notabilityn.

Brit.

/ˌnəʊtəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌnoʊdəˈbɪlᵻdi/

Forms: Middle English natabilitee (transmission error), Middle English notabilite, Middle English notabilitee, Middle English notabilyte, Middle English notablete, Middle English notablite, Middle English notabylite, 1500s notabylitie, 1700s– notability.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French notabilité; Latin notabilitas.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman notabilité notable matter and Middle French, French notabilité noteworthiness (1260–70 in Old French), prominent person (1802) or its etymon post-classical Latin notabilitas indication, distinctive mark (5th cent.), distinction (c1125 in a British source), noteworthy point (late 14th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin notābilis notable adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Spanish notabilidad (early 15th cent. or earlier), Italian notabilità (1745), Portuguese notabilidade (1783).

†a. A notable fact or circumstance. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > that which is important > worthy of notice

notabilityc1390

notables1484

bumming sound1598

grandee1622

observable1639

remarkable1639

observanda1663

remark1675

observation1736

crowning glory1780

attentiona1806

notabilia1849

day1918

one for the (end) books (also book)1922

c1390 (?c1350) St. Augustine 1739 in C. Horstmann Sammlung Altengl. Legenden (1878) 91 (MED) Hit is an old notabilite Þat þreo þingus þer be Þat worldliche men disiren here.

c1390 G. Chaucer Nun's Priest's Tale 4399 He in a cronycle saufly myghte it write As for a souereyn notabilitee.

c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 1 (MED) Thys Abbreuyat Tretesse shal..declare the..fundacion of oure hoely placys..with other notabiliteis.

c1430 N. Love Mirror Blessed Life (Brasenose e.9) (1908) 115 (MED) Leuinge the processe..we schulle only telle the notabilitees there vppon schortly to edificacioun.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 474 These iij notabilitees..is worth to hem..a buyschel ful of gold.

a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 201 (MED) I write dyuers rygh good and necessary notabilitees of the vertu of Prayere.

1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 16 (MED) Vnto your sapience I wyll remember a notabilyte Of your elders rule and regymence.

b. A famous or prominent person.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [noun]

kingeOE

master-spiritc1175

douzepersc1330

sire1362

worthya1375

lantern1382

sira1400

greatc1400

noblec1400

persona1425

lightc1425

magnate?a1439

worthyman1439

personagec1460

giant1535

honourablec1540

triedc1540

magnifico1573

ornament1573

signor1583

hero1592

grandee1604

prominent1608

name1611

magnificent1612

choice spirita1616

illustricity1637

luminary1692

lion1715

swell1786

notable1796

top-sawyer1826

star1829

celebrity1831

notability1832

notoriety1841

mighty1853

tycoon1861

reputation1870

public figure1871

star turn1885

headliner1896

front-pager1899

legend1899

celeb1907

big name1909

big-timer1917

Hall of Famer1948

megastar1969

1832 J. S. Mill Lett. (1910) I. 33 There is need that the march of mind should raise up new spiritual notabilities; for it seems as though all the old ones with one accord were departing out of the world together. In a few days or weeks the world has lost the three greatest men in it in their several departments—Goethe, Bentham, and Cuvier.

1851 Fraser's Mag. 43 257 Along with other ancient ‘notabilities’, Cleopatra and Mark Antony were addicted to the pastime.

1897 ‘S. Tytler’ Lady Jean's Son 193 Another notability was the gypsy beauty.

1934 D. Thomas Let. Dec. (1987) 178 I have met a number of new notabilities including Henry Moore, the sculptor.

1986 A. Powell Fisher King i. 8 Gary Lament..would, as a Fleet Street notability, undoubtedly have taken up a place at the Captain's table.

c. A noteworthy object or feature. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [noun] > a special thing > an exceptional feature

quirka1616

singularity1663

peculiarity1751

purlicues1808

notability1856

idiasm1868

1856 C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain ii. ix. 428 Mr. Ogilvie came to Ethel's other side, and began to point out all the various notabilities.

1922 H. S. Salt Call of Wildflower xxi. 153 The smaller notabilities [sc. unusual plants] of the district have to be personally searched for; they do not obtrude themselves on the wayfarer's glance.

a. Noteworthiness, distinction, prominence; an instance of this.In quot. a1425: excellence, pre-eminence.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > state of being noteworthy or remarkable > [noun]

notec1400

notabilitya1425

notablenessc1450

remarkableness1623

signality1650

noteworthiness1852

a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1869) I. 99 Þan shal the liȝt of Crist go down fro dwellinge in þis world, and shyne in þe toþer worlde..for notablete [v.rr. notablite, notabilite] of Crist.

