affairéadj.

Brit.

/əˈfɛːreɪ/, U.S.

/əˌfɛˈreɪ/

Forms: 1800s– affairé, 1900s– affairée (designating a woman, after the French feminine form).

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French affairé.

Etymology: < French affairé busy, occupied (1584 in Middle French; 1573 in Middle French in sense ‘(of a person) in need of money, impecunious’) < affaire affair n. + -é -ed suffix².Not fully naturalized in English.

Busy, fully occupied; having much to do. Also: preoccupied.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [adjective]

busylOE

sisela1400

importune1449

busied1576

resiant1583

pragmatical1590

doing1591

negotiated1604

practical1617

affairé1802

operative1816

occupied1897

1802 T. Twining Let. 28 July in Sel. Papers Twining Family (1887) 247 I think myself Sound in conscience to release you from the necessity of writing to me, if you are too affairé to have time.

1867 Temple Bar Aug. 51 One or two of the goats stopping perhaps for a moment as they passed to seek for a piece of bread, and then hurrying on again in a very ‘affairé’ manner.

1901 ‘Linesman’ Words by Eyewitness xiii. 266 The great Public, affairé and astute as it is.

1928 D. H. Lawrence Let. 7 Jan. (1962) II. 1032 Well, don't be too affairé.

1954 E. Jenkins Tortoise & Hare xvi. 214 I hear Hunter is very much affairé with his little typist.

1987 A. Brookner Friend from Eng. iii. 55 Dorrie affairée was slightly less attractive to me than the timid and sighing embodiment of domestic immobility.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	affairé
释义	affairéadj. Brit. /əˈfɛːreɪ/, U.S. /əˌfɛˈreɪ/ Forms: 1800s– affairé, 1900s– affairée (designating a woman, after the French feminine form). Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French affairé. Etymology: < French affairé busy, occupied (1584 in Middle French; 1573 in Middle French in sense ‘(of a person) in need of money, impecunious’) < affaire affair n. + -é -ed suffix².Not fully naturalized in English. Busy, fully occupied; having much to do. Also: preoccupied. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [adjective] busylOE sisela1400 importune1449 busied1576 resiant1583 pragmatical1590 doing1591 negotiated1604 practical1617 affairé1802 operative1816 occupied1897 1802 T. Twining Let. 28 July in Sel. Papers Twining Family (1887) 247 I think myself Sound in conscience to release you from the necessity of writing to me, if you are too affairé to have time. 1867 Temple Bar Aug. 51 One or two of the goats stopping perhaps for a moment as they passed to seek for a piece of bread, and then hurrying on again in a very ‘affairé’ manner. 1901 ‘Linesman’ Words by Eyewitness xiii. 266 The great Public, affairé and astute as it is. 1928 D. H. Lawrence Let. 7 Jan. (1962) II. 1032 Well, don't be too affairé. 1954 E. Jenkins Tortoise & Hare xvi. 214 I hear Hunter is very much affairé with his little typist. 1987 A. Brookner Friend from Eng. iii. 55 Dorrie affairée was slightly less attractive to me than the timid and sighing embodiment of domestic immobility. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1802
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