单词 | unprecedental |
释义 | unprecedentaladj. Now chiefly South Asian. = unprecedented adj. Cf. unprecedential adj.Originally in legal contexts; cf. precedental adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [adjective] > unprecedented unprecedented1641 non-precedential1642 unprecedental1648 unprecedentialc1700 1648 Loyall Sacrifice 59 A singular and unpresidentall forme of Justice; to sentence him first, and accuse him after. ?1725 Faithful Narative Trag. at Thorn (Chester ed.) 5 They..had Interest enough to procure, in the most illegal and unprecedental Manner, the most Unjust and cruel Sentence. 1768 J. Cook Let. 30 Nov. in Royal Soc. Lett. & Papers 1741–1806 (1908) 18 This, I believe to be the reason for the unpresidental reception we met with here. 1823 Dublin Jrnl. 8 Oct. Umbrellas have had, this summer, an unprecedental sale—the number made and sold having exceeded that of every former year. 1920 Mil. Surgeon Aug. 241 The Government and the railroad administration were confronted by a serious problem; gigantic and unprecedental. 2009 T. N. Chaturvedi in S. Kumar Environmental Protection p. viii It is at the same time a city which has been witnessing unprecedental migration. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1648 |
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