abbreviatoryadj.

Brit.

/əˈbriːvɪət(ə)ri/, U.S.

/əˈbriviəˌtɔri/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin abbreviat- , abbreviare , -ory suffix².

Etymology: < post-classical Latin abbreviat-, past participial stem of abbreviare abbreviate v. + -ory suffix².

Of, relating to, or of the nature of abbreviation, esp. the abbreviation of a word.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > manner of writing > [adjective] > shortened or abbreviated > tending to shorten, abbreviate

abbreviatory1765

1765 J. Elphinston Princ. Eng. Lang. Digested II. iv. vi. 464 (heading) Of the foreign, and abbreviatory.

1813 Othello-travestie 64 I am informed that the liquor termed gin, an abbreviatory corruption of Geneva, is still in use amongst the lower orders.

1872 Dark Blue Mar. 51 Mostly they have had the grace to add the abbreviatory line, so indicating that a vowel or two, or the letters ‘m’ and ‘n’, are omitted.

1935 G. K. Zipf Psycho-biol. Lang. (1936) iii. 93 These abbreviatory phonetic changes may be ‘spontaneous’, or accentual, or assimilatory, or dissimilatory.

1992 Stud. Eng. Lit.: Eng. Number (Tokyo) 156 An enveloping theoretical framework..has been carefully thought out in every aspect from its philosophical underpinnings to the details of its abbreviatory conventions.

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

单词	abbreviatory
释义	abbreviatoryadj. Brit. /əˈbriːvɪət(ə)ri/, U.S. /əˈbriviəˌtɔri/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin abbreviat- , abbreviare , -ory suffix². Etymology: < post-classical Latin abbreviat-, past participial stem of abbreviare abbreviate v. + -ory suffix². Of, relating to, or of the nature of abbreviation, esp. the abbreviation of a word. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > manner of writing > [adjective] > shortened or abbreviated > tending to shorten, abbreviate abbreviatory1765 1765 J. Elphinston Princ. Eng. Lang. Digested II. iv. vi. 464 (heading) Of the foreign, and abbreviatory. 1813 Othello-travestie 64 I am informed that the liquor termed gin, an abbreviatory corruption of Geneva, is still in use amongst the lower orders. 1872 Dark Blue Mar. 51 Mostly they have had the grace to add the abbreviatory line, so indicating that a vowel or two, or the letters ‘m’ and ‘n’, are omitted. 1935 G. K. Zipf Psycho-biol. Lang. (1936) iii. 93 These abbreviatory phonetic changes may be ‘spontaneous’, or accentual, or assimilatory, or dissimilatory. 1992 Stud. Eng. Lit.: Eng. Number (Tokyo) 156 An enveloping theoretical framework..has been carefully thought out in every aspect from its philosophical underpinnings to the details of its abbreviatory conventions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1765
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