

ideal line1767

the Great (Continental) Divide1868

borderline1869

1869 Cassell's Mag. Dec. 31/1 On the very border-line of the Black Country.

1889 R. Kipling Barrack-room Ballads (1892) 81 Thou must harry thy father's hold for the peace of the Border-line.

1890 W. James Princ. Psychol. II. xvii. 22 Simultaneous contrast is always strongest at the border-line of the two fields.

1917 ‘Contact’ Airman's Outings 143 Weather conditions place such duties near the border-line of possible accomplishment.

1965 M. Spark Mandelbaum Gate vii. 313 The armed border patrol..returned along the border-line.

2. attributive or as adj. Occupying a borderline; esp. in borderline case; spec. (a) verging on the indecent or obscene; (b) verging on insanity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > slight madness > person

touched1625

three-quarter cleft1830

quarter cleft1831

mattoid1891

borderland1894

borderline case1907

wackadoo1979

wackadoodle1991

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [noun] > quality of verging on > instance of

borderline case1928

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > [adjective] > of indeterminate character

neither fish nor flesh (nor good red herring)1528

ambiguous1603

yea-and-nay1648

yea and nayish1777

borderline1937

1907 F. J. Poynton in Edinb. Med. Jrnl. 22 232 There are border-line cases which are well worthy of consideration by those who are interested in this form of arthritis.

1908 Practitioner Aug. 280 The so-called ‘border-line’ cases in which it is doubtful if the entire growth can be taken away.

1913 R. H. Cole Mental Dis. 223 Many come within the range of the so-called ‘Border-line’ cases.

1917 E. F. Ballard Epit. Mental Dis. 10 Therapeutic suggestive conversation with these early or border-line types of disorder is never wasted.

1927 Observer 30 Oct. 7 A highly interesting borderline subject between Law and Economics.

1928 Sunday Express 29 Apr. 3/4 Men are fond of ‘thrillers’. Girls prefer rather shocking ‘border-line’ books.

1928 Daily Tel. 11 May 7 [He] described the cases..as border-line cases, and bound them over under probation for two years.

1937 Mind 46 478 This clear central nucleus is surrounded by a penumbra of borderline cases, such as the credibility of witnesses.

1956 J. E. Floud Social Class iv. 54 To aid the assessment of borderline candidates, a Composition test was administered.

1965 F. G. Cassidy in Bessinger & Creed Medieval & Linguistic Stud. 78 This has left uncertain the status of the ‘borderline cases’.

Derivatives

borderliner n. a borderline case.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [noun] > something uncertain

uncertaintya1387

ambiguity1445

moot point1563

measuring cast1631

inconcludency1654

disputablea1657

undefinable1809

tertium quid1826

open question1837

question mark1870

inconclusion1886

disputability1892

borderliner1953

undecidable1965

1953 E. Partridge Shaggy Dog Story ii. 48 I finally reduced the candidates to five that can fairly be adjudged eligible for the description ‘border-liners’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	borderline
释义	borderlinen. Etymology: border n. 1. The strip of land along the border between two countries or districts; a frontier-line; often figurative, the boundary between areas, classes, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > land-boundary > of a region or territory terma1382 frontier1413 rind1530 terminus?1605 barrier1709 bound-line1850 borderline1869 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > bounding line or surface > boundary-line > dividing threadc1400 dividentc1450 several1597 ideal line1767 the Great (Continental) Divide1868 borderline1869 1869 Cassell's Mag. Dec. 31/1 On the very border-line of the Black Country. 1889 R. Kipling Barrack-room Ballads (1892) 81 Thou must harry thy father's hold for the peace of the Border-line. 1890 W. James Princ. Psychol. II. xvii. 22 Simultaneous contrast is always strongest at the border-line of the two fields. 1917 ‘Contact’ Airman's Outings 143 Weather conditions place such duties near the border-line of possible accomplishment. 1965 M. Spark Mandelbaum Gate vii. 313 The armed border patrol..returned along the border-line. 2. attributive or as adj. Occupying a borderline; esp. in borderline case; spec. (a) verging on the indecent or obscene; (b) verging on insanity. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > slight madness > person touched1625 three-quarter cleft1830 quarter cleft1831 mattoid1891 borderland1894 borderline case1907 wackadoo1979 wackadoodle1991 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [noun] > quality of verging on > instance of borderline case1928 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > [adjective] > of indeterminate character neither fish nor flesh (nor good red herring)1528 ambiguous1603 yea-and-nay1648 yea and nayish1777 borderline1937 1907 F. J. Poynton in Edinb. Med. Jrnl. 22 232 There are border-line cases which are well worthy of consideration by those who are interested in this form of arthritis. 1908 Practitioner Aug. 280 The so-called ‘border-line’ cases in which it is doubtful if the entire growth can be taken away. 1913 R. H. Cole Mental Dis. 223 Many come within the range of the so-called ‘Border-line’ cases. 1917 E. F. Ballard Epit. Mental Dis. 10 Therapeutic suggestive conversation with these early or border-line types of disorder is never wasted. 1927 Observer 30 Oct. 7 A highly interesting borderline subject between Law and Economics. 1928 Sunday Express 29 Apr. 3/4 Men are fond of ‘thrillers’. Girls prefer rather shocking ‘border-line’ books. 1928 Daily Tel. 11 May 7 [He] described the cases..as border-line cases, and bound them over under probation for two years. 1937 Mind 46 478 This clear central nucleus is surrounded by a penumbra of borderline cases, such as the credibility of witnesses. 1956 J. E. Floud Social Class iv. 54 To aid the assessment of borderline candidates, a Composition test was administered. 1965 F. G. Cassidy in Bessinger & Creed Medieval & Linguistic Stud. 78 This has left uncertain the status of the ‘borderline cases’. Derivatives borderliner n. a borderline case. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [noun] > something uncertain uncertaintya1387 ambiguity1445 moot point1563 measuring cast1631 inconcludency1654 disputablea1657 undefinable1809 tertium quid1826 open question1837 question mark1870 inconclusion1886 disputability1892 borderliner1953 undecidable1965 1953 E. Partridge Shaggy Dog Story ii. 48 I finally reduced the candidates to five that can fairly be adjudged eligible for the description ‘border-liners’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1869
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