exhaustiveadj.

Brit.

/ᵻɡˈzɔːstɪv/,

/ɛɡˈzɔːstɪv/, U.S.

/ɪɡˈzɔstɪv/,

/ɛɡˈzɔstɪv/,

/ɪɡˈzɑstɪv/,

/ɛɡˈzɑstɪv/

Etymology: < Latin exhaust- participial stem of exhaurīre (see exhaust v.) + -ive suffix.

1. Tending to exhaust or drain of strength, resources, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [adjective] > making or tending to

downhill1565

declining1597

deformative1641

deteriorative1800

exhaustive1817

worsening1835

deteriorating1836

degenerative1846

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. viii. 278 The fierce and exhaustive contentions which the rival strangers in Carnatic were waging against one another.

1868 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. I. 98 In what imminent peril the revenues..were from the exhaustive squandering..of the Court.

1874 J. L. Motley Life John of Barneveld II. xii. 70 The parasites who fed on the Queen Regent were exhaustive of the French exchequer.

a. Characterized by exhausting a subject, etc.; leaving no part unexamined or unconsidered; complete, comprehensive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adjective] > thorough or exhaustive

goodeOE

thorough1566

exhaustive1786

ingoing1928

the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adjective] > complete or exhaustive

root and branch?1702

exhaustive1786

unabbreviated1805

1786–9 J. Bentham Wks. (1843) II. 540 Proceeding..upon the exhaustive plan.

1798 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 25 585 His transcendental deduction of the categories of criticism [is] neither discretive nor exhaustive.

1813 Edinb. Rev. 22 23 His method of handling the subject..has been termed exhaustive.

1853 R. C. Trench On Lessons in Proverbs 125 The things of friends are in common. Where does this find its exhaustive fulfilment, but in the Communion of Saints?

1878 W. E. Gladstone Homer 127 I shall attempt in this limited work no exhaustive survey.

b. (Cf. exhaustion n. 5a.)

ΚΠ

1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. vi. xxii. 405 By the exhaustive method, therefore, we see that the visit dwelt on in Gal. ii. must have been the third.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	exhaustive
释义	exhaustiveadj. Brit. /ᵻɡˈzɔːstɪv/, /ɛɡˈzɔːstɪv/, U.S. /ɪɡˈzɔstɪv/, /ɛɡˈzɔstɪv/, /ɪɡˈzɑstɪv/, /ɛɡˈzɑstɪv/ Etymology: < Latin exhaust- participial stem of exhaurīre (see exhaust v.) + -ive suffix. 1. Tending to exhaust or drain of strength, resources, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [adjective] > making or tending to downhill1565 declining1597 deformative1641 deteriorative1800 exhaustive1817 worsening1835 deteriorating1836 degenerative1846 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. viii. 278 The fierce and exhaustive contentions which the rival strangers in Carnatic were waging against one another. 1868 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. I. 98 In what imminent peril the revenues..were from the exhaustive squandering..of the Court. 1874 J. L. Motley Life John of Barneveld II. xii. 70 The parasites who fed on the Queen Regent were exhaustive of the French exchequer. 2. a. Characterized by exhausting a subject, etc.; leaving no part unexamined or unconsidered; complete, comprehensive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adjective] > thorough or exhaustive goodeOE thorough1566 exhaustive1786 ingoing1928 the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adjective] > complete or exhaustive root and branch?1702 exhaustive1786 unabbreviated1805 1786–9 J. Bentham Wks. (1843) II. 540 Proceeding..upon the exhaustive plan. 1798 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 25 585 His transcendental deduction of the categories of criticism [is] neither discretive nor exhaustive. 1813 Edinb. Rev. 22 23 His method of handling the subject..has been termed exhaustive. 1853 R. C. Trench On Lessons in Proverbs 125 The things of friends are in common. Where does this find its exhaustive fulfilment, but in the Communion of Saints? 1878 W. E. Gladstone Homer 127 I shall attempt in this limited work no exhaustive survey. b. (Cf. exhaustion n. 5a.) ΚΠ 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. vi. xxii. 405 By the exhaustive method, therefore, we see that the visit dwelt on in Gal. ii. must have been the third. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1786
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