† opimeadj.n.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin opīmus.

Etymology: < classical Latin opīmus rich, sumptuous, abundant, of unknown origin. Compare Middle French, French opime (1558 in Rabelais; 1571 in dépouilles opimes, after classical Latin spolia opīma) Italian opimo (a1321), Spanish opimo (1559–1613). With use as noun compare classical Latin opīma (neuter plural), short for spolia opīma.

Obsolete.

Rich, abundant; sumptuous, splendid. Also in †opime spoils [after classical Latin spolia opīma] : spoils taken from one general or commander by another (originally, from one defeated in single combat). Occasionally as n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [adjective] > sumptuous

richc1275

costful1340

costious1340

costlewa1387

costlya1400

costy?c1430

sumptuous1458

opimec1540

dapatical1623

pollucible1623

opiparous1628

lautitious1648

opimous1656

superb1669

plushy1884

plush1890

Ritzian1908

c1540 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1903) II. iv. ix. 80 Na spuleȝeis may be callit opime bot onelie þai quhilkis ar takin be ane duke fra ane vthir.

1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 426 Those great and opime Preferments and Dignities which thy ambitious and wordly minde so longingly hankers after.

1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel vi. 183 He had taken the more easie and opime places.

1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Wks. (1737) v. 232 Th' Opime you'd linquish for the Macerated.

1738–9 J. Nixon Let. in E. Hamilton Mordaunts (1965) viii. 168 While we were eating our Supper we order'd a Turkey to be roasted for our Dinner on ye morrow. Charged with these Opima Spoila we return'd triumphant to our Ship.

1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives II. 366 These which a Roman general takes from the general of the enemy, they call opime spoils.

1839 Southern Literary Messenger 5 97/2 I killed three—my first exploit at gunnery. Those three birds were veritable opime spoils to me.

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

单词	opime
释义	† opimeadj.n. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin opīmus. Etymology: < classical Latin opīmus rich, sumptuous, abundant, of unknown origin. Compare Middle French, French opime (1558 in Rabelais; 1571 in dépouilles opimes, after classical Latin spolia opīma) Italian opimo (a1321), Spanish opimo (1559–1613). With use as noun compare classical Latin opīma (neuter plural), short for spolia opīma. Obsolete. Rich, abundant; sumptuous, splendid. Also in †opime spoils [after classical Latin spolia opīma] : spoils taken from one general or commander by another (originally, from one defeated in single combat). Occasionally as n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [adjective] > sumptuous richc1275 costful1340 costious1340 costlewa1387 costlya1400 costy?c1430 sumptuous1458 opimec1540 dapatical1623 pollucible1623 opiparous1628 lautitious1648 opimous1656 superb1669 plushy1884 plush1890 Ritzian1908 c1540 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1903) II. iv. ix. 80 Na spuleȝeis may be callit opime bot onelie þai quhilkis ar takin be ane duke fra ane vthir. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 426 Those great and opime Preferments and Dignities which thy ambitious and wordly minde so longingly hankers after. 1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel vi. 183 He had taken the more easie and opime places. 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Wks. (1737) v. 232 Th' Opime you'd linquish for the Macerated. 1738–9 J. Nixon Let. in E. Hamilton Mordaunts (1965) viii. 168 While we were eating our Supper we order'd a Turkey to be roasted for our Dinner on ye morrow. Charged with these Opima Spoila we return'd triumphant to our Ship. 1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives II. 366 These which a Roman general takes from the general of the enemy, they call opime spoils. 1839 Southern Literary Messenger 5 97/2 I killed three—my first exploit at gunnery. Those three birds were veritable opime spoils to me. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < adj.n.c1540
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