emphaticadj.n.

Brit.

/ɪmˈfatɪk/,

/ɛmˈfatɪk/, U.S.

/ᵻmˈfædɪk/,

/ɛmˈfædɪk/

Forms: 1600s emphaticke, 1600s emphatique, 1600s–1700s emphatick, 1600s– emphatic.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French emphatique; Latin emphaticus.

Etymology: < (i) Middle French, French emphatique powerfully and forcibly expressive (1579), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin emphaticus forcible, expressive (4th or 5th cent. in Jerome) < Hellenistic Greek ἐμϕατικός forcible, expressive < -ἐμϕατός (although this is apparently first attested later, in Byzantine Greek (in ἀνέμϕατος without expression) < the stem of ancient Greek ἐμϕαίνειν to indicate, show (see emphasis n.) + -τος , suffix forming verbal nouns) + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare Hellenistic Greek ἐμϕαντικός expressive, for which ἐμϕατικός occurs frequently as a variant. Compare Spanish enfático (1587 in enfáticamente , adverb), Portuguese enfático (c1543 as †emphatico ), Italian enfatico (a1600). Compare earlier emphatical adj.

A. adj.

a. Powerfully and forcibly expressive; given with force; (in later use also) serving to emphasize something. Originally used of language, later extended to music, visual representations, gestures, etc. Cf. earlier emphatical adj. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective]

sensiblea1393

eloquent1393

rhetoricc1450

mightya1500

pithy1529

grave1541

pithful1548

weighty1560

sappy1563

emphatical1567

fasta1568

thwacking1567

forceful1571

enforceable1589

energetical1596

eloquious1599

sinewy1600

emphatic1602

sinewed1604

strong1604

tonitruous1606

nervose1645

nervous1663

energetic1674

energic1683

strong1685

cogent1718

lapidary1724

forcible1726

authoritative1749

terse1777

telling1819

vigorous1821

sturdy1822

tonitruant1861

meaty1874

vertebrate1882

energized1887

jawy1898

heavy1970

1602 J. Colville Parænese 6 Inlykmaneir in that affirmatyue, Emphatique and most piththy proposition.

1633 W. Struther True Happines 101 If we take them [sc. things spoken of] in our affection, our stile will be emphatick.

1657 W. Guild Loves Entercours (Song of Sol. vii. 6) 254 Neither here does he onely call her his love, but his love for delights, which is a very Emphatick speech and forcible.

1691 T. Nourse Disc. Nat. & Reveal'd Relig. x. 122 [He] answers their Petitions with a Shrug; or when dispos'd to a Gracious Compliance, by an Emphatick Nod.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 363. ¶4 The Intercession of the Messiah, which is conceived in very Emphatick Sentiments and Expressions.

1738 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. (ed. 2) I. 67 An emphatic emblem, denoting that judges ought to be perfectly versed in the laws.

1841 Pennsylvania Inquirer & Daily Courier 1 June It is no mean recommendation of Judge Banks, or one upon which his friends should fail to lay emphatic stress, that [etc.].

1847 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) III. 221 He declared in the most emphatic manner, that it was a..duty to oppose the..Turks.

1877 Harper's Mag. Apr. 687/1 At last she laid aside her paper, and exclaimed, in an emphatic voice, ‘Roderick!’ ‘Griselda!’

1900 Werner's Mag. July 450/2 Young men and young women apply to me for training in special lines, but I always give them an emphatic no.

1925 J. Conrad Suspense i. i. 7 The man..made a vaguely emphatic gesture.

1965 P. Radcliffe Beethoven's String Quartets viii. 111 An emphatic cadence in that key is suddenly halted in mid-air by an enigmatic little phrase in C major.

2002 New Republic 25 Mar. Its impact is hampered by overly emphatic symbolism and inconsistent pacing.

b. Grammar and Linguistics. That imparts or expresses emphasis.

ΚΠ

1689 G. Rule Rational Def. Non-conformity iii. iii. 168 The emphatick particle τῆ put before ἐπιστολῆς denoteth that Epistle, to wit, that the Apostle now wrote not an Epistle that they should write.

1763 A. Dawson in tr. First Three Bks. Gen. (ii. 1) 21 (note) Had this been the case the emphatic particle, e, would in all probability have been prefixt before āts eēiim.

