-oriumsuffix

Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this suffix and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. preventorium n.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin -ōrium, -ōrius.

Etymology: < classical Latin -ōrium, neuter singular ending of adjectives in -ōrius (see -orious suffix, -ory suffix²), used as noun in the sense ‘place for or belonging to, thing used for, requisite’, as in audītōrium place for hearing (see auditorium n.), repositōrium dumb-waiter (see repository n.), and post-classical Latin scriptorium writing-room (see scriptorium n.), sensorium organ of sensation (sensorium n.). Compare -ory suffix¹.This termination is found in words (in both senses) borrowed from Latin in the 18th cent., e.g. auditorium n., ostensorium n., and 19th cent., e.g. aspersorium n., natatorium n. It occurs from the first half of the 19th cent. (in sense 1) in English formations on Latin bases, the earliest apparently being sanctorium n., followed by sanatorium n. (which probably set the pattern for later formations) and crematorium n. The earliest formation with an English first element was probably communitorium n. (first half of the 19th cent.); several of this kind were formed during the 20th cent., e.g. abortorium n., preventorium n., Exploratorium n. English formations in sense 2 are mostly uncommon words which arose in the 19th cent., e.g. compressorium n., digitorium n.

1. Forming nouns with the sense ‘establishment in which a specific activity is carried on’.Some less common formations are illustrated here.

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1925 Amer. Speech 1 38/2 Barbatorium, a barber shop. Bobatorium, a place where hair is bobbed. Healthatorium, synonymous for sanatorium. Infantorium, a sanatorium for infants... Motortorium, an automobile repair shop... Suitatorium, a place where suits are cleaned and pressed. [Etc.].

1957 Jrnl. des Traducteurs 2 49 In recent decades advertisers intent on catching the public eye have freely exploited such suffixes as -orium..to form hairorium, meatorium, sportorium.

1959 Times 28 Oct. 13/4 A market gardener in New South Wales..keeps a lonely stall bearing the notice ‘Potatorium’.

1959 Times 2 Nov. 13/4 Thirty years ago there was a ‘pantatorium’ in Cambridge (Mass.), which pressed pants..rapidly.

1963 R. I. McDavid & D. W. Maurer Mencken's Amer. Lang. (new ed.) 221 The former [-orium] has given lubritorium (the lubricating rack in a filling station), printorium, corsetorium, hotdogatorium, parentorium (a parent guidance center), puritorium (a Jewish ritual bath) and eatatorium.

2003 N.Y. Post (Nexis) 9 June (Metro section) 38 Sui's favorite scent-orium is the chic West Village boutique Aedes de Venustas.

2. Forming nouns with the sense ‘instrument, receptacle, organ, etc., with which a specific activity is carried out’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	-orium
释义	-oriumsuffix Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this suffix and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. preventorium n. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin -ōrium, -ōrius. Etymology: < classical Latin -ōrium, neuter singular ending of adjectives in -ōrius (see -orious suffix, -ory suffix²), used as noun in the sense ‘place for or belonging to, thing used for, requisite’, as in audītōrium place for hearing (see auditorium n.), repositōrium dumb-waiter (see repository n.), and post-classical Latin scriptorium writing-room (see scriptorium n.), sensorium organ of sensation (sensorium n.). Compare -ory suffix¹.This termination is found in words (in both senses) borrowed from Latin in the 18th cent., e.g. auditorium n., ostensorium n., and 19th cent., e.g. aspersorium n., natatorium n. It occurs from the first half of the 19th cent. (in sense 1) in English formations on Latin bases, the earliest apparently being sanctorium n., followed by sanatorium n. (which probably set the pattern for later formations) and crematorium n. The earliest formation with an English first element was probably communitorium n. (first half of the 19th cent.); several of this kind were formed during the 20th cent., e.g. abortorium n., preventorium n., Exploratorium n. English formations in sense 2 are mostly uncommon words which arose in the 19th cent., e.g. compressorium n., digitorium n. 1. Forming nouns with the sense ‘establishment in which a specific activity is carried on’.Some less common formations are illustrated here. ΚΠ 1925 Amer. Speech 1 38/2 Barbatorium, a barber shop. Bobatorium, a place where hair is bobbed. Healthatorium, synonymous for sanatorium. Infantorium, a sanatorium for infants... Motortorium, an automobile repair shop... Suitatorium, a place where suits are cleaned and pressed. [Etc.]. 1957 Jrnl. des Traducteurs 2 49 In recent decades advertisers intent on catching the public eye have freely exploited such suffixes as -orium..to form hairorium, meatorium, sportorium. 1959 Times 28 Oct. 13/4 A market gardener in New South Wales..keeps a lonely stall bearing the notice ‘Potatorium’. 1959 Times 2 Nov. 13/4 Thirty years ago there was a ‘pantatorium’ in Cambridge (Mass.), which pressed pants..rapidly. 1963 R. I. McDavid & D. W. Maurer Mencken's Amer. Lang. (new ed.) 221 The former [-orium] has given lubritorium (the lubricating rack in a filling station), printorium, corsetorium, hotdogatorium, parentorium (a parent guidance center), puritorium (a Jewish ritual bath) and eatatorium. 2003 N.Y. Post (Nexis) 9 June (Metro section) 38 Sui's favorite scent-orium is the chic West Village boutique Aedes de Venustas. 2. Forming nouns with the sense ‘instrument, receptacle, organ, etc., with which a specific activity is carried out’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < suffix1925
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