† opificen.

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

Etymology: < Middle French opifice (1545; 13th cent. in Old French as opifisse ) or its etymon classical Latin opificium the performance of constructive work, in post-classical Latin also the thing constructed (4th cent.) < opifex opifex n. + -ium -y suffix⁴. Compare earlier opificer n.

Obsolete.

The doing or making of something; construction, workmanship. Also: the thing made or constructed.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > work > product of work > [noun]

workeOE

workingc1350

notea1400

piece of work1473

overage1474

workmanship1523

piece1604

opificec1616

jobbie1950

society > occupation and work > industry > manufacture or production > [noun]

makinglOE

workinga1382

forge1390

fashion1463

facture1574

workmanship1578

fabrication1602

manufaction1602

opificec1616

manufacture1622

makec1631

manufactorya1641

manufact1647

manufacturage1665

manufacturing1669

production1767

mfg.1854

artificing1866

process work1881

machine-production1898

metal-bending1964

society > occupation and work > industry > manufacture or production > [noun] > style or manner of

makea1325

workinga1382

Paris work1423

facturec1425

opificec1616

technica1782

technique1883

technic1905

c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) i. 104 Looke on the heavens..looke, I say, Doth not their goodly opifice display A power 'bove Nature?

1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Ccc* Bees..suppeditate both Aliments and Medicaments to man by their own opifice.

1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 302 God so manifestes himself in the whole opifice of the Universe.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	opifice
释义	† opificen. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French opifice; Latin opificium. Etymology: < Middle French opifice (1545; 13th cent. in Old French as opifisse ) or its etymon classical Latin opificium the performance of constructive work, in post-classical Latin also the thing constructed (4th cent.) < opifex opifex n. + -ium -y suffix⁴. Compare earlier opificer n. Obsolete. The doing or making of something; construction, workmanship. Also: the thing made or constructed. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > product of work > [noun] workeOE workingc1350 notea1400 piece of work1473 overage1474 workmanship1523 piece1604 opificec1616 jobbie1950 society > occupation and work > industry > manufacture or production > [noun] makinglOE workinga1382 forge1390 fashion1463 facture1574 workmanship1578 fabrication1602 manufaction1602 opificec1616 manufacture1622 makec1631 manufactorya1641 manufact1647 manufacturage1665 manufacturing1669 production1767 mfg.1854 artificing1866 process work1881 machine-production1898 metal-bending1964 society > occupation and work > industry > manufacture or production > [noun] > style or manner of makea1325 workinga1382 Paris work1423 facturec1425 opificec1616 technica1782 technique1883 technic1905 c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) i. 104 Looke on the heavens..looke, I say, Doth not their goodly opifice display A power 'bove Nature? 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Ccc* Bees..suppeditate both Aliments and Medicaments to man by their own opifice. 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 302 God so manifestes himself in the whole opifice of the Universe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.c1616
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