methodicaladj.

Brit.

/mᵻˈθɒdᵻkl/, U.S.

/məˈθɑdək(ə)l/

Forms: 1500s–1600s methodicall, 1500s– methodical.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin methodicus , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin methodicus methodic adj. + -al suffix¹; compare -ical suffix.

a. Of an action, pursuit, procedure, etc.: characterized by method or order; performed or carried on systematically or meticulously. Of discourse, etc.: arranged in an orderly or systematic way.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > [adjective] > of or relating to a system > systematic

formal1413

methodical1570

methodic1620

systematical1686

systematic1722

systemical1724

scientific?1757

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adjective] > methodical (of persons) > of actions

regular?1558

methodical1570

methodic1620

systematic1722

scientific?1757

1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. bj There are other (very many) Methodicall Artes.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Fff3^v The Interpretations of the Scriptures are of two sorts: Methodical, and Solute, or at large.

1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 23 Yet Moses..condescends in this place to such a methodical and School-like way of defining, and consequencing, as in no place of the whole Law more.

1699 G. Farquhar Love & Bottle iv. ii. 43 Then they hate to hear a fellow in Church preach methodical Nonsense, with a Firstly, Secondly, and Thirdly.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 3. ¶2 I fell insensibly into a kind of Methodical Dream, which dispos'd all my Contemplations into a Vision or Allegory.

1778 W. Cullen First Lines Pract. Physic (ed. 2) I. Introd. §2 A Methodical Nosology, or an arrangement of diseases according to their genera and species.

1862 J. H. Burton Book-hunter (1863) 99 This is to be a methodical discourse.

1875 C. Lyell & L. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 12) II. iii. xxxvi. 289 Unconscious selection acts more powerfully than methodical selection.

1903 Expositor May 390 Methodical directions for the management of missions were not bequeathed by the Lord to his disciples.

1931 V. Woolf Waves 170 Painters live lives of methodical absorption, adding stroke to stroke.

1982 J. Campbell Grammatical Man iii. xiv. 165 As an innate predisposition, enabling a child to acquire competence in a language quickly and without methodical instruction, universal grammar leaves almost nothing to chance.

b. Of material things: arranged in a neat or orderly manner. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > [adjective] > ordered or systematically arranged > well-ordered or well-arranged

well-disposeda1398

arrayedc1405

well-laid1577

methodical1650

well-digested1708

well-ordered1712

well-arranged1823

well-structured1837

1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. ii. 79 No methodicall monument but this hurdle of stones was fittest for such a causer of confusion [i.e. for Absalom].

1904 Union Mag. Jan. 5/2 He always wore a tightly buttoned up frock-coat..and a methodical black neck-tie.

†2. History of Science. Of, designating, or relating to the methodists (methodist n. 2). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [adjective] > ancient > methodic

methodic?1541

methodical1574

1574 G. Baker tr. Composition Oleum Magistrale f. 35 For the which cause the Methodicall chirurgian, must haue a great respect to these wounds, in taking his Iudication of things naturall, not naturall and against nature.

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 49 b/1 The Empiricke medicamentes which the Methodicall Physicianes doe so disdayne.

1650 R. Gentilis tr. V. Malvezzi Considerations Lives Alcibiades & Corialanus 50 Though a great wise man compared a man that wanted Science, and had Experience, to an Empyrick Physitian, and the learned man to the Methodicall; yet hee was deceived in the comparison.

1727–41 E. Chambers Cycl. at Methodists Galen..scrupled not to assert, that the methodical heresy ruined every thing that was good in the art [of medicine].

1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. I. iv. i. 250 That medical sect which was termed the empirical, in contradistinction to the rational and methodical sects.

3. Of a person: acting with or observant of method or order; painstaking, meticulous.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adjective] > methodical (of persons)

orderly1581

methodical1589

regular1602

methodic1729

systematic1790

reg'lar1814

scientific1863

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxi. 209 To th'end we may not be carped at by these methodicall men, that we haue omitted any necessary point.

1622 J. Webbe Appeale to Truth 9 Some..be succinct, and methodicall in their precepts.

1664 S. Pepys Diary 29 Feb. (1971) V. 70 I find him a most exact and methodicall man.

1706 J. Addison Rosamond i. ii Let me appear, Great sir, I pray Methodical in what I say.

1792 T. Holcroft Anna St. Ives V. xcv. 184 She is very methodical, as all your very wise people more or less are.

1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. vii. 42 The English are methodical even in their recreations.

1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. ii. i. 165 Small,..neat, methodical, and buxom was Miss Peecher.

1955 S. Wilson Man in Gray Flannel Suit xii. 79 They had been methodical, they had done things According to Plan.

1981 N. Kea Scorpion i. iii. 13 Carefully, for he was a methodical man, he arranged two small tables on either side of the..armchair.

1991 Hang Gliding Nov. 14/1 The point is that he was an engineer, detailed and methodical, whose career involved making flight safe for others.

Derivatives

† methodicality n. Obsolete rare = methodicalness n.

