单词 | unprimitive |
释义 | unprimitiveadj. Not primitive; spec. (in early use) not characteristic of the Primitive Church (see primitive adj. 2a). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [adjective] > originated or derived secondary1398 extract1483 sprungc1485 derivatea1513 extraughtc1515 derivative1530 derived1600 deductive1646 originated1647 originate1679 unprimitive1684 excretitious1820 originant1825 derivational1843 originary1886 extracted1903 1684 J. Nalson in True Copy Jrnl. Tryal Charles I Concl. 124 We left her unwarrantable, unsound and unprimitive Practices and Doctrines, some of which have such a Treasonable Conformity with those of our bloody Regicides. 1708 J. Collier Eccl. Hist. Great Brit. I. v. 481 [To] acquiesce under so unprimitive, and uncatholick a Practice. 1746 J. Chapman Popery 2 The unscriptural, unprimitive Crudities of the Romish Principles. 1840 Brit. Critic Jan. 85 The unprimitive character of the Roman creed. 1883 Graphic 10 Mar. 239/1 London is too big and unprimitive in its ways for this sort of thing [sc. farmers' markets]. 1925 Times 15 June 8/5 The present system, he said, was both unscriptural and unprimitive. 2002 News-Jrnl. (Daytona Beach, Florida) (Nexis) 29 July c1 Similar rites occur almost every weekend in other such unprimitive settings as DeBary and New Smyrna Beach. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1684 |
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