1850 Examiner 15 June 370/3 All the upper classes, whether so by birth, or wealth, by profession, or notability, have leagued to nullify, if not put down, the Republic.

1881 J. A. Froude Short Stud. (1883) IV. ii. iv. 207 I need not mention names which have no historical notability.

1958 C. A. Larson Who i. 17 Eminence—or at least notability—appears historically to stabilize at a proportion somewhere around three in every 10,000 of the population.

1991 E. Yorks. Village Bk. (BNC) 120 It [sc. the village of Kexby] has always enjoyed a notability out of all relation to its size.

2002 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 6 Mar. viii. 1 One of the recipe's claims to notability was that somehow ‘its dough was allowed to rise underwater’.

†b. Competence and efficiency in household matters (usually as a quality of a woman); = notableness n. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > [noun] > management or administration > domestic management

housewifeship?c1225

cove and keyc1250

husbandryc1300

economica1393

ménagea1393

householda1398

householdinga1425

housewifery1440

economyc1454

economics1535

house rule1579

householdry1581

managery1586

housekeeping1652

household management1741

notability1756

homebuilding1757

domestic economy1778

Wirtschaft1841

homekeeping1846

housecraft1848

homemaking1863

home economics1872

home science1886

household science1896

domestic science1897

1756 C. Powys Passages from Diaries Mrs. Powys (1899) 10 I've heard Mr Jackson talk of Lady Leicester's great notability... Her dairy is the neatest place you can imagine, the whole marble.

1786 A. Hughes Zoriada I. 17 That half her sex had either her notability, or her talents for being trusty.

1788 A. Hughes Henry & Isabella IV. 93 This grand quality was, in her estimation, divided into two heads, modesty and notability.

1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family III. 141 Mrs. Mourtray, who had resumed all her former notability, bustled about her house as usual.

1842 J. W. Orderson Creoleana iii. 25 She would..send over little presents of various articles, that served also to show her own notability and domestic skill.

a1865 E. C. Gaskell Wives & Daughters (1866) II. xxv. 261 Mary has infected me with her notability, and I'm going to work mamma a footstool.