1839 W. Angus Eng. Gram. (ed. 5) 31 Compound or emphatic pronouns... Self and Selves are added to the Personal Pronouns, for the sake of emphasis.

1892 H. Sweet New Eng. Gram. (1900) I. 195 It is evident that in a language which admits emphatic word-order, the same sentence may appear in a variety of forms.

1907 W. Jekyll Jamaican Song & Story lxviii. 171 ‘I never do him one def ting,’ a single thing. ‘Def’ is emphatic, but is not a ‘swear-word’.

1943 College Eng. 5 140/1 For the exception—absoluteˈly—the change [in stress pattern] is regarded as induced by emphatic stress.

1969 Times 19 July 9/7 In Wolof a common word for ‘yes’ is waw (pronounced wow) and this is combined with an emphatic particle kay to convey the sense of ‘all right, certainly’.

2010 R. E. Batchelor & M. Á. San José Ref. Gram. Spanish vii. 57 Lo may also be used with adjectives and has an emphatic value.

2. Of an action, attribute, argument, etc.: powerful, forceful; (in later use) striking and significant, clear and definite. Cf. earlier emphatical adj. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > of action: involving or requiring vigour > vigorous or intense in operation

strongeOE

smartc1300

steevec1300

keen1340

piercinga1400

perceantc1400

forta1513

incisive1528

vigorous1548

forcible1555

emphatical1581

searching1590

nervous1616

strenuous1632

arrowy1650

intent1650

urging1658

sinewous1663

emphatic1689

drastic1808

needling1839

shrewd1842

gimlet1894

1689 A. Behn Love Lett. between Polydorus & Messalina 43 Now I can hear and with Emphatick skill distinguish each accent of thy sweet Harmonious voice.

1709 J. Turner Wisdom of God in Redempt. of Man 164 The great Emphatic Force of all that Christ has done.

1797 W. Anderson Lect. Psalms v. 57 The trait of the character here assigned to the abider in the tabernacle of Zion, corresponds to that emphatic one given by our Saviour to Nathaniel.

1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella I. i. xi. 394 Still more emphatic honors were conferred on the count de Cabra.

1870 J. H. Burton Hist. Scotl. to 1688 VI. lxx. 503 They threatened to show their opinion in emphatic shape.

1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 2 [Voltairism was] one of the emphatic manifestations of some portion of the minds of men.

1957 B. Deutsch Poetry Handbk. (1958) 35 The pause in the last foot..is made more emphatic because the words conclude the line and the poem as well.

1969 E. Lucie-Smith Movements in Art since 1945 viii. 242 Judd's colleague, Robert Morris, defends minimality in equally emphatic terms.

2012 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 31 Oct. 52 The opening goal..set the tone for an emphatic 5-0 victory and kept Neil Lennon's men on course for a domestic clean sweep.

3. Of a person: that uses emphasis of voice, gesture, or language; (now) esp. expressing something powerfully and forcibly, vehement in the expression of one's beliefs. Frequently with about, in, etc. Cf. earlier emphatical adj. 5b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > outstanding

particular1485

emphatical1606

prominent1609

remarked1623

protuberant1730

emphatic1760

prosilient1828

outstanding1830

focalizing1838

large1883

standout1905

stickout1937

1760 R. Lloyd Actor in Crit. Rev. Apr. 304 But none emphatic can that actor call, Who lays an equal emphasis on all.

1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 226 Th' emphatic speaker dearly loves t' oppose In contact inconvenient, nose to nose.

1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxii. 347 The business..was commenced by a little emphatic man.

1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. ii. 57 Mr Lingon was equally emphatic.

1927 Times 25 Apr. 20/2 Graziers are emphatic in their preference for out-wintering of all cattle old and strong enough to endure..the rigours of the ordinary winter.

1945 O. E. Burton In Prison 146 The thieves..were quite emphatic that there was nothing else [but imprisonment] to be done with the..murderers.

1992 P. Sandblom Creativity & Dis. 177 Hans Christian Andersen..is emphatic about the power of pain and its prominent place in the history of culture.

