no-timen.

Brit.

/ˈnəʊtʌɪm/, U.S.

/ˈnoʊˌtaɪm/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: no adj., time n., int., and conj.

Etymology: < no adj. + time n., int., and conj.

1. Chiefly poetic. A time which does not exist.

ΚΠ

1600 T. Dekker Old Fortunatus sig. G4^v To morrow beggers shall be crowned kings, This No-time, morrowes-time, no sweetnes sings.

a1918 W. Owen Poems (1931) 69 And in the happy no-time of his sleeping Death took him by the heart.

1943 D. Gascoyne Poems 1937–42 22 Black was the No-time at the heart Of Time (the frameless mirror's back).

1963 Colorado Portfolio No. 1. 31/3 And in some noplace in some notime he would take out a tiny book..and write.

1986 M. Hughes Dream Catcher iv. 58 There was a sense of timelessness, and in this No-Time Ruth felt herself leave her body.

2. U.S. regional. A very short time. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [noun] > moment or instant

hand-whileOE

prinkOE

start-while?c1225

twinkling1303

rese?c1335

prick1340

momenta1382

pointa1382

minutea1393

instant1398

braida1400

siquarea1400

twink14..

whip?c1450

movement1490

punct1513

pissing whilea1556

trice1579

turning of a hand1579

wink1585

twinklec1592

semiquaver1602

punto1616

punctilio of time1620

punctum1620

breathing1625

instance1631

tantillation1651

rapc1700

crack1725

turning of a straw1755

pig's whisper1780

jiffy1785

less than no time1788

jiff1797

blinka1813

gliffy1820

handclap1822

glimpsea1824

eyewink1836

thought1836

eye-blink1838

semibreve1845

pop1847

two shakes of a lamb's taila1855

pig's whistle1859

time point1867

New York minute1870

tick1879

mo?1896

second1897

styme1897

split-second1912

split minute1931

no-time1942

sec.1956

1942 W. Faulkner Go down, Moses & Other Stories 224 After a no-time he returned.

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

单词	no-time
释义	no-timen. Brit. /ˈnəʊtʌɪm/, U.S. /ˈnoʊˌtaɪm/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: no adj., time n., int., and conj. Etymology: < no adj. + time n., int., and conj. 1. Chiefly poetic. A time which does not exist. ΚΠ 1600 T. Dekker Old Fortunatus sig. G4^v To morrow beggers shall be crowned kings, This No-time, morrowes-time, no sweetnes sings. a1918 W. Owen Poems (1931) 69 And in the happy no-time of his sleeping Death took him by the heart. 1943 D. Gascoyne Poems 1937–42 22 Black was the No-time at the heart Of Time (the frameless mirror's back). 1963 Colorado Portfolio No. 1. 31/3 And in some noplace in some notime he would take out a tiny book..and write. 1986 M. Hughes Dream Catcher iv. 58 There was a sense of timelessness, and in this No-Time Ruth felt herself leave her body. 2. U.S. regional. A very short time. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [noun] > moment or instant hand-whileOE prinkOE start-while?c1225 twinkling1303 rese?c1335 prick1340 momenta1382 pointa1382 minutea1393 instant1398 braida1400 siquarea1400 twink14.. whip?c1450 movement1490 punct1513 pissing whilea1556 trice1579 turning of a hand1579 wink1585 twinklec1592 semiquaver1602 punto1616 punctilio of time1620 punctum1620 breathing1625 instance1631 tantillation1651 rapc1700 crack1725 turning of a straw1755 pig's whisper1780 jiffy1785 less than no time1788 jiff1797 blinka1813 gliffy1820 handclap1822 glimpsea1824 eyewink1836 thought1836 eye-blink1838 semibreve1845 pop1847 two shakes of a lamb's taila1855 pig's whistle1859 time point1867 New York minute1870 tick1879 mo?1896 second1897 styme1897 split-second1912 split minute1931 no-time1942 sec.1956 1942 W. Faulkner Go down, Moses & Other Stories 224 After a no-time he returned. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1600
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