gratuitousadj.

/ɡrəˈtjuːɪtəs/

Etymology: < Latin grātuītus free, spontaneous, voluntary (cognate with grātia favour, grātus pleasing) + -ous suffix. Compare obsolete French gratuiteux.

a. Freely bestowed or obtained; granted without claim or merit; provided without payment or return; costing nothing to the recipient; free.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > charges > freedom from charge > [adjective]

shot-freelOE

freea1225

costless1509

scot-free1542

free cost1586

chargeless1599

cost-free1602

gratuitous1656

gratis1659

pro deo1856

comp1875

tariffless1891

uncharged1894

buckshee1915

freebie1937

mahala1977

value-added1982

1656 H. Jeanes Treat. Fulnesse of Christ 38 in Mixture Scholasticall Divinity How that the Father hath given unto the Sonne..to have life in himselfe..; not by any gratuitous gift, but by natural generation.

a1690 Bp. E. Hopkins Expos. Lord's Prayer (1692) 97 Our Pardon is free and gratuitous; for whatsoever God doth he doth it freely..without respect to any former deserts, or expectations of any future recompence.

1692 R. L'Estrange Fables cccvii. 270 We are..given to Mistake the Gratuitous Blessings of Heaven, for the Fruits of our Own Industry.

1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands III. 371 Besides this number, the gratuitous schools received 5584 children.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Gratuitous money, a term officially used for bounty granted to volunteers in Lord Exmouth's expedition against Algiers.

1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation v. 200 A student..attends with more assiduity a course for which he has paid money, than one which is gratuitous.

1870 R. W. Emerson Farming in Wks. (1906) III. 59 The earth is a machine which yields almost gratuitous service to every application of the intellect.

b. spec. Scots Law. Of a charter or deed: Made or granted without any value given in return.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > charter or deed conveying property > [adjective] > with or without consideration

onerous1606

gratuitous1773

1773 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. I. ii. iii. §22. 189 A charter which proceeds merely from the love and favour which the granter hath for the grantee, is said to be granted for a lucrative or gratuitous cause.

1773 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. II. iii. viii. §45. 566 The institute can defeat the substitution, even by a gratuitous deed.

1872 Bell's Princ. Law Scotl. (ed. 6) §64. 33 Obligations which are, as free gifts, voluntarily undertaken, or at least without an adequate consideration, are called gratuitous.

a. Done, made, adopted, or assumed without any good ground or reason; not required or warranted by the circumstances of the case; uncalled-for; unjustifiable.

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society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective] > unwarranted or unjustifiable > gratuitous

gratuitous1691

1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 15 The second motive they had to introduce this gratuitous Declination of Atomes, the same Poet gives us.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 95 But as these occasions may never arrive, the mind receives a gratuitous taint.

1845 J. Lingard Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church (ed. 3) I. App. a. 346 A gratuitous and unfounded supposition.

1848 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 III. ix. 507 A gratuitous interference with private rights.

1860 J. Payn Bateman Househ. xxi. 260 The innuendo conveyed in the notice is not only malicious and cruel, but a gratuitous lie.

1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda IV. viii. lviii. 179 There never was more gratuitous sinning.

b. Of the agent: Performing the action implied without reason or justification.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective] > unwarranted or unjustifiable > gratuitous > acting gratuitously

gratuitous1864

1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 29 Sept. I should be held up to execration as a malignant slanderer and a gratuitous liar.

†3. Requiring no proof; axiomatic. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > evident certainty > [adjective] > evident without proof

self-evidencing1632

self-evident1643

axiomatical1678

self-evidential1700

gratuitous1775

axiomatic1797

1775 S. Johnson Taxation no Tyranny 1 Of these gratuitous and acknowledged truths it is often the fate to become less evident by endeavours to explain them.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	gratuitous
释义	gratuitousadj. /ɡrəˈtjuːɪtəs/ Etymology: < Latin grātuītus free, spontaneous, voluntary (cognate with grātia favour, grātus pleasing) + -ous suffix. Compare obsolete French gratuiteux. 1. a. Freely bestowed or obtained; granted without claim or merit; provided without payment or return; costing nothing to the recipient; free. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > charges > freedom from charge > [adjective] shot-freelOE freea1225 costless1509 scot-free1542 free cost1586 chargeless1599 cost-free1602 gratuitous1656 gratis1659 pro deo1856 comp1875 tariffless1891 uncharged1894 buckshee1915 freebie1937 mahala1977 value-added1982 1656 H. Jeanes Treat. Fulnesse of Christ 38 in Mixture Scholasticall Divinity How that the Father hath given unto the Sonne..to have life in himselfe..; not by any gratuitous gift, but by natural generation. a1690 Bp. E. Hopkins Expos. Lord's Prayer (1692) 97 Our Pardon is free and gratuitous; for whatsoever God doth he doth it freely..without respect to any former deserts, or expectations of any future recompence. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables cccvii. 270 We are..given to Mistake the Gratuitous Blessings of Heaven, for the Fruits of our Own Industry. 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands III. 371 Besides this number, the gratuitous schools received 5584 children. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Gratuitous money, a term officially used for bounty granted to volunteers in Lord Exmouth's expedition against Algiers. 1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation v. 200 A student..attends with more assiduity a course for which he has paid money, than one which is gratuitous. 1870 R. W. Emerson Farming in Wks. (1906) III. 59 The earth is a machine which yields almost gratuitous service to every application of the intellect. b. spec. Scots Law. Of a charter or deed: Made or granted without any value given in return. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > charter or deed conveying property > [adjective] > with or without consideration onerous1606 gratuitous1773 1773 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. I. ii. iii. §22. 189 A charter which proceeds merely from the love and favour which the granter hath for the grantee, is said to be granted for a lucrative or gratuitous cause. 1773 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. II. iii. viii. §45. 566 The institute can defeat the substitution, even by a gratuitous deed. 1872 Bell's Princ. Law Scotl. (ed. 6) §64. 33 Obligations which are, as free gifts, voluntarily undertaken, or at least without an adequate consideration, are called gratuitous. 2. a. Done, made, adopted, or assumed without any good ground or reason; not required or warranted by the circumstances of the case; uncalled-for; unjustifiable. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective] > unwarranted or unjustifiable > gratuitous gratuitous1691 1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 15 The second motive they had to introduce this gratuitous Declination of Atomes, the same Poet gives us. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 95 But as these occasions may never arrive, the mind receives a gratuitous taint. View more context for this quotation 1845 J. Lingard Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church (ed. 3) I. App. a. 346 A gratuitous and unfounded supposition. 1848 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 III. ix. 507 A gratuitous interference with private rights. 1860 J. Payn Bateman Househ. xxi. 260 The innuendo conveyed in the notice is not only malicious and cruel, but a gratuitous lie. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda IV. viii. lviii. 179 There never was more gratuitous sinning. b. Of the agent: Performing the action implied without reason or justification. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective] > unwarranted or unjustifiable > gratuitous > acting gratuitously gratuitous1864 1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 29 Sept. I should be held up to execration as a malignant slanderer and a gratuitous liar. †3. Requiring no proof; axiomatic. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > evident certainty > [adjective] > evident without proof self-evidencing1632 self-evident1643 axiomatical1678 self-evidential1700 gratuitous1775 axiomatic1797 1775 S. Johnson Taxation no Tyranny 1 Of these gratuitous and acknowledged truths it is often the fate to become less evident by endeavours to explain them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1656
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