minishingn.

Brit.

/ˈmɪnᵻʃɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈmɪnɪʃɪŋ/

Forms: see minish v. and -ing suffix¹; also Middle English minnuschyng; Scottish pre-1700 minissing, pre-1700 menissing, pre-1700 minysing, pre-1700 mynwsyng.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: minish v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < minish v. + -ing suffix¹.

Now archaic and rare.

The action of minish v. (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun]

waningc900

littlingOE

lessingc1350

abating1370

diminutionc1374

minishinga1382

decrease1383

remissiona1398

shrinkinga1398

decreasing1398

adminishing?c1400

abbreviation?a1425

lessening?a1425

minoration?a1425

disincrease1430

abatement1433

restrictiona1450

batea1475

diminuation1477

limitation1483

abate1486

minute1495

minishment1533

mitigation1533

diminishinga1535

extenuation1542

slacking1542

reduce1549

diminishment1551

perditionc1555

debatementa1563

rebatement1573

obstriction1578

imminution1583

contracting1585

contraction1589

rabate1589

rebating1598

retrenchmentc1600

decession1606

ravalling1609

reducement1619

decrement1621

bating1629

shrivellinga1631

decretion1635

dejection1652

abater1653

rolling back1658

limiting1677

batement1679

reduction1695

depression1793

downdraw1813

descent1832

decess1854

lowering1868

shrinkage1873

dégringolade1883

minification1894

degrowth1920

downrating1950

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1965) Ecclus. xxii. 3 A fool doȝter in gret mynushinge [L. deminoratione] shal ben; a prudent doȝtir eritage to hir man.

c1480 (a1400) St. Vincent 184 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 264 & þare-fore wil nocht ony wyse þou to my Ioy mak lessing, na to my reward menesinge.

1485 Rolls of Parl. VI. 338/2 Savyng only to the abatement, discharge, mynesyng, and relesyng of the Fee Ferme of the said Towne.

a1500 (a1471) G. Ashby Active Policy Prince 33 in Poems (1899) 14 (MED) I may confourme me aftur the report..Without minisshyng or addicion Principally in thentent and substance Of my matere.

1513 T. More Rich. III in J. Stow Ann. (1592) 743 Inticing him to many things highly redounding to the minishing of his honour.

1551 W. Turner New Herball Prol. sig. A iij^v Euery man..will become a Phisician, to the hynderaunce and minishyng of the study of liberall artes.

1655 R. Child in S. Hartlib Legacy (ed. 3) 137 The dulling and minishing of the Spirit.

1860 D. Greenwell Patience of Hope 18 [It] has set the ideals of Christ and Humanity so far apart, that the wealth of the one can only be attained through the minishing of the other.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 376 That same multiplicit concordance which leads forth growth from birth accomplishing..that minishing and ablation towards the final which is agreeable unto nature.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	minishing
释义	minishingn. Brit. /ˈmɪnᵻʃɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmɪnɪʃɪŋ/ Forms: see minish v. and -ing suffix¹; also Middle English minnuschyng; Scottish pre-1700 minissing, pre-1700 menissing, pre-1700 minysing, pre-1700 mynwsyng. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: minish v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < minish v. + -ing suffix¹. Now archaic and rare. The action of minish v. (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] waningc900 littlingOE lessingc1350 abating1370 diminutionc1374 minishinga1382 decrease1383 remissiona1398 shrinkinga1398 decreasing1398 adminishing?c1400 abbreviation?a1425 lessening?a1425 minoration?a1425 disincrease1430 abatement1433 restrictiona1450 batea1475 diminuation1477 limitation1483 abate1486 minute1495 minishment1533 mitigation1533 diminishinga1535 extenuation1542 slacking1542 reduce1549 diminishment1551 perditionc1555 debatementa1563 rebatement1573 obstriction1578 imminution1583 contracting1585 contraction1589 rabate1589 rebating1598 retrenchmentc1600 decession1606 ravalling1609 reducement1619 decrement1621 bating1629 shrivellinga1631 decretion1635 dejection1652 abater1653 rolling back1658 limiting1677 batement1679 reduction1695 depression1793 downdraw1813 descent1832 decess1854 lowering1868 shrinkage1873 dégringolade1883 minification1894 degrowth1920 downrating1950 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1965) Ecclus. xxii. 3 A fool doȝter in gret mynushinge [L. deminoratione] shal ben; a prudent doȝtir eritage to hir man. c1480 (a1400) St. Vincent 184 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 264 & þare-fore wil nocht ony wyse þou to my Ioy mak lessing, na to my reward menesinge. 1485 Rolls of Parl. VI. 338/2 Savyng only to the abatement, discharge, mynesyng, and relesyng of the Fee Ferme of the said Towne. a1500 (a1471) G. Ashby Active Policy Prince 33 in Poems (1899) 14 (MED) I may confourme me aftur the report..Without minisshyng or addicion Principally in thentent and substance Of my matere. 1513 T. More Rich. III in J. Stow Ann. (1592) 743 Inticing him to many things highly redounding to the minishing of his honour. 1551 W. Turner New Herball Prol. sig. A iij^v Euery man..will become a Phisician, to the hynderaunce and minishyng of the study of liberall artes. 1655 R. Child in S. Hartlib Legacy (ed. 3) 137 The dulling and minishing of the Spirit. 1860 D. Greenwell Patience of Hope 18 [It] has set the ideals of Christ and Humanity so far apart, that the wealth of the one can only be attained through the minishing of the other. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 376 That same multiplicit concordance which leads forth growth from birth accomplishing..that minishing and ablation towards the final which is agreeable unto nature. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1382
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