controversityn.

Brit.

/ˌkɒntrəˈvəːsᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌkɑntrəˈvərsədi/

Forms: 1500s controuersite, 1500s controuersitie, 1600s controuersity, 1600s– controversity.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: French controversité ; controversy n.

Etymology: Either (i) < Middle French controversité (a1389; probably < classical Latin contrōversus (see controversed adj.) + Middle French -ité -ity suffix), or (ii) an alteration (after e.g. adversity n., perversity n.) of controversy n.

Now nonstandard and rare.

= controversy n.

ΘΚΠ

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

pleac1275

distancec1325

stance14..

in controversyc1432

disceptation1447

disputation1489

disception1492

concertation1509

controversity1528

contending1561

fending and proving1583

digladiation?1591

bandying1599

contestation1602

controverting1610

wrangling1612

contesting1616

rixation1623

contestion1632

controversarya1635

contest1642

vitilitigation1647

ergoteering1687

sparring1755

hash1789

controversying1865

argle-bargle1872

wringle-wrangle1882

argy-bargy1887

polemicizing1948

va-et-vient1959

1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. F Controuersite [L. controuersia] amonge phisitians touchynge the choyce of flesshes.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Controuersitie, controuersia, lis.

a1607 H. Chettle Trag. Hoffman (1631) iii. sig. F Old Stilt. Treason and iniquity? Stilt. Reason, and equity I meant Father; ther's little controuersity in the words.

1671 H. Stubbe Epistolary Disc. Phlebotomy 244 Consider the shortness of the time allotted unto me,..and the multiplicity of controversities I have intreated on.

1752 W. Goodall Adventures Capt. Greenland II. v. vi. 158 I have made a firm Resolution never to engage in Points of Controversity.

1770 Gentleman's Mag. June 275/1 This memoir is little more than a controversity with Venuti, whether these coins were struck at Malta.

1851 T. Robinson Twin Fallacies of Rome iii. 52/1 It is more to the purpose, perhaps, in the present controversity, to quote from Dr. Wiseman than from Bellarmine.

1886 Cincinnati Lancet-Clinic 30 Jan. 154/1 He was modest and full of condescension, never waging controversities.

1914 School Jrnl. Sept. 235/2 A rather conservative statement in the light of recent controversities.

2012 V. Talvitie Found. Psychoanalytic Theories i. 12 Discussions about colours do not lead to open controversities.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	controversity
释义	controversityn. Brit. /ˌkɒntrəˈvəːsᵻti/, U.S. /ˌkɑntrəˈvərsədi/ Forms: 1500s controuersite, 1500s controuersitie, 1600s controuersity, 1600s– controversity. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: French controversité ; controversy n. Etymology: Either (i) < Middle French controversité (a1389; probably < classical Latin contrōversus (see controversed adj.) + Middle French -ité -ity suffix), or (ii) an alteration (after e.g. adversity n., perversity n.) of controversy n. Now nonstandard and rare. = controversy n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [noun] pleac1275 distancec1325 stance14.. in controversyc1432 disceptation1447 disputation1489 disception1492 concertation1509 controversity1528 contending1561 fending and proving1583 digladiation?1591 bandying1599 contestation1602 controverting1610 wrangling1612 contesting1616 rixation1623 contestion1632 controversarya1635 contest1642 vitilitigation1647 ergoteering1687 sparring1755 hash1789 controversying1865 argle-bargle1872 wringle-wrangle1882 argy-bargy1887 polemicizing1948 va-et-vient1959 1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. F Controuersite [L. controuersia] amonge phisitians touchynge the choyce of flesshes. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Controuersitie, controuersia, lis. a1607 H. Chettle Trag. Hoffman (1631) iii. sig. F Old Stilt. Treason and iniquity? Stilt. Reason, and equity I meant Father; ther's little controuersity in the words. 1671 H. Stubbe Epistolary Disc. Phlebotomy 244 Consider the shortness of the time allotted unto me,..and the multiplicity of controversities I have intreated on. 1752 W. Goodall Adventures Capt. Greenland II. v. vi. 158 I have made a firm Resolution never to engage in Points of Controversity. 1770 Gentleman's Mag. June 275/1 This memoir is little more than a controversity with Venuti, whether these coins were struck at Malta. 1851 T. Robinson Twin Fallacies of Rome iii. 52/1 It is more to the purpose, perhaps, in the present controversity, to quote from Dr. Wiseman than from Bellarmine. 1886 Cincinnati Lancet-Clinic 30 Jan. 154/1 He was modest and full of condescension, never waging controversities. 1914 School Jrnl. Sept. 235/2 A rather conservative statement in the light of recent controversities. 2012 V. Talvitie Found. Psychoanalytic Theories i. 12 Discussions about colours do not lead to open controversities. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1528
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