locomotionn.

Brit.

/ˌləʊkəˈməʊʃn/, U.S.

/ˌloʊkəˈmoʊʃən/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin locomotion-, locomotio.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin locomotion-, locomotio (1633 or earlier) < classical Latin locō , ablative of locus locus n.¹ + mōtiōn- , mōtiō motion n., after locomotivus locomotive adj. Compare French locomotion (1771). Compare earlier locomotive adj.In sense 3 after the title of the 1962 Gerry Goffin and Carole King song The Loco-Motion, originally performed by Little Eva.

a. The action or power of a human, animal, cell, etc., of moving from one place or position to another unaided; progressive movement of the whole entity; an instance of this.Sometimes contrasted with motion (motion n. 3b).

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > [noun] > specifically of animates

motion1531

locomotion1646

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. i. 104 All progression or animall locomotion being (as Aristotle teacheth) performed tractu & pulsu .

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 39 The Animal Spirits are the Soul's immediate instrument in all Loco-motion.

1704 New Pract. Piety 38 He has fix'd the Laws of Loco-motion in Corporeal Substances.

1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 134 This personal liberty consists in the power of loco-motion, of changing situation, or removing one's person to whatsoever place one's own inclination may direct.

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iii. 395 But what is to be understood by coming to the Father? Not a loco-motion surely; for..God is omnipresent.

1817 J. Evans Excursion to Windsor 451 The Oyster..was once thought to have no power of loco-motion, but it is now ascertained, that it can move from place to place.

1869 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 21 Aug. 217/1 Dr. Foster..then treated of the blood, the circulation, respiration, food and its changes, motion and locomotion, the nervous system, and the organs of sense.

1933 H. Allen Anthony Adverse I. i. vi. 65 He had somewhat overrated his powers of locomotion and visualized himself as already walking about the gardens of the spa.

1976 T. Hooper Guide to Bees & Honey i. 12 The thorax contains the muscles of locomotion, the largest of which are the huge muscles which power the wings.

2009 Nature 18 June 919/2 Speedy locomotion in limbed animals, from mice to elephants, features this transition to a run, gallop or trot, where mass and velocity drive the animal forward.

b. Movement of a planet, vehicle, or other inanimate object from one place or position to another; the capacity for this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > [noun] > specifically of things

travel1634

ition1668

locomotion1670

translation1715

1670 S. Gott Divine Hist. Genesis World x. 310 Planets have Locomotion out of their places, which Vegetatives have not.

1799 E. Darwin Bot. Garden (ed. 4) I. iii. 143 On inspecting the locomotion of about thirty acres of earth.., from the foot of a mountain towards the river,..it bore all the marks of having been thus lifted up.

1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. IV. 1234 A new system of locomotion for railways.

1930 E. Ferber Meadow Lark in They brought their Women (1933) 91 He..built for himself an automobile out of such odds and ends as only a born mechanic could assemble and invest magically with the power of locomotion.

1995 J. Cleary Aristotle & Math. vi. 399 The circular locomotion of the sphere of the fixed stars is no longer deemed adequate as the ultimate source of motion in the universe.

2. Movement by a person from one place to another at a distance, esp. using a conveyance or riding; travel. Also: means of travelling.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > [noun]

yongc950

gangOE

goinga1250

walka1300

journeyingc1330

travela1400

progressionc1450

wayfarec1450

travelling1489

wayfaring1536

gate-going?1555

thorough-faring?1575

faring1594

fidging1604

voyaging1611

voyage1626

winning1651

locomotion1759

itinerating1770

passing1821

trekking1850

trooping1888

1759 W. Harte Hist. Life Gustavus Adolphus I. 253 He..looked upon destroying the bridges as ruining the intercourse between two very considerable places, losing the affections of the natives, and cramping his own locomotions to the east and to the west.

1764 J. Otis Rights Brit. Colonies 7 When life and liberty of locomotion and further accumulation are placed in competition, it must be a very absurd way of speaking.

1788 R. Graves Recoll. Shenstone ix. 96 An excursion to London, upon the footing that loco-motion then was (when an hundred miles were a journey of three days) was a matter of some importance.

1820 Edinb. Rev. 33 77 Taxes upon warmth, light and locomotion.

1842 G. Wilson Let. 2 May in J. A. Wilson Mem. G. Wilson (1860) vi. 275 One great consolation, however, still remains, in thinking of the vexation the bootmaker must feel in knowing that my shoe-soles will not be thinned by the depth of a wafer by all my locomotions.

1852 H. Rogers Ess. I. vii. 335 He spent his days in a far greater variety of scenes than usually vary the lot of a philosopher, and indulged prodigiously in locomotion.

1875 A. Helps Social Pressure ix. 131 Locomotion having so greatly increased and improved, the dwelling-place has become..of less importance.

