† discovermentn.

Forms: see discover v. and -ment suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: discover v., -ment suffix.

Etymology: < discover v. + -ment suffix, after Middle French descouvrement discovery (1572 in this sense in the passage translated in quot. 1578; 12th cent. in Old French in sense ‘act of declaring or expounding something, description’; French découvrement , now chiefly in sense ‘act of exposing something’). Compare Spanish descubrimiento (late 13th cent.), Portuguese descobrimento (15th cent.), Italian discoprimento (14th cent.). Compare earlier discovering n. and adj. at discover v. Derivatives, discoverture n.¹, discovery n.

Obsolete.

= discovery n.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > [noun]

discoveringa1375

nakeninga1382

bewrayingc1386

detection1471

discoverture?1473

revelationc1485

disclosinga1513

disclosurea1525

disclose1548

overture1548

patefaction1553

displaying1556

discovery1567

unripping1568

revealment1576

discoverment1578

retection1581

unmaskinga1586

unclasping?1592

denudation1593

untrussing1597

uncovering1598

detecting1604

divulging1604

divulgation1610

unvizardinga1628

exposinga1631

divulgement1632

unbowellinga1639

unfolding1646

revealinga1649

unrolling1648

pre-discovery1653

discoverance1664

unshelling1670

development1760

unveilinga1774

disclosal1786

displayment1801

divulgence1851

revelationism1854

unbosoming1910

uncovery1963

1578 H. Wotton tr. J. Yver Courtlie Controuersie 111 Charita..sith y^t she was now vnmaried, w^t y^e discouerment [Fr. descouurement] of hir good renowne, desired to proue what countenance Herman wold shew at y^e news.

1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xv. xxxix. 274 The time..prefixt for this discouerment.

1602 H. Howard Let. 24 Aug. in Secret Corr. Sir Robert Cecil (modernized text) (1887) III. xii. 25 The very purpose of creating discoverments, of feeding passions, or following the shadows of their own imagination into the minds of persons that are bound to [etc.].

1856 E. R. Torrey Theognis i. i. 36 Thy son, the clerk, meaneth well, I ween, but he is not skilled in the discoverment of what maketh an old man's heart light and happy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	discoverment
释义	† discovermentn. Forms: see discover v. and -ment suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: discover v., -ment suffix. Etymology: < discover v. + -ment suffix, after Middle French descouvrement discovery (1572 in this sense in the passage translated in quot. 1578; 12th cent. in Old French in sense ‘act of declaring or expounding something, description’; French découvrement , now chiefly in sense ‘act of exposing something’). Compare Spanish descubrimiento (late 13th cent.), Portuguese descobrimento (15th cent.), Italian discoprimento (14th cent.). Compare earlier discovering n. and adj. at discover v. Derivatives, discoverture n.¹, discovery n. Obsolete. = discovery n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > [noun] discoveringa1375 nakeninga1382 bewrayingc1386 detection1471 discoverture?1473 revelationc1485 disclosinga1513 disclosurea1525 disclose1548 overture1548 patefaction1553 displaying1556 discovery1567 unripping1568 revealment1576 discoverment1578 retection1581 unmaskinga1586 unclasping?1592 denudation1593 untrussing1597 uncovering1598 detecting1604 divulging1604 divulgation1610 unvizardinga1628 exposinga1631 divulgement1632 unbowellinga1639 unfolding1646 revealinga1649 unrolling1648 pre-discovery1653 discoverance1664 unshelling1670 development1760 unveilinga1774 disclosal1786 displayment1801 divulgence1851 revelationism1854 unbosoming1910 uncovery1963 1578 H. Wotton tr. J. Yver Courtlie Controuersie 111 Charita..sith y^t she was now vnmaried, w^t y^e discouerment [Fr. descouurement] of hir good renowne, desired to proue what countenance Herman wold shew at y^e news. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xv. xxxix. 274 The time..prefixt for this discouerment. 1602 H. Howard Let. 24 Aug. in Secret Corr. Sir Robert Cecil (modernized text) (1887) III. xii. 25 The very purpose of creating discoverments, of feeding passions, or following the shadows of their own imagination into the minds of persons that are bound to [etc.]. 1856 E. R. Torrey Theognis i. i. 36 Thy son, the clerk, meaneth well, I ween, but he is not skilled in the discoverment of what maketh an old man's heart light and happy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1578
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