lifelikeadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈlʌɪflʌɪk/, U.S.

/ˈlaɪfˌlaɪk/

Forms:

α. See life n. and -like suffix.

β. 1500s lyuelyke, 1600s liuelike, 1600s livelike.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: life n., -like suffix.

Etymology: < life n. + -like suffix. Compare earlier lively adj., and foreign-language forms cited at that entry.The following apparently shows an isolated late formation < live adj.¹ and -like suffix:1934 M. Gibbs Little Obelia (new ed.) vi. 68 Dr Hokus Stickus came round to dinner, and everyone declared the picture to be livelike.

A. adj.

1. Like or resembling life; exactly like a living original or something in real life. In early use also: †living.In quot. 1592: that produces a true likeness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adjective] > closely resembling > lifelike

livelyc1330

lifelikea1522

natural1581

speaking1582

vive1584

breathing1669

semblant1714

thinking1732

nature-true1850

vivid1852

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > representation in art > [adjective] > qualities of

natural1581

well-observed1620

exact1645

well-treated1663

nature-painting1748

idealized1810

life-size1813

life-sized1834

lifelike1836

likely1840

realistic1943

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [adjective] > kind or size of statue

pedestrial1611

colossean1644

iconic1656

colossal1712

heroic1712

pedestrian1722

Persian1728

heroical1770

Hermaean1813

Hermaic1820

lifelike1836

polylithic1839

stolated1856

life-size1859

Heraclean1883

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vi. xv. 2 The pepil..Bene..mar sle To forge and kerf lyflyke staturis of brass [L. excudent alii spirantia mollius aera].

1546 Supplic. Poor Commons sig. a.v ^v He [sc. God] vsed youre highnesse..to publishe and set forthe hys mooste lyuelyke worde.

1563 T. Sackville in W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) ii. f. cxxiii But howe can I descrybe the doleful sight, That in the shylde so liuelike fayer did shyne?

1592 J. Siluester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Triumph Faith 6 And's face for-euer famd, Shal sodaine set a-worke the life-like pencill bould, The hammer, grauing toole, the chisel, and the mould.

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. i. 446 Wee haue noe liuely nor life-like purtrature of vpright law and naturall iustice: wee vse but the shaddowes and colours of them.

1614 T. Jackson Third Bk. Comm. Apostles Creede iii. xii. §3 Hauing now met them as liue-like as they themselues were.

a1665 J. Quarles Self-conflict (1680) 77 O if my Marble likewise this exprest In life-like action, 'twere my third request.

1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 1047 Minerva, life-like on imbody'd air, Impress'd the form of Iphthima the fair.

a1794 S. Blamire Poet. Wks. (1842) 29 The life-like pictures rise before the sight, Glow through the day, and sparkle through the night.

1836 H. Rogers Life J. Howe (1863) i. 15 The life-like forms of the painter or the sculptor.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 188 As we read this lifelike fiction.

1935 J. S. Lee Underworld of East v. 28 I had not yet reached the stage..which extremely few drug addicts ever reach, the time when absolutely life-like visions appear while awake.

2006 Time Out N.Y. 28 Sept. 57/3 High-profile robotic projects like Actroid der—an eerily lifelike fem-bot that blinks, smiles and speaks in a human voice.

2. Healthy, vigorous, well. Chiefly paired with alive or living. Cf. alive-like adj. Now rare (Scottish and Irish English (northern) in later use). Sc. National Dict. (at Life) records this sense as still in use in various parts of Scotland and in Ulster in 1960.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > [adjective] > viable

lifelike1600

vital1608

liveable1611

subsistable?1636

vivacious1660

viable1828

survivable1879

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxviii. 687 Mandonius and Indibilis, after it was reported that Scipio was alive and livelike [L. postquam uiuere Scipionem allatum est], gave over their enterprise, and were retired againe within their confines.

1614 J. Day Dyall xii. 321 But what neede we take so long a Day as to see what they will say on their Deathbeds, we shall heare some of them confesse it somewhat sooner, even while they are aliue, and liue-like.

1852 Sc. Temperance Rev. Aug. 339/2 Some wretched drunken female has been known to impose on the charity of the parish for successive members of her family as dead, who were found afterwards to be still alive and lifelike.

