pervasiveadj.

Brit.

/pəˈveɪsɪv/,

/pəˈveɪzɪv/, U.S.

/pərˈveɪsɪv/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pervās- , pervādere , -ive suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin pervās-, past participial stem of pervādere pervade v. + -ive suffix.

Having the quality or power of pervading; penetrative, permeative; ubiquitous.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [adjective] > pervading

heady1559

rifeful1614

transfusive1677

pervading1682

pervasive1736

perfusive1817

interpenetrate1877

ambient1883

1736 A. Hill Trag. Zara (front matter) While History's cold Care but Facts enrolls, The Muse, (pervasive) saves the pictur'd Souls!

a1763 W. Shenstone Oeconomy iii, in Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 306 The works of frost Pervasive, radiant icicles.

1793 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 47. 372 A pervasive beauty without name, description, or place.

1846 M. Fuller Papers on Lit. & Art i. 105 The habit of borrowing is so pervasive, that in the lately peopled prairies of the West..we find the young people acting plays.

1886 J. A. Symonds Catholic Reaction in Renaissance in Italy (1898) I. v. 235 In Italy the disintegrating process had been..far more subtle and pervasive.

1933 J. Hilton Lost Horizon x. 226 The mundane world..was gradually being pushed out of his mind by the rich, pervasive world of Shangri-La.

1988 P. Van Sommers Jealousy i. 12 Jealousy in childhood is certainly pervasive.

2002 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 18 Dec. a14/4 Mr. Hussein's secret police enforcers, are so pervasive that even old friends, when talking politics, must speak in codes.

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

单词	pervasive
释义	pervasiveadj. Brit. /pəˈveɪsɪv/, /pəˈveɪzɪv/, U.S. /pərˈveɪsɪv/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pervās- , pervādere , -ive suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin pervās-, past participial stem of pervādere pervade v. + -ive suffix. Having the quality or power of pervading; penetrative, permeative; ubiquitous. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [adjective] > pervading heady1559 rifeful1614 transfusive1677 pervading1682 pervasive1736 perfusive1817 interpenetrate1877 ambient1883 1736 A. Hill Trag. Zara (front matter) While History's cold Care but Facts enrolls, The Muse, (pervasive) saves the pictur'd Souls! a1763 W. Shenstone Oeconomy iii, in Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 306 The works of frost Pervasive, radiant icicles. 1793 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 47. 372 A pervasive beauty without name, description, or place. 1846 M. Fuller Papers on Lit. & Art i. 105 The habit of borrowing is so pervasive, that in the lately peopled prairies of the West..we find the young people acting plays. 1886 J. A. Symonds Catholic Reaction in Renaissance in Italy (1898) I. v. 235 In Italy the disintegrating process had been..far more subtle and pervasive. 1933 J. Hilton Lost Horizon x. 226 The mundane world..was gradually being pushed out of his mind by the rich, pervasive world of Shangri-La. 1988 P. Van Sommers Jealousy i. 12 Jealousy in childhood is certainly pervasive. 2002 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 18 Dec. a14/4 Mr. Hussein's secret police enforcers, are so pervasive that even old friends, when talking politics, must speak in codes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1736
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