polypragmaticadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌpɒlɪpraɡˈmatɪk/, U.S.

/ˈˌpɑliˌpræɡˈmædɪk/

Forms: 1600s polypragmaticke (Scottish), 1600s polypragmatique, 1600s–1700s polypragmatick, 1700s– polypragmatic.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πολυπράγματος , -ic suffix.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek πολυπράγματος busy about many things, meddlesome, officious ( < ancient Greek πολυ- poly- comb. form + πραγματ- , πρᾶγμα thing done: see pragmatic adj. and n.) + -ic suffix. Compare slightly earlier polypragmatical adj.

A. adj.

Busy or concerned with many affairs; (formerly) spec. overly concerned with the affairs of others, interfering, officious (cf. pragmatic adj. 2).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > [adjective] > officious

busy1340

pragmatical1593

officious1596

polypragmatical1597

superfluous1598

pragmaticc1612

superserviceablea1616

polypragmatic1616

stickling1642

over-officious1647

polypragmonetic1693

managinga1715

busybodied1798

busybodyish1851

pantopragmatic1860

polypragmonic1866

polypragmosynic1886

1616 King James VI & I Speach Starre-chamber 20 June 48 For those Polypragmaticke Papists, I would you would studie out some seuere punishment for them.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Polypragmatick, that is very pragmatical, or busie.

a1697 in W. Drummond Poet. Wks. (1913) II. 295 Lyke to polypragmatick Macheuell [sc. Machiavelli].

1701 J. Gordon Remarks L'Estrange's Edition Æsops Fables cccxvi. 45 That Polypragmatick Sect.

1755 A. Berthelson tr. E. Pontoppidan Nat. Hist. Norway ii. ix. 245 Many of these polypragmatic peasants bring their work to such perfection, that it is hardly distinguishable from town-made goods.

1847 J. Torrey tr. A. Neander Gen. Hist. Christian Relig. & Church I. 140 He [sc. Hadrian] is speaking simply of the multifarious and restless activity of the Alexandrians, of their polypragmatic character.

1885 Sat. Rev. 22 Aug. 248/2 Troublesome and polypragmatic operosity.

1907 Amer. Hist. Rev. 12 691 Morris was essentially a stern and unbending Tory, more royalist than the king, partizan, trenchant, self-confident, polypragmatic.

2002 Isis 93 700/1 The Halle medications were not really different from the usual polypragmatic and profuse semichemiatric materia medica of the period as represented in the Pharmacopoea Wirttenbergica of 1741.

†B. n.

An interfering or officious person; a busybody. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > [noun] > being a busybody or officiousness > a busybody

busybody1526

busyhead1555

stiffler1566

Jack-stickler1579

pragmatical1593

polypragmon1596

polypragmonist1609

polypragmist1613

factotum1618

ardelio1624

polypragmatist1631

pragmatic1634

polypragmatic1636

pragmatist1640

stickler1702

gad1756

pantopragmatic1860

butterinsky1902

eager beaver1942

1636 H. Burton Apol. of Appeale Epist. to Nobility 20 Shall we see Religion overturned..by a Faction of Iesuited Poly-pragmatiques?

1684 T. Goddard Plato's Demon 23 Do you not think it a little arrogance in our Polypragmatick..to assume the Title even of Plato himself?

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

单词	polypragmatic
释义	polypragmaticadj.n. Brit. /ˌpɒlɪpraɡˈmatɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌpɑliˌpræɡˈmædɪk/ Forms: 1600s polypragmaticke (Scottish), 1600s polypragmatique, 1600s–1700s polypragmatick, 1700s– polypragmatic. Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πολυπράγματος , -ic suffix. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek πολυπράγματος busy about many things, meddlesome, officious ( < ancient Greek πολυ- poly- comb. form + πραγματ- , πρᾶγμα thing done: see pragmatic adj. and n.) + -ic suffix. Compare slightly earlier polypragmatical adj. A. adj. Busy or concerned with many affairs; (formerly) spec. overly concerned with the affairs of others, interfering, officious (cf. pragmatic adj. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > [adjective] > officious busy1340 pragmatical1593 officious1596 polypragmatical1597 superfluous1598 pragmaticc1612 superserviceablea1616 polypragmatic1616 stickling1642 over-officious1647 polypragmonetic1693 managinga1715 busybodied1798 busybodyish1851 pantopragmatic1860 polypragmonic1866 polypragmosynic1886 1616 King James VI & I Speach Starre-chamber 20 June 48 For those Polypragmaticke Papists, I would you would studie out some seuere punishment for them. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Polypragmatick, that is very pragmatical, or busie. a1697 in W. Drummond Poet. Wks. (1913) II. 295 Lyke to polypragmatick Macheuell [sc. Machiavelli]. 1701 J. Gordon Remarks L'Estrange's Edition Æsops Fables cccxvi. 45 That Polypragmatick Sect. 1755 A. Berthelson tr. E. Pontoppidan Nat. Hist. Norway ii. ix. 245 Many of these polypragmatic peasants bring their work to such perfection, that it is hardly distinguishable from town-made goods. 1847 J. Torrey tr. A. Neander Gen. Hist. Christian Relig. & Church I. 140 He [sc. Hadrian] is speaking simply of the multifarious and restless activity of the Alexandrians, of their polypragmatic character. 1885 Sat. Rev. 22 Aug. 248/2 Troublesome and polypragmatic operosity. 1907 Amer. Hist. Rev. 12 691 Morris was essentially a stern and unbending Tory, more royalist than the king, partizan, trenchant, self-confident, polypragmatic. 2002 Isis 93 700/1 The Halle medications were not really different from the usual polypragmatic and profuse semichemiatric materia medica of the period as represented in the Pharmacopoea Wirttenbergica of 1741. †B. n. An interfering or officious person; a busybody. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > [noun] > being a busybody or officiousness > a busybody busybody1526 busyhead1555 stiffler1566 Jack-stickler1579 pragmatical1593 polypragmon1596 polypragmonist1609 polypragmist1613 factotum1618 ardelio1624 polypragmatist1631 pragmatic1634 polypragmatic1636 pragmatist1640 stickler1702 gad1756 pantopragmatic1860 butterinsky1902 eager beaver1942 1636 H. Burton Apol. of Appeale Epist. to Nobility 20 Shall we see Religion overturned..by a Faction of Iesuited Poly-pragmatiques? 1684 T. Goddard Plato's Demon 23 Do you not think it a little arrogance in our Polypragmatick..to assume the Title even of Plato himself? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1616
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