2002 J. W. Hall Hot Damn! 43 She is as emphatic in her letter writing as she is in person.

a. Of a word, syllable, etc.: that bears the stress in pronunciation. Also of a word: that has particular importance in a sentence. Cf. earlier emphatical adj. 5b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > intonation, pitch, or stress > [adjective] > emphasized

emphatical1662

emphatic1762

1762 T. Sheridan Course Lect. on Elocution v. 82 Let him first find out and mark each emphatic word.

1800 Monthly Mag. Nov. 317/2 An emphatic syllable is long; an unemphatic syllable, short.

1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. i. 39 The accented, or..emphatic syllables.

1877 F. T. Elworthy Outl. Gram. Dial. W. Somerset 36 Our objective him is always un, n, unless it is emphatic, when it is ee... Uur ded·n zai noa·ŭrt tŭ ee·, ‘She did not say anything to he’.

1903 Amer. Jrnl. Theol. 7 497 By following the order of the Greek and placing the emphatic word first, the Rhemists bring out more distinctly the force of the original.

1968 Hermathena No. 107. 54 The ‘unemphatic first foot’ is an iamb, because its second syllable..is given the second lowest..of the four degrees of stress. Likewise with the more emphatic feet that follow.

2010 R. E. Batchelor & M. Á. San José Ref. Gram. Spanish iii. 26 Where there are two monosyllables of identical form, the more emphatic one..is distinguished by a written accent.

b. Linguistics. Designating any of a series of pharyngealized or velarized dental or alveolar consonants in a Semitic (or occasionally other Afro-Asiatic) language, esp. Arabic. Also occasionally: designating any consonant (in Arabic or another Semitic or Afro-Asiatic language) regarded as the marked counterpart of another consonant in a manner analogous to the relationship of ḍ, ṣ, ṭ, and ẓ to d, s, t, and z in Arabic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > consonant > [adjective] > others

harda1722

lunar1776

solar1776

cerebral1816

emphatic1855

mobile1861

vocular1884

movable1933

pre-final1934

prenasalized1937

mellow1956

1855 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 69 450 No dependence can be placed upon the comparisons with Arabic sounds, probably never heard; nor are the ‘emphatic’ consonants described with sufficient minuteness.

1887 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 8 268 The so-called emphatic consonants..are pronounced in Ethiopic as tenues with glottal catch.

1921 Amer. Jrnl. Semitic Langs. & Lit. 37 309 With the ‘emphatic’ consonants, this a: had the well-known ‘obscured’ sound caused by the peculiar position of the organs, particularly the tongue, in producing them.

1956 Mod. Lang. Jrnl. 40 69/2 In spoken Arabic the emphatic consonants (sometimes called velarized or retroflex consonants) have a strong influence upon preceding or following vowels.

1990 W. E. Mills et al. Mercer Dict. Bible (1997) 187/2 It was not until the Late Bronze Age that the scribes at Ugarit developed a cuneiform alphabetic script which made it possible to indicate in writing the voiced, voiceless, and emphatic consonants which characterize the Semitic languages.

2000 C. Hanger World Food: Morocco 166 Emphatic consonants are pronounced with more tension in the mouth and throat and with the back of the tongue raised toward the roof of the mouth.

B. n.

a. A word, syllable, statement, etc., that is expressive or indicative of emphasis; esp. a word or phrase performing this grammatical function.Not widely used by grammarians; intensifier n. d and emphasizer n. are more common.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > intonation, pitch, or stress > [noun] > emphasis > syllable

emphatic1792

1792 Public Advertiser 9 Aug. 1/2 What alas! are a few CAPITALS and Italics in the hands of a vigorous author? And yet these are the only typographical emphatics hitherto in use.

1815 Monthly Mag. 39 118 The same care..the moderns devote to that of their emphatics and unemphatics.

1820 J. B. Gilchrist Stranger's Infallible East-Indian Guide (ed. 3) 76 I cannot help suspecting ne to have been in reality an emphatic in former days, from its evident affinity with na.

1887 W. H. Bentley Dict. & Gram. Kongo Lang. 216/2 There is yet another set of emphatics, even stronger if possible, formed by placing -au before the simple form.

