† Panurgicadj.¹

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Panurge , -ic suffix.

Etymology: < the name of Panurge, a character in Rabelais (1549 in Middle French as a common noun denoting a resourceful person; < ancient Greek πανοῦργος : see panurgic adj.²) + -ic suffix. Compare French panurgien (1844 in Baudelaire).

Obsolete. rare.

Resembling or characteristic of Panurge.Some later quots. at panurgic adj.² (esp. quot. 1953) may be intended as allusions to Panurge.

ΚΠ

a1862 H. D. Thoreau Cape Cod (1865) v. 88 He then proceeded to make preparations for retiring, discoursing meanwhile with Panurgic plainness of speech on the ills to which old humanity is subject.

1862 Eclectic Rev. Jan. 7 For, as we said, wrath can laugh..a torrent or a storm of sad merriment secreting itself behind the gay curtains of Gargantuan and Panurgic fancy.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

panurgicadj.²

Brit.

/panˈəːdʒɪk/, U.S.

/pænˈərdʒɪk/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πανοῦργος , -ic suffix.

Etymology: < ancient Greek πανοῦργος ready to do anything, knavish ( < παν- pan- comb. form + ἔργον work: see erg n.¹) + -ic suffix, perhaps after Panurgic adj.¹ Compare earlier panurgy n.

Able or ready to do anything. Also (occasionally): (derogatory) meddling.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > [adjective] > for, of, or to do something > and ready > to do anything

panurgic1873

1873 J. Morley Rousseau I. 291 Rousseau bade..the panurgic one to attend to his own affairs.

1878 J. Morley Diderot II. xvii. 279 No less panurgic and less encyclopædic a critic than Diderot himself could [etc.].

1906 Science 8 June 869/1 An argument for the compelling, panurgic force of the environment.

1953 J. F. Byrne Silent Years x. 105 This radical change in the British Constitution was accomplished finally by Lloyd George the Panurgic.

1998 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 22 Nov. T9 That's the situation found by the panurgic Judy Maddox, a special agent assigned to the FBI's San Francisco office.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	panurgic
释义	† Panurgicadj.¹ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Panurge , -ic suffix. Etymology: < the name of Panurge, a character in Rabelais (1549 in Middle French as a common noun denoting a resourceful person; < ancient Greek πανοῦργος : see panurgic adj.²) + -ic suffix. Compare French panurgien (1844 in Baudelaire). Obsolete. rare. Resembling or characteristic of Panurge.Some later quots. at panurgic adj.² (esp. quot. 1953) may be intended as allusions to Panurge. ΚΠ a1862 H. D. Thoreau Cape Cod (1865) v. 88 He then proceeded to make preparations for retiring, discoursing meanwhile with Panurgic plainness of speech on the ills to which old humanity is subject. 1862 Eclectic Rev. Jan. 7 For, as we said, wrath can laugh..a torrent or a storm of sad merriment secreting itself behind the gay curtains of Gargantuan and Panurgic fancy. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2019). panurgicadj.² Brit. /panˈəːdʒɪk/, U.S. /pænˈərdʒɪk/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πανοῦργος , -ic suffix. Etymology: < ancient Greek πανοῦργος ready to do anything, knavish ( < παν- pan- comb. form + ἔργον work: see erg n.¹) + -ic suffix, perhaps after Panurgic adj.¹ Compare earlier panurgy n. Able or ready to do anything. Also (occasionally): (derogatory) meddling. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > [adjective] > for, of, or to do something > and ready > to do anything panurgic1873 1873 J. Morley Rousseau I. 291 Rousseau bade..the panurgic one to attend to his own affairs. 1878 J. Morley Diderot II. xvii. 279 No less panurgic and less encyclopædic a critic than Diderot himself could [etc.]. 1906 Science 8 June 869/1 An argument for the compelling, panurgic force of the environment. 1953 J. F. Byrne Silent Years x. 105 This radical change in the British Constitution was accomplished finally by Lloyd George the Panurgic. 1998 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 22 Nov. T9 That's the situation found by the panurgic Judy Maddox, a special agent assigned to the FBI's San Francisco office. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.¹a1862adj.²1873
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