mostwhatadv.adj.

Brit.

/ˈməʊstwɒt/, U.S.

/ˈmoʊstˌ(h)wɑt/

Forms: see most adj. and what pron.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: most adj., what pron.

Etymology: < most adj. + what pron., probably after somewhat adv. Compare earlier elsewhat pron., and also many-what n., otherwhat pron.

English regional (north midlands and northern) and archaic in later use. Now rare.

A. adv.

1. For the most part.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adverb] > for or in the most part

mosteOE

almostOE

mostwhata1200

generally1340

chiefly138.

mostc1390

chiefa1556

mostly1563

substantially1638

prevalently1709

feckly1768

mostlings1808

a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 11 (MED) Þat ben alle heuie sennen..alse ben oueretes and untimeliche eten..and masthwat at ilche laðeð metisupe.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 14571 (MED) Þe freindes þou has our-quar, We wat mast quat [a1400 Trin. Cambr. moost] er þai þar.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cxxxvii. f. lxxii^v The Kynge kepte mooste what his Paleys.

1581 R. Mulcaster Positions i. 3 The parentes and freindes with whom I haue to deale, be mostwhat no latinistes.

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 727 The bowels are mostwhat alike in all, both for Nutrition, Generation, Life and Sense.

1654 R. Aylett Divine & Moral Speculations i. iii. 55 Late med'cines of their cures do most what fail.

a1678 A. Woodhead Motives Holy Living (1688) 64 Health only is the true cause of eating..yet there accompanies it..a perilous jucundity, and goust, which mostwhat endeavours also to step before it.

1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel i. 5 That State..being most-what supported by the Supreme Power of their Two Consuls.

1737 in Notes & Queries (1895) 25 May 405/1 This Month was mostwhat inclin'd to wet and very changable wether.

1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Maist-what, for the most part.

1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. V. xix. 130 Men which were, mostwhat, bounden in his debt.

†2. Almost, nearly. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 137 (MED) Þesne lehter habbeð mest hwet alle men.

c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) 8081 (MED) Mest what euerich wiþ his spere A paien gan to grounde bere.

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 5010 (MED) And mast-quat ay þe mone-tree..Quen it kithis vs any carpe, þe contrarie spekis.

a1525 Eng. Conquest Ireland (Trin. Dublin) (1896) 88 Most what [a1500 Rawl. most part] al þe day he wold ben out, other wyth houndes other wyth hawkes.

†B. adj.

Almost all, the greater part of. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [adjective] > constituting main or major part > the greater part of

mosteOE

mostwhat?a1400

?a1400 Treat. Geom. 56 Nowe sues here a Tretis of Geometri wherby you may knowe the heghte, depnes, and the brede of mostwhat erthely thynges.

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

单词	mostwhat
释义	mostwhatadv.adj. Brit. /ˈməʊstwɒt/, U.S. /ˈmoʊstˌ(h)wɑt/ Forms: see most adj. and what pron. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: most adj., what pron. Etymology: < most adj. + what pron., probably after somewhat adv. Compare earlier elsewhat pron., and also many-what n., otherwhat pron. English regional (north midlands and northern) and archaic in later use. Now rare. A. adv. 1. For the most part. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adverb] > for or in the most part mosteOE almostOE mostwhata1200 generally1340 chiefly138. mostc1390 chiefa1556 mostly1563 substantially1638 prevalently1709 feckly1768 mostlings1808 a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 11 (MED) Þat ben alle heuie sennen..alse ben oueretes and untimeliche eten..and masthwat at ilche laðeð metisupe. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 14571 (MED) Þe freindes þou has our-quar, We wat mast quat [a1400 Trin. Cambr. moost] er þai þar. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cxxxvii. f. lxxii^v The Kynge kepte mooste what his Paleys. 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions i. 3 The parentes and freindes with whom I haue to deale, be mostwhat no latinistes. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 727 The bowels are mostwhat alike in all, both for Nutrition, Generation, Life and Sense. 1654 R. Aylett Divine & Moral Speculations i. iii. 55 Late med'cines of their cures do most what fail. a1678 A. Woodhead Motives Holy Living (1688) 64 Health only is the true cause of eating..yet there accompanies it..a perilous jucundity, and goust, which mostwhat endeavours also to step before it. 1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel i. 5 That State..being most-what supported by the Supreme Power of their Two Consuls. 1737 in Notes & Queries (1895) 25 May 405/1 This Month was mostwhat inclin'd to wet and very changable wether. 1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Maist-what, for the most part. 1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. V. xix. 130 Men which were, mostwhat, bounden in his debt. †2. Almost, nearly. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 137 (MED) Þesne lehter habbeð mest hwet alle men. c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) 8081 (MED) Mest what euerich wiþ his spere A paien gan to grounde bere. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 5010 (MED) And mast-quat ay þe mone-tree..Quen it kithis vs any carpe, þe contrarie spekis. a1525 Eng. Conquest Ireland (Trin. Dublin) (1896) 88 Most what [a1500 Rawl. most part] al þe day he wold ben out, other wyth houndes other wyth hawkes. †B. adj. Almost all, the greater part of. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [adjective] > constituting main or major part > the greater part of mosteOE mostwhat?a1400 ?a1400 Treat. Geom. 56 Nowe sues here a Tretis of Geometri wherby you may knowe the heghte, depnes, and the brede of mostwhat erthely thynges. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.adj.a1200
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