adagialadj.

Brit.

/əˈdeɪdʒɪəl/, U.S.

/əˈdeɪdʒiəl/

Forms: 1600s adagiall, 1600s– adagial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Latin adagium , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < classical Latin adagium (see adage n.¹) + -al suffix¹, either after Middle French, French †adagial (1584), or after adage n.¹, adagy n., proverbial adj.

Of the nature of an adage; proverbial.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > [adjective]

sententiala1475

sententious1542

topic1581

apophthegmatical?1589

topical1594

adagial1647

aphoristical1661

gnomonic1706

axiomatical1738

gnomologic1751

aphoristic1753

maximical1779

apophthegmatic1796

aphorismic1798

gnomic1815

aphorismatic1822

axiomatic1835

maximic1854

aphorismical1880

1647 R. Venning Myst. & Revelations vii. 35/1 Their adagial saying, to speake against the Sunne; that is against the manifest and open truth.

a1677 I. Barrow Serm. Several Occasions (1678) 265 That adagiall verse, Ἅμ' ἠλέηται, καὶ τέθνηκεν ἡ χάρις· No sooner the courtesie born, then the resentment thereof dead.

1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature §4, 64 Aristotle goes further than that old adagial saying (ἀρχὴ ἤμισυ παντός).

1840 Argus 1 Nov. 632/2 Another adagial phrase attributed to no less an authority than that of King Charles the First, viz., ‘Repeat no grievances’, should be made a truly golden rule.

1869 Contemp. Rev. 12 219 This constant resort of Theocritus to adagial expressions.

1913 S. Baring-Gould & J. Fisher Lives Brit. Saints IV. 368 The poem is of an adagial or moral character.

1939 Fairbanks (Alaska) Daily News-Miner 22 Dec. 12/4 That adagial bit of verse the late President Coolidge was so fond of.

2004 L. G. Sager Justice in Plainclothes (2006) v. 72 One is completely offered in adagial form: ‘No one should be the judge of his or her own cause.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	adagial
释义	adagialadj. Brit. /əˈdeɪdʒɪəl/, U.S. /əˈdeɪdʒiəl/ Forms: 1600s adagiall, 1600s– adagial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Latin adagium , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < classical Latin adagium (see adage n.¹) + -al suffix¹, either after Middle French, French †adagial (1584), or after adage n.¹, adagy n., proverbial adj. Of the nature of an adage; proverbial. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > [adjective] sententiala1475 sententious1542 topic1581 apophthegmatical?1589 topical1594 adagial1647 aphoristical1661 gnomonic1706 axiomatical1738 gnomologic1751 aphoristic1753 maximical1779 apophthegmatic1796 aphorismic1798 gnomic1815 aphorismatic1822 axiomatic1835 maximic1854 aphorismical1880 1647 R. Venning Myst. & Revelations vii. 35/1 Their adagial saying, to speake against the Sunne; that is against the manifest and open truth. a1677 I. Barrow Serm. Several Occasions (1678) 265 That adagiall verse, Ἅμ' ἠλέηται, καὶ τέθνηκεν ἡ χάρις· No sooner the courtesie born, then the resentment thereof dead. 1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature §4, 64 Aristotle goes further than that old adagial saying (ἀρχὴ ἤμισυ παντός). 1840 Argus 1 Nov. 632/2 Another adagial phrase attributed to no less an authority than that of King Charles the First, viz., ‘Repeat no grievances’, should be made a truly golden rule. 1869 Contemp. Rev. 12 219 This constant resort of Theocritus to adagial expressions. 1913 S. Baring-Gould & J. Fisher Lives Brit. Saints IV. 368 The poem is of an adagial or moral character. 1939 Fairbanks (Alaska) Daily News-Miner 22 Dec. 12/4 That adagial bit of verse the late President Coolidge was so fond of. 2004 L. G. Sager Justice in Plainclothes (2006) v. 72 One is completely offered in adagial form: ‘No one should be the judge of his or her own cause.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1647
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