waysiden.adj.

Brit.

/ˈweɪsʌɪd/, U.S.

/ˈweɪˌsaɪd/

Forms: see way n.¹ and side n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: way n.¹, side n.¹

Etymology: < way n.¹ + side n.¹ In by the wayside originally with reference to the parable of the sower, after Hellenistic Greek παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν, lit. ‘beside the path’ (see to fall (also go) by the wayside at Phrases).

A. n.

The side of a road or path, the land bordering either side of the way. Frequently in by the wayside; also figurative, indicating a condition of neglect or disuse (cf. to fall by the wayside at Phrases).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > highway or public road > the road or wayside

waysidec1440

roadsidea1657

rib1670

haunch1937

c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 1713 They are enbuschede one blonkkes..In ȝone bechen wode appon the waye sydes.

1539 Bible (Great) Mark iv. 15 Some be rehearsed to be by the way side.

1550 R. Crowley One & Thyrtye Epigrammes sig. Aviii^v By the waye syde hym chaunced to se A pore manne that craued of hym for charitie.

1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 19 Among the Corn by the way-sides as we went.

1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 498 This species is very frequent with us especially on heaths and by way-sides.

a1784 S. Johnson in H. L. Piozzi Anecd. Johnson (1786) 5 A stone he saw standing by the way-side, set up..in honour of a man who had leaped a certain leap thereabouts.

1850 A. Pratt Chapters Common Things Sea-side iii. 171 The wild-flowers, which grace every way-side.

1878 A. C. Swinburne Before Sunset in Poems & Ballads 2nd Ser. 6 Lighted shade and shadowy light In the wayside and the way.

1894 J. Davidson Ballads & Songs 121 All the waysides now are flowerless.

1923 S. Haardt Let. 13 Sept. in H. L. Mencken & S. Haardt Mencken & Sara (1987) 93 The Republicans and Democrats in the local post office yammer and insult each other with such gusto that what there is of the mail usually perishes by the wayside.

1967 W. Soyinka Kongi's Harvest 4 When an Oba stops the procession And squats on the wayside, It's on an urgent matter.

1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 353/1 Field scabious..is a common summer perennial of waysides, meadows and downland.

2001 New Yorker 20 Aug. 123/2 Lots of really talented artists are being thrown by the wayside.

B. adj.

Of or relating to the wayside; situated on, lying near, occurring, growing, or living by the wayside.In quot. 1649: after the parable of the sower.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [adjective] > located or occurring away from road

wayside1649

off-the-road1946

1649 S. Rutherford Free Disputation 239 In the former there are not two seedes, good and ill, and two births, but rather foure, the wayside-men, the thorny-men, the rocky-men, the good and fruiteful-hearers.

?1782 G. Parker Humorous Sketches 49 Come sit thee down and change thy rude belief, I am no way-side man, or midnight thief.

1807 J. Ruickbie (title) The Way-side Cottager; consisting of Pieces in Prose and Verse.

1845 J. Saunders Cabinet Pictures of Eng. Life: Chaucer 17 The little wayside chapels, erected for the accommodation of travellers.

1861 J. M. Campbell tr. in C. S. Bere Garland of Songs 58/1 He paints the wayside flower.

1883 S. C. Hall Retrospect Long Life II. 388 The coach stopped to change horses at a way-side inn.

1906 W. M. F. Petrie Relig. Anc. Egypt xiii. 85 Such were the places for wayside devotions and passing prayers.

1943 E. Muir Narrow Place 9 Here at the wayside station, as many a morning, I watch the smoke.

1983 D. Francis Danger iii. 48 A simple stone wayside shrine.

2002 New Yorker 9 Dec. 110/2 A straggle of houses grown from a wayside inn along the road.

Phrases

to fall (also go) by the wayside: to fail to stay the course, to drop out; to become superseded or neglected. [After Hellenistic Greek ἔπεσεν παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν, lit. ‘fell beside the path’ (New Testament: Matthew 13:4, Mark 4:4, Luke 8:5 (see quot. 1526), all from the parable of the sower).]

