expectorativen.adj.

Brit.

/ᵻkˈspɛkt(ə)rətɪv/,

/ɛkˈspɛkt(ə)rətɪv/, U.S.

/ᵻkˈspɛktərədɪv/,

/ɛkˈspɛktərədɪv/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: expectorate v., -ive suffix.

Etymology: < expectorate v. + -ive suffix (compare -ative suffix). Compare French expectoratif (1656 or earlier as noun, 1681 or earlier as adjective), and (with the use as noun) post-classical Latin expectorativum (1634 or earlier).

A. n. Medicine.

A medication that promotes or facilitates expectoration; = expectorant n. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > expectorant

expectorant1633

expectorator1657

expectorative1662

bush tea1768

1662 tr. F. Plater et al. Golden Pract. Physick (new ed.) ii. x. 273/2 We use also stronger Expectoratives [L. expectorantibus] and cutting Medicines when they spet matter.

1666 G. Harvey Morbus Anglicus xxvi. 132 Syrups or other expectoratives.

1769 London Mag. Jan. 30/1 Juice of horseradish is a powerful expectorative, as also garlic.

1916 Brit. Jrnl. Tuberculosis 10 146 In California Yerba Santa has long been known as ‘Mountain Balm’ and ‘the Consumptive's Plant’, and its resinoid elements certainly seem to act as a stimulating and liquefying expectorative.

B. adj.

1. Medicine. Of a medication or treatment: that promotes or facilitates expectoration; = expectorant adj. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [adjective] > expectorant

expectorant1633

expectorating1633

expectorative1665

1665 G. Thomson Galeno-pale xiii. 60 We never give any Purgative Medicine, but the same is Diaphoretick, Diuretick, and Expectorative.

1767 tr. D. Claparède Considerations Miracles Gospel ii. v. 132 Letting Blood in the Jugular, putting the Body into Ashes or Sand of a natural Heat, Sheepskins, Tobacco-Smoak forced into the Intestines, Frictions, expectorative Potions, &c. are very easy Methods to recover the drowned.

1842 Lancet 22 Jan. 564/2 Continue the expectorative mixture, and the diet with the gin and water.

1910 Pediatrics 22 85 In acute cases [of bronchitis], antispasmodic and expectorative medication may be necessary.

a. Medicine. Of or relating to expectoration; effecting or involved in expectoration; produced by expectoration.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > discharge or flux > [adjective] > coughed or spat up

expectorated1662

expectorative1845

1845 Med. Times 26 Apr. 54/2 No classification of sputa can be of any real avail in diagnosis, unless it shall embrace..all the varieties of expectorative matter which we know to accompany diseases and disorders of the respiratory organs.

1882 Med. Bull. 4 115/1 Frequently a more rapid spontaneous separation of the diphtheritic exudations..may be observed, a result which may be the result of the general secretive stimulation and expectorative action of pilocarpia.

1936 Tubercle 17 463/2 The mechanical factors include diminution of expectorative capacity, which is impeded by the endogenous infection, the rigidity of the thorax, [etc.].

1963 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 63 86/2 Although the nurse realizes the larynx has many functions, she is concerned primarily with the loss of the respiratory and expectorative functions normally carried on by this organ.

2009 Pathol. Res. & Pract. 205 576/2 Typical clinical and anamnestic symptoms of intrapulmonary and mediastinal tumors are cough (sometimes expectorative),..fever, and chest pain.

b. gen. Of or relating to spitting; accompanied by or involving spitting.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of slavering > [adjective] > spitting

sputtering1598

spawling1603

sputativea1639

spitting1688

spitty1742

expectorative1863

1863 B. Harte in Golden Era 4 Jan. 5/1 A third spectator..remained for a moment in serious and expectorative contemplation of the boot.

1883 R. G. White Mr. Washington Adams in Eng. 125 Leaning against the stone, he began an expectorative demonstration.

1901 Living Age 23 Nov. 482/1 Tobacco- and gum-chewing are rife—the latter..does not require the vile expectorative accompaniment of the former.

1942 C. C. Miller Black Borneo iv. 42 If you wanted to enter the kampong you had to pass the rock and spit. Likewise no one in the kampong could go down to the river without passing the expectorative boulder.