1912 F. Swinnerton Happy Family xiii. 232 Miss Tender, still puzzled, drifted again from the room, to talk in hushed emphatics with Miss Virks.

1938 Indogerman. Forsch. Dec. 247 Adverbs include..emphatics denoting emphasis or restriction, e.g. indeed, also, only.

1970 Language 46 374 There remain still to be considered the instances of pronominalization in simplex sentences—reflexives, emphatics, and topicalized sentences.

2006 Oral Hist. 34 ii. 88/2 Verbal signs such as discourse markers (like well and so), emphatics (like really), [etc.].

b. Linguistics. An emphatic consonant (see sense A. 4b).

ΚΠ

1859 W. Wright tr. C. P. Caspari Gram. Arab. Lang. I. i. i. 9 The diphthongs ai and au, which retain their original clear sound after the harder gutturals and the emphatics.

1889 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 13 p. ccciv A generalization of Prof. Haupt's remarks on the Ethiopic Emphatics.

1915 G. Noël-Armfield Gen. Phonetics xvii. 102 [Note] Confusion should not be made between velarised and velar consonants. n^u is quite different from ŋ. The Arabic emphatics are velarised consonants.

1948 D. Diringer Alphabet ii. viii. 453 The qoph, which expresses the Semitic emphatic k, was adopted [sc. into the Greek alphabet] as koppa, differentiated from kappa.

2001 J. J. McCarthy in C. W. Kreidler Phonology 2 xxx. 308 In South Semitic languages like Tigre the emphatics are realized phonetically as ejectives.

2. humorous. An expletive. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [noun]

oatha1225

hunting oath1570

forbode1575

exorcism1601

expletive1647

rapper1675

oathlet1835

expletion1836

emphatic1868

swear1871

rounder1885

the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > curse > [noun] > as everyday imprecation

oatha1225

malisonc1300

reproach1485

thunderbolt1559

revilement1577

thunder-crack1577

revile1579

ban1590

wish1597

thunder-clap1610

expletive1647

rapper1675

cuss1771

winze1786

Goddammit1800

goddam1828

dirty word1842

blank1854

emphatic1868

swear1871

sailor's blessing1876

blessing1878

goldarn1879

swear-word1883

rounder1885

curse-word1897

dang1906

sailor's farewell1937

1868 W. S. Gilbert in Fun 28 Nov. 121 I have known him indulge in profane, ungentlemanly emphatics.

1906 S. Afr. Mag. Nov. 55 A cool comforter at the Upington Hotel keeps your tongue from profane emphatics.

Compounds

emphatic state n. [after post-classical Latin status emphaticus (1630 or earlier)] Grammar (in Aramaic and its later dialects) the form or condition of the noun in which it is understood as defined (as if it had the definite article), though in some later dialects (e.g. Syriac) this form became the ordinary form of the noun, with no implication of definiteness (cf. absolute state n. at absolute adj. and n. Compounds 2).

ΚΠ

1793 H. Marsh tr. J. D. Michaelis Introd. New Test. II. 67 The Syriac language has no article, because the status emphaticus supplies its place.]

1824 J. W. Gibbs tr. F. H. W. Gesenius Man. Hebrew & Eng. Lexicon p. viii (table of abbreviations) Emphatic state.

1855 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 5 118 As the emphatic state in Anc. Syriac gradually lost its significance..so in the Modern it has disappeared altogether.

1947 Jrnl. Biblical Lit. 66 29 An article appears with the adjective only when the noun is definite and, in each instance, it represents the emphatic state of the Aramaic noun.

2009 C. G. Häberl Neo-Mandaic Dial. of Khorramshahr iii. 130 The masculine plural suffixes in prior stages of the language were -i in the emphatic state and -e in the construct.

Derivatives

emˈphaticness n.

ΚΠ

1857 Amer. Notes & Queries 1 Apr. 134/1 He reads so well, that he captivates much more by his preciseness and emphaticness, than many do that deliver their sermons orally.

1963 Economist 17 Aug. 583/1 The very emphaticness of these protestations about progress has led wellwishers to worry that all is not sunshine and smiles.

