genericaladj.

Brit.

/dʒᵻˈnɛrᵻkl/, U.S.

/dʒəˈnɛrək(ə)l/

Forms: late Middle English genericalle, 1600s genericall, 1600s– generical.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin genericus , -al suffix¹; Latin gener- , genus , -ical suffix.

Etymology: Either < post-classical Latin genericus (see generic adj.) + -al suffix¹, or < classical Latin gener-, genus kind (see genus n.) + -ical suffix. Compare later generic adj.

= generic adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > not specific

generical?a1475

generic1658

unspecific1807

non-specific1860

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 27 (MED) Mappa mundi is describede in the firste boke of this werke, in the maner of a diuision genericalle [a1387 J. Trevisa St. John's Cambr. general] in to a diuision specificalle [L. more divisi generis in species].

a1610 R. Parsons Discuss. Answere William Barlow (1612) i. i. 17 All Philosophy teacheth that indiuiduall vnity and agreement being the last, presupposeth all other vnities going before, both specificall, & generical.

1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine i. vii. 17 We must conceive such of them as are omitted to be implyed under the Genericall name of Canaanites.

1680 R. Baxter Answer to Dr. Stillingfleet xxiii. 35 The Generical Notion sure is not enough for the definition of each species.

1711 G. Hickes Two Treat. (ed. 3) I. ii. 157 Generical Terms come so near to the Nature of Transcendentals, that they are very seldom capable of..exact Definition.

1764 T. Reid Inq. Human Mind iii, in Wks. (1863) I. 116/1 A question, how all smells come to be considered as one genus, and all tastes as another? What is the generical distinction.

1800 Mem. Relative to Egypt 173 The term plague..is a generical denomination applied to all very violent and malignant diseases.

1865 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Rationalism II. vi. 363 Theologians had..successfully laboured to produce a sense of the amazing, I might almost say generical, difference between those who were Christians and those who were not.

1963 M. Valency Flower & Castle 48 In spite of all efforts to modernize them, the classical forms remained stubbornly classical, an impressive example of generical senility.

2005 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 20 Dec. The Indian drug maker Ranbaxy Laboratories said it would not back down from its strategy of challenging patents and making generical drugs.

Derivatives

geˈnericalness n. rare = genericness n.

ΚΠ

1708 A. Collins Answer Clark's Third Def. 43 The Question..has no relation to the genericalness of the Objects on which we think, but to the genericalness of Thinking it self.

1991 Internat. Jrnl. Lexicogr. 4 30 Crimplene is in. Kleenex, used with probably equal genericalness, is out.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	generical
释义	genericaladj. Brit. /dʒᵻˈnɛrᵻkl/, U.S. /dʒəˈnɛrək(ə)l/ Forms: late Middle English genericalle, 1600s genericall, 1600s– generical. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin genericus , -al suffix¹; Latin gener- , genus , -ical suffix. Etymology: Either < post-classical Latin genericus (see generic adj.) + -al suffix¹, or < classical Latin gener-, genus kind (see genus n.) + -ical suffix. Compare later generic adj. = generic adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > not specific generical?a1475 generic1658 unspecific1807 non-specific1860 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 27 (MED) Mappa mundi is describede in the firste boke of this werke, in the maner of a diuision genericalle [a1387 J. Trevisa St. John's Cambr. general] in to a diuision specificalle [L. more divisi generis in species]. a1610 R. Parsons Discuss. Answere William Barlow (1612) i. i. 17 All Philosophy teacheth that indiuiduall vnity and agreement being the last, presupposeth all other vnities going before, both specificall, & generical. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine i. vii. 17 We must conceive such of them as are omitted to be implyed under the Genericall name of Canaanites. 1680 R. Baxter Answer to Dr. Stillingfleet xxiii. 35 The Generical Notion sure is not enough for the definition of each species. 1711 G. Hickes Two Treat. (ed. 3) I. ii. 157 Generical Terms come so near to the Nature of Transcendentals, that they are very seldom capable of..exact Definition. 1764 T. Reid Inq. Human Mind iii, in Wks. (1863) I. 116/1 A question, how all smells come to be considered as one genus, and all tastes as another? What is the generical distinction. 1800 Mem. Relative to Egypt 173 The term plague..is a generical denomination applied to all very violent and malignant diseases. 1865 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Rationalism II. vi. 363 Theologians had..successfully laboured to produce a sense of the amazing, I might almost say generical, difference between those who were Christians and those who were not. 1963 M. Valency Flower & Castle 48 In spite of all efforts to modernize them, the classical forms remained stubbornly classical, an impressive example of generical senility. 2005 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 20 Dec. The Indian drug maker Ranbaxy Laboratories said it would not back down from its strategy of challenging patents and making generical drugs. Derivatives geˈnericalness n. rare = genericness n. ΚΠ 1708 A. Collins Answer Clark's Third Def. 43 The Question..has no relation to the genericalness of the Objects on which we think, but to the genericalness of Thinking it self. 1991 Internat. Jrnl. Lexicogr. 4 30 Crimplene is in. Kleenex, used with probably equal genericalness, is out. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?a1475
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