单词 | palmary |
释义 | † palmaryn. Obsolete. rare. A token of victory or supreme excellence; a prize. Cf. palm n.1 1b, 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > [noun] crown1340 palmc1380 palmary1657 triumphal1671 1657 G. Thornley tr. Longus Daphnis & Chloe 163 I give thee this, the palmary [Gk. νικητήριον] of thyne [sc. beauty]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2019). palmaryadj.1 Chiefly literary. That bears or is worthy to bear the palm (palm n.1 2b); holding the first or highest place; pre-eminent; excellent. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > most important mosteOE foremostc1000 headOE headlyOE nexta1200 umest1513 primary1565 headest1577 ruling1590 forward1591 capital1597 of the first magnitude1643 palmary1646 top1647 prepondering1651 headmost1661 home1662 life-and-death1804 palmarian1815 bada1825 key1832 première1844 1646 J. Cooke Vindic. Professors Law 14 Beyond Sea you cannot peepe into an Advocates study but hee cryes give, give, and if the Cause goe for his Client then he hath his Palmary Fee, in token of Victory. 1657 W. Morice Coena quasi Κοινὴ Diat. iii. 144 Three favourite and palmary Texts. 1703 J. Quick Dec. Wife's Sister 23 But the Palmary Argument for these Marriages..is this, their great Expediency. 1848 W. H. Mill Five Serm. 132 (note) Where..the palmary Lutheranic dogma is implied. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. i. iii. 51 That palmary truth of the Pauline theology. 1921 William & Mary Coll. Q. Hist. Mag. 1 168 The latter may be tempered by a conception of something more palmary than national honour—the honour of the Christian world. 1954 ELH 21 230 It would seem of palmary importance to ask in what the essence of this identification consists. 1991 E. S. Connell Alchymist's Jrnl. (1992) 203 Is not their reproduction the palmary act of dispassionate nature? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). palmaryadj.2 Now rare. Relating to the palm of the hand; palmar. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > hand > [adjective] > palm of palmar1656 palmary1696 volar1814 palmedc1848 transpalmar1891 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Palmary Muscle, the Muscle that contracts the Palm of the hand. 1874 A. E. Verrill & S. I. Smith Rep. upon Invertebr. Animals Vineyard Sound 261 Dactylus slender, curved so as to fit closely the palmary margin, and furnished with very minute setae along the prehensile margin. 1897 Chicago Advance 21 Oct. 547/2 It began with ordinary palmary and pedal applause. 1921 Discovery Oct. 257/2 The malefactor who leaves behind him..a single well-defined finger or palmary print. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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