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)]

withsitc1330

fail1340

defaulta1382

errc1430

to fall (also go) by the wayside1526

misthrive1567

miss1599

to come bad, or no, speedc1600

shrink1608

abortivea1670

maroon1717

to flash in the pan1792

skunk1831

to go to the dickens1833

to miss fire1838

to fall flat1841

fizzle1847

to lose out1858

to fall down1873

to crap out1891

flivver1912

flop1919

skid1920

to lay an egg1929

to blow out1939

to strike out1946

bomb1963

to come (also have) a buster1968

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter or be dispersed [verb (intransitive)] > scatter

skaila1300

to fall (also go) by the wayside1526

straw1526

the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of persons

miscarry1602

to come off bluely1654

to buy the rabbit1807

flunk1823

to go wrong1827

slip1890

to fall (also go) by the wayside1898

crack1918

to go down the tube(s)1963

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke viii. f. lxxxvj^v As he sowed, some fell by the waye syde [Gk. ἔπεσεν παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν].

1660 M. Mead Spiritual Wisdom To Rdr. sig. A4^v It was seed sown on good ground, preached to an honest congregation at Stepney, though some fell by the way side, and that the wicked one picked up.

1898 Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star 9 June 354 That man neglected his duty and failed to keep the commandments of God, and he fell by the wayside.

1947 Billboard 25 Oct. 55/1 All records for attendance went by the wayside.

2004 Independent 14 July i. 3/1 British sport saw another opportunity for glory..fall by the wayside yesterday.

Compounds

wayside pulpit a board, usually placed outside a place of worship, displaying a religious text or maxim.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > furniture > other furniture > [noun] > board displaying religious text

wayside pulpit1915

1915 Unitarian Word & Work 19 We want to provide a ‘Wayside Pulpit’—a bulletin board whereon are posted good things for the passer-by to read.

1932 Q. D. Leavis Fiction & Reading Public ii. iv. 193 An inspection of the slogans displayed on Wayside Pulpits..reveals that they are largely devoted to denunciation of an attitude described as pessimistic.