1904 R. Johnston Peril of Empire ix. 69 The rain had ceased; but the road and footpaths were covered with mud, and locomotion on foot was by no means pleasant.

1924 P. G. Wodehouse Bill the Conqueror 145 He had walked all the way back from Wimbledon..because his uplifted mood made any other form of locomotion impossible.

1970 D. Jacobson Rape of Tamar viii. 124 For you riding is a sport, a pleasure, not a serious means of locomotion.

2009 R. Woodcock Globalization from Genesis to Geneva xiii. 164 Early problems with road travel..were more with food, water, robustness of the traveler and risk of attack than with technology of locomotion.

3. Originally U.S. With the. (The name of) a popular dance involving arm movements mimicking the motion of the coupling-rods on a locomotive's wheels.The dance was created to accompany the 1962 popular song of the same name (see quot. 1962¹ and etymological note).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > other popular 20th-century dances > [noun]

mashed potato1747

bunny hug1912

chicken scratch1912

bunny-hugging1916

jazz1919

black bottom1925

shuffle1925

Mess Around1926

snake hips1933

Susie-Q1936

Lambeth Walk1937

bunny hop1938

bop1956

pony1961

Watusi1961

locomotion1962

mash potato1962

frug1964

hully gully1964

dancercise1967

pogo1977

moonwalking1980

slam dance1981

slam dancing1981

body-popping1982

b-boying1984

mosh1985

moshing1987

1962 G. Goffin & C. King Loco-motion (song) in C. King Ten Years of Music (1973) 62 Now that you can do it, Let's make a chain now. A chug-chug-a motion like a railroad train now... Come on, come on do The Locomotion with me.

1962 Delaware County (Pa.) Daily Times 15 Aug. 8/2 The ‘watusi’, the ‘locomotion’—they all look the same. They aren't yet they are. They're strenuous.

1964 C. Hamblett & J. Deverson Generation X 120 Well dressed girls with bouffant hairdo's shuffled, shook and did the locomotion by themselves while boys leaned against the pillars, smoking and watching them with affected coolness.

1993 D. Parry Hummingbird Soup x. 64 Whatever happened to the simple grace of classical steps like the locomotion, he asked himself.

