† occasionaryadj.

Forms: late Middle English occasionarie, late Middle English occasionarye, 1700s occasionary.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: occasion n.¹, -ary suffix¹.

Etymology: < occasion n.¹ + -ary suffix¹. Compare occasionarily adv. Compare post-classical Latin occasionarius (adjective) taking advantage of opportunities (10th cent.), French †occasionnaire (noun) adventurer (1671).

Obsolete.

1. Affording opportunity, conducive.

ΚΠ

c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 417 (MED) Þe hool brood world was so occasionarie to yuel and ful of impedymentis letting from good.

c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica iv. 254 When the sonne shyneth sumwhat breme, and the feruencye of his hete is occasionarye, as it were, among theym a fronesye, then they renne to-gedre by the heddes as they were starke madde.

2. Occasional, made for a particular occasion.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [adjective] > written for specific occasion

occasional1687

occasionary1702

1702 G. Farquhar (title) Love and business: in a collection of occasionary verse and epistolary prose.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	occasionary
释义	† occasionaryadj. Forms: late Middle English occasionarie, late Middle English occasionarye, 1700s occasionary. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: occasion n.¹, -ary suffix¹. Etymology: < occasion n.¹ + -ary suffix¹. Compare occasionarily adv. Compare post-classical Latin occasionarius (adjective) taking advantage of opportunities (10th cent.), French †occasionnaire (noun) adventurer (1671). Obsolete. 1. Affording opportunity, conducive. ΚΠ c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 417 (MED) Þe hool brood world was so occasionarie to yuel and ful of impedymentis letting from good. c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica iv. 254 When the sonne shyneth sumwhat breme, and the feruencye of his hete is occasionarye, as it were, among theym a fronesye, then they renne to-gedre by the heddes as they were starke madde. 2. Occasional, made for a particular occasion. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [adjective] > written for specific occasion occasional1687 occasionary1702 1702 G. Farquhar (title) Love and business: in a collection of occasionary verse and epistolary prose. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.c1443
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