instructiveadj.n.

Brit.

/ɪnˈstrʌktɪv/, U.S.

/ᵻnˈstrəktɪv/

Forms: late Middle English instructyue, 1500s–1600s instructiue, 1600s– instructive.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French instructif; Latin instructivus.

Etymology: < (i) Middle French instructif having the quality of imparting knowledge or conveying useful information (14th cent.; French instructif ), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin instructivus (13th cent. in British and continental sources) < classical Latin instruct- , past participial stem of instruere instruct v. + -īvus -ive suffix.

A. adj.

1. Having the quality of educating or training a person or conveying useful information; informative, enlightening.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > teaching > [adjective]

instructivea1492

preceptivea1525

instructing1561

documentalc1575

dogmatical1580

doctrinablea1586

doctrinal1597

didactical1603

didascalic1609

tutorly1611

schooling1614

indoctrinating1642

disciplinable1644

docenta1645

institutionary1646

protreptic1658

protreptical1662

dogmatic1678

educating1699

didactive1723

educativea1750

tuitive1776

educatory1792

didactic1799

instructional1801

tuitionary1816

instructionary1824

didascalara1846

teaching1853

tuitional1861

documentary1873

society > education > teaching > instilling ideas > [adjective] > enlightening

instructivea1492

enlightening1574

eye-opening1825

a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) ii. f. ccxxxii^v/1 The sayd Appollo counseylled hym, that he sholde aske & requyre of god a dyscrete tonge & worde Instructyue to be vnto hym gyuen.

?1546 T. Geminus (title) A table instructiue whan and how a man may connyngly let bloude of all the necessary veynes of mans body very profitable for all Chirurgeons and Barbers.

1577 J. Ludham tr. A. Hyperius Pract. Preaching i. vii. f.20^v This Instructiue [L. institutivum] kinde [of sermon] may be called also..admonitory.

1615 J. Stephens (title) Essays and Characters Ironicall and Instructive.

1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie ii. 156 This Chapter..shall be more instructive then what hath been spoken of it elswhere.

1709 Brit. Apollo 4–9 Feb. To Peruse those Instructive writings.

1749 S. Johnson Vanity Human Wishes 7 Once more, Democritus, arise on Earth, With chearful Wisdom and instructive Mirth.

1838 Christian Examiner & Gen. Rev. Nov. 263 Mr. Bulfinch..has communicated a life-lesson which might be instructive to many.

1882 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. 918 The Alps offer an instructive example of a great mountain system formed by repeated movements.

1901 Lincoln (Nebraska) Evening News 7 Dec. 3/6 The regurgitation of the obvious is seldom attractive or instructive.

1953 Mariner's Mirror 39 77 An instructive final chapter which model-builders..will welcome.

2000 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 Jan. 34/4 The contrast between his journalistic and literary instincts is instructive.

2. Grammar. Designating a case in some Finno-Ugric languages, esp. Finnish, having the central function of expressing the means by which something is done, and now mainly used in certain fixed expressions. Also (and in earliest use): designating a word form, inflectional suffix, etc., in or denoting this case.

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > case > [adjective] > other spec.

polyptote1656

instrumental case1801

allative1831

adessive1852

abessive1854

instructive1857

caritive1860

comitative1860

juxtapositive1880

similative1884

illative1890

translative1890

introessive1903

perlative1937

lative1939

patient1939

ergative1943

elative1951

non-objective1954

superessive1971

1857 Trans. Philol. Soc. 36 The first and second persons are formed by appending the pronouns either in the nominative or the instructive form.

1890 C. Eliot Finnish Gram. 129 A certain number of adjectives and pronouns..take after them an instructive plur. or a partitive sing.

1917 C. Niemi Finnish Gram. xx. 72 The instructive case is used of this infinitive in connection with the verb pitää, must.

1999 A. Chesterman tr. F. Karlsson Finnish: Essent. Gram. xvii. 188 This form is derived by adding the instructive ending -n to the infinitive stem.

2015 A. Lees Case Alternations in Five Finnic Langs. i. 7 In Finnish..the instructive case is very limited, being used in a few fixed expressions, and with some infinitives.

B. n.

Grammar. The instructive case; a word form, inflectional suffix, etc., in or denoting this case.

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > case > [noun] > other specific cases

ablativec1400

instrumental1801

prepositional1824

allative1854

adessive1855

sociative1859

comitative1860

terminative1865

abessive1869

common case1869

translative1869

instructive1879

essive1890

transitional case1890

superessive1895

prepositional case1897

similative1903

lative1939

perlative1953

elative1959

1879 Trans. Philol. Soc. 1877–9 600 A construction in which the acting subject of a transitive verb is put in the instructive or instrumental.

1890 C. Eliot Finnish Gram. 22 The instructive is formed by simply adding the letter n to a root, and expresses the means by which anything is done.

1954 Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 55 13 The surviving traditional expressions [in Finnish] which preserve the instructive are on the whole such as have corresponding phrases fixes in Swedish.

1992 H. Sulkala & M. Karjalainen Finnish i. 53 Non-finite constructions, using..the second infinitive instructives..are also used as adverbials of manner and means.

