vexata quaestion.

Brit.

/vɛkˌsɑːtə ˈkwiːstɪəʊ/,

/vɛkˌsɑːtə ˈkwʌɪstɪəʊ/, U.S.

/vɛkˈˌsɑtə ˈkwaɪstioʊ/,

/vɛkˈˌsɑdə ˈkwɛstioʊ/

Inflections: Plural vexatae quaestiones Brit.

/vɛkˌsɑːtɪ ˌkwiːstɪˈəʊniːz/,

/vɛkˌsɑːtʌɪ ˌkwʌɪstɪˈəʊneɪs/, U.S.

/vɛkˈˌsɑˌtaɪ ˌkwaɪstiˈoʊˌneɪs/,

/vɛkˈˌsɑˌti ˌkwɛstiˈoʊniz/.

Forms: 1600s 1800s– vexata quaestio, 1700s– vexata questio.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin vexata quaestio.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin vexata quaestio (1612 or earlier) < classical Latin vexāta , feminine past participle of vexāre vex v. + quaestiō question n. Compare earlier vexed question at vexed adj. 4.In plural form vexatae quaestiones after the Latin plural form.

A vexed question (see vexed adj. 4).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [noun] > matter of controversy

causea1500

wrangle1579

vexed question1614

vexata quaestioa1634

controversial1653

battlefield1820

a1634 E. Coke Compl. Copy-holder (1641) 136 For it is vexata quæstio, much controverted.

a1646 J. Gregory Posthuma (1649) xi. 156 But where to begin or end this Epilogism, is the vexata Quaestio, as Scaliger cal's it, a question that hath endured the greatest controversie.

1653 R. Mason in J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis (rev. ed.) Let. to Author sig. ***2 The..vexatæ questiones of the Schools.

1726 S. Burroughs Hist. Chancery 113 This Court was..active and pressing to come at that Point, to Settle and Ascertain a monstrous Vexata Questio.

1799 T. Jefferson Let. 12 Sept. in B. B. Oberg Papers (2004) XXXI. 183 The origin of the yellow fever being a vexata questio among the medical gentlemen, it is not for the unlearned to form an opinion.

1819 Brit. Critic May 515 The vexatæ questiones of the law are in an immense proportion less than in any other science.

1838 J. S. Mill in London & Westm. Rev. 31 393 The vexata quaestio of codification..has now passed into one of Practice.

1889 G. N. Curzon Russia in Central Asia ix. 368 This has long been a vexata quæstio of central Asian politics.

1939 S. W. Halperin Italy & Vatican at War xi. 357 There were signs that a liquidation of the vexata quaestio was not far off.

1978 Language 54 425 For the vexata quaestio of the ‘gorgia toscana’, cf. most recently Izzo 1972.

1989 D. A. Carozza in D. A. Carozza & H. J. Shey Petrarch's Secretum 181 Our first two selections address the vexata questio of establishing the dates of composition for the Secretum and its three component parts.

2015 C. Iacobini in P. O. Müller et al. Word-formation III. ix. vc. 1664 The vexatae quaestiones of the delimitation between affixes and lexemes, and between derivation and compounding.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	vexata quaestio
释义	vexata quaestion. Brit. /vɛkˌsɑːtə ˈkwiːstɪəʊ/, /vɛkˌsɑːtə ˈkwʌɪstɪəʊ/, U.S. /vɛkˈˌsɑtə ˈkwaɪstioʊ/, /vɛkˈˌsɑdə ˈkwɛstioʊ/ Inflections: Plural vexatae quaestiones Brit. /vɛkˌsɑːtɪ ˌkwiːstɪˈəʊniːz/, /vɛkˌsɑːtʌɪ ˌkwʌɪstɪˈəʊneɪs/, U.S. /vɛkˈˌsɑˌtaɪ ˌkwaɪstiˈoʊˌneɪs/, /vɛkˈˌsɑˌti ˌkwɛstiˈoʊniz/. Forms: 1600s 1800s– vexata quaestio, 1700s– vexata questio. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin vexata quaestio. Etymology: < post-classical Latin vexata quaestio (1612 or earlier) < classical Latin vexāta , feminine past participle of vexāre vex v. + quaestiō question n. Compare earlier vexed question at vexed adj. 4.In plural form vexatae quaestiones after the Latin plural form. A vexed question (see vexed adj. 4). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [noun] > matter of controversy causea1500 wrangle1579 vexed question1614 vexata quaestioa1634 controversial1653 battlefield1820 a1634 E. Coke Compl. Copy-holder (1641) 136 For it is vexata quæstio, much controverted. a1646 J. Gregory Posthuma (1649) xi. 156 But where to begin or end this Epilogism, is the vexata Quaestio, as Scaliger cal's it, a question that hath endured the greatest controversie. 1653 R. Mason in J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis (rev. ed.) Let. to Author sig. **2 The..vexatæ questiones of the Schools. 1726 S. Burroughs Hist. Chancery* 113 This Court was..active and pressing to come at that Point, to Settle and Ascertain a monstrous Vexata Questio. 1799 T. Jefferson Let. 12 Sept. in B. B. Oberg Papers (2004) XXXI. 183 The origin of the yellow fever being a vexata questio among the medical gentlemen, it is not for the unlearned to form an opinion. 1819 Brit. Critic May 515 The vexatæ questiones of the law are in an immense proportion less than in any other science. 1838 J. S. Mill in London & Westm. Rev. 31 393 The vexata quaestio of codification..has now passed into one of Practice. 1889 G. N. Curzon Russia in Central Asia ix. 368 This has long been a vexata quæstio of central Asian politics. 1939 S. W. Halperin Italy & Vatican at War xi. 357 There were signs that a liquidation of the vexata quaestio was not far off. 1978 Language 54 425 For the vexata quaestio of the ‘gorgia toscana’, cf. most recently Izzo 1972. 1989 D. A. Carozza in D. A. Carozza & H. J. Shey Petrarch's Secretum 181 Our first two selections address the vexata questio of establishing the dates of composition for the Secretum and its three component parts. 2015 C. Iacobini in P. O. Müller et al. Word-formation III. ix. vc. 1664 The vexatae quaestiones of the delimitation between affixes and lexemes, and between derivation and compounding. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1634
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