单词 | notion |
释义 | notionn. I. An idea or concept, and related senses. 1. a. A concept or idea, in various philosophical uses; spec. (a) Theology a character or relation through which the Persons of the Trinity are distinguished; (b) Logic = intention n. 11, esp. in first notions, second notions (now rare). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical classification > [noun] > logical concept > general concept notiona1398 generalty1442 intention?1545 concept1561 conceit1576 conceptus1643 conception1701 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 9 Nociones beþ fyve..paternitas & innascibilitas, ffiliacio, processio, & comunis spiracio... Þese fyue nociouns beþ I-clepid nociones, for he notifieth þe persones. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 10 Þis word, principium, is I-take for twey persones and tokeneth on nocioun, þat is, þe comyn spiracioun. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. C1v And the Metaphisick, though it be in the seconde and abstract notions, and therefore be counted supernaturall: yet doth hee indeede builde vpon the depth of Nature. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 502 This..alone maketh the differences of Images as wee call them or Abstracted Notions. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 61 God is the God of the whole world, in the generall notion, as he is so, God; but he is my God, most especially, and most applyably, as he is received by me in the severall notions of Father, Sonne, and holy Ghost. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iii. v. 206 Essences of the Species of mixed Modes, are by a more particular Name called Notions. 1725 I. Watts Logick 246 It is very useful to have some general principles of truth settled in the mind... These may be called first notions, or fundamental principles. 1785 T. Reid Ess. Intellect. Powers v. v, in Wks. (1846) 403 The words notion and conception, in their proper and most common sense, signify the act and operation of the mind in conceiving an object. 1833 W. Hamilton in Edinb. Rev. Apr. 210 A first notion is the conception of a thing as it exists of itself... A second notion is the conception, not of an object as it is in reality, but of the mode under which it is conceived by the mind. 1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic iv. 70 A second intention or notion is a Concept which denotes first intentions in their relation, not to the things denoted, but to each other. 1912 A. Preuss tr. J. Poule Divine Trinity 241 The Notions of the Son are Filiation..and active Spiration..whereas the one distinctive Notion of the Holy Ghost is passive Spiration. 1957 B. J. F. Lonergan Insight xii. 356 The notion of being..is prior to conception and goes beyond it; and it is prior to judgment and goes beyond it. That notion must be the immanent, dynamic orientation of cognitional process. 1980 J. A. Hardon Mod. Catholic Dict. (1981) 380/2 In the Trinity, notions are the distinctive characteristics of the divine persons by which they are known. b. A general concept, category, or designation, esp. one under which something is comprehended or classed; a classificatory term. Frequently with of.In the 17th and 18th centuries very common in under the notion of. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > [noun] > a kind, sort, or class kinc950 kindOE distinction?c1225 rowc1300 spece1303 spice1303 fashionc1325 espicec1386 differencea1398 statec1450 sort?1523 notion1531 species1561 vein1568 brood1581 rank1585 order1588 race1590 breed1598 strain1612 batch1616 tap1623 siege1630 subdivision1646 notionality1651 category1660 denomination1664 footmark1666 genus1666 world1685 sortment1718 tribe1731 assortment1767 description1776 style1794 grouping1799 classification1803 subcategory1842 type1854 basket1916 1531 J. Vaus Rudimenta (new ed.) iii. sig. ffiiijv I haue collekit als scortly as I ma, in manere of rude introductione, generale notionis of the aucht partis of orisone. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 8v We haue beene occasioned, and shall be hereafter to vse it as the generaltie or notion of the name and stock in these kindes. 1642 in Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion (1702) I. v. 400 Neither House had Presented them [sc. the Malignant Party] to his Majesty, under such a Notion, as he might well understand, Whom they intended. 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme i. vii. §5 The notion or idea of God..is no more arbitrarious or fictitious than the notion of a cube or tetraedrum or any other of the regular bodies in Geometry. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. 52 These opposite parties,..concurring in doctrine, under the generall notion of Protestants. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. 