| 单词 | of the second magnitude |
| 释义 | > as lemmasof the second (third, etc.) magnitude b. figurative. In of the first magnitude, of the greatest importance; outstanding. Similarly, of the second (third, etc.) magnitude. Cf. first adj. 1a. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > most important mosteOE foremostc1000 headOE headlyOE nexta1200 umest1513 primary1565 headest1577 ruling1590 forward1591 capital1597 of the first magnitude1643 palmary1646 top1647 prepondering1651 headmost1661 home1662 life-and-death1804 palmarian1815 bada1825 key1832 première1844 1643 D. Cawdrey Good Man Ded. f. A2v Never did any Kingdome know and finde so great a generation of Scornfull men,..even those of the second and third magnitudes. 1693 G. Stepney tr. Juvenal Sat. viii. 47 Whatever be your Birth, you're sure to be A Peer of the First Magnitude to me. 1706 E. Baynard Hot & Cold Baths in J. Floyer Hist. Cold Bathing (ed. 2) ii. 16 Those that go Snips with their Apothecaries, Villains of the first Magnitude. 1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker xvii. 258 Messieurs Sharpe and Fowler had left..in the persuasion that I was a liar of the first magnitude. 1927 Travel Nov. 18 Today San Antonio is a commercial city of the first magnitude and the metropolis of Texas. 1989 Independent 9 Nov. 29/3 This is a convulsive historical event of the first magnitude. < as lemmas |
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