end-alln.

/ˈɛndˌɔːl/

Etymology: < end v.¹ + all adj., pron., n., adv., and conj.

That which ‘ends all’ (see quot. 1876). Now only dialect except in Shakespearean phrase, the be-all and the end-all. (See be-all n.)

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a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. vii. 5 That but this blow Might be the be all, and the end all .

1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. (E.D.S.) (at cited word) End all, more freely used than customarily, and with a wider interpretation in the sense of an act of completion. Also a finishing stroke.

1883 G. Howell in Contemp. Rev. Sept. 345 The latter aim was the be-all and end-all almost of those industrial combinations.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	end-all
释义	end-alln. /ˈɛndˌɔːl/ Etymology: < end v.¹ + all adj., pron., n., adv., and conj. That which ‘ends all’ (see quot. 1876). Now only dialect except in Shakespearean phrase, the be-all and the end-all. (See be-all n.) ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. vii. 5 That but this blow Might be the be all, and the end all . View more context for this quotation 1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. (E.D.S.) (at cited word) End all, more freely used than customarily, and with a wider interpretation in the sense of an act of completion. Also a finishing stroke. 1883 G. Howell in Contemp. Rev. Sept. 345 The latter aim was the be-all and end-all almost of those industrial combinations. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1616
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