† polymechanyn.

Forms: 1500s polimechany, 1500s polymechany.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek πολυμηχανία.

Etymology: < ancient Greek πολυμηχανία resourcefulness, inventiveness < πολυμήχανος resourceful, inventive ( < πολυ- poly- comb. form + μηχανή machine n.) + -ία -y suffix³.

Obsolete. rare.

Invention.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > invention, devising > [noun]

devisingc1400

invention1531

devisement1541

frame1558

warping1583

polymechany1592

contrivage1610

contrivance1699

devisal1856

1592 G. Harvey Foure Lett. iv. 56 In actuall Experimentes, and Polymechany, nothing too-profound.

1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes sig. K The floures of your Foure Letters it may be I haue ouerlookt more narrowlie, and done my best deuoire to assemble them together into patheticall posie, which I will here present to Maister Orator Edge.., leauing them to his wordie discretion to be censured whether they be currant in inkehornisme or no. Conscious mind: canicular tales..polimechany..mechanician. Nor are these all, for euerie third line hath some of this ouer-rackt absonisme.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	polymechany
释义	† polymechanyn. Forms: 1500s polimechany, 1500s polymechany. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek πολυμηχανία. Etymology: < ancient Greek πολυμηχανία resourcefulness, inventiveness < πολυμήχανος resourceful, inventive ( < πολυ- poly- comb. form + μηχανή machine n.) + -ία -y suffix³. Obsolete. rare. Invention. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > invention, devising > [noun] devisingc1400 invention1531 devisement1541 frame1558 warping1583 polymechany1592 contrivage1610 contrivance1699 devisal1856 1592 G. Harvey Foure Lett. iv. 56 In actuall Experimentes, and Polymechany, nothing too-profound. 1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes sig. K The floures of your Foure Letters it may be I haue ouerlookt more narrowlie, and done my best deuoire to assemble them together into patheticall posie, which I will here present to Maister Orator Edge.., leauing them to his wordie discretion to be censured whether they be currant in inkehornisme or no. Conscious mind: canicular tales..polimechany..mechanician. Nor are these all, for euerie third line hath some of this ouer-rackt absonisme. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1592
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