ΚΠ

1861 Temple Bar 2 549 You can see the methodicality of these folks in every thread of their clothes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	methodical
释义	methodicaladj. Brit. /mᵻˈθɒdᵻkl/, U.S. /məˈθɑdək(ə)l/ Forms: 1500s–1600s methodicall, 1500s– methodical. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin methodicus , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < post-classical Latin methodicus methodic adj. + -al suffix¹; compare -ical suffix. 1. a. Of an action, pursuit, procedure, etc.: characterized by method or order; performed or carried on systematically or meticulously. Of discourse, etc.: arranged in an orderly or systematic way. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > [adjective] > of or relating to a system > systematic formal1413 methodical1570 methodic1620 systematical1686 systematic1722 systemical1724 scientific?1757 the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adjective] > methodical (of persons) > of actions regular?1558 methodical1570 methodic1620 systematic1722 scientific?1757 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. bj There are other (very many) Methodicall Artes. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Fff3^v The Interpretations of the Scriptures are of two sorts: Methodical, and Solute, or at large. View more context for this quotation 1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 23 Yet Moses..condescends in this place to such a methodical and School-like way of defining, and consequencing, as in no place of the whole Law more. 1699 G. Farquhar Love & Bottle iv. ii. 43 Then they hate to hear a fellow in Church preach methodical Nonsense, with a Firstly, Secondly, and Thirdly. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 3. ¶2 I fell insensibly into a kind of Methodical Dream, which dispos'd all my Contemplations into a Vision or Allegory. 1778 W. Cullen First Lines Pract. Physic (ed. 2) I. Introd. §2 A Methodical Nosology, or an arrangement of diseases according to their genera and species. 1862 J. H. Burton Book-hunter (1863) 99 This is to be a methodical discourse. 1875 C. Lyell & L. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 12) II. iii. xxxvi. 289 Unconscious selection acts more powerfully than methodical selection. 1903 Expositor May 390 Methodical directions for the management of missions were not bequeathed by the Lord to his disciples. 1931 V. Woolf Waves 170 Painters live lives of methodical absorption, adding stroke to stroke. 1982 J. Campbell Grammatical Man iii. xiv. 165 As an innate predisposition, enabling a child to acquire competence in a language quickly and without methodical instruction, universal grammar leaves almost nothing to chance. b. Of material things: arranged in a neat or orderly manner. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > [adjective] > ordered or systematically arranged > well-ordered or well-arranged well-disposeda1398 arrayedc1405 well-laid1577 methodical1650 well-digested1708 well-ordered1712 well-arranged1823 well-structured1837 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. ii. 79 No methodicall monument but this hurdle of stones was fittest for such a causer of confusion [i.e. for Absalom]. 1904 Union Mag. Jan. 5/2 He always wore a tightly buttoned up frock-coat..and a methodical black neck-tie. †2. History of Science. Of, designating, or relating to the methodists (methodist n. 2). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [adjective] > ancient > methodic methodic?1541 methodical1574 1574 G. Baker tr. Composition Oleum Magistrale f. 35 For the which cause the Methodicall chirurgian, must haue a great respect to these wounds, in taking his Iudication of things naturall, not naturall and against nature. 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 49 b/1 The Empiricke medicamentes which the Methodicall Physicianes doe so disdayne. 1650 R. Gentilis tr. V. Malvezzi Considerations Lives Alcibiades & Corialanus 50 Though a great wise man compared a man that wanted Science, and had Experience, to an Empyrick Physitian, and the learned man to the Methodicall; yet hee was deceived in the comparison. 1727–41 E. Chambers Cycl. at Methodists Galen..scrupled not to assert, that the methodical heresy ruined every thing that was good in the art [of medicine]. 1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. I. iv. i. 250 That medical sect which was termed the empirical, in contradistinction to the rational and methodical sects. 3. Of a person: acting with or observant of method or order; painstaking, meticulous. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adjective] > methodical (of persons) orderly1581 methodical1589 regular1602 methodic1729 systematic1790 reg'lar1814 scientific1863 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxi. 209 To th'end we may not be carped at by these methodicall men, that we haue omitted any necessary point. 1622 J. Webbe Appeale to Truth 9 Some..be succinct, and methodicall in their precepts. 1664 S. Pepys Diary 29 Feb. (1971) V. 70 I find him a most exact and methodicall man. 1706 J. Addison Rosamond i. ii Let me appear, Great sir, I pray Methodical in what I say. 1792 T. Holcroft Anna St. Ives V. xcv. 184 She is very methodical, as all your very wise people more or less are. 1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. vii. 42 The English are methodical even in their recreations. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. ii. i. 165 Small,..neat, methodical, and buxom was Miss Peecher. 1955 S. Wilson Man in Gray Flannel Suit xii. 79 They had been methodical, they had done things According to Plan. 1981 N. Kea Scorpion i. iii. 13 Carefully, for he was a methodical man, he arranged two small tables on either side of the..armchair. 1991 Hang Gliding Nov. 14/1 The point is that he was an engineer, detailed and methodical, whose career involved making flight safe for others. Derivatives † methodicality n. Obsolete rare = methodicalness n. ΚΠ 1861 Temple Bar 2 549 You can see the methodicality of these folks in every thread of their clothes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1570
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