† othingn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English o , one adj., thing n.¹

Etymology: < o, variant of one adj. + thing n.¹, after nothing pron. and n.O thing is found from early Middle English to the 16th cent. in the general sense ‘one thing’; the uses below appear to be specifically modelled on nothing, something, etc.

Obsolete. rare.

One thing (contrasted with nothing or other).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > [noun] > one thing

singularityc1374

simple1483

one1543

othing1555

unary1576

item1578

unity1587

single1646

individual1659

1555 J. Heywood Two Hundred Epigrammes with Thyrde sig. B.ii As yl this othyng: Ill sauerd sumthyng, as vnsauerd nothyng.

1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie xcii Saith as those honest saie: or saith nothing, Axe him not what he thinkth, for marke this othing: Whose deede and his thought: repungnantlie varie, His woord and his thought: iar likewise contrarie.

1570 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandry (new ed.) f. 39 Ill huswifery o thinge or other muste craue.

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

单词	othing
释义	† othingn. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English o , one adj., thing n.¹ Etymology: < o, variant of one adj. + thing n.¹, after nothing pron. and n.O thing is found from early Middle English to the 16th cent. in the general sense ‘one thing’; the uses below appear to be specifically modelled on nothing, something, etc. Obsolete. rare. One thing (contrasted with nothing or other). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > [noun] > one thing singularityc1374 simple1483 one1543 othing1555 unary1576 item1578 unity1587 single1646 individual1659 1555 J. Heywood Two Hundred Epigrammes with Thyrde sig. B.ii As yl this othyng: Ill sauerd sumthyng, as vnsauerd nothyng. 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie xcii Saith as those honest saie: or saith nothing, Axe him not what he thinkth, for marke this othing: Whose deede and his thought: repungnantlie varie, His woord and his thought: iar likewise contrarie. 1570 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandry (new ed.) f. 39 Ill huswifery o thinge or other muste craue. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1555
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