2006 C. Sittenfeld Man of my Dreams (2010) 76 There is a..sloppy emphaticness to her words, that makes Hannah pretty sure Jenny is quite drunk.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	emphatic
释义	emphaticadj.n. Brit. /ɪmˈfatɪk/, /ɛmˈfatɪk/, U.S. /ᵻmˈfædɪk/, /ɛmˈfædɪk/ Forms: 1600s emphaticke, 1600s emphatique, 1600s–1700s emphatick, 1600s– emphatic. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French emphatique; Latin emphaticus. Etymology: < (i) Middle French, French emphatique powerfully and forcibly expressive (1579), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin emphaticus forcible, expressive (4th or 5th cent. in Jerome) < Hellenistic Greek ἐμϕατικός forcible, expressive < -ἐμϕατός (although this is apparently first attested later, in Byzantine Greek (in ἀνέμϕατος without expression) < the stem of ancient Greek ἐμϕαίνειν to indicate, show (see emphasis n.) + -τος , suffix forming verbal nouns) + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare Hellenistic Greek ἐμϕαντικός expressive, for which ἐμϕατικός occurs frequently as a variant. Compare Spanish enfático (1587 in enfáticamente , adverb), Portuguese enfático (c1543 as †emphatico ), Italian enfatico (a1600). Compare earlier emphatical adj. A. adj. 1. a. Powerfully and forcibly expressive; given with force; (in later use also) serving to emphasize something. Originally used of language, later extended to music, visual representations, gestures, etc. Cf. earlier emphatical adj. 2a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] sensiblea1393 eloquent1393 rhetoricc1450 mightya1500 pithy1529 grave1541 pithful1548 weighty1560 sappy1563 emphatical1567 fasta1568 thwacking1567 forceful1571 enforceable1589 energetical1596 eloquious1599 sinewy1600 emphatic1602 sinewed1604 strong1604 tonitruous1606 nervose1645 nervous1663 energetic1674 energic1683 strong1685 cogent1718 lapidary1724 forcible1726 authoritative1749 terse1777 telling1819 vigorous1821 sturdy1822 tonitruant1861 meaty1874 vertebrate1882 energized1887 jawy1898 heavy1970 1602 J. Colville Parænese 6 Inlykmaneir in that affirmatyue, Emphatique and most piththy proposition. 1633 W. Struther True Happines 101 If we take them [sc. things spoken of] in our affection, our stile will be emphatick. 1657 W. Guild Loves Entercours (Song of Sol. vii. 6) 254 Neither here does he onely call her his love, but his love for delights, which is a very Emphatick speech and forcible. 1691 T. Nourse Disc. Nat. & Reveal'd Relig. x. 122 [He] answers their Petitions with a Shrug; or when dispos'd to a Gracious Compliance, by an Emphatick Nod. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 363. ¶4 The Intercession of the Messiah, which is conceived in very Emphatick Sentiments and Expressions. 1738 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. (ed. 2) I. 67 An emphatic emblem, denoting that judges ought to be perfectly versed in the laws. 1841 Pennsylvania Inquirer & Daily Courier 1 June It is no mean recommendation of Judge Banks, or one upon which his friends should fail to lay emphatic stress, that [etc.]. 1847 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) III. 221 He declared in the most emphatic manner, that it was a..duty to oppose the..Turks. 1877 Harper's Mag. Apr. 687/1 At last she laid aside her paper, and exclaimed, in an emphatic voice, ‘Roderick!’ ‘Griselda!’ 1900 Werner's Mag. July 450/2 Young men and young women apply to me for training in special lines, but I always give them an emphatic no. 1925 J. Conrad Suspense i. i. 7 The man..made a vaguely emphatic gesture. 1965 P. Radcliffe Beethoven's String Quartets viii. 111 An emphatic cadence in that key is suddenly halted in mid-air by an enigmatic little phrase in C major. 2002 New Republic 25 Mar. Its impact is hampered by overly emphatic symbolism and inconsistent pacing. b. Grammar and Linguistics. That imparts or expresses emphasis. ΚΠ 1689 G. Rule Rational Def. Non-conformity iii. iii. 168 The emphatick particle τῆ put before ἐπιστολῆς denoteth that Epistle, to wit, that the Apostle now wrote not an Epistle that they should write. 1763 A. Dawson in tr. First Three Bks. Gen. (ii. 1) 21 (note) Had this been the case the emphatic particle, e, would in all probability have been prefixt before āts eēiim. 