placeholdingadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈpleɪsˌhəʊldɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpleɪsˌ(h)oʊldɪŋ/

Forms: see place n.¹ and holding adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: place n.¹, holding adj.

Etymology: < place n.¹ + holding adj.

That is a placeholder. Also (Scottish) as n.: †a deputy, a representative (obsolete rare).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > [adjective] > holding office > public

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a1525 J. Irland Of Penance & Confession in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 14 The prest that in that cais is vicare And place haldand without fictioun.

a1525 J. Irland Of Penance & Confession in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 22 I seruand and place-haldand of God.

1830 Ld. J. Russell Select. from Speeches (1870) I. 296 That corrupt and place-holding Parliament.

1868 C. Lofft Ernest (ed. 2) vii. 153 Rankness, place-hunting, and place-holding rot..Whereby the many are bribed to make the few Their rulers.

1988 M. Brodsky X in Paris 20 Grief never enlightens but merely stands in as a kind of placeholding penance necessary if—narcotizing until—the true target of hope rises in the east.

2002 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 30 June 16/3 Smiley has a weakness for place-holding adjectives..(‘Great Expectations’ ‘is totally Dickensy, yet shorter than the real Dickensy novels’).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	placeholding
释义	placeholdingadj.n. Brit. /ˈpleɪsˌhəʊldɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpleɪsˌ(h)oʊldɪŋ/ Forms: see place n.¹ and holding adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: place n.¹, holding adj. Etymology: < place n.¹ + holding adj. That is a placeholder. Also (Scottish) as n.: †a deputy, a representative (obsolete rare). ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > [adjective] > holding office > public placeholdinga1525 public1539 a1525 J. Irland Of Penance & Confession in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 14 The prest that in that cais is vicare And place haldand without fictioun. a1525 J. Irland Of Penance & Confession in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 22 I seruand and place-haldand of God. 1830 Ld. J. Russell Select. from Speeches (1870) I. 296 That corrupt and place-holding Parliament. 1868 C. Lofft Ernest (ed. 2) vii. 153 Rankness, place-hunting, and place-holding rot..Whereby the many are bribed to make the few Their rulers. 1988 M. Brodsky X in Paris 20 Grief never enlightens but merely stands in as a kind of placeholding penance necessary if—narcotizing until—the true target of hope rises in the east. 2002 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 30 June 16/3 Smiley has a weakness for place-holding adjectives..(‘Great Expectations’ ‘is totally Dickensy, yet shorter than the real Dickensy novels’). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.a1525
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