† meliorityn.

Forms: 1500s melioritie, 1500s–1800s meliority.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin melior , -ity suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin melior better (see meliorate v.) + -ity suffix. Compare post-classical Latin melioritas quality or condition of being better (a1100 in a British source), improvement (a1252 in a British source), Middle French meliorité (c1380). N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (mīliǫ·rĭti) /miːlɪˈɒrɪtɪ/.

Obsolete.

The quality or condition of being better; superiority.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being better or superior > [noun]

advantagea1393

prioritya1425

prerogativec1425

prestance1470

betterness1492

superioritya1500

majority1552

start1569

melioritya1586

precedence1587

superiorship1587

precedency1593

priory1600

preferency1602

preference1603

precession1613

betterhood1615

prestancy1615

eminence1702

superiorness1730

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Lady of May in Arcadia (1598) sig. Bbb5^v Either according to the penetrancie of their singing, or the meliority of their functions, or lastly the superancy of their merits.

1597 F. Bacon Of Coulers Good & Euill No. 1 So that this couler of melioritie and preheminence is oft a signe of eneruation and weakenesse.

1640 Bp. J. Hall Episcopacie ii. xi. 154 This meliority therefore, or betternesse above the Priests and Deacons, is ascribed to the Bishop.

1660 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania iv. 190 I perceive also the meliority of my choice above all thy Contra-proposals.

1715 G. Cheyne Philos. Princ. Relig. (ed. 2) i. Contents 5^* Some more particular Reflections, upon the Meliority of the Frame and Constitution of the Celestial Bodies.

1845 A. Duncan Disc. 139 They may point out such a meliority of disposal, figure and size, as ever converts its essential properties to the most useful purposes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	meliority
释义	† meliorityn. Forms: 1500s melioritie, 1500s–1800s meliority. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin melior , -ity suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin melior better (see meliorate v.) + -ity suffix. Compare post-classical Latin melioritas quality or condition of being better (a1100 in a British source), improvement (a1252 in a British source), Middle French meliorité (c1380). N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (mīliǫ·rĭti) /miːlɪˈɒrɪtɪ/. Obsolete. The quality or condition of being better; superiority. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being better or superior > [noun] advantagea1393 prioritya1425 prerogativec1425 prestance1470 betterness1492 superioritya1500 majority1552 start1569 melioritya1586 precedence1587 superiorship1587 precedency1593 priory1600 preferency1602 preference1603 precession1613 betterhood1615 prestancy1615 eminence1702 superiorness1730 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Lady of May in Arcadia (1598) sig. Bbb5^v Either according to the penetrancie of their singing, or the meliority of their functions, or lastly the superancy of their merits. 1597 F. Bacon Of Coulers Good & Euill No. 1 So that this couler of melioritie and preheminence is oft a signe of eneruation and weakenesse. 1640 Bp. J. Hall Episcopacie ii. xi. 154 This meliority therefore, or betternesse above the Priests and Deacons, is ascribed to the Bishop. 1660 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania iv. 190 I perceive also the meliority of my choice above all thy Contra-proposals. 1715 G. Cheyne Philos. Princ. Relig. (ed. 2) i. Contents 5^* Some more particular Reflections, upon the Meliority of the Frame and Constitution of the Celestial Bodies. 1845 A. Duncan Disc. 139 They may point out such a meliority of disposal, figure and size, as ever converts its essential properties to the most useful purposes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1586
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