1839 W. Angus Eng. Gram. (ed. 5) 31 Compound or emphatic pronouns... Self and Selves are added to the Personal Pronouns, for the sake of emphasis. 1892 H. Sweet New Eng. Gram. (1900) I. 195 It is evident that in a language which admits emphatic word-order, the same sentence may appear in a variety of forms. 1907 W. Jekyll Jamaican Song & Story lxviii. 171 ‘I never do him one def ting,’ a single thing. ‘Def’ is emphatic, but is not a ‘swear-word’. 1943 College Eng. 5 140/1 For the exception—absoluteˈly—the change [in stress pattern] is regarded as induced by emphatic stress. 1969 Times 19 July 9/7 In Wolof a common word for ‘yes’ is waw (pronounced wow) and this is combined with an emphatic particle kay to convey the sense of ‘all right, certainly’. 2010 R. E. Batchelor & M. Á. San José Ref. Gram. Spanish vii. 57 Lo may also be used with adjectives and has an emphatic value. 2. Of an action, attribute, argument, etc.: powerful, forceful; (in later use) striking and significant, clear and definite. Cf. earlier emphatical adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > of action: involving or requiring vigour > vigorous or intense in operation strongeOE smartc1300 steevec1300 keen1340 piercinga1400 perceantc1400 forta1513 incisive1528 vigorous1548 forcible1555 emphatical1581 searching1590 nervous1616 strenuous1632 arrowy1650 intent1650 urging1658 sinewous1663 emphatic1689 drastic1808 needling1839 shrewd1842 gimlet1894 1689 A. Behn Love Lett. between Polydorus & Messalina 43 Now I can hear and with Emphatick skill distinguish each accent of thy sweet Harmonious voice. 1709 J. Turner Wisdom of God in Redempt. of Man 164 The great Emphatic Force of all that Christ has done. 1797 W. Anderson Lect. Psalms v. 57 The trait of the character here assigned to the abider in the tabernacle of Zion, corresponds to that emphatic one given by our Saviour to Nathaniel. 1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella I. i. xi. 394 Still more emphatic honors were conferred on the count de Cabra. 1870 J. H. Burton Hist. Scotl. to 1688 VI. lxx. 503 They threatened to show their opinion in emphatic shape. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 2 [Voltairism was] one of the emphatic manifestations of some portion of the minds of men. 1957 B. Deutsch Poetry Handbk. (1958) 35 The pause in the last foot..is made more emphatic because the words conclude the line and the poem as well. 1969 E. Lucie-Smith Movements in Art since 1945 viii. 242 Judd's colleague, Robert Morris, defends minimality in equally emphatic terms. 2012 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 31 Oct. 52 The opening goal..set the tone for an emphatic 5-0 victory and kept Neil Lennon's men on course for a domestic clean sweep. 3. Of a person: that uses emphasis of voice, gesture, or language; (now) esp. expressing something powerfully and forcibly, vehement in the expression of one's beliefs. Frequently with about, in, etc. Cf. earlier emphatical adj. 5b. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > outstanding particular1485 emphatical1606 prominent1609 remarked1623 protuberant1730 emphatic1760 prosilient1828 outstanding1830 focalizing1838 large1883 standout1905 stickout1937 1760 R. Lloyd Actor in Crit. Rev. Apr. 304 But none emphatic can that actor call, Who lays an equal emphasis on all. 1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 226 Th' emphatic speaker dearly loves t' oppose In contact inconvenient, nose to nose. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxii. 347 The business..was commenced by a little emphatic man. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. ii. 57 Mr Lingon was equally emphatic. 1927 Times 25 Apr. 20/2 Graziers are emphatic in their preference for out-wintering of all cattle old and strong enough to endure..the rigours of the ordinary winter. 1945 O. E. Burton In Prison 146 The thieves..were quite emphatic that there was nothing else [but imprisonment] to be done with the..murderers. 1992 P. Sandblom Creativity & Dis. 177 Hans Christian Andersen..is emphatic about the power of pain and its prominent place in the history of culture. 