单词 | ownage |
释义 | ownagen. 1. The fact of owning something; ownership. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > owning > [noun] auchteOE owningOE propertya1393 propriety1486 ownage1576 1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 148 All my commendations and titles of dignitie (if I haue, at least, any in owneage). 1576 A. Fleming tr. Peisistratus in Panoplie Epist. 198 I challenge that vnto me by right of ownage, which the Atheniens..made ouer with assurance to Codrus. 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (iii. 10) 1316 A generall distinction of owneages, was added by the Law of Nations. 2000 Orlando Sentinel (Nexis) 22 Apr. 1 I haven't read up on all the legislation appurtenant to the obligations and rights..of property ownage here in our little slice of paradise. 2. colloquial (chiefly U.S.). The action or fact of utterly defeating or gaining supremacy over an opponent or rival. Cf. own v. 8.In the context of sport or video gaming. ΚΠ 1998 Mesa = GAS CAN in alt.sports.baseball.sf-giants (Usenet newsgroup) 9 Aug. The Giants have won just 13 out of 51 games against the Braves. As Mike Krukow likes to say, ‘That's some serious ownage’. 2006 Gameaxis Unwired Feb. 31/2 Many of our gaming brethren have little or no distinguishable social skills besides pure ownage in the digital domain. 2012 Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, Calif.) (Nexis) 24 Oct. In the All Star Game, Sandoval hit a three-run triple off Verlander. We're talking major ownage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1576 |
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