2011 N. Oakville Today (Nexis) 3 Nov. 1 The students jumped and danced around, doing the locomotion, the YMCA and the limbo.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	locomotion
释义	locomotionn. Brit. /ˌləʊkəˈməʊʃn/, U.S. /ˌloʊkəˈmoʊʃən/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin locomotion-, locomotio. Etymology: < post-classical Latin locomotion-, locomotio (1633 or earlier) < classical Latin locō , ablative of locus locus n.¹ + mōtiōn- , mōtiō motion n., after locomotivus locomotive adj. Compare French locomotion (1771). Compare earlier locomotive adj.In sense 3 after the title of the 1962 Gerry Goffin and Carole King song The Loco-Motion, originally performed by Little Eva. 1. a. The action or power of a human, animal, cell, etc., of moving from one place or position to another unaided; progressive movement of the whole entity; an instance of this.Sometimes contrasted with motion (motion n. 3b). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > [noun] > specifically of animates motion1531 locomotion1646 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. i. 104 All progression or animall locomotion being (as Aristotle teacheth) performed tractu & pulsu . View more context for this quotation 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 39 The Animal Spirits are the Soul's immediate instrument in all Loco-motion. 1704 New Pract. Piety 38 He has fix'd the Laws of Loco-motion in Corporeal Substances. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 134 This personal liberty consists in the power of loco-motion, of changing situation, or removing one's person to whatsoever place one's own inclination may direct. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iii. 395 But what is to be understood by coming to the Father? Not a loco-motion surely; for..God is omnipresent. 1817 J. Evans Excursion to Windsor 451 The Oyster..was once thought to have no power of loco-motion, but it is now ascertained, that it can move from place to place. 1869 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 21 Aug. 217/1 Dr. Foster..then treated of the blood, the circulation, respiration, food and its changes, motion and locomotion, the nervous system, and the organs of sense. 1933 H. Allen Anthony Adverse I. i. vi. 65 He had somewhat overrated his powers of locomotion and visualized himself as already walking about the gardens of the spa. 1976 T. Hooper Guide to Bees & Honey i. 12 The thorax contains the muscles of locomotion, the largest of which are the huge muscles which power the wings. 2009 Nature 18 June 919/2 Speedy locomotion in limbed animals, from mice to elephants, features this transition to a run, gallop or trot, where mass and velocity drive the animal forward. b. Movement of a planet, vehicle, or other inanimate object from one place or position to another; the capacity for this. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > [noun] > specifically of things travel1634 ition1668 locomotion1670 translation1715 1670 S. Gott Divine Hist. Genesis World x. 310 Planets have Locomotion out of their places, which Vegetatives have not. 1799 E. Darwin Bot. Garden (ed. 4) I. iii. 143 On inspecting the locomotion of about thirty acres of earth.., from the foot of a mountain towards the river,..it bore all the marks of having been thus lifted up. 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. IV. 1234 A new system of locomotion for railways. 1930 E. Ferber Meadow Lark in They brought their Women (1933) 91 He..built for himself an automobile out of such odds and ends as only a born mechanic could assemble and invest magically with the power of locomotion. 1995 J. Cleary Aristotle & Math. vi. 399 The circular locomotion of the sphere of the fixed stars is no longer deemed adequate as the ultimate source of motion in the universe. 2. Movement by a person from one place to another at a distance, esp. using a conveyance or riding; travel. Also: means of travelling. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [noun] yongc950 gangOE goinga1250 walka1300 journeyingc1330 travela1400 progressionc1450 wayfarec1450 travelling1489 wayfaring1536 gate-going?1555 thorough-faring?1575 faring1594 fidging1604 voyaging1611 voyage1626 winning1651 locomotion1759 itinerating1770 passing1821 trekking1850 trooping1888 1759 W. Harte Hist. Life Gustavus Adolphus I. 253 He..looked upon destroying the bridges as ruining the intercourse between two very considerable places, losing the affections of the natives, and cramping his own locomotions to the east and to the west. 1764 J. Otis Rights Brit. Colonies 7 When life and liberty of locomotion and further accumulation are placed in competition, it must be a very absurd way of speaking. 1788 R. Graves Recoll. Shenstone ix. 96 An excursion to London, upon the footing that loco-motion then was (when an hundred miles were a journey of three days) was a matter of some importance. 1820 Edinb. Rev. 33 77 Taxes upon warmth, light and locomotion. 1842 G. Wilson Let. 2 May in J. A. Wilson Mem. G. Wilson (1860) vi. 275 One great consolation, however, still remains, in thinking of the vexation the bootmaker must feel in knowing that my shoe-soles will not be thinned by the depth of a wafer by all my locomotions. 1852 H. Rogers Ess. I. vii. 335 He spent his days in a far greater variety of scenes than usually vary the lot of a philosopher, and indulged prodigiously in locomotion. 1875 A. Helps Social Pressure ix. 131 Locomotion having so greatly increased and improved, the dwelling-place has become..of less importance. 1904 R. Johnston Peril of Empire ix. 69 The rain had ceased; but the road and footpaths were covered with mud, and locomotion on foot was by no means pleasant. 1924 P. G. Wodehouse Bill the Conqueror 145 He had walked all the way back from Wimbledon..because his uplifted mood made any other form of locomotion impossible. 1970 D. Jacobson Rape of Tamar viii. 124 For you riding is a sport, a pleasure, not a serious means of locomotion. 2009 R. Woodcock Globalization from Genesis to Geneva xiii. 164 Early problems with road travel..were more with food, water, robustness of the traveler and risk of attack than with technology of locomotion. 3. Originally U.S. With the. (The name of) a popular dance involving arm movements mimicking the motion of the coupling-rods on a locomotive's wheels.The dance was created to accompany the 1962 popular song of the same name (see quot. 1962¹ and etymological note). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > other popular 20th-century dances > [noun] mashed potato1747 bunny hug1912 chicken scratch1912 bunny-hugging1916 jazz1919 black bottom1925 shuffle1925 Mess Around1926 snake hips1933 Susie-Q1936 Lambeth Walk1937 bunny hop1938 bop1956 pony1961 Watusi1961 locomotion1962 mash potato1962 frug1964 hully gully1964 dancercise1967 pogo1977 moonwalking1980 slam dance1981 slam dancing1981 body-popping1982 b-boying1984 mosh1985 moshing1987 1962 G. Goffin & C. King Loco-motion (song) in C. King Ten Years of Music (1973) 62 Now that you can do it, Let's make a chain now. A chug-chug-a motion like a railroad train now... Come on, come on do The Locomotion with me. 1962 Delaware County (Pa.) Daily Times 15 Aug. 8/2 The ‘watusi’, the ‘locomotion’—they all look the same. They aren't yet they are. They're strenuous. 1964 C. Hamblett & J. Deverson Generation X 120 Well dressed girls with bouffant hairdo's shuffled, shook and did the locomotion by themselves while boys leaned against the pillars, smoking and watching them with affected coolness. 1993 D. Parry Hummingbird Soup x. 64 Whatever happened to the simple grace of classical steps like the locomotion, he asked himself. 2011 N. Oakville Today (Nexis) 3 Nov. 1 The students jumped and danced around, doing the locomotion, the YMCA and the limbo. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1646
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