2002 J. W. Hall Hot Damn! 43 She is as emphatic in her letter writing as she is in person. 4. a. Of a word, syllable, etc.: that bears the stress in pronunciation. Also of a word: that has particular importance in a sentence. Cf. earlier emphatical adj. 5b. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > intonation, pitch, or stress > [adjective] > emphasized emphatical1662 emphatic1762 1762 T. Sheridan Course Lect. on Elocution v. 82 Let him first find out and mark each emphatic word. 1800 Monthly Mag. Nov. 317/2 An emphatic syllable is long; an unemphatic syllable, short. 1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. i. 39 The accented, or..emphatic syllables. 1877 F. T. Elworthy Outl. Gram. Dial. W. Somerset 36 Our objective him is always un, n, unless it is emphatic, when it is ee... Uur ded·n zai noa·ŭrt tŭ ee·, ‘She did not say anything to he’. 1903 Amer. Jrnl. Theol. 7 497 By following the order of the Greek and placing the emphatic word first, the Rhemists bring out more distinctly the force of the original. 1968 Hermathena No. 107. 54 The ‘unemphatic first foot’ is an iamb, because its second syllable..is given the second lowest..of the four degrees of stress. Likewise with the more emphatic feet that follow. 2010 R. E. Batchelor & M. Á. San José Ref. Gram. Spanish iii. 26 Where there are two monosyllables of identical form, the more emphatic one..is distinguished by a written accent. b. Linguistics. Designating any of a series of pharyngealized or velarized dental or alveolar consonants in a Semitic (or occasionally other Afro-Asiatic) language, esp. Arabic. Also occasionally: designating any consonant (in Arabic or another Semitic or Afro-Asiatic language) regarded as the marked counterpart of another consonant in a manner analogous to the relationship of ḍ, ṣ, ṭ, and ẓ to d, s, t, and z in Arabic. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > consonant > [adjective] > others harda1722 lunar1776 solar1776 cerebral1816 emphatic1855 mobile1861 vocular1884 movable1933 pre-final1934 prenasalized1937 mellow1956 1855 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 69 450 No dependence can be placed upon the comparisons with Arabic sounds, probably never heard; nor are the ‘emphatic’ consonants described with sufficient minuteness. 1887 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 8 268 The so-called emphatic consonants..are pronounced in Ethiopic as tenues with glottal catch. 1921 Amer. Jrnl. Semitic Langs. & Lit. 37 309 With the ‘emphatic’ consonants, this a: had the well-known ‘obscured’ sound caused by the peculiar position of the organs, particularly the tongue, in producing them. 1956 Mod. Lang. Jrnl. 40 69/2 In spoken Arabic the emphatic consonants (sometimes called velarized or retroflex consonants) have a strong influence upon preceding or following vowels. 1990 W. E. Mills et al. Mercer Dict. Bible (1997) 187/2 It was not until the Late Bronze Age that the scribes at Ugarit developed a cuneiform alphabetic script which made it possible to indicate in writing the voiced, voiceless, and emphatic consonants which characterize the Semitic languages. 2000 C. Hanger World Food: Morocco 166 Emphatic consonants are pronounced with more tension in the mouth and throat and with the back of the tongue raised toward the roof of the mouth. B. n. 1. a. A word, syllable, statement, etc., that is expressive or indicative of emphasis; esp. a word or phrase performing this grammatical function.Not widely used by grammarians; intensifier n. d and emphasizer n. are more common. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > intonation, pitch, or stress > [noun] > emphasis > syllable emphatic1792 1792 Public Advertiser 9 Aug. 1/2 What alas! are a few CAPITALS and Italics in the hands of a vigorous author? And yet these are the only typographical emphatics hitherto in use. 1815 Monthly Mag. 39 118 The same care..the moderns devote to that of their emphatics and unemphatics. 1820 J. B. Gilchrist Stranger's Infallible East-Indian Guide (ed. 3) 76 I cannot help suspecting ne to have been in reality an emphatic in former days, from its evident affinity with na. 1887 W. H. Bentley Dict. & Gram. Kongo Lang. 216/2 There is yet another set of emphatics, even stronger if possible, formed by placing -au before the simple form. 1912 F. Swinnerton Happy Family xiii. 232 Miss Tender, still puzzled, drifted again from the room, to talk in hushed emphatics with Miss Virks. 