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单词 forme
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formeadj.1

Forms: Old English forma, forme, Middle English–1500s forme, Middle English Orm. forrme, Middle English firme, furme, vorme, Middle English form, Middle English ferme.
Etymology: Old English forma = Old Frisian forma , Old Saxon formo < Old Germanic *formon- , a superlative (with -m- suffix as in Latin prīmus ) from the root of fore adv. A variant is Old English fruma (early Middle English frume n., beginning) = Gothic fruma.
Obsolete.
1.
a. Earliest in time or serial order, first; also, the first of two, former.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adjective] > first or prior to all others
formec888
eldestc897
firstlOE
originalc1350
foremosta1400
furthermost?a1400
primary?a1425
primatea1425
primea1500
arch1574
soon1591
origin1632
utter1634
premier1652
aboriginary1653
furthest1653
fontal1656
principial1699
première1768
protological1936
first-ever1955
c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xv Hu gesælig seo forme eld was þises middangeardes.
OE Beowulf 2286 Frea sceawode fira fyrngeweorc forman siðe.
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 818 The vox kan..turne ut from his forme weie.
a1330 Otuel 1572 King karnifees..slouȝ him ate forme dunt.
c1425 Seven Sages (P.) 373 Yf I speke loude or stille, With the forme word I sal deye.
c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 4006 Oure forme fadere and modere.
absolute and elliptical.c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) x. 2 Se forma ys Simon.a1175 Cott. Hom. 243 Of the formen seieð sanctus paulus. Non est [etc.].c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12552 Þe uorme wes Belin.c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 38 Hit arn fettled in on forme, þe forme & þe laste.c1420 Pallad. on Husb. ii. 447 As iij is nyne, as ij is ten, the forme Thelleuth is with.
b. Previous to the present; former, early.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adjective]
ererc888
fernOE
oldOE
oldOE
formerc1160
ratherc1330
before-goingc1384
formerc1384
forenexta1400
formea1400
while1399
antecedentc1400
precedentc1400
anteceding?a1425
late1446
whilom1452
preceding?a1475
forne1485
fore1490
heretofore1491
foregoing1530
toforegoing1532
further1557
firster1571
then1584
elder1594
quondam1598
forehand1600
previant1601
preallable1603
prior1607
anterior1608
previal1613
once1620
previous1621
predecessivea1627
antecedaneous?1631
preventive1641
prior1641
precedaneous1645
preventional1649
antegredient1652
senior1655
prevenient1656
precedential1661
antecedental1763
past-gone1784
antevenient1800
aforetime1835
one-time1850
onewhile1882
foretime1894
erstwhile1903
antecedane-
ere-
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 22229 In form tide.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 8583 Þe forme dawes.
c. quasi-n. The beginning.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [noun]
ordeOE
thresholdeOE
frumthc950
anginOE
frumeOE
worthOE
beginninga1225
springc1225
springc1225
commencementc1250
ginninga1300
comsingc1325
entryc1330
aginning1340
alphac1384
incomea1400
formec1400
ingressc1420
birtha1425
principlea1449
comsementa1450
resultancec1450
inition1463
inceptiona1483
entering1526
originala1529
inchoation1530
opening1531
starting1541
principium1550
entrance1553
onset1561
rise1589
begin1590
ingate1591
overture1595
budding1601
initiationa1607
starting off1616
dawninga1631
dawn1633
impriminga1639
start1644
fall1647
initial1656
outset1664
outsettinga1698
going off1714
offsetting1782
offset1791
commence1794
aurora1806
incipiency1817
set-out1821
set-in1826
throw-off1828
go-off1830
outstart1844
start1857
incipience1864
oncome1865
kick-off1875
off-go1886
off1896
get-go1960
lift-off1967
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 499 Þe forme to þe fynisment foldeȝ ful selden.
2. Foremost in position, rank, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > front > [adjective]
furtherc1000
foremostc1275
formerc1384
farther1398
fornec1440
fore?a1513
forme1523
anterior1611
first1647
head1691
vanward1820
leading1825
forwardmost1834
14.. Rom. Alexander in Roland & V. (1836) p. xx. Antiogus hadde the form gard, Tholomeu the rereward.
1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 595 And with his forme foot he shoke forth this wrytyng.

Compounds

firme birth n. rights of primogeniture; = birthright n.; see first birth n. at first adj., adv., and n.2 Compounds 1b(b).
ΘΚΠ
society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > [noun] > hereditary > right of primogeniture
birtha1325
firme birtha1325
first birtha1387
first-birth right1535
right of primogeniture1602
primogeniture1614
primogenitivea1616
primogenitureship1622
ploughman's fee1660
majorat1827
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1484 Ðe fader luuede esau wel For firme birðe & swete mel.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1501 Firme birðe was wurði wune, Ðe fader dede ðe firme sune.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1497 Ðat ic ðin firme birðehe gete.
forme-fader n. (a) (our) first father, Adam; (b) = forefather n.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > ancestor > [noun]
elder-fathereOE
fatherOE
elder971
alderOE
eldfatherOE
forme-fadera1200
ancestorc1300
grandsirec1300
aiela1325
belsirea1325
predecessora1325
forefather1377
morea1382
progenitorc1384
antecessorc1400
forn-fatherc1460
forebear1488
ancient1540
antecestrec1550
fore-grandsirec1550
grandfather1575
ascendant1604
forerunnera1616
ancienter1654
tupuna1845
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > ancestor > [noun] > first ancestor or patriarch > Adam and Eve as > Adam
forme-fadera1200
a1200 Moral Ode 195 Ure forme fader gult, we abuȝeð alle.
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxviii. 21 Oure form-fadirs þat god blamyd.
c1394 P. Pl. Crede 808 He..descended a-doune to þe derke helle, And fet oute our formfaderes.
c1440 York Myst. xxiii. 81 Oure fforme-ffadyrs full fayne Wold see this solempne sight.
forme-moder n. (our) first mother, Eve.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > ancestor > [noun] > first ancestor or patriarch > Adam and Eve as > Eve
EveeOE
forme-modera1450
grandam1531
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxx. l. 404 The grete wronge That oure form Modir dyde.
forme-mete n. early meat, breakfast.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > breakfast or morning meal
forme-metea1175
breakfast1463
disjune1491
jentation1599
jenticulation1658
meat breakfast1728
English breakfast1773
déjeuner1787
dejeune1788
fork-breakfast1812
tea-breakfast1825
cooked breakfast1848
chota hazri1863
hunt-breakfast1877
petit déjeuner1879
brekker1889
brekkie1904
Continental breakfast1911
prayer breakfast1930
Oslo breakfast1937
fry1959
a1175 Cott. Hom. 231 Me..sceolde..ȝiefe him his forme~mete þat him to lang ne þuhte to abiden oð se laford to þe none inn come.
forme-ward n. vanguard.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > part of army by position > [noun] > van or front
forerunnerseOE
vantward1297
formerward13..
forme-ward13..
vamward1338
fronta1375
pointa1382
frontier?a1400
vawarda1400
forayc1425
avantwardc1440
avant-garde1470
vanward1476
vantguard1485
vanguard1487
foreward1490
forefront1513
foremen1577
forefight?1611
vaunta1616
van1633
first line1663
front line1677
firing line1859
13.. K. Alis. 5733 Of the forme-ward he herd grete cry For hy weren assailed of olifauntz.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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