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单词 palmary
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palmaryn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin palmārium.
Etymology: < classical Latin palmārium that which carries off the palm of victory, use as noun of neuter singular of palmārius palmary adj.1 N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (pæ·lmări) /ˈpælmərɪ/.
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

Brit. /ˈpalməri/, /ˈpɑːməri/, U.S. /ˈpɑ(l)məri/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin palmārius.
Etymology: < classical Latin palmārius that bears off the palm of victory < palma palm n.1 + -ārius -ary suffix1. Compare palmary n. N.E.D. (1904) gives only the pronunciation (pæ·lmări) /ˈpælmərɪ/.
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

Brit. /ˈpalməri/, /ˈpɑːməri/, U.S. /ˈpɑ(l)məri/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin palmāris.
Etymology: < classical Latin palmāris palmar adj.; compare -ary suffix2.
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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