ad placitumadv.

Brit.

/ˌad ˈplasɪtəm/, U.S.

/ˌæd ˈplæsᵻdəm/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ad placitum.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin ad placitum by agreement (6th cent.) < classical Latin ad according to (see ad- prefix) + placitum opinion, condition, in post-classical Latin also agreement (see placitum n.).

Chiefly Philosophy.

By arbitrary application of a word or sign to a particular meaning, without a natural or logical basis. More generally: arbitrarily, as one pleases; (also) by convention or general agreement.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > [adverb]

to one's willOE

by one's willOE

self-willesOE

after a person's willOE

a-willc1275

at willc1300

at one's (own) liberty1426

ad placituma1556

at pleasure1579

ad libitum1606

arbitrarilya1626

arbitrariously1653

discretionally1655

ad arbitrium1663

voluntarily1676

discretionarily1681

antecedently1682

discretionary?1707

ad lib1791

at one's own sweet will1802

at choice1817

at no allowance1858

a1556 T. Cranmer Aunswere vnto Craftie & Sophisticall Cauillation (1580) 200 Such wordes signifie ad placitum, that is to say, as please you to translate them.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Pp3^v These Notes of Cogitations are of twoo sortes; The one when the Note hath some Similitude, or Congruitie with the Notion; The other Ad Placitum, hauing force onely by Contract or Acceptation.

1697 J. Sergeant Solid Philos. 129 All words are indeed Ad placitum; but 'tis Mankind that must please to agree in their Signification.

1714 J. Ayliffe Antient & Present State Univ. Oxf. II. iii. i. 141 All publick Professors and Lecturers, Royal as well as others, are accounted Regents ad placitum; so are all Resident Doctors, [etc.].

1751 Parl. Hist. Eng. V. 357 The Court may be adjourned, ad placitum, and the whole House sit as a Committee.

1776 J. Hawkins Gen. Hist. Music II. iii. x. 373 The intermediate notes are composed ad placitum.

1818 Port Royal Art of Thinking i. i. 30 When we say that the signification of words are arbitrary or ad placitum, we sink deep in Equivocation.

1893 W. S. Hough tr. J. E. Erdmann Hist. Philos. (ed. 3) I. 505 The signs which have been made ad placitum..to point out or designate something.

1905 E. W. Naylor Elizabethan Virginal Bk. v. 55 The dance can be repeated ad placitum.

1956 Philosophy 31 11 For definition remains arbitrary or ad placitum in Hobbes's sense of the word ‘arbitrary’, in the sense, that is, that our definitions (that is, our words) bear no knowable relation to the nature of things, but signify only our conceptions.

1983 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Name of Rose iv. 7 In every human language there are rules and every term signifies ad placitum a thing.

1996 S. Reynolds Medieval Reading (2004) xi. 136 The notion that signification operates ad placitum (by human imposition) reaches its logical conclusion.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ad placitum
释义	ad placitumadv. Brit. /ˌad ˈplasɪtəm/, U.S. /ˌæd ˈplæsᵻdəm/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ad placitum. Etymology: < post-classical Latin ad placitum by agreement (6th cent.) < classical Latin ad according to (see ad- prefix) + placitum opinion, condition, in post-classical Latin also agreement (see placitum n.). Chiefly Philosophy. By arbitrary application of a word or sign to a particular meaning, without a natural or logical basis. More generally: arbitrarily, as one pleases; (also) by convention or general agreement. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > [adverb] to one's willOE by one's willOE self-willesOE after a person's willOE a-willc1275 at willc1300 at one's (own) liberty1426 ad placituma1556 at pleasure1579 ad libitum1606 arbitrarilya1626 arbitrariously1653 discretionally1655 ad arbitrium1663 voluntarily1676 discretionarily1681 antecedently1682 discretionary?1707 ad lib1791 at one's own sweet will1802 at choice1817 at no allowance1858 a1556 T. Cranmer Aunswere vnto Craftie & Sophisticall Cauillation (1580) 200 Such wordes signifie ad placitum, that is to say, as please you to translate them. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Pp3^v These Notes of Cogitations are of twoo sortes; The one when the Note hath some Similitude, or Congruitie with the Notion; The other Ad Placitum, hauing force onely by Contract or Acceptation. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Sergeant Solid Philos. 129 All words are indeed Ad placitum; but 'tis Mankind that must please to agree in their Signification. 1714 J. Ayliffe Antient & Present State Univ. Oxf. II. iii. i. 141 All publick Professors and Lecturers, Royal as well as others, are accounted Regents ad placitum; so are all Resident Doctors, [etc.]. 1751 Parl. Hist. Eng. V. 357 The Court may be adjourned, ad placitum, and the whole House sit as a Committee. 1776 J. Hawkins Gen. Hist. Music II. iii. x. 373 The intermediate notes are composed ad placitum. 1818 Port Royal Art of Thinking i. i. 30 When we say that the signification of words are arbitrary or ad placitum, we sink deep in Equivocation. 1893 W. S. Hough tr. J. E. Erdmann Hist. Philos. (ed. 3) I. 505 The signs which have been made ad placitum..to point out or designate something. 1905 E. W. Naylor Elizabethan Virginal Bk. v. 55 The dance can be repeated ad placitum. 1956 Philosophy 31 11 For definition remains arbitrary or ad placitum in Hobbes's sense of the word ‘arbitrary’, in the sense, that is, that our definitions (that is, our words) bear no knowable relation to the nature of things, but signify only our conceptions. 1983 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Name of Rose iv. 7 In every human language there are rules and every term signifies ad placitum a thing. 1996 S. Reynolds Medieval Reading (2004) xi. 136 The notion that signification operates ad placitum (by human imposition) reaches its logical conclusion. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.a1556
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