1938 Indogerman. Forsch. Dec. 247 Adverbs include..emphatics denoting emphasis or restriction, e.g. indeed, also, only. 1970 Language 46 374 There remain still to be considered the instances of pronominalization in simplex sentences—reflexives, emphatics, and topicalized sentences. 2006 Oral Hist. 34 ii. 88/2 Verbal signs such as discourse markers (like well and so), emphatics (like really), [etc.]. b. Linguistics. An emphatic consonant (see sense A. 4b). ΚΠ 1859 W. Wright tr. C. P. Caspari Gram. Arab. Lang. I. i. i. 9 The diphthongs ai and au, which retain their original clear sound after the harder gutturals and the emphatics. 1889 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 13 p. ccciv A generalization of Prof. Haupt's remarks on the Ethiopic Emphatics. 1915 G. Noël-Armfield Gen. Phonetics xvii. 102 [Note] Confusion should not be made between velarised and velar consonants. n^u is quite different from ŋ. The Arabic emphatics are velarised consonants. 1948 D. Diringer Alphabet ii. viii. 453 The qoph, which expresses the Semitic emphatic k, was adopted [sc. into the Greek alphabet] as koppa, differentiated from kappa. 2001 J. J. McCarthy in C. W. Kreidler Phonology 2 xxx. 308 In South Semitic languages like Tigre the emphatics are realized phonetically as ejectives. 2. humorous. An expletive. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [noun] oatha1225 hunting oath1570 forbode1575 exorcism1601 expletive1647 rapper1675 oathlet1835 expletion1836 emphatic1868 swear1871 rounder1885 the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > curse > [noun] > as everyday imprecation oatha1225 malisonc1300 reproach1485 thunderbolt1559 revilement1577 thunder-crack1577 revile1579 ban1590 wish1597 thunder-clap1610 expletive1647 rapper1675 cuss1771 winze1786 Goddammit1800 goddam1828 dirty word1842 blank1854 emphatic1868 swear1871 sailor's blessing1876 blessing1878 goldarn1879 swear-word1883 rounder1885 curse-word1897 dang1906 sailor's farewell1937 1868 W. S. Gilbert in Fun 28 Nov. 121 I have known him indulge in profane, ungentlemanly emphatics. 1906 S. Afr. Mag. Nov. 55 A cool comforter at the Upington Hotel keeps your tongue from profane emphatics. Compounds emphatic state n. [after post-classical Latin status emphaticus (1630 or earlier)] Grammar (in Aramaic and its later dialects) the form or condition of the noun in which it is understood as defined (as if it had the definite article), though in some later dialects (e.g. Syriac) this form became the ordinary form of the noun, with no implication of definiteness (cf. absolute state n. at absolute adj. and n. Compounds 2). ΚΠ 1793 H. Marsh tr. J. D. Michaelis Introd. New Test. II. 67 The Syriac language has no article, because the status emphaticus supplies its place.] 1824 J. W. Gibbs tr. F. H. W. Gesenius Man. Hebrew & Eng. Lexicon p. viii (table of abbreviations) Emphatic state. 1855 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 5 118 As the emphatic state in Anc. Syriac gradually lost its significance..so in the Modern it has disappeared altogether. 1947 Jrnl. Biblical Lit. 66 29 An article appears with the adjective only when the noun is definite and, in each instance, it represents the emphatic state of the Aramaic noun. 2009 C. G. Häberl Neo-Mandaic Dial. of Khorramshahr iii. 130 The masculine plural suffixes in prior stages of the language were -i in the emphatic state and -e in the construct. Derivatives emˈphaticness n. ΚΠ 1857 Amer. Notes & Queries 1 Apr. 134/1 He reads so well, that he captivates much more by his preciseness and emphaticness, than many do that deliver their sermons orally. 1963 Economist 17 Aug. 583/1 The very emphaticness of these protestations about progress has led wellwishers to worry that all is not sunshine and smiles. 2006 C. Sittenfeld Man of my Dreams (2010) 76 There is a..sloppy emphaticness to her words, that makes Hannah pretty sure Jenny is quite drunk. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1602
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