low-gradeadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌləʊˈɡreɪd/, U.S.

/ˈloʊˌɡreɪd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: low adj., grade n.

Etymology: < low adj. + grade n.

A. adj.

1. Of low or inferior quality.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [adjective]

evil971

lowc1175

poor?c1225

feeblec1275

vilea1300

petty1372

unthende1377

secondary1386

petitc1390

unmeeta1393

illa1400

commonc1400

coarse1424

indigent1426

unlikelyc1450

lesser1464

gross1474

naughty1526

inferior1531

reprobate?1545

slender1577

unlikely1578

puny1579

under1580

wooden1592

sordid1596

puisne1598

provant1601

subministrant1604

inferious1607

sublunary1624

indifferent1638

undermatched1642

unworthy1646

underly1648

turncoated1650

female1652

undergraduate1655

farandinical1675

baddishc1736

ungenerous1745

understrapping1762

tinnified1794

demi-semi1805

shabby1805

dicky1819

poor white1821

tin-pot1838

deterior1848

substandard1850

crumby1859

cheesy1863

po'1866

not-quite1867

rocky1873

mouldy1876

low-grade1878

sketchy1878

midget1879

junky1880

ullaged1892

abysmal1904

bodgie1905

junk1908

crap1936

ropy1941

bodger1945

two-star1951

tripey1955

manky1958

schlocky1960

cack1978

wank1991

bowf1994

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior thing > [adjective]

salec1299

bastarda1348

sorry1372

slight1393

shrewd1426

singlec1449

backc1450

soberc1450

lesser1464

silly?a1500

starven1546

mockado1577

subaltern1578

bastardly1583

wooden1592

starved1604

perishing1605

starveling1611

minor1612

starvy1647

potsherd1655

low1727

la-la1800

waif1824

lathen1843

one-eyed1843

snide1859

bobbery1873

jerkwater1877

low-grade1878

shoddy1882

tinhorn1886

jerk1893

cheapie1898

shaganappi1900

buckeye1906

reach-me-down1907

pissy1922

crappy1928

cruddy1935

el cheapo1967

pound shop1989

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > mediocrity > [adjective] > second- or third-rate

second-rate1669

third-rate1814

secondary1827

bum1878

low-grade1878

off-brand1929

pound shop1989

1878 R. J. Hinton Hand-bk. Arizona 161 The Metallic Accident is a large lode of low-grade ore, with a number of high-grade feeders.

1899 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 3rd Ser. 10 133 Maize flour of a low-grade quality has taken the place of low-grade wheaten flour in the manufacture of boots.

1926 J. S. Huxley Ess. Pop. Sci. iv. 39 If the good types are now crossed together, a stock will be produced..not containing harmful recessive factors and therefore not continually producing a certain proportion of low-grade individuals.

1940 J. H. Jagger Eng. in Future i. 12 Low-grade mental vocabularies consist of the auxiliary words common to all of us.

a1963 L. MacNeice Astrol. (1964) ii. 46 The Moon is especially responsible for rather low-grade persons.

1974 ‘E. McGirr’ Murderous Journey 39 A cheap low-grade snooper.

2009 New Yorker 20 July 36/1 Low-grade soft coal..is currently providing more than ninety-three per cent of the energy.

2. Low in amount or degree; esp. (Medicine) low in degree of intensity; not severe or advanced.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > low in degree or intensity

littleeOE

lowa1300

remiss1620

low-grade1891

1891 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 5 Sept. 371/2 In each eye an oval, gray-red optic disc,..exhibiting, in short, the appearances of a low grade neuritis.

1940 A. Huxley Let. 24 Apr. (1969) 452 There seems to be some kind of long-standing low-grade infection at work.

1950 A. L. Rowse Eng. of Elizabeth p. viii The accumulation of capital then—as against its erosion in a low-grade consumption now.

1961 Lancet 19 Aug. 402/2 Because of continuing low-grade colonic obstruction,..the left colon was excised.

2005 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 8 Nov. 14 Civilised values disappear very swiftly when low-grade violence becomes routine and apparently acceptable.

2007 Horse & Rider Oct. 70/1 She harbours a low-grade endometrial infection.

B. n.

Linguistics. A reduced (reduced adj. 2b) form in an ablaut series. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > vowel > [noun] > ablaut > set of > position occupied in > specific

low-grade1895

Schwundstufe1897

nil-grade1922

1895 Germanic Stud. 2 37 The al, an of the pres. and of the part. pret. represents the long low grade of el, en.

1901 Jrnl. Germanic Philol. 3 265 Sanskrit i: Gr. α<ə, as low grade of a long vowel.

1907 Mod. Philol. 5 269 OE. þwīnan, pre-Germ. tu̯īno- may represent the low grade of a base tāu-i̯o- from tā-u̯o- from tā-.

2011 M. Kozianka in H.-J. Petsche et al. From Past to Future: Graßmann's Work in Context 356 Concerning graded stems Grassmann systematically notes the low grade as lemma; cf. the nomina agentis with the vowel suffix full-grade -tar-, low-grade -tr̥-.