1994 D. Feldmeyer Viper Quarry iii. 28 Gilbert spit after he spoke, using a sort of expectorative punctuation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	expectorative
释义	expectorativen.adj. Brit. /ᵻkˈspɛkt(ə)rətɪv/, /ɛkˈspɛkt(ə)rətɪv/, U.S. /ᵻkˈspɛktərədɪv/, /ɛkˈspɛktərədɪv/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: expectorate v., -ive suffix. Etymology: < expectorate v. + -ive suffix (compare -ative suffix). Compare French expectoratif (1656 or earlier as noun, 1681 or earlier as adjective), and (with the use as noun) post-classical Latin expectorativum (1634 or earlier). A. n. Medicine. A medication that promotes or facilitates expectoration; = expectorant n. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > expectorant expectorant1633 expectorator1657 expectorative1662 bush tea1768 1662 tr. F. Plater et al. Golden Pract. Physick (new ed.) ii. x. 273/2 We use also stronger Expectoratives [L. expectorantibus] and cutting Medicines when they spet matter. 1666 G. Harvey Morbus Anglicus xxvi. 132 Syrups or other expectoratives. 1769 London Mag. Jan. 30/1 Juice of horseradish is a powerful expectorative, as also garlic. 1916 Brit. Jrnl. Tuberculosis 10 146 In California Yerba Santa has long been known as ‘Mountain Balm’ and ‘the Consumptive's Plant’, and its resinoid elements certainly seem to act as a stimulating and liquefying expectorative. B. adj. 1. Medicine. Of a medication or treatment: that promotes or facilitates expectoration; = expectorant adj. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [adjective] > expectorant expectorant1633 expectorating1633 expectorative1665 1665 G. Thomson Galeno-pale xiii. 60 We never give any Purgative Medicine, but the same is Diaphoretick, Diuretick, and Expectorative. 1767 tr. D. Claparède Considerations Miracles Gospel ii. v. 132 Letting Blood in the Jugular, putting the Body into Ashes or Sand of a natural Heat, Sheepskins, Tobacco-Smoak forced into the Intestines, Frictions, expectorative Potions, &c. are very easy Methods to recover the drowned. 1842 Lancet 22 Jan. 564/2 Continue the expectorative mixture, and the diet with the gin and water. 1910 Pediatrics 22 85 In acute cases [of bronchitis], antispasmodic and expectorative medication may be necessary. 2. a. Medicine. Of or relating to expectoration; effecting or involved in expectoration; produced by expectoration. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > discharge or flux > [adjective] > coughed or spat up expectorated1662 expectorative1845 1845 Med. Times 26 Apr. 54/2 No classification of sputa can be of any real avail in diagnosis, unless it shall embrace..all the varieties of expectorative matter which we know to accompany diseases and disorders of the respiratory organs. 1882 Med. Bull. 4 115/1 Frequently a more rapid spontaneous separation of the diphtheritic exudations..may be observed, a result which may be the result of the general secretive stimulation and expectorative action of pilocarpia. 1936 Tubercle 17 463/2 The mechanical factors include diminution of expectorative capacity, which is impeded by the endogenous infection, the rigidity of the thorax, [etc.]. 1963 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 63 86/2 Although the nurse realizes the larynx has many functions, she is concerned primarily with the loss of the respiratory and expectorative functions normally carried on by this organ. 2009 Pathol. Res. & Pract. 205 576/2 Typical clinical and anamnestic symptoms of intrapulmonary and mediastinal tumors are cough (sometimes expectorative),..fever, and chest pain. b. gen. Of or relating to spitting; accompanied by or involving spitting. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of slavering > [adjective] > spitting sputtering1598 spawling1603 sputativea1639 spitting1688 spitty1742 expectorative1863 1863 B. Harte in Golden Era 4 Jan. 5/1 A third spectator..remained for a moment in serious and expectorative contemplation of the boot. 1883 R. G. White Mr. Washington Adams in Eng. 125 Leaning against the stone, he began an expectorative demonstration. 1901 Living Age 23 Nov. 482/1 Tobacco- and gum-chewing are rife—the latter..does not require the vile expectorative accompaniment of the former. 1942 C. C. Miller Black Borneo iv. 42 If you wanted to enter the kampong you had to pass the rock and spit. Likewise no one in the kampong could go down to the river without passing the expectorative boulder. 1994 D. Feldmeyer Viper Quarry iii. 28 Gilbert spit after he spoke, using a sort of expectorative punctuation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1662
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