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单词 first-handed
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first-handedadj.adv.

Brit. /ˌfəːstˈhandᵻd/, U.S. /ˈˌfərstˈˌhændəd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: first hand n., -ed suffix2.
Etymology: < first hand n. + -ed suffix2. Compare earlier second-handed adj.
Now rare (chiefly U.S. in later use).
A. adj.
1. Relating to or coming directly from the original maker or vendor; = first hand adj. 2.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > originality or non-imitation > [adjective] > made by the person himself
original1599
first-handed1825
first hand1845
1825 Times 23 Nov. 1/3 Wanted, either first or second handed, a small but neatly finished condensing steam engine.
1849 Morning Chron. 6 Nov. 5/3 These prices are all ‘first-handed’.
1903 Marshfield (Wisconsin) Times 27 Mar. 8/6 (advt.) Good homesteads in the best part of North-western Wisconsin, either first or second handed.
2. Based on or coming directly from the primary source or origin; = first hand adj. 1.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [adjective]
mother?c1225
originalc1350
radicala1398
primitive?a1425
fundamentalc1449
primordial?a1450
primea1500
primary1565
nativea1592
fundamentive1593
primordiate1599
primara1603
remote1605
originousa1637
originary1638
parental1647
principiate1654
fontal1656
underivative1656
underived1656
fountainous1662
first hand1699
matricular1793
first-handed1855
protomorphic1887
1855 Putnam’s Monthly Aug. 209/1 St. Luke..asserts that his Gospel is founded, not on popular credulity or tradition, but upon first-handed evidence.
1899 Public Opinion 26 Oct. 525/1 Students of criminology will find some valuable, first-handed information in Josiah Flynt's ‘Tramping with Tramps’.
1907 Forest & Stream 20 Apr. 617/1 For several years [I] have made a first-handed study of Salmo fario as he is found here in the Battenkill River in Vermont.
1944 Chicago Defender 11 Mar. 15/1 Noseying around..there has been the opportunity to gain some first handed information.
B. adv.
1. From the primary source or origin; without intermediate agency or intervention; = first hand adv. 2.
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1833 Unitarian Chron. Jan. 23/2 If creeds and confessions contain what is plainly expressed in the Bible, they are useless, for we may as well take it first-handed in the Bible, as second-handed in the creed.
1858 U.S. Democratic Rev. July 43 A prince who has seldom the means of getting at facts first-handed—who can so seldom be sure of honest advice!
1918 Princeton Alumni Weekly 26 Mar. 481/2 I believe every human being should study some Latin or some Greek..in order to know first-handed a great warrior like Caesar.
1923 Pop. Sci. Monthly Mar. 117/2 (advt.) This is a big advantage for M.S.A.S. students... They learn manufacturing methods first handed.
2008 Cherokee Phoenix (Tehlequah, Oklahoma) 1 Nov. b6 I have seen first-handed the changes in many lives over the years.
2. From the original maker or producer; = first hand adv. 1.
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1856 Hunt's Merchants' Mag. Apr. 518 These small traders prefer selling at even prices to foreign merchants..for the privilege of boasting that they sold them first-handed.
1903 Illustr. London News 13 June 922/1 (advt.) Why not buy good bacon first handed?
1908 San Antonio (Texas) Gaz. 16 Dec. 2/1 (advt.) No more than $425.00 should be asked for any make of a piano, that is if bought for cash direct from manufacturer and sold first-handed.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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