单词 | parental |
释义 | † parentaln. Obsolete. rare. Probably: parents, ancestors, line. ΚΠ a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. lxxxxix. f. xl Thus by his merytes he excelled his parentall. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020). parentaladj. 1. Of, belonging to, or designating a parent or parents; characteristic of or resembling a parent; fatherly or motherly. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > parenthood > [adjective] parental1542 parent1646 genitorial1847 1542 E. Gosynhyll Prayse of all Women sig. Biiiv And in the woman dyd of renewe Agaynst all naturall dysposycyon In steryll age parentall fruycyon. a1586 W. Stewart in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. lxxxi. 7 And merk in thy memoriall Thy predecessouris parentall. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xvi. 143 It over~throws the carefull course, and parentall provision of nature. View more context for this quotation 1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks II. iv. 78 This has been demonstrated in the case of natural Affection, parental Kindness, Zeal for Posterity [etc.]. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. vi. i. 226 In Friendship, in parental and filial Affection, and indeed in general Philanthropy, there is a great and exquisite Delight. View more context for this quotation 1803 T. R. Malthus Ess. Princ. Population (new ed.) iv. vii. 540 One of the most delightful passions in human nature—parental affection. 1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey II. iv. vii. 230 The finger pressed on the parental lip warned him to silence. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) II. vii. 159 The early English held almost Roman notions on the nature of parental authority. 1904 H. Brierley in Christian World 11 Feb. 22/5 When the nesting season is over, the parental robins retire to the thickest woods and copses. 1935 ‘A. Bridge’ Illyrian Spring iv. 45 She always tried so hard to present a united parental front to the children, never to let them think that there were sides to take. 1991 Daily Tel. 15 Oct. 10/3 Judge Aron Owen in the High Court Family Division granted the father's application for ‘parental responsibility and generous amount of contact’. 2. Of the nature of a parent, esp. in being the source or origin of something. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [adjective] mother?c1225 originalc1350 radicala1398 primitive?a1425 fundamentalc1449 primordial?a1450 primea1500 primary1565 nativea1592 fundamentive1593 primordiate1599 primara1603 remote1605 originousa1637 originary1638 parental1647 principiate1654 fontal1656 underivative1656 underived1656 fountainous1662 first hand1699 matricular1793 first-handed1855 protomorphic1887 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 15 If I can but finde the parentall root, or formall reason of a Truth, I am quiet. 1744 J. Thomson Summer in Seasons (new ed.) 79 To Parental Nature pay The Tears of grateful Joy. 1813 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 71 477 The first appendix..attempts to shew that it [sc. Sanskrit] is parental to the Low-Dutch and other Gothic Dialects of Europe. 1877 S. J. Owen in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches Introd. p. xxiii The principal, and (so to speak) parental agent in that scheme. 1989 B. Alberts et al. Molecular Biol. Cell (ed. 2) iii. 97 Two complete DNA double helices are formed, each identical in nucleotide sequence to the parental DNA helix that served as the template. Compounds parental leave n. (a) permission granted by one's parent or parents; (b) a period of absence from work, paid or unpaid and usually as required by law, granted by an employer to an employee who is the parent of a baby or young child. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > [noun] > leave of absence > type of annual leave1825 parental leave1847 home leave1860 study leave1894 maternity leave1919 mat leave1947 family leave1968 paternity leave1973 1847 Spectator 13 Nov. 1092/1 A minor cannot dispose of herself in lawful marriage without the parental leave. 1914 Proc. Royal Soc. 1913–14 A. 89 p. xxii He started for Iceland without parental leave. 1972 PMLA 87 528/1 35 (14%) [of university departments] have departmental or university plans to review their policies with respect to maternity and parental leaves. 1998 Independent 20 Aug. i. 9/1 The United Kingdom is bottom of the European league for giving maternity pay and paid parental leave. Derivatives paˈrentally adv. in the manner of a parent; by a parent. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > parenthood > [adverb] parentally1791 1791 E. Burke Appeal New to Old Whigs 93 Whatever rights the king enjoys as elector, have been always parentally exercised. 1837 F. B. Head 19 Dec. in Narrative (1839) ix. 319 I parentally called upon them [sc. the Canadian rebel leaders], as their Governor, to avoid the effusion of human blood. 1992 S. Johnstone et al. Legal Context of Teaching 75 Is parentally condoned absenteeism distinguishable from ‘truancy’? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1513adj.1542 |
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