macadamizedadj.

Brit.

/məˈkadəmʌɪzd/, U.S.

/məˈkædəˌmaɪzd/

Forms: see macadamize v. and -ed suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: macadamize v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < macadamize v. + -ed suffix¹.

a. Of a road: made or repaired according to McAdam's method; surfaced with tarmacadam.

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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [adjective] > having specific surface or construction

unironedc1450

unpaveda1533

corduroy1822

macadamized1823

metalled1825

unmacadamized1826

flagless1840

unmetalled1843

corduroyed1854

woolly1862

water-bound1909

hardtop1915

1823 Morning Post 2 Dec. The unsightly buildings at the east end..have been removed, and a very handsome avenue formed, leading from Pall-mall to the Park, with a Macadamized road.

1827 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 21 791 We were not seen stumbling even upon a Macadamized road.

1837 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 1/2 Filled in with broken stones, such as are used for M'Adamized roads.

1861 G. M. Musgrave By-roads in Picardy 282 I found even a Mac-adamized road, which crosses the plain, miry enough, in heavy rain.

1889 G. Findlay Working & Managem. Eng. Railway 49 A well-constructed macadamized road.

1935 G. Blake Shipbuilders vii. 209 The consciousness of virtue gave a wistful charm to his walk along the macadamized paths of the Green.

1982 W. Boyd Ice-cream War (1983) ii. ii. 118 There was a half-mile of macadamized road.

b. figurative. Made level, even, or smooth.

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the world > relative properties > relationship > uniformity > [adjective] > making or made uniform

macadamized1827

uniformized1866

uniformizing1899

homogenizing1913

homogenized1935

1827 E. Bulwer-Lytton Falkland 45 Neither in person nor in character was he much beneath or above the ordinary standard of men. He was one of Nature's Macadamized achievements. His great fault was his equality.

1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xi. 291 The hard and macadamised road of dry duty and daily labour.

1966 New Statesman 25 Nov. 775/1 This road is a macadamised cart-track, a botched-up relic of a slower past.

†2. Broken up into road metal. Also: strewn with broken stones (rare). Obsolete.

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [adjective] > broken up into road metal

macadamized1888

1849 C. Sturt Narr. Exped. Central Austral. I. 238 We then proceeded..down the creek, keeping close upon its banks to avoid the macadamized plains on either side.

1879 F. H. Grundy Pictures of Past 100 Women..with arms and aprons full of stones taken from the macadamized heaps of blue metals placed along the turnpike road.

1888 Times (Weekly ed.) 23 Nov. 3/3 Some loose macadamised stones lying about.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	macadamized
释义	macadamizedadj. Brit. /məˈkadəmʌɪzd/, U.S. /məˈkædəˌmaɪzd/ Forms: see macadamize v. and -ed suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: macadamize v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < macadamize v. + -ed suffix¹. 1. a. Of a road: made or repaired according to McAdam's method; surfaced with tarmacadam. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [adjective] > having specific surface or construction unironedc1450 unpaveda1533 corduroy1822 macadamized1823 metalled1825 unmacadamized1826 flagless1840 unmetalled1843 corduroyed1854 woolly1862 water-bound1909 hardtop1915 1823 Morning Post 2 Dec. The unsightly buildings at the east end..have been removed, and a very handsome avenue formed, leading from Pall-mall to the Park, with a Macadamized road. 1827 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 21 791 We were not seen stumbling even upon a Macadamized road. 1837 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 1/2 Filled in with broken stones, such as are used for M'Adamized roads. 1861 G. M. Musgrave By-roads in Picardy 282 I found even a Mac-adamized road, which crosses the plain, miry enough, in heavy rain. 1889 G. Findlay Working & Managem. Eng. Railway 49 A well-constructed macadamized road. 1935 G. Blake Shipbuilders vii. 209 The consciousness of virtue gave a wistful charm to his walk along the macadamized paths of the Green. 1982 W. Boyd Ice-cream War (1983) ii. ii. 118 There was a half-mile of macadamized road. b. figurative. Made level, even, or smooth. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > uniformity > [adjective] > making or made uniform macadamized1827 uniformized1866 uniformizing1899 homogenizing1913 homogenized1935 1827 E. Bulwer-Lytton Falkland 45 Neither in person nor in character was he much beneath or above the ordinary standard of men. He was one of Nature's Macadamized achievements. His great fault was his equality. 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xi. 291 The hard and macadamised road of dry duty and daily labour. 1966 New Statesman 25 Nov. 775/1 This road is a macadamised cart-track, a botched-up relic of a slower past. †2. Broken up into road metal. Also: strewn with broken stones (rare). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [adjective] > broken up into road metal macadamized1888 1849 C. Sturt Narr. Exped. Central Austral. I. 238 We then proceeded..down the creek, keeping close upon its banks to avoid the macadamized plains on either side. 1879 F. H. Grundy Pictures of Past 100 Women..with arms and aprons full of stones taken from the macadamized heaps of blue metals placed along the turnpike road. 1888 Times (Weekly ed.) 23 Nov. 3/3 Some loose macadamised stones lying about. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1823
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