1999 Church Times 26 Mar. 3/1 All Saints', Bingley, is known locally for the wayside pulpit that fronts a traffic-clogged road.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wayside
释义	waysiden.adj. Brit. /ˈweɪsʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈweɪˌsaɪd/ Forms: see way n.¹ and side n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: way n.¹, side n.¹ Etymology: < way n.¹ + side n.¹ In by the wayside originally with reference to the parable of the sower, after Hellenistic Greek παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν, lit. ‘beside the path’ (see to fall (also go) by the wayside at Phrases). A. n. The side of a road or path, the land bordering either side of the way. Frequently in by the wayside; also figurative, indicating a condition of neglect or disuse (cf. to fall by the wayside at Phrases). ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > highway or public road > the road or wayside waysidec1440 roadsidea1657 rib1670 haunch1937 c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 1713 They are enbuschede one blonkkes..In ȝone bechen wode appon the waye sydes. 1539 Bible (Great) Mark iv. 15 Some be rehearsed to be by the way side. 1550 R. Crowley One & Thyrtye Epigrammes sig. Aviii^v By the waye syde hym chaunced to se A pore manne that craued of hym for charitie. 1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 19 Among the Corn by the way-sides as we went. 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 498 This species is very frequent with us especially on heaths and by way-sides. a1784 S. Johnson in H. L. Piozzi Anecd. Johnson (1786) 5 A stone he saw standing by the way-side, set up..in honour of a man who had leaped a certain leap thereabouts. 1850 A. Pratt Chapters Common Things Sea-side iii. 171 The wild-flowers, which grace every way-side. 1878 A. C. Swinburne Before Sunset in Poems & Ballads 2nd Ser. 6 Lighted shade and shadowy light In the wayside and the way. 1894 J. Davidson Ballads & Songs 121 All the waysides now are flowerless. 1923 S. Haardt Let. 13 Sept. in H. L. Mencken & S. Haardt Mencken & Sara (1987) 93 The Republicans and Democrats in the local post office yammer and insult each other with such gusto that what there is of the mail usually perishes by the wayside. 1967 W. Soyinka Kongi's Harvest 4 When an Oba stops the procession And squats on the wayside, It's on an urgent matter. 1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 353/1 Field scabious..is a common summer perennial of waysides, meadows and downland. 2001 New Yorker 20 Aug. 123/2 Lots of really talented artists are being thrown by the wayside. B. adj. Of or relating to the wayside; situated on, lying near, occurring, growing, or living by the wayside.In quot. 1649: after the parable of the sower. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [adjective] > located or occurring away from road wayside1649 off-the-road1946 1649 S. Rutherford Free Disputation 239 In the former there are not two seedes, good and ill, and two births, but rather foure, the wayside-men, the thorny-men, the rocky-men, the good and fruiteful-hearers. ?1782 G. Parker Humorous Sketches 49 Come sit thee down and change thy rude belief, I am no way-side man, or midnight thief. 1807 J. Ruickbie (title) The Way-side Cottager; consisting of Pieces in Prose and Verse. 1845 J. Saunders Cabinet Pictures of Eng. Life: Chaucer 17 The little wayside chapels, erected for the accommodation of travellers. 1861 J. M. Campbell tr. in C. S. Bere Garland of Songs 58/1 He paints the wayside flower. 1883 S. C. Hall Retrospect Long Life II. 388 The coach stopped to change horses at a way-side inn. 1906 W. M. F. Petrie Relig. Anc. Egypt xiii. 85 Such were the places for wayside devotions and passing prayers. 1943 E. Muir Narrow Place 9 Here at the wayside station, as many a morning, I watch the smoke. 1983 D. Francis Danger iii. 48 A simple stone wayside shrine. 2002 New Yorker 9 Dec. 110/2 A straggle of houses grown from a wayside inn along the road. Phrases to fall (also go) by the wayside: to fail to stay the course, to drop out; to become superseded or neglected. [After Hellenistic Greek ἔπεσεν παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν, lit. ‘fell beside the path’ (New Testament: Matthew 13:4, Mark 4:4, Luke 8:5 (see quot. 1526), all from the parable of the sower).] ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] withsitc1330 fail1340 defaulta1382 errc1430 to fall (also go) by the wayside1526 misthrive1567 miss1599 to come bad, or no, speedc1600 shrink1608 abortivea1670 maroon1717 to flash in the pan1792 skunk1831 to go to the dickens1833 to miss fire1838 to fall flat1841 fizzle1847 to lose out1858 to fall down1873 to crap out1891 flivver1912 flop1919 skid1920 to lay an egg1929 to blow out1939 to strike out1946 bomb1963 to come (also have) a buster1968 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter or be dispersed [verb (intransitive)] > scatter skaila1300 to fall (also go) by the wayside1526 straw1526 the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of persons miscarry1602 to come off bluely1654 to buy the rabbit1807 flunk1823 to go wrong1827 slip1890 to fall (also go) by the wayside1898 crack1918 to go down the tube(s)1963 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke viii. f. lxxxvj^v As he sowed, some fell by the waye syde [Gk. ἔπεσεν παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν]. 1660 M. Mead Spiritual Wisdom To Rdr. sig. A4^v It was seed sown on good ground, preached to an honest congregation at Stepney, though some fell by the way side, and that the wicked one picked up. 1898 Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star 9 June 354 That man neglected his duty and failed to keep the commandments of God, and he fell by the wayside. 1947 Billboard 25 Oct. 55/1 All records for attendance went by the wayside. 2004 Independent 14 July i. 3/1 British sport saw another opportunity for glory..fall by the wayside yesterday. Compounds wayside pulpit a board, usually placed outside a place of worship, displaying a religious text or maxim. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > furniture > other furniture > [noun] > board displaying religious text wayside pulpit1915 1915 Unitarian Word & Work 19 We want to provide a ‘Wayside Pulpit’—a bulletin board whereon are posted good things for the passer-by to read. 1932 Q. D. Leavis Fiction & Reading Public ii. iv. 193 An inspection of the slogans displayed on Wayside Pulpits..reveals that they are largely devoted to denunciation of an attitude described as pessimistic. 1999 Church Times 26 Mar. 3/1 All Saints', Bingley, is known locally for the wayside pulpit that fronts a traffic-clogged road. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.c1440
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