pensumn.

Brit.

/ˈpɛns(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˈpɛns(ə)m/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pēnsum.

Etymology: < classical Latin pēnsum quantity of wool to be spun, allotted piece of work, task, use as noun of neuter of pēnsus , past participle of pendere to weigh (see pense v.¹). Compare German Pensum piece of work, allotted task (17th cent.). With sense ‘a piece of school work imposed as a punishment’) compare French pensum (1740; now rare).

Now rare.

A piece of work; a duty or allotted task; a school task or lesson to be prepared; (U.S.) a piece of schoolwork imposed as a punishment.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > duties > [noun] > a duty or piece of business

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pensum1667

job1680

society > education > learning > study > subject or object of study > [noun] > exercises or homework

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1667 H. Oldenburg Let. 26 Nov. in Corr. (1966) III. 618 I tooke the freedome to recommend to you the promoting of the dessein and concerns of the Royal Society,..partly by communicating to Us, what is transacted where you are in the matters of Experimentall Philosophy; not forgetting your own pensum of the account of poysons.

1705 J. Howe Disc. Expectation Future Blessedness 41 Every one hath his pensum, his allotment of Work and Time assigned him in this World.

1860 A. M. H. Brewster Compensation xx. 227 It was a pensum I set myself when I was far away in the country, and had no piano to practice on.

1880 J. W. Sherer Conjuror's Daughter 91 John Dowse..worked at his daily task as a schoolboy sat down to his pensum.

1896 Harper's Mag. Oct. 673/1 Whenever an extra holiday was to be begged for,..or the severity of a pensum mitigated, Barty was the messenger.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 438 An acclimatised Britisher, he had seen that summer eve from the footplate of an engine cab..youthful scholars grappling with their pensums.

1951 V. Nabokov Speak, Memory viii. 113 I preferred this to the hand-cramping pensums Mademoiselle would think up, such as making me copy out two hundred times the proverb Qui aime bien, châtie bien.

1988 G. Guiver Company of Voices xvi. 145 Grateful clergy tired of the pensum of dry recitation which the old book limited them to.

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

单词	pensum
释义	pensumn. Brit. /ˈpɛns(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈpɛns(ə)m/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pēnsum. Etymology: < classical Latin pēnsum quantity of wool to be spun, allotted piece of work, task, use as noun of neuter of pēnsus , past participle of pendere to weigh (see pense v.¹). Compare German Pensum piece of work, allotted task (17th cent.). With sense ‘a piece of school work imposed as a punishment’) compare French pensum (1740; now rare). Now rare. A piece of work; a duty or allotted task; a school task or lesson to be prepared; (U.S.) a piece of schoolwork imposed as a punishment. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > duties > [noun] > a duty or piece of business affairc1390 deedc1400 business1476 occasion1587 pensum1667 job1680 society > education > learning > study > subject or object of study > [noun] > exercises or homework lesson?c1225 renderc1380 vulgars1520 practicec1541 theme1545 example1562 tax1564 repetition1579 exercise1612 praxis1612 recreation1633 pensum1667 vacation-exercisea1668 version1711 task1737 thesisa1774 dictation1789 challenging1825 holiday task1827 devoir1849 homework1852 vulgus1857 cram-book1858 rep1858 banco1862 prep1866 classwork1867 preparation1875 work card1878 vacation-task1904 1667 H. Oldenburg Let. 26 Nov. in Corr. (1966) III. 618 I tooke the freedome to recommend to you the promoting of the dessein and concerns of the Royal Society,..partly by communicating to Us, what is transacted where you are in the matters of Experimentall Philosophy; not forgetting your own pensum of the account of poysons. 1705 J. Howe Disc. Expectation Future Blessedness 41 Every one hath his pensum, his allotment of Work and Time assigned him in this World. 1860 A. M. H. Brewster Compensation xx. 227 It was a pensum I set myself when I was far away in the country, and had no piano to practice on. 1880 J. W. Sherer Conjuror's Daughter 91 John Dowse..worked at his daily task as a schoolboy sat down to his pensum. 1896 Harper's Mag. Oct. 673/1 Whenever an extra holiday was to be begged for,..or the severity of a pensum mitigated, Barty was the messenger. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 438 An acclimatised Britisher, he had seen that summer eve from the footplate of an engine cab..youthful scholars grappling with their pensums. 1951 V. Nabokov Speak, Memory viii. 113 I preferred this to the hand-cramping pensums Mademoiselle would think up, such as making me copy out two hundred times the proverb Qui aime bien, châtie bien. 1988 G. Guiver Company of Voices xvi. 145 Grateful clergy tired of the pensum of dry recitation which the old book limited them to. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1667
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