单词 | adjectitious |
释义 | adjectitiousadj. Now rare. Of the nature of an adjection (adjection n. 1); additional. ΚΠ 1625 T. James Manuduction Divinitie vi. 7 The word of God, onely and alonely is to be honoured with all manner of reuerence; all other things are but adiectitious and superfluous. 1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 29 Adjectitious syllabicals annexible to Nouns and Verbs. a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 133 The adjectitious buildings are of no mean Architecture. a1797 J. Parkhurst Hebrew & Eng. Lexicon (1799) 3 An Adjective, so called because adjectitious, or added to a Substantive, denotes some Quality or Accident of the Substantive to which it is joined. 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. II. iv. iii. 485 The obligations and rights, as well principal and essential as adjectitious, established by the species of contract in question. 1855 E. de P. O'Kelly Theol. for People 54 From the moral sense we are led on to the contemplation of infinite justice, and from the consideration of this adjectitious quality of being we are conducted to [etc.]. 1928 M. Morris tr. E. Halévy Growth Philosophic Radicalism ii. 41 A distinction must be made between the original obligations..and adjectitious obligations which the contracting parties neglected to mention in the original contract. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1625 |
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