great-grandfathern.

Brit.

/ˌɡreɪtˈɡran(d)ˌfɑːðə/, U.S.

/ˌɡreɪtˈɡræn(d)ˌfɑðər/

Forms: see great adj., n., adv., and int. and grandfather n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: great adj., grandfather n.

Etymology: < great adj. + grandfather n.

A grandfather's or grandmother's father; (also) a remote male ancestor. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > grandparent > [noun] > grandfather > great-grandfather

fore-grandsire1474

besaiel1480

great-grandfathera1513

beayellc1540

first grandsirec1540

grandsire1541

great-grandsire?1541

grandfathera1650

a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. iii. sig. a.viii^v Ermenrycus kynge of kent..Unto whom Engystus was great graundfather.

1555 J. Harpsfield in E. Bonner Homilies 7 Oure great graundefather Adam.

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V i. ii. 146 You shall read, neuer my great grandfather Vnmaskt his power for France.

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1953) VI. 196 Here are risen Grandfather and Great-grandfather-sinnes quickly, a forward generation.

1791 T. Holcroft School for Arrogance i. 3 He..values the rubbishing dust of his great grandfathers above diamonds!

1834 T. P. Thompson Exercises (1842) III. 40 The Flemings are the great-grandfathers of us English.

1843 F. Bowen in tr. Virgil Bucolica, Georgica, et Æneis III. 511 This great-grandfather of all modern road tunnels is nearly half a mile in length.

1869 H. B. Stowe Oldtown Folks (1870) xix. 198 Supposing I were a minister, as my father, and grandfather and great-grandfather were before me.

1908 H. Craik Impressions India ii. 16 Our great grandfathers..attempting no flimsy imitations in the Indo-Saracenic style.

1958 Pop. Mech. Oct. 65/2 (advt.) Japanese abacus. Great-grandfather of all calculating machines.

2011 Daily Tel. 18 Feb. 19/1 His great-grandfather, Ali Kennal, was a hafiz—someone who knows the Koran by heart.

Derivatives

great-ˈgrandfatherly adj.

ΚΠ

1846 Wedding Bells iii. 45 Its ancient houses, whose cumbrous, projecting eaves seemed to bend over her in great-grandfatherly protection.

1903 Daily Chron. 2 Jan. 5/2 Is 1903 to revert to the great-grandfatherly ways of 1803?

2010 Palm Beach (Florida) Post (Nexis) 3 Jan. 1 c Shula had a grandfatherly glow..or was it a great-grandfatherly glow? His days are filled with eight children, 16 grandchildren and one great grandchild.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	great-grandfather
释义	great-grandfathern. Brit. /ˌɡreɪtˈɡran(d)ˌfɑːðə/, U.S. /ˌɡreɪtˈɡræn(d)ˌfɑðər/ Forms: see great adj., n., adv., and int. and grandfather n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: great adj., grandfather n. Etymology: < great adj. + grandfather n. A grandfather's or grandmother's father; (also) a remote male ancestor. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > grandparent > [noun] > grandfather > great-grandfather fore-grandsire1474 besaiel1480 great-grandfathera1513 beayellc1540 first grandsirec1540 grandsire1541 great-grandsire?1541 grandfathera1650 a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. iii. sig. a.viii^v Ermenrycus kynge of kent..Unto whom Engystus was great graundfather. 1555 J. Harpsfield in E. Bonner Homilies 7 Oure great graundefather Adam. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V i. ii. 146 You shall read, neuer my great grandfather Vnmaskt his power for France. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1953) VI. 196 Here are risen Grandfather and Great-grandfather-sinnes quickly, a forward generation. 1791 T. Holcroft School for Arrogance i. 3 He..values the rubbishing dust of his great grandfathers above diamonds! 1834 T. P. Thompson Exercises (1842) III. 40 The Flemings are the great-grandfathers of us English. 1843 F. Bowen in tr. Virgil Bucolica, Georgica, et Æneis III. 511 This great-grandfather of all modern road tunnels is nearly half a mile in length. 1869 H. B. Stowe Oldtown Folks (1870) xix. 198 Supposing I were a minister, as my father, and grandfather and great-grandfather were before me. 1908 H. Craik Impressions India ii. 16 Our great grandfathers..attempting no flimsy imitations in the Indo-Saracenic style. 1958 Pop. Mech. Oct. 65/2 (advt.) Japanese abacus. Great-grandfather of all calculating machines. 2011 Daily Tel. 18 Feb. 19/1 His great-grandfather, Ali Kennal, was a hafiz—someone who knows the Koran by heart. Derivatives great-ˈgrandfatherly adj. ΚΠ 1846 Wedding Bells iii. 45 Its ancient houses, whose cumbrous, projecting eaves seemed to bend over her in great-grandfatherly protection. 1903 Daily Chron. 2 Jan. 5/2 Is 1903 to revert to the great-grandfatherly ways of 1803? 2010 Palm Beach (Florida) Post (Nexis) 3 Jan. 1 c Shula had a grandfatherly glow..or was it a great-grandfatherly glow? His days are filled with eight children, 16 grandchildren and one great grandchild. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1513
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