Pacificwardadv.adj.

Brit.

/pəˈsɪfɪkwəd/, U.S.

/pəˈsɪfɪkˌwərd/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Pacific n.², -ward suffix.

Etymology: < Pacific n.² + -ward suffix. Compare slightly later Pacific-wards adv.

A. adv.

= Pacific-wards adv.

ΚΠ

1867 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 502/2 That Western spirit of perpetual motion which animates every man, woman, and child to a degree thoroughly infectious, so long as his face is turned Pacific-ward.

1918 H. C. Wetmore & Z. Grey Last of Great Scouts i. 4 Influenced..in part, no doubt, by the golden daydreams that lured so many Argonauts Pacificward.

1993 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 25 Nov. a17 What a sneering, we're-all-right-Jack region we've become, protected by geography and chance from the worst of the bad times in the rest of Canada, our faces acquisitively turned Pacificward.

B. adj.

Directed or situated towards the Pacific Ocean.

ΚΠ

1869 Overland Monthly Aug. 159 They did not prophesy that Chinamen should build the Pacificward end of the road.

1945 F. Verdoorn Plants & Plant Sci. in Lat. Amer. 275 Along its [sc. Guatemala's] southwestern Pacificward portion occur 14 major volcanoes.

1981 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 300 33 Pacificward underthrusting of continental basement..may account for the apparent enigma in the southern Andes.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pacificward
释义	Pacificwardadv.adj. Brit. /pəˈsɪfɪkwəd/, U.S. /pəˈsɪfɪkˌwərd/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Pacific n.², -ward suffix. Etymology: < Pacific n.² + -ward suffix. Compare slightly later Pacific-wards adv. A. adv. = Pacific-wards adv. ΚΠ 1867 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 502/2 That Western spirit of perpetual motion which animates every man, woman, and child to a degree thoroughly infectious, so long as his face is turned Pacific-ward. 1918 H. C. Wetmore & Z. Grey Last of Great Scouts i. 4 Influenced..in part, no doubt, by the golden daydreams that lured so many Argonauts Pacificward. 1993 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 25 Nov. a17 What a sneering, we're-all-right-Jack region we've become, protected by geography and chance from the worst of the bad times in the rest of Canada, our faces acquisitively turned Pacificward. B. adj. Directed or situated towards the Pacific Ocean. ΚΠ 1869 Overland Monthly Aug. 159 They did not prophesy that Chinamen should build the Pacificward end of the road. 1945 F. Verdoorn Plants & Plant Sci. in Lat. Amer. 275 Along its [sc. Guatemala's] southwestern Pacificward portion occur 14 major volcanoes. 1981 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 300 33 Pacificward underthrusting of continental basement..may account for the apparent enigma in the southern Andes. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.adj.1867
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