ambulativeadj.

Brit.

/ˈambjᵿlətɪv/, U.S.

/ˈæmbjələdɪv/,

/ˈæmbjəˌleɪdɪv/

Forms: Middle English ambulatif, 1500s–1600s ambulatiue, 1600s– ambulative.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French ambulatif; Latin ambulativus.

Etymology: < (i) Middle French ambulatif (French †ambulatif ) (of an ulcer) creeping, spreading (1314 in Old French, subsequently from the second half of the 15th cent.), of or relating to walking (second half of the 16th cent.), or its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin ambulativus (of a disease) creeping, spreading (end of the 13th cent. in Lanfranc, in the passage translated in quot. a1400 at sense 1; 14th cent. in a British source) < classical Latin ambulāt- , past participial stem of ambulāre ambulate v. + -īvus -ive suffix.Compare Old Occitan ambulatiu of or relating to walking (c1350), Italian ambulativo (end of the 14th cent., earliest in the medical sense). Compare also classical Latin ambulātīva procession (attested in an inscription).

Now rare.

†1. Of a disease or pathological condition: spreading or moving from one part of the body to another. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > [adjective] > continuously

ambulativea1400

flowing1700

flowy1798

onflowing1839

a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 78 Þer ben .vj. maner of þis vlcus..summe ambulatif [L. putridum seu malum ambulatiuum], þat is spredynge abrood.

1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. i. ii. f. 20^v/2 Euery Formica is ambulatiue, and not euerye one Corrosyue.

1657 J. Cooke tr. J. Hall Sel. Observ. Eng. Bodies 237 The Lord of Northhampton's Gentleman had the ambulative Gout, wherein he had extreame pain, sometimes in one knee, sometimes in the other.

1737 J. Armstrong Synopsis Hist. & Cure Venereal Dis. 50 (note) Sometimes they [sc. ulcers] are of the ambulative Kind.

2. Of or relating to walking. Occasionally also of a person: †walking, wandering (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > characterized by

ambulative1578

ambulating1716

1578 J. Banister Hist. Man f. 17^v No lesse needfull to the life of man, is the straunge construction of the backe, wherby the true ambulatiue motion of the body is obteyned.

1675 G. Harvey Dis. of London xxiv. 264 It is this sort of Scorvey..that occasions so many ambulative Patients, wandring from one Physician to another.

1847 R. Chambers Trad. Edinb. (new ed.) 12 Where the Royal Bank now stands was a cottage wherein ambulative citizens regaled themselves fruit, and curds and cream.

1851 Sartain's Mag. Jan. 62/2 Somewhere during this period, Mr. Todd, the father, fell on the ice and broke his leg badly, which effectually checked his speculative as well as ambulative powers.

1909 J. Davidson Fleet St. 134 Beginners in the ambulative art, As in all art, are immethodical.

1962 Rev. Educ. Res. 32 536 These workers found in certain hemiplegic individuals consistent rotations of the visual field that might well influence responses to rehabilitative therapies such as ambulative training.

1986 T. Maddox Tests (ed. 2) 17/1 Task-assessment test measuring five categories of behavioral performance and ability: ambulative, manipulative, communicative, social-adaptive, and emotive.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ambulative
释义	ambulativeadj. Brit. /ˈambjᵿlətɪv/, U.S. /ˈæmbjələdɪv/, /ˈæmbjəˌleɪdɪv/ Forms: Middle English ambulatif, 1500s–1600s ambulatiue, 1600s– ambulative. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French ambulatif; Latin ambulativus. Etymology: < (i) Middle French ambulatif (French †ambulatif ) (of an ulcer) creeping, spreading (1314 in Old French, subsequently from the second half of the 15th cent.), of or relating to walking (second half of the 16th cent.), or its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin ambulativus (of a disease) creeping, spreading (end of the 13th cent. in Lanfranc, in the passage translated in quot. a1400 at sense 1; 14th cent. in a British source) < classical Latin ambulāt- , past participial stem of ambulāre ambulate v. + -īvus -ive suffix.Compare Old Occitan ambulatiu of or relating to walking (c1350), Italian ambulativo (end of the 14th cent., earliest in the medical sense). Compare also classical Latin ambulātīva procession (attested in an inscription). Now rare. †1. Of a disease or pathological condition: spreading or moving from one part of the body to another. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > [adjective] > continuously ambulativea1400 flowing1700 flowy1798 onflowing1839 a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 78 Þer ben .vj. maner of þis vlcus..summe ambulatif [L. putridum seu malum ambulatiuum], þat is spredynge abrood. 1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. i. ii. f. 20^v/2 Euery Formica is ambulatiue, and not euerye one Corrosyue. 1657 J. Cooke tr. J. Hall Sel. Observ. Eng. Bodies 237 The Lord of Northhampton's Gentleman had the ambulative Gout, wherein he had extreame pain, sometimes in one knee, sometimes in the other. 1737 J. Armstrong Synopsis Hist. & Cure Venereal Dis. 50 (note) Sometimes they [sc. ulcers] are of the ambulative Kind. 2. Of or relating to walking. Occasionally also of a person: †walking, wandering (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > characterized by ambulative1578 ambulating1716 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man f. 17^v No lesse needfull to the life of man, is the straunge construction of the backe, wherby the true ambulatiue motion of the body is obteyned. 1675 G. Harvey Dis. of London xxiv. 264 It is this sort of Scorvey..that occasions so many ambulative Patients, wandring from one Physician to another. 1847 R. Chambers Trad. Edinb. (new ed.) 12 Where the Royal Bank now stands was a cottage wherein ambulative citizens regaled themselves fruit, and curds and cream. 1851 Sartain's Mag. Jan. 62/2 Somewhere during this period, Mr. Todd, the father, fell on the ice and broke his leg badly, which effectually checked his speculative as well as ambulative powers. 1909 J. Davidson Fleet St. 134 Beginners in the ambulative art, As in all art, are immethodical. 1962 Rev. Educ. Res. 32 536 These workers found in certain hemiplegic individuals consistent rotations of the visual field that might well influence responses to rehabilitative therapies such as ambulative training. 1986 T. Maddox Tests (ed. 2) 17/1 Task-assessment test measuring five categories of behavioral performance and ability: ambulative, manipulative, communicative, social-adaptive, and emotive. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1400
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