1881 C. M. Yonge Lads & Lasses Langley ii. 96 Here, mother..I'm living and lifelike, thank God.

1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 169 Living and life-like, in excellent health.

†B. adv.

With animation or liveliness. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adverb] > in a lively manner

quicklyOE

heartilya1450

vively1471

sprightlya1584

sportively1597

sprightfully1597

spiritfully?1609

lifelike1637

sprightlily1739

vivaciously1815

rattlingly1824

friskily1862

spirity1865

sparklingly1879

the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > spiritedness or liveliness > [adverb]

quicklyOE

heartilya1450

sprightlya1584

sprightfully1597

spiritfully?1609

lifelike1637

sprightlily1739

spiritedly1750

livelily1751

spirituously1751

good-temperedly1776

spiritly1796

vivaciously1815

animately1822

rattlingly1824

friskily1862

spirity1865

sparklingly1879

1637 S. Rutherford Let. 6 Jan. in Joshua Redivivus (1664) i. ccxv. 413 O how precious to the Lord is faith and love, that when threshed, beaten, and chased away, and boasted (as it were) by God himself, doeth yet look warm-like, love-like, kind-like, and life-like home-over to Christ.

1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 238 He went Life-like through all things.

1888 Quiver 488/2 The departed gentleman was represented seated at his writing-table, at whom the small, ferret-like eyes peered life-like beneath their overhanging brows.

Derivatives

ˈlifelikeness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [noun] > (of a picture, etc.) to the object represented

likelihood1495

faithfulness1602

naturalness1624

life1638

life touch1671

lifelikeness1835

1835 N. P. Willis in New Monthly Mag. Sept. 3 There was in his whole aspect a life-likeness and peace.

1884 Swinburne in 19th Cent. May 788 The piteous and perfect lifelikeness of these magnificent lines every heart..may recognize.

1963 F. C. Crews Pooh Perplex 107 But Winnie-the-Pooh sins against lifelikeness much more deeply than other non-carboniferous novels.