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

单词	low-grade
释义	low-gradeadj.n. Brit. /ˌləʊˈɡreɪd/, U.S. /ˈloʊˌɡreɪd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: low adj., grade n. Etymology: < low adj. + grade n. A. adj. 1. Of low or inferior quality. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [adjective] evil971 lowc1175 poor?c1225 feeblec1275 vilea1300 petty1372 unthende1377 secondary1386 petitc1390 unmeeta1393 illa1400 commonc1400 coarse1424 indigent1426 unlikelyc1450 lesser1464 gross1474 naughty1526 inferior1531 reprobate?1545 slender1577 unlikely1578 puny1579 under1580 wooden1592 sordid1596 puisne1598 provant1601 subministrant1604 inferious1607 sublunary1624 indifferent1638 undermatched1642 unworthy1646 underly1648 turncoated1650 female1652 undergraduate1655 farandinical1675 baddishc1736 ungenerous1745 understrapping1762 tinnified1794 demi-semi1805 shabby1805 dicky1819 poor white1821 tin-pot1838 deterior1848 substandard1850 crumby1859 cheesy1863 po'1866 not-quite1867 rocky1873 mouldy1876 low-grade1878 sketchy1878 midget1879 junky1880 ullaged1892 abysmal1904 bodgie1905 junk1908 crap1936 ropy1941 bodger1945 two-star1951 tripey1955 manky1958 schlocky1960 cack1978 wank1991 bowf1994 the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior thing > [adjective] salec1299 bastarda1348 sorry1372 slight1393 shrewd1426 singlec1449 backc1450 soberc1450 lesser1464 silly?a1500 starven1546 mockado1577 subaltern1578 bastardly1583 wooden1592 starved1604 perishing1605 starveling1611 minor1612 starvy1647 potsherd1655 low1727 la-la1800 waif1824 lathen1843 one-eyed1843 snide1859 bobbery1873 jerkwater1877 low-grade1878 shoddy1882 tinhorn1886 jerk1893 cheapie1898 shaganappi1900 buckeye1906 reach-me-down1907 pissy1922 crappy1928 cruddy1935 el cheapo1967 pound shop1989 the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > mediocrity > [adjective] > second- or third-rate second-rate1669 third-rate1814 secondary1827 bum1878 low-grade1878 off-brand1929 pound shop1989 1878 R. J. Hinton Hand-bk. Arizona 161 The Metallic Accident is a large lode of low-grade ore, with a number of high-grade feeders. 1899 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 3rd Ser. 10 133 Maize flour of a low-grade quality has taken the place of low-grade wheaten flour in the manufacture of boots. 1926 J. S. Huxley Ess. Pop. Sci. iv. 39 If the good types are now crossed together, a stock will be produced..not containing harmful recessive factors and therefore not continually producing a certain proportion of low-grade individuals. 1940 J. H. Jagger Eng. in Future i. 12 Low-grade mental vocabularies consist of the auxiliary words common to all of us. a1963 L. MacNeice Astrol. (1964) ii. 46 The Moon is especially responsible for rather low-grade persons. 1974 ‘E. McGirr’ Murderous Journey 39 A cheap low-grade snooper. 2009 New Yorker 20 July 36/1 Low-grade soft coal..is currently providing more than ninety-three per cent of the energy. 2. Low in amount or degree; esp. (Medicine) low in degree of intensity; not severe or advanced. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > low in degree or intensity littleeOE lowa1300 remiss1620 low-grade1891 1891 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 5 Sept. 371/2 In each eye an oval, gray-red optic disc,..exhibiting, in short, the appearances of a low grade neuritis. 1940 A. Huxley Let. 24 Apr. (1969) 452 There seems to be some kind of long-standing low-grade infection at work. 1950 A. L. Rowse Eng. of Elizabeth p. viii The accumulation of capital then—as against its erosion in a low-grade consumption now. 1961 Lancet 19 Aug. 402/2 Because of continuing low-grade colonic obstruction,..the left colon was excised. 2005 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 8 Nov. 14 Civilised values disappear very swiftly when low-grade violence becomes routine and apparently acceptable. 2007 Horse & Rider Oct. 70/1 She harbours a low-grade endometrial infection. B. n. Linguistics. A reduced (reduced adj. 2b) form in an ablaut series. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > vowel > [noun] > ablaut > set of > position occupied in > specific low-grade1895 Schwundstufe1897 nil-grade1922 1895 Germanic Stud. 2 37 The al, an of the pres. and of the part. pret. represents the long low grade of el, en. 1901 Jrnl. Germanic Philol. 3 265 Sanskrit i: Gr. α<ə, as low grade of a long vowel. 1907 Mod. Philol. 5 269 OE. þwīnan, pre-Germ. tu̯īno- may represent the low grade of a base tāu-i̯o- from tā-u̯o- from tā-. 2011 M. Kozianka in H.-J. Petsche et al. From Past to Future: Graßmann's Work in Context 356 Concerning graded stems Grassmann systematically notes the low grade as lemma; cf. the nomina agentis with the vowel suffix full-grade -tar-, low-grade -tr̥-. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1878
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