单词 | orderless |
释义 | orderlessadj. Devoid of order, arrangement, regularity, or method; disorderly. ΚΠ 1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys ii. f. xxxiii Though he take vs not hence all at onys orderlesse & at aduenture: hys hygh wysdome ys prayse worthy & not worthy blame. 1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. f. 72v The Italiane is cleane in his fare, the Spaniarde delicate, the Frencheman aboundaunt, the Germane orderlesse [L. inconditus]. 1574 Brieff Disc. Troubles Franckford p. lviii Their ordreles thrustinge themselues in to the churche. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. i. 179 All forme is formelesse, Order orderlesse, Saue what is opposite to Englands loue. View more context for this quotation 1660 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania Pref. sig. C2 An orderlesse rabble of troublesome Chimæras. 1849 K. H. Digby Compitum II. 331 To render all form formless, all order orderless. 1868 W. Lockyer & J. N. Lockyer tr. A. Guillemin Heavens (ed. 3) 369 Are the stars..spread orderless on the celestial vault? 1927 C. C. Martindale Christ is King iii. 47 God can think..in no disorderly, or orderless, way. 1948 Jrnl. Politics 10 362 Constitutional changes most urgently needed in Florida,..would include a fair reapportionment, reorganization of the orderless executive and judiciary departments, [etc.]. 1995 Current Anthropol. 36 628/2 A concept is merely a mental formulation, especially one derived from specific instances and imposed on an orderless reality. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1529 |
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