1998 D. Abondolo Colloquial Finnish xv. 243 The instructive is used most commonly in the plural.

2006 T. Stolz et al. On Comitatives & Related Categories 503 The Finnish inflectional comitative -ine- is historically an instructive.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	instructive
释义	instructiveadj.n. Brit. /ɪnˈstrʌktɪv/, U.S. /ᵻnˈstrəktɪv/ Forms: late Middle English instructyue, 1500s–1600s instructiue, 1600s– instructive. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French instructif; Latin instructivus. Etymology: < (i) Middle French instructif having the quality of imparting knowledge or conveying useful information (14th cent.; French instructif ), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin instructivus (13th cent. in British and continental sources) < classical Latin instruct- , past participial stem of instruere instruct v. + -īvus -ive suffix. A. adj. 1. Having the quality of educating or training a person or conveying useful information; informative, enlightening. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > [adjective] instructivea1492 preceptivea1525 instructing1561 documentalc1575 dogmatical1580 doctrinablea1586 doctrinal1597 didactical1603 didascalic1609 tutorly1611 schooling1614 indoctrinating1642 disciplinable1644 docenta1645 institutionary1646 protreptic1658 protreptical1662 dogmatic1678 educating1699 didactive1723 educativea1750 tuitive1776 educatory1792 didactic1799 instructional1801 tuitionary1816 instructionary1824 didascalara1846 teaching1853 tuitional1861 documentary1873 society > education > teaching > instilling ideas > [adjective] > enlightening instructivea1492 enlightening1574 eye-opening1825 a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) ii. f. ccxxxii^v/1 The sayd Appollo counseylled hym, that he sholde aske & requyre of god a dyscrete tonge & worde Instructyue to be vnto hym gyuen. ?1546 T. Geminus (title) A table instructiue whan and how a man may connyngly let bloude of all the necessary veynes of mans body very profitable for all Chirurgeons and Barbers. 1577 J. Ludham tr. A. Hyperius Pract. Preaching i. vii. f.20^v This Instructiue [L. institutivum] kinde [of sermon] may be called also..admonitory. 1615 J. Stephens (title) Essays and Characters Ironicall and Instructive. 1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie ii. 156 This Chapter..shall be more instructive then what hath been spoken of it elswhere. 1709 Brit. Apollo 4–9 Feb. To Peruse those Instructive writings. 1749 S. Johnson Vanity Human Wishes 7 Once more, Democritus, arise on Earth, With chearful Wisdom and instructive Mirth. 1838 Christian Examiner & Gen. Rev. Nov. 263 Mr. Bulfinch..has communicated a life-lesson which might be instructive to many. 1882 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. 918 The Alps offer an instructive example of a great mountain system formed by repeated movements. 1901 Lincoln (Nebraska) Evening News 7 Dec. 3/6 The regurgitation of the obvious is seldom attractive or instructive. 1953 Mariner's Mirror 39 77 An instructive final chapter which model-builders..will welcome. 2000 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 Jan. 34/4 The contrast between his journalistic and literary instincts is instructive. 2. Grammar. Designating a case in some Finno-Ugric languages, esp. Finnish, having the central function of expressing the means by which something is done, and now mainly used in certain fixed expressions. Also (and in earliest use): designating a word form, inflectional suffix, etc., in or denoting this case. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > case > [adjective] > other spec. polyptote1656 instrumental case1801 allative1831 adessive1852 abessive1854 instructive1857 caritive1860 comitative1860 juxtapositive1880 similative1884 illative1890 translative1890 introessive1903 perlative1937 lative1939 patient1939 ergative1943 elative1951 non-objective1954 superessive1971 1857 Trans. Philol. Soc. 36 The first and second persons are formed by appending the pronouns either in the nominative or the instructive form. 1890 C. Eliot Finnish Gram. 129 A certain number of adjectives and pronouns..take after them an instructive plur. or a partitive sing. 1917 C. Niemi Finnish Gram. xx. 72 The instructive case is used of this infinitive in connection with the verb pitää, must. 1999 A. Chesterman tr. F. Karlsson Finnish: Essent. Gram. xvii. 188 This form is derived by adding the instructive ending -n to the infinitive stem. 2015 A. Lees Case Alternations in Five Finnic Langs. i. 7 In Finnish..the instructive case is very limited, being used in a few fixed expressions, and with some infinitives. B. n. Grammar. The instructive case; a word form, inflectional suffix, etc., in or denoting this case. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > case > [noun] > other specific cases ablativec1400 instrumental1801 prepositional1824 allative1854 adessive1855 sociative1859 comitative1860 terminative1865 abessive1869 common case1869 translative1869 instructive1879 essive1890 transitional case1890 superessive1895 prepositional case1897 similative1903 lative1939 perlative1953 elative1959 1879 Trans. Philol. Soc. 1877–9 600 A construction in which the acting subject of a transitive verb is put in the instructive or instrumental. 1890 C. Eliot Finnish Gram. 22 The instructive is formed by simply adding the letter n to a root, and expresses the means by which anything is done. 1954 Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 55 13 The surviving traditional expressions [in Finnish] which preserve the instructive are on the whole such as have corresponding phrases fixes in Swedish. 1992 H. Sulkala & M. Karjalainen Finnish i. 53 Non-finite constructions, using..the second infinitive instructives..are also used as adverbials of manner and means. 1998 D. Abondolo Colloquial Finnish xv. 243 The instructive is used most commonly in the plural. 2006 T. Stolz et al. On Comitatives & Related Categories 503 The Finnish inflectional comitative -ine- is historically an instructive. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.a1492
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