192 No Spaniard setting foot on English ground, under other notion then a prisoner. 1710 J. Swift Tale of Tub (ed. 5) Apol. sig. A2v Under the Notion of Prejudices, he knew to what dangerous Heights some Men have proceeded. 1745 Bp. J. Butler Serm. in Wks. (1874) II. 276 It is true..children may be taught superstition, under the notion of religion. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. i. v. 107 The notion of illocality is at least as old as Aristotle. 1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. i. 23 It must be some other than the rule of perfection itself under the notion of law. 1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic v. 138 When we bring an object under a notion, that is, when we predicate of it that it belongs to such a class. 1880 Macmillan's Mag. Dec. 149 Can you conceive such a thing as the notion of a bishopess? 1958 I. Berlin Two Concepts of Liberty 13 The notion of individual rights absent from the legal conceptions of the Romans and Greeks. 1991 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 36 279 F and L make a conscious attempt to show that tense and aspect are distinct, if interrelated, notions. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > [noun] > in which anything exists or is conceived notion1649 shape1667 the world > existence and causation > existence > extrinsicality or externality > [noun] > mode or form of existence formc1310 affection?1543 modification1644 notion1649 mode1668 modus1675 1649 Kingdomes Weekly Intelligencer No. 323. 1453 There were many ships rifled, taken and sunke the last week by the Princes Fleet (or Pirates under that notion). 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. xiii. 274 Angels in the shape of men, Christ in the notion of an Angel. 1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 47 It is the same thing in another notion. 1764 ‘G. Psalmanazar’ Memoirs 147 I travelled several hundred leagues..under the notion of a Japanese converted to Christianity. 2. A belief, opinion, theory, or view, held by a person or (now more usually) a group of people. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > [noun] > a view, notion, opinion thingOE thoughtc1300 opinion1340 device1393 holdingc1449 opinationc1475 sense1539 apprehension1579 suppose1587 supposal1589 conception1603 notion1603 opining1611 tenet1631 respect1662 sentiment1675 perception1701 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > [noun] > occupying the mind thoughta1250 apprehension1579 intellection1579 reflect1594 notion1603 idea1633 reflection1648 presentment1817 earthly1897 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1087 See how these Philosophers mainteine ordinary custome, and teach according to common notions [Fr. les communes conceptions]. 1628 J. Doughty Church-Schismes in Disc. Divine Mysteries 23 Agrippa among others his foppish notions, perswades vs [etc.]. 1697 C. Leslie Snake in Grass (ed. 2) 12 It will be very hard..to make Sense of the Quaker Notion of the Light within. 1710 J. Norris Treat. Christian Prudence viii. 372 That Notion of the Schools, of Sins being an Aversion from God. 1777 J. Brand Observ. Pop. Antiq. Gen. Pref. p. vii Seemingly trivial Reasons assigned for the beginning..of this or that Notion or Ceremony. 1857 F. D. Maurice Epist. St. John ix. 135 It is not a new notion..that the history of the world is divided into certain great periods. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xviii. 134 It is further remarkable as showing that the notion of succession through females was already beginning to be entertained. 1915 C. P. Gilman Herland in Forerunner Sept. 241/1 It was the eager happiness of the children and young people which first made me see the folly of that common notion of ours—that if life was smooth and happy people would not enjoy it. 1973 R. Ellman Golden Codgers ii. 22 The notion that Christianity was merely a late development of Buddhism. 2001 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 4 Oct. 10 (advt.) Martin Rees explores the notion that our universe is just a part of a vast..ensemble of universes. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intellect > [noun] i-witc888 anyitOE witOE thoughtOE inwitc1305 intention1340 mindc1384 understandingc1384 intentc1386 intelligencec1390 intellecta1398 minda1398 understanda1400 intellectionc1449 ingeny1477 intellectivec1484 mind-sight1587 intellectual1598 notion1604 intelligency1663 mental1676 nous1678 grasp1683 thinker1835 Geist1871 noesis1881 1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Notion, inwarde knowledge, or vnderstanding. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear iv. 222 Either his notion, weaknes, or his discernings are lethergie. View more context for this quotation 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar sect. vii. §5 Whether it were..by increase of notion or experience, it is certain the promotions of the holy Child were great. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 179 The Acts of God..Cannot without process of speech be told, So told as earthly notion can receave. View more context for this quotation 4. a. An idea in a person's mind; a person's conception or understanding of something. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > [noun] thoughtOE thingOE conceita1393 imagea1393 concept1479 conception1526 suppositiona1529 idee1542 idea1585 conceivement1599 project1600 representationa1602 notion1607 phantasma1620 conceptus1643 species1644 notice1654 revolution1675 representamen1677 vorstellung1807 brain-stuff1855 ideation1876 think1886 artefact1923 construct1933 mind1966 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > epistemology > [noun] > cognition > concept conception1526 concept1561 conceit1576 representationa1602 notion1607 dicible1656 pseudo-concept1866 cogitatum1878 1607 B. Jonson Volpone ii. i. sig. D3 I haue some generall notions; I do loue To note, and to obserue. View more context for this quotation 1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) ii. §1 Charity, without which Faith is a meer notion, and of no existence. View more context for this quotation c1680 W. Beveridge Serm. (1729) I. 279 That you may be able to form such an idea or notion of it. 1738 S.-Carolina Gaz. 2 Nov. 2/2 In order to give the Men a better Notion and Insight into the Exercise, the Officers drew out and form'd a distinct Company. 1760 S. Johnson Idler 15 Mar. 81 Her Notion of a Joke is not very delicate. 1781 W. Cowper Truth 424 His books well trimm'd..teach him notions splendid as themselves. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. xi. 280 Wayland Smith..had a good notion of horse diseases. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers l. 543 ‘Not a bad notion that, Sam,’ said Mr. Bob Sawyer approvingly. 1873 W. Black Princess of Thule xx. 330 The notion of my marrying her is absurd. 1934 G. B. Shaw Too True to be Good Pref. 8 Leave the reveller with a completely false notion of what a lifetime of such revelry would be. 1953 M. Kennedy Troy Chimneys (new ed.) 34 Everything at the park was always so flat and spiritless. They had no notion of fun. 1982 G. M. Fraser Flashman & Redskins 109 We, sir, have some notions of loyalty and good behaviour, I hope. b. Esp. in negative contexts: an inkling, a suspicion; a hint. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > [noun] > slight knowledge inkling1546 inkleth1568 umbrage1669 notion1698 conception1796 1698 S. Ronaldshay 72 As soon as Mr. Alexr. heard the least notion of his being under the scandal of fornication. 1705 J. Logan in Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylvania (1872) X. 365 I never had the least notion of thy mortgaging the quit-rents. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 41 He had no Thoughts, no Notion of its being me. 1777 A. Grant Let. 15 Mar. in Lett. from Mountains (1806) III. 11 You have no notion how townified folks are in all these little garrisons. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. iii. 221 Little notion, indeed, could the bishops have possessed of the position in which they were standing. 1878 J. T. Trowbridge Guy Vernon in G. P. Lathrop Masque of Poets 181 How he first Learned of the complication, I've no notion. a1918 W. Owen Coll. Poems (1963) 38 Happy the soldier home, with not a notion How somewhere, every dawn, some men attack, And many sighs are drained. 1954 I. Murdoch Under Net ii. 30 ‘I am not so at all,’ I said. ‘Anyway I have no notion where she is.’ 1982 H. Hood Black & White Keys ii. 93 I had no notion that the officers and men of the RCNVR faced precisely the same dangers as those of the regular force. c. A rudiment, an element; a basic idea. Now rare.Chiefly in plural in the titles of textbooks. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > study > subject or object of study > [noun] > rudiments elements1382 ABCa1393 ground1528 introduction1532 principles1532 rudiments1534 institution1537 accidence1562 institute1578 alphabet1593 ut, re1598 gamut1600 Christ-cross-row1608 grammates1633 initiament1727 notion1839 propaedeutics1842 rudimentaries1852 1839 A. De Morgan (title) First notions of logic, preparatory to the study of geometry. 1872 C. P. Mason (title) First notions of grammar for young learners. 1880 A. Milnes (title) Elementary notions of logic. 1913 P. Gibbs (title) First notions on social service. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > [noun] to owe a wolda1325 meaninga1387 significationa1398 understanding1433 pretensionc1443 intellect?a1475 tendment1519 sense1530 reciprocation1604 sensing1613 denotation1614 apprehension1615 explicitness1630 sounda1631 notion1646 bodementa1657 means1656 force1709 notation1829 connotation1865 content1875 territory1875 1646 H. Hammond View Exceptions to Visct. Falkland's Disc. Infallibilitie 59 Probable being more than credible in the ordinary notion of the words. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. v. §5 This being then the chief notion of a Prophet. 1713 R. Bentley Remarks Disc. Free-thinking I. xxxi. 61 For pray, what's the Notion of the word Canon? ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > phrase > [noun] > term or expression wordeOE terma1398 conveyance1586 epithet1600 terminations1600 notion1655 description1826 1655 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans (ed. 2) ii. Pref. sig. A3 This Kingdom hath abounded with those ingenious persons, which in the late notion are termed Wits. 1657 J. Trapp Comm. Psalms iii. 2 [Selah] The Greek maketh it only a Musical Notion. 7. A slang phrase or term in use at Winchester College; a custom, conceit, or peculiarity enshrined in the culture of the school. Also in plural (with capital initial): the slang of Winchester College. ΚΠ 1866 J. M. Callender (title) Winton notions. 1891 R. G. K. Wrench (title) A Winchester word-book. A collection of past and present notions. 1912 H. Jackson Let. 9 Apr. in R. St. J. Parry Henry Jackson OM (1926) 151 I have an impression, derived (I think) from an illustrated MS notion book, that football at Winchester in the forties was different from what it is now. 1969 C. Stevens Notions (Winchester College) (typescript) 156 In 1920, it was..a Praefects' and Tollykeepers' notion to carry the gown. 1996 C. Stray Mushri-Eng. Pronouncing Dict. i. 11 The intensely localised nature of Notions is apparent in the first known word list, compiled in 1842. 1996 C. Stray Mushri-Eng. Pronouncing Dict. i. 12 Winchester had its own form of football, played only there, whose rules, and hence the ‘notions’ embedded in them, reflected its unique physical setting. II. An impulse or disposition, and related senses. 8. a. An inclination, disposition, or desire to do something specified; a fancy for something (now esp. a capricious one); a whim.Frequently followed by of with gerund, or the to-infinitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > [noun] willeOE hearteOE i-willc888 self-willeOE intent?c1225 device1303 couragec1320 talentc1325 greec1330 voluntyc1330 fantasyc1374 likinga1375 disposingc1380 pleasancea1382 affectionc1390 wish1390 disposition1393 affecta1398 likea1400 lista1400 pleasingc1400 emplesance1424 pleasurec1425 well-willingc1443 notiona1450 mindc1450 fancy1465 empleseur1473 hest?a1513 plighta1535 inclination1541 cue1567 month's mind1580 disposedness1583 leaning1587 humour1595 wouldings1613 beneplacit1643 wouldingness1645 vergency1649 bene-placiture1662 good liking1690 draught1758 tida1774 inkling1787 a1450 York Plays (1885) 316 (MED) Nowe be my nociens, myght I negh nere þe..schulde I lere þe To lordis to speke curtaisely. 1660 S. Ronaldshay 31 He went of his own notione. 1746 H. Walpole Let. 3 July in Corr. (1941) IX. 36 I have no notion of going to anybody's house, and have the servants look on the arms of the chaise to find out one's name. 1773 D. Jones Jrnl. 9 Feb. (1865) 100 It would have been otherwise, if I had come last fall, while they were in the notion of it. 1776 J. Verrieul Let. 17 Apr. in F. Chase Hist. Dartmouth Coll. (1891) I. vi. 347 Ther was Ten Regt ordert to march for Newyoark, and I toock a notion to go with them. 1807 P. Gass Jrnls. 225 The Indian..said he had a notion to cross the mountains with us. 1826 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 7 Oct. 73 The Gloucestershire people have no notion of dying with hunger. 1891 C. Roberts Adrift in Amer. 207 After being here for a week, I took a notion to leave, and accordingly did so. 1946 L. Lenski Blue Ridge Billy viii. 115 ‘You're a master-hand for notions, gal,’ scolded Granny. 1957 ‘R. West’ Fountain Overflows vii. 153 She could not understand why they had got this silly notion of wearing coats and trousers in bed when nightshirts were so much easier to iron. 1985 M. Monroe Upper Room (1986) vi. 32 The one what got to my house and sucked up all my beer then had a notion to rape me. b. British regional (chiefly Scottish) and U.S. regional. A liking or affection for someone, esp. one of a romantic or sexual nature. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > liking or favourable regard > [noun] loveeOE well-likinglOE favoura1340 liking1340 greea1400 study?c1400 benevolence1423 lustc1430 carec1540 goût1586 like1589 infection1600 predilection1626 notion1789 grá1833 shindy1855 hard-on1949 1789 A. Steel Shepherd's Wedding 14 I hae lang, altho' I didna tell, Had a strang notion o' the lass mysel. 