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

单词	notability
释义	notabilityn. Brit. /ˌnəʊtəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /ˌnoʊdəˈbɪlᵻdi/ Forms: Middle English natabilitee (transmission error), Middle English notabilite, Middle English notabilitee, Middle English notabilyte, Middle English notablete, Middle English notablite, Middle English notabylite, 1500s notabylitie, 1700s– notability. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French notabilité; Latin notabilitas. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman notabilité notable matter and Middle French, French notabilité noteworthiness (1260–70 in Old French), prominent person (1802) or its etymon post-classical Latin notabilitas indication, distinctive mark (5th cent.), distinction (c1125 in a British source), noteworthy point (late 14th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin notābilis notable adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Spanish notabilidad (early 15th cent. or earlier), Italian notabilità (1745), Portuguese notabilidade (1783). 1. †a. A notable fact or circumstance. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > that which is important > worthy of notice notabilityc1390 notables1484 bumming sound1598 grandee1622 observable1639 remarkable1639 observanda1663 remark1675 observation1736 crowning glory1780 attentiona1806 notabilia1849 day1918 one for the (end) books (also book)1922 c1390 (?c1350) St. Augustine 1739 in C. Horstmann Sammlung Altengl. Legenden (1878) 91 (MED) Hit is an old notabilite Þat þreo þingus þer be Þat worldliche men disiren here. c1390 G. Chaucer Nun's Priest's Tale 4399 He in a cronycle saufly myghte it write As for a souereyn notabilitee. c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 1 (MED) Thys Abbreuyat Tretesse shal..declare the..fundacion of oure hoely placys..with other notabiliteis. c1430 N. Love Mirror Blessed Life (Brasenose e.9) (1908) 115 (MED) Leuinge the processe..we schulle only telle the notabilitees there vppon schortly to edificacioun. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 474 These iij notabilitees..is worth to hem..a buyschel ful of gold. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 201 (MED) I write dyuers rygh good and necessary notabilitees of the vertu of Prayere. 1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 16 (MED) Vnto your sapience I wyll remember a notabilyte Of your elders rule and regymence. b. A famous or prominent person. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [noun] kingeOE master-spiritc1175 douzepersc1330 sire1362 worthya1375 lantern1382 sira1400 greatc1400 noblec1400 persona1425 lightc1425 magnate?a1439 worthyman1439 personagec1460 giant1535 honourablec1540 triedc1540 magnifico1573 ornament1573 signor1583 hero1592 grandee1604 prominent1608 name1611 magnificent1612 choice spirita1616 illustricity1637 luminary1692 lion1715 swell1786 notable1796 top-sawyer1826 star1829 celebrity1831 notability1832 notoriety1841 mighty1853 tycoon1861 reputation1870 public figure1871 star turn1885 headliner1896 front-pager1899 legend1899 celeb1907 big name1909 big-timer1917 Hall of Famer1948 megastar1969 1832 J. S. Mill Lett. (1910) I. 33 There is need that the march of mind should raise up new spiritual notabilities; for it seems as though all the old ones with one accord were departing out of the world together. In a few days or weeks the world has lost the three greatest men in it in their several departments—Goethe, Bentham, and Cuvier. 1851 Fraser's Mag. 43 257 Along with other ancient ‘notabilities’, Cleopatra and Mark Antony were addicted to the pastime. 1897 ‘S. Tytler’ Lady Jean's Son 193 Another notability was the gypsy beauty. 1934 D. Thomas Let. Dec. (1987) 178 I have met a number of new notabilities including Henry Moore, the sculptor. 1986 A. Powell Fisher King i. 8 Gary Lament..would, as a Fleet Street notability, undoubtedly have taken up a place at the Captain's table. c. A noteworthy object or feature. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [noun] > a special thing > an exceptional feature quirka1616 singularity1663 peculiarity1751 purlicues1808 notability1856 idiasm1868 1856 C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain ii. ix. 428 Mr. Ogilvie came to Ethel's other side, and began to point out all the various notabilities. 1922 H. S. Salt Call of Wildflower xxi. 153 The smaller notabilities [sc. unusual plants] of the district have to be personally searched for; they do not obtrude themselves on the wayfarer's glance. 2. a. Noteworthiness, distinction, prominence; an instance of this.In quot. a1425: excellence, pre-eminence. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > state of being noteworthy or remarkable > [noun] notec1400 notabilitya1425 notablenessc1450 remarkableness1623 signality1650 noteworthiness1852 a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1869) I. 99 Þan shal the liȝt of Crist go down fro dwellinge in þis world, and shyne in þe toþer worlde..for notablete [v.rr. notablite, notabilite] of Crist. 1850 Examiner 15 June 370/3 All the upper classes, whether so by birth, or wealth, by profession, or notability, have leagued to nullify, if not put down, the Republic. 1881 J. A. Froude Short Stud. (1883) IV. ii. iv. 207 I need not mention names which have no historical notability. 1958 C. A. Larson Who i. 17 Eminence—or at least notability—appears historically to stabilize at a proportion somewhere around three in every 10,000 of the population. 1991 E. Yorks. Village Bk. (BNC) 120 It [sc. the village of Kexby] has always enjoyed a notability out of all relation to its size. 2002 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 6 Mar. viii. 1 One of the recipe's claims to notability was that somehow ‘its dough was allowed to rise underwater’. †b. Competence and efficiency in household matters (usually as a quality of a woman); = notableness n. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [noun] > management or administration > domestic management housewifeship?c1225 cove and keyc1250 husbandryc1300 economica1393 ménagea1393 householda1398 householdinga1425 housewifery1440 economyc1454 economics1535 house rule1579 householdry1581 managery1586 housekeeping1652 household management1741 notability1756 homebuilding1757 domestic economy1778 Wirtschaft1841 homekeeping1846 housecraft1848 homemaking1863 home economics1872 home science1886 household science1896 domestic science1897 1756 C. Powys Passages from Diaries Mrs. Powys (1899) 10 I've heard Mr Jackson talk of Lady Leicester's great notability... Her dairy is the neatest place you can imagine, the whole marble. 1786 A. Hughes Zoriada I. 17 That half her sex had either her notability, or her talents for being trusty. 1788 A. Hughes Henry & Isabella IV. 93 This grand quality was, in her estimation, divided into two heads, modesty and notability. 1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family III. 141 Mrs. Mourtray, who had resumed all her former notability, bustled about her house as usual. 1842 J. W. Orderson Creoleana iii. 25 She would..send over little presents of various articles, that served also to show her own notability and domestic skill. a1865 E. C. Gaskell Wives & Daughters (1866) II. xxv. 261 Mary has infected me with her notability, and I'm going to work mamma a footstool. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1390
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