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单词 obstrict
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obstrictn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin obstrict-, obstringere.
Etymology: < classical Latin obstrict-, past participial stem of obstringere obstringe v.; apparently coined by R. Robinson (see quot. 1617).
Phonetics. Obsolete. rare.
= fricative n. Cf. obstruent n. 3.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [noun] > obstruent > spirant or continuant > fricative
obstrict1617
fricative1863
1617 R. Robinson Art of Pronuntiation sig. B6 Of the seuerall orders of framing of the consonants in the mouth. They are framed in fiue sorts, which I haue named by seuerall names, as mutes, seminutes [sic], greater obstricts, lesser obstricts and a peculiar.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

obstrictadj.

Forms: 1500s obstricte, 1600s obstrict.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin obstrictus.
Etymology: < classical Latin obstrictus bound, obliged, past participle of obstringere obstringe v.
Obsolete. rare.
1. Morally bound or obliged.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > [adjective] > bound or under obligation
indebted?c1225
boundena1400
owingc1400
debtfulc1425
belast1441
beholdena1450
worthy1469
obligate?a1475
subjectc1480
bound1488
debt-bounda1522
obstrict1527
addicted1535
oughting1567
devinct1573
bounded1586
obliged1596
affineda1616
boundant1654
guilty1700
obligated1740
behoven1880
duty-bound1908
due1913
1527 in State Papers Henry VIII (1830) I. 252 His good brother; to whom he recogniseth hym self to be somoche indebted and obstricte.
1565 Ordinance Bk. Merchants of Staple (1937) 153 To sue..every personne obstrict to his constituant either in action or debt.
2. Strict.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > strictness > [adjective]
cruelc1230
straitc1430
closea1466
district1526
hard1577
obstrictc1600
strict1603
restricta1617
uninclining1794
tight1872
headmistressy1972
c1600 in Shropshire Archaeol. Soc. (1880) III. v. 342 The baylyves this yeare dyd diligently looke unto and ov'see the bakers in especially and others artyfyscrs bothe in their assises of breadd and other weights and measures for over charginge the poore in more obstricter maner the' hathe been done before.
1650 J. Reynolds Flower of Fidelitie 149 They would linger till the next day, having appointed each his place, and in his absence given the chief Commanders thereof the obstrict charge.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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