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 226 In the regular routine of a proper matrimonial transaction; first, taking the notion; secondly, courting. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 65 The boy might get a notion into him; The girl might be entangled ere she knew. 1864 T. L. Nichols Forty Years Amer. Life I. 386 A plain girl is as homely as a hedge-fence, but a Yankee may have a kinder sneakin' notion arter her. 1898 S. MacManus Bend of Road 18 Don't you go for to tell me..that the Masther hadn't a notion, an' a mortal powerful notion, of the Widow's Mary. 1916 J. C. Lincoln Mary-'Gusta 330 They thoug-ht as much of Farmer as they did of themselves. He was that kind—you couldn't help takin' a notion to him. 1920 G. P. Dunbar Peat Reek 39 For a notion he'd ta'en tae the fowk o' Drumclack. 1985 A. Blair Tea at Miss Cranston's ix. 74 This soldier took a notion to my granny. c. colloquial (now chiefly Irish English). In plural. Pretensions, affectations; ambitions or desires beyond what might be expected of one's social position, class, community, etc. Often in to get (also have) notions.Cf. ideas above one's station at above adv., prep., n., and adj. Phrases 8b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] affectation1548 affection1570 phantastry1656 stilt1735 fal-lal1775 coxcombality1785 meemaw1790 posture-making1797 attitudinarianism1803 attitudinizing1812 piminy1819 stiltishness1824 niminy-piminyism1840 gyvera1866 notion1866 attitudinization1871 effectism1871 jam1882 chichi1908 poncing1969 pseudery1972 the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [noun] pensifulnessc1450 affectation1548 affection1570 affectedness1622 lady aira1637 fastuousness1649 gentility1650 fastuosity1656 vapouring1656 flatulency1662 hoity-toity1668 pretendingness1701 with an air1701 pretension1706 flatulence1711 uppishness1716 high and mightiness1771 pensieness1825 fine-gentlemanism1831 pretentiousness1838 ambitiousness1845 stuckupishness1853 pretensiveness1859 notion1866 side1870 dog1871 hoity-toityism1881 superiority complex1921 snootiness1932 uppitiness1935 snottiness1973 snoot1984 swag2002 the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > pretend to superiority [verb (intransitive)] to make it goodlyc1325 usurpc1400 to take state upon one1597 to come over ——1600 to gentilize it1607 to state it1625 to give oneself airs1701 to put on airs1715 to mount (also ride) the high horse1782 to put on (the) dog1865 to get (also have) notions1866 to put on side1870 to have a roll on1881 to put (or pile) on lugs1889 side1890 to put on the Ritz1921 1866 C. Adams John Hartley ii. 13 ‘I hope, John,’ replied his mother, gravely, ‘that you are not getting high notions—notions above your station.’ ‘No, mother, I am not,’ said the boy. ‘I know I am born poor.’ 1900 Table Talk (Melbourne) 26 July 14/3 He had a jauntier air than usual, and flicked his crop in a dandy fashion on one of his corduroys. Mr. Shiels is surely getting notions. 1971 S. O'Faoláin Talking Trees 83 His sister Jenny had been thrown out of class that morning in St Monica's for turning up with a red ribbon in her hair... ‘Ould Sister Eustasia..said they didn't want any girls in their school who had notions.’ 2020 Daily Mirror (Ireland) (Nexis) 18 June 15 I have a fear of her attending ballet class because I don't want her getting notions. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > [noun] sightc1175 thoughtc1175 imagination1340 thinking1340 conceptiona1387 imaginativea1398 phantasm1490 concept1536 fetch1549 conceit1556 conceiving1559 fancy1581 notion1647 fantastic1764 ideality1815 ideoplasty1884 phantastikon1917 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. sig. A4v Ambition hath done much..to bring forth Monarchy out of the wombe of notion. 1671 J. Glanvill Further Discov. Stubbe 11 I spake of the Natural Philosophers, and their Methods, which were made up of Notion, and ministred to everlasting Disputes. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > [noun] > creative design or product findalOE ideaa1586 conception1587 creationa1616 birth1625 brainchild1631 constructurea1652 notion1742 construction1796 baby1890 1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Second 18 And Other worlds send Odours, Sauce, and Song, And Robes, and Notions, fram'd in foreign Looms. 11. In plural. a. Chiefly North American. Small wares, esp. cheap, useful articles. Now chiefly: spec. haberdashery; buttons, hooks, ribbon, thread, etc.Yankee notions: see Yankee n. and adj. Compounds b. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > fancy goods fancy goods1792 notions1796 Yankee notions1819 1796 Aurora (Philadelphia) 1 Feb. A nest of Boston boxes, commonly called notions. 1803 F. Asbury Jrnl. 13 June (1821) III. 106 How would it tell to the South, that priests were among the notions of Yankee traffick? 