cursoryadj.

/ˈkəːsəri/

Forms: Also 1600s cursorie, cursary.

Etymology: < Latin cursōrius of or pertaining to a runner or a race, < cursōr-em runner: in Old French corsoire, cursoire.

1. Running or passing rapidly over a thing or subject, so as to take no note of details; hasty, hurried, passing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > careless, not thorough

overlyc1450

superficialc1456

sloven1532

sloven-like1569

perfunctory1592

slovenly1592

perfunctorious1599

cursory1601

cursorarya1616

slighty1619

cursitory1632

touch and go1682

passant1685

skimming1728

slapdashc1792

lax1812

slap-bang1815

slummocking1825

slobbery1832

percursory1837

slipshod1845

slip-string1854

slummocky1855

free and easy1864

unthorough1868

slurring1880

slummy1881

sploshy1881

skimmy1893

surfacy1975

drive-through1994

the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adjective] > acting with haste > carelessly

slubberinga1591

cursory1601

cursorarya1616

cursitory1632

passant1685

percursory1837

slurring1880

1601 A. Dent Plaine Mans Path-way to Heauen 306 Coursary saying of a fewe praiers a litle before death, auaileth little.

1661 J. Stephens Hist. Disc. Procur. 128 I had only a cursory view of it, and that by chance.

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xviii. 190 A traveller, who stopt to take a cursory refreshment.

1857 J. Keble On Eucharistical Adoration 37 Obvious to the most cursory reader of the Gospel.

1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. iii. 60 A cursory inspection shews that these statements are untrustworthy.

†2. Moving about, travelling. Obsolete. rare.

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society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [adjective]

wendingOE

travelling1340

cursory1606

peregrinating1611

passantc1710

journeying1739

trekking1850

the world > movement > transference > [adjective] > transferred > able to be

movablea1325

moblec1390

running1459

remevablec1460

removablec1470

cursory1606

transferable1646

transplantable1656

transferrable1660

itinerant1690

1606 True Relation Proc. against Garnet sig. F Father Creswell Legier Iesuite in Spaine, Father Baldwin Legier in Flaunders,..besides their Cursorie men, as Gerrard, [etc.].

1610 S. Rid Martin Mark-all 24 Their houses are made cursary like our Coaches with foure wheeles that may be drawne from place to place.

1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iv. ii. 21 Those Tribes dwelt in their tents..in a cursory condition, onely grazing their cattel during the season.

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3. Entomology. Adapted for running; = cursorious adj.

4. In medieval universities:

a. cursory lecture n. a lecture of a less formal and exhaustive character delivered, especially by bachelors, as additional to the ‘ordinary’ lectures of the authorized teachers in a faculty, and at hours not reserved for these prescribed lectures. [The name would appear to have been first given to the lectures delivered by bachelors as part of the cursus prescribed for the licence, but to have been afterwards extended to all ‘extraordinary’ lectures.]

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1841 G. Peacock Observ. Statutes Univ. Cambr. p. xliv (note) 1.

1894 H. Rashdall Med. Universities vi. §4. 426 The ‘cursory’ lectures of Paris are the ‘extraordinary’ lectures of Bologna.

1894 H. Rashdall Med. Universities vi. §4. 427 Vacation cursory lectures might be given at any hour.

1894 H. Rashdall Med. Universities vi. §4. 427 It is probable that the term ‘cursory’ came to suggest also the more rapid and less formal manner of going over a book usually adopted at these times.

b. cursory bachelor n. (in modern writers) a bachelor who gave cursory lectures.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	cursory
释义	cursoryadj. /ˈkəːsəri/ Forms: Also 1600s cursorie, cursary. Etymology: < Latin cursōrius of or pertaining to a runner or a race, < cursōr-em runner: in Old French corsoire, cursoire. 1. Running or passing rapidly over a thing or subject, so as to take no note of details; hasty, hurried, passing. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > careless, not thorough overlyc1450 superficialc1456 sloven1532 sloven-like1569 perfunctory1592 slovenly1592 perfunctorious1599 cursory1601 cursorarya1616 slighty1619 cursitory1632 touch and go1682 passant1685 skimming1728 slapdashc1792 lax1812 slap-bang1815 slummocking1825 slobbery1832 percursory1837 slipshod1845 slip-string1854 slummocky1855 free and easy1864 unthorough1868 slurring1880 slummy1881 sploshy1881 skimmy1893 surfacy1975 drive-through1994 the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adjective] > acting with haste > carelessly slubberinga1591 cursory1601 cursorarya1616 cursitory1632 passant1685 percursory1837 slurring1880 1601 A. Dent Plaine Mans Path-way to Heauen 306 Coursary saying of a fewe praiers a litle before death, auaileth little. 1661 J. Stephens Hist. Disc. Procur. 128 I had only a cursory view of it, and that by chance. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xviii. 190 A traveller, who stopt to take a cursory refreshment. 1857 J. Keble On Eucharistical Adoration 37 Obvious to the most cursory reader of the Gospel. 1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. iii. 60 A cursory inspection shews that these statements are untrustworthy. †2. Moving about, travelling. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [adjective] wendingOE travelling1340 cursory1606 peregrinating1611 passantc1710 journeying1739 trekking1850 the world > movement > transference > [adjective] > transferred > able to be movablea1325 moblec1390 running1459 remevablec1460 removablec1470 cursory1606 transferable1646 transplantable1656 transferrable1660 itinerant1690 1606 True Relation Proc. against Garnet sig. F Father Creswell Legier Iesuite in Spaine, Father Baldwin Legier in Flaunders,..besides their Cursorie men, as Gerrard, [etc.]. 1610 S. Rid Martin Mark-all 24 Their houses are made cursary like our Coaches with foure wheeles that may be drawne from place to place. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iv. ii. 21 Those Tribes dwelt in their tents..in a cursory condition, onely grazing their cattel during the season. Categories » 3. Entomology. Adapted for running; = cursorious adj. 4. In medieval universities: a. cursory lecture n. a lecture of a less formal and exhaustive character delivered, especially by bachelors, as additional to the ‘ordinary’ lectures of the authorized teachers in a faculty, and at hours not reserved for these prescribed lectures. [The name would appear to have been first given to the lectures delivered by bachelors as part of the cursus prescribed for the licence, but to have been afterwards extended to all ‘extraordinary’ lectures.] ΚΠ 1841 G. Peacock Observ. Statutes Univ. Cambr. p. xliv (note) 1. 1894 H. Rashdall Med. Universities vi. §4. 426 The ‘cursory’ lectures of Paris are the ‘extraordinary’ lectures of Bologna. 1894 H. Rashdall Med. Universities vi. §4. 427 Vacation cursory lectures might be given at any hour. 1894 H. Rashdall Med. Universities vi. §4. 427 It is probable that the term ‘cursory’ came to suggest also the more rapid and less formal manner of going over a book usually adopted at these times. b. cursory bachelor n. (in modern writers) a bachelor who gave cursory lectures. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1601
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