2006 Film Comment Sept.–Oct. 39/1 The new lifelikeness of art created an awareness of the ‘art’ificial quality of life.

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

单词	lifelike
释义	lifelikeadj.adv. Brit. /ˈlʌɪflʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈlaɪfˌlaɪk/ Forms: α. See life n. and -like suffix. β. 1500s lyuelyke, 1600s liuelike, 1600s livelike. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: life n., -like suffix. Etymology: < life n. + -like suffix. Compare earlier lively adj., and foreign-language forms cited at that entry.The following apparently shows an isolated late formation < live adj.¹ and -like suffix:1934 M. Gibbs Little Obelia (new ed.) vi. 68 Dr Hokus Stickus came round to dinner, and everyone declared the picture to be livelike. A. adj. 1. Like or resembling life; exactly like a living original or something in real life. In early use also: †living.In quot. 1592: that produces a true likeness. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adjective] > closely resembling > lifelike livelyc1330 lifelikea1522 natural1581 speaking1582 vive1584 breathing1669 semblant1714 thinking1732 nature-true1850 vivid1852 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > representation in art > [adjective] > qualities of natural1581 well-observed1620 exact1645 well-treated1663 nature-painting1748 idealized1810 life-size1813 life-sized1834 lifelike1836 likely1840 realistic1943 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [adjective] > kind or size of statue pedestrial1611 colossean1644 iconic1656 colossal1712 heroic1712 pedestrian1722 Persian1728 heroical1770 Hermaean1813 Hermaic1820 lifelike1836 polylithic1839 stolated1856 life-size1859 Heraclean1883 a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vi. xv. 2 The pepil..Bene..mar sle To forge and kerf lyflyke staturis of brass [L. excudent alii spirantia mollius aera]. 1546 Supplic. Poor Commons sig. a.v ^v He [sc. God] vsed youre highnesse..to publishe and set forthe hys mooste lyuelyke worde. 1563 T. Sackville in W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) ii. f. cxxiii But howe can I descrybe the doleful sight, That in the shylde so liuelike fayer did shyne? 1592 J. Siluester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Triumph Faith 6 And's face for-euer famd, Shal sodaine set a-worke the life-like pencill bould, The hammer, grauing toole, the chisel, and the mould. 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. i. 446 Wee haue noe liuely nor life-like purtrature of vpright law and naturall iustice: wee vse but the shaddowes and colours of them. 1614 T. Jackson Third Bk. Comm. Apostles Creede iii. xii. §3 Hauing now met them as liue-like as they themselues were. a1665 J. Quarles Self-conflict (1680) 77 O if my Marble likewise this exprest In life-like action, 'twere my third request. 1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 1047 Minerva, life-like on imbody'd air, Impress'd the form of Iphthima the fair. a1794 S. Blamire Poet. Wks. (1842) 29 The life-like pictures rise before the sight, Glow through the day, and sparkle through the night. 1836 H. Rogers Life J. Howe (1863) i. 15 The life-like forms of the painter or the sculptor. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 188 As we read this lifelike fiction. 1935 J. S. Lee Underworld of East v. 28 I had not yet reached the stage..which extremely few drug addicts ever reach, the time when absolutely life-like visions appear while awake. 2006 Time Out N.Y. 28 Sept. 57/3 High-profile robotic projects like Actroid der—an eerily lifelike fem-bot that blinks, smiles and speaks in a human voice. 2. Healthy, vigorous, well. Chiefly paired with alive or living. Cf. alive-like adj. Now rare (Scottish and Irish English (northern) in later use). Sc. National Dict. (at Life) records this sense as still in use in various parts of Scotland and in Ulster in 1960. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > [adjective] > viable lifelike1600 vital1608 liveable1611 subsistable?1636 vivacious1660 viable1828 survivable1879 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxviii. 687 Mandonius and Indibilis, after it was reported that Scipio was alive and livelike [L. postquam uiuere Scipionem allatum est], gave over their enterprise, and were retired againe within their confines. 1614 J. Day Dyall xii. 321 But what neede we take so long a Day as to see what they will say on their Deathbeds, we shall heare some of them confesse it somewhat sooner, even while they are aliue, and liue-like. 1852 Sc. Temperance Rev. Aug. 339/2 Some wretched drunken female has been known to impose on the charity of the parish for successive members of her family as dead, who were found afterwards to be still alive and lifelike. 1881 C. M. Yonge Lads & Lasses Langley ii. 96 Here, mother..I'm living and lifelike, thank God. 1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 169 Living and life-like, in excellent health. †B. adv. With animation or liveliness. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adverb] > in a lively manner quicklyOE heartilya1450 vively1471 sprightlya1584 sportively1597 sprightfully1597 spiritfully?1609 lifelike1637 sprightlily1739 vivaciously1815 rattlingly1824 friskily1862 spirity1865 sparklingly1879 the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > spiritedness or liveliness > [adverb] quicklyOE heartilya1450 sprightlya1584 sprightfully1597 spiritfully?1609 lifelike1637 sprightlily1739 spiritedly1750 livelily1751 spirituously1751 good-temperedly1776 spiritly1796 vivaciously1815 animately1822 rattlingly1824 friskily1862 spirity1865 sparklingly1879 1637 S. Rutherford Let. 6 Jan. in Joshua Redivivus (1664) i. ccxv. 413 O how precious to the Lord is faith and love, that when threshed, beaten, and chased away, and boasted (as it were) by God himself, doeth yet look warm-like, love-like, kind-like, and life-like home-over to Christ. 1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 238 He went Life-like through all things. 1888 Quiver 488/2 The departed gentleman was represented seated at his writing-table, at whom the small, ferret-like eyes peered life-like beneath their overhanging brows. Derivatives ˈlifelikeness n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [noun] > (of a picture, etc.) to the object represented likelihood1495 faithfulness1602 naturalness1624 life1638 life touch1671 lifelikeness1835 1835 N. P. Willis in New Monthly Mag. Sept. 3 There was in his whole aspect a life-likeness and peace. 1884 Swinburne in 19th Cent. May 788 The piteous and perfect lifelikeness of these magnificent lines every heart..may recognize. 1963 F. C. Crews Pooh Perplex 107 But Winnie-the-Pooh sins against lifelikeness much more deeply than other non-carboniferous novels. 2006 Film Comment Sept.–Oct. 39/1 The new lifelikeness of art created an awareness of the ‘art’ificial quality of life. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.a1522
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