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd I. iii. xiv. 278 Mr. Hoskins and his wife, with a great cargo of wares and other notions in their waggons, arrived. 1842 C. M. Kirkland Forest Life II. xxxix. 166 Can I suit ye to-day, ma'am? I've all sorts o' notions. 1876 C. D. Warner Winter on Nile xii. 157 The artisans work up ostrich feathers into a variety of ‘notions’. 1902 G. H. Lorimer Lett. Merchant 135 I was traveling out of Chicago for hammer & Hawkins, wholesale dry-goods, gent's furnishings and notions. 1964 McCall's Sewing in Colour ii. 22 While making a list of the fabrics and trims needed, check the ‘Notions’ section to see what notions are needed. 1978 A. S. Byatt Virgin in Garden xix. 192 Down past the ground floor, a mart of little things, a Vanity Fair of notions and necessities, novelties, and eye-catchers. 1992 E. Lipman Way Men Act (1993) 6 They put everything back in the green bag from Goldenberg's department Store—the pattern pieces pinned to the fabric, the notions, [etc.]. ΚΠ 1805 Ann. Rev. 3 31 The Americans.., finding no longer a market there for their lumber cargoes, or notions, as they call them. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. v. 68 Her cargo consisted of what the Americans called notions, that is, in English, an assorted cargo. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxxv. 133 A cargo of fresh provisions, mules, tin bake-pans and other notions. 1872 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 398 A schooner full of ‘fish & notions’, a flag of truce to the enemy, and a free range of the seas. Compounds C1. a. (In sense 2.) notion-building n. ΚΠ 1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma x. 320 A piece of metaphysical notion-building. ΚΠ 1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma xi. 346 To read between the lines of a notion-work is absurd, for it is of the essence of a notion-work not to need it. b. (In sense 11.) (a) notion counter n. ΚΠ 1891 S. Fiske Holiday Stories (Boston ed.) ii. 39 I went to the store..and recognized her..at the notion counter. 1913 F. H. Burnett T. Tembarom xx. 264 The young lady from the notion counter (those wonderful shops!). 1992 Sea News Dec. 19/2 A convenient way to assemble the findings for a custom belt is to peruse the ‘buckle boutique’ at your favorite fabric store's notion counter. notion pedlar n. ΚΠ 1932 L. C. Douglas Forgive us our Trespasses i. 1 The steel-bowed spectacles that had been her mother's, had of a notion peddler for two dozen eggs & a pound of butter. ΚΠ 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 501 A notion-vessel on the west coast of America is a perfect bazaar. (b) notion-peddling adj. ΚΠ 1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. I. iv. iii. 214 He swore that he would have nothing more to do with such a squatting, bundling, guessing,..notion-peddling crew. C2. notion seller n. (also notions seller) a seller of haberdashery, small items, etc. ΚΠ 1839 Chemung (N.Y.) Democrat 17 Apr. A ‘notion seller’ was offering Yankee clocks, &c. 1997 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 7 Aug. 3 The slump in business was evident everywhere, from the felafel vendors to the notions sellers. notion store n. (also notions store) a shop selling haberdashery, etc. ΚΠ 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd I. iii. x. 251 A small seed and notion store. 1915 W. Cather Song of Lark i. v. 34 She used to sit for hours in Mrs. Smiley's millinery and notion store. 2001 Real Estate Weekly (Nexis) 15 Aug. 2 The conversion of these two buildings..will transform the mostly empty 50-year home of a yam and notions store. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > system of writing > [noun] > thought-writing ideography1836 word-writing1843 thought-writing1860 notion-writing1863 1863 J. Summers Handbk. Chinese Introd. p. xviii Notion-writing..is independent of any given language and conveys its meaning to the understanding immediately through the eye. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). notionv. rare. ΚΠ 1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper i. 8 I have therefore notioned and cast the Text according to the number of the verses, into three plain and conspicuous members. 2. transitive. To conceive, imagine, envisage. ΚΠ 1894 W. D. Howells Let. 4 Aug. in Sel. Lett. (1981) IV. 72 I finished it [sc. a book] today at a single sprawling (on the bed). It is delightfully notioned. 1997 San Antonio (Texas) Express-News (Nexis) 19 Jan. j7 The proposed international event, vaguely notioned as having to do with digital communications..is generating a great deal of intellectual exercise. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1398v.1641 |
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