nominis umbraphr.

Brit.

/ˌnɒmᵻnɪs ˈʌmbrə/,

/ˌnəʊmᵻnɪs ˈʌmbrə/, U.S.

/ˈˌnɑmənəs ˈəmbrə/,

/ˈˌnoʊmənəs ˈəmbrə/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nōminis umbra.

Etymology: < classical Latin nōminis umbra (Lucan 1. 135, quoted in quot. 1640), literally ‘the shadow of a name’ < nōminis , genitive of nōmen name n. + umbra shade, shadow (see umber n.¹).

Now rare.

An insubstantial thing or person. Also: a name without substance; a thing which is not what the name implies.In quot. 1822 personified.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > fame after death > [noun] > faint or shadowy

nominis umbra1822

the shadow of a name1837

the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > unsubstantiality or abstractness > [noun] > unsubstantiality or lack of substance > something lacking substance > a thing existing in name only

nominala1625

titulado1659

nominality1842

nominis umbrac1874

unobtainium1956

1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 65 His Statues should be erected in all the Mart Townes of Ampelona.—stat Magni nominis Umbra.]

1822 Ld. Byron Vision of Judgm. lxxxxiv. 31 So spoke Old ‘Nominis Umbra’; and while speaking yet, Away he melted in celestial smoke.

1856 W. Bagehot in National Rev. Apr. 363 Taylor's theorem will go down to posterity,..but what does posterity know of the deceased Taylor? Nominis umbra is rather a compliment; for it is not substantial enough to have a shadow.

c1874 W. James in R. B. Perry Thought & Char. W. James (1935) I. xxxi. 525 The British school say that the laws are nil—nominis umbra.

1896 Lit. World 7 Aug. 115/2 Coleridge, in this bookful age, is..getting to be more and more nominis umbra.

1919 Amer. Econ. Rev. 9 249 In the new system advocated the money unit becomes, if not a mere nominis umbra, at least a unit dissociated from the reality of value.

1959 Earl Jowitt & C. Walsh Dict. Eng. Law II. 1230/2 Nominis umbra, the shadow of a name, e.g., a one-man company.

1971 H. Mills Alden Mag. Writing & New Lit. 139 Until the middle of the eighteenth century Shakespeare was but a nominis umbra on the Continent.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nominis umbra
释义	nominis umbraphr. Brit. /ˌnɒmᵻnɪs ˈʌmbrə/, /ˌnəʊmᵻnɪs ˈʌmbrə/, U.S. /ˈˌnɑmənəs ˈəmbrə/, /ˈˌnoʊmənəs ˈəmbrə/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nōminis umbra. Etymology: < classical Latin nōminis umbra (Lucan 1. 135, quoted in quot. 1640), literally ‘the shadow of a name’ < nōminis , genitive of nōmen name n. + umbra shade, shadow (see umber n.¹). Now rare. An insubstantial thing or person. Also: a name without substance; a thing which is not what the name implies.In quot. 1822 personified. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > fame after death > [noun] > faint or shadowy nominis umbra1822 the shadow of a name1837 the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > unsubstantiality or abstractness > [noun] > unsubstantiality or lack of substance > something lacking substance > a thing existing in name only nominala1625 titulado1659 nominality1842 nominis umbrac1874 unobtainium1956 1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 65 His Statues should be erected in all the Mart Townes of Ampelona.—stat Magni nominis Umbra.] 1822 Ld. Byron Vision of Judgm. lxxxxiv. 31 So spoke Old ‘Nominis Umbra’; and while speaking yet, Away he melted in celestial smoke. 1856 W. Bagehot in National Rev. Apr. 363 Taylor's theorem will go down to posterity,..but what does posterity know of the deceased Taylor? Nominis umbra is rather a compliment; for it is not substantial enough to have a shadow. c1874 W. James in R. B. Perry Thought & Char. W. James (1935) I. xxxi. 525 The British school say that the laws are nil—nominis umbra. 1896 Lit. World 7 Aug. 115/2 Coleridge, in this bookful age, is..getting to be more and more nominis umbra. 1919 Amer. Econ. Rev. 9 249 In the new system advocated the money unit becomes, if not a mere nominis umbra, at least a unit dissociated from the reality of value. 1959 Earl Jowitt & C. Walsh Dict. Eng. Law II. 1230/2 Nominis umbra, the shadow of a name, e.g., a one-man company. 1971 H. Mills Alden Mag. Writing & New Lit. 139 Until the middle of the eighteenth century Shakespeare was but a nominis umbra on the Continent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < phr.1822
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