prepotencen.

Brit.

/priːˈpəʊtns/, U.S.

/priˈpoʊtns/

Forms: 1500s–1600s 1800s– prepotence, 1800s praepotence.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prepotent adj., -ence suffix.

Etymology: < prepotent adj.: see -ence suffix. Compare Middle French prepotence , French prépotence superior power (1450; apparently not attested between early 16th and early 19th cent.), excessive power (a1807; now rare), Spanish prepotencia supreme power (early 16th cent.), excessive power (1760), Italian prepotenza overbearingness, arrogance, overbearing action (1667), and also classical Latin praepotentia prepotency n.

The fact of being prepotent or of predominating; = prepotency n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > power > [noun] > superior power

mightOE

masteryc1325

prepotence1598

prepotency1815

the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [noun] > prepotency

prepotence1598

prepotency1859

1598 I. D. tr. L. Le Roy Aristotles Politiques v. ii. 256 They are likewise prouoked by reason of iniuries, feare, prepotence [Fr. excellence], contempt.., and vnlikenesse.

1612 J. Davies Muses Sacrifice 46 Blessed be thy Mercies prepotence.

1817 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1959) IV. 751 I had adopted..the idea, that Sound wasLight under the praepotence of Gravitation.

1829 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. 2nd Ser. II. vii. 305 The consciousness of having mastered some prepotence of passion.

1857 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. II. 81 Henry..enforced his claims with stern prepotence.

1896 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 265 Challenging the prepotence on land of so mighty an empire.

1932 F. R. Leavis New Bearings in Eng. Poetry ii. 38 Yet his resolute attempt upon the drama serves mainly to bring out the prepotence of the tradition we started in.

1974 E. Bowen Henry & Other Heroes ii. 29 She had about her a mysterious, deadly power that is hard to explain. It was somewhere between the prepotence of Joe Louis and that of Mandrake the Magician.

1992 Times Lit. Suppl. 8 May 4/4 Hegel slips easily into becoming an institution. Kierkegaard's baleful scrutiny lies outside his magisterial prepotence.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prepotence
释义	prepotencen. Brit. /priːˈpəʊtns/, U.S. /priˈpoʊtns/ Forms: 1500s–1600s 1800s– prepotence, 1800s praepotence. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prepotent adj., -ence suffix. Etymology: < prepotent adj.: see -ence suffix. Compare Middle French prepotence , French prépotence superior power (1450; apparently not attested between early 16th and early 19th cent.), excessive power (a1807; now rare), Spanish prepotencia supreme power (early 16th cent.), excessive power (1760), Italian prepotenza overbearingness, arrogance, overbearing action (1667), and also classical Latin praepotentia prepotency n. The fact of being prepotent or of predominating; = prepotency n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > [noun] > superior power mightOE masteryc1325 prepotence1598 prepotency1815 the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [noun] > prepotency prepotence1598 prepotency1859 1598 I. D. tr. L. Le Roy Aristotles Politiques v. ii. 256 They are likewise prouoked by reason of iniuries, feare, prepotence [Fr. excellence], contempt.., and vnlikenesse. 1612 J. Davies Muses Sacrifice 46 Blessed be thy Mercies prepotence. 1817 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1959) IV. 751 I had adopted..the idea, that Sound wasLight under the praepotence of Gravitation. 1829 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. 2nd Ser. II. vii. 305 The consciousness of having mastered some prepotence of passion. 1857 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. II. 81 Henry..enforced his claims with stern prepotence. 1896 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 265 Challenging the prepotence on land of so mighty an empire. 1932 F. R. Leavis New Bearings in Eng. Poetry ii. 38 Yet his resolute attempt upon the drama serves mainly to bring out the prepotence of the tradition we started in. 1974 E. Bowen Henry & Other Heroes ii. 29 She had about her a mysterious, deadly power that is hard to explain. It was somewhere between the prepotence of Joe Louis and that of Mandrake the Magician. 1992 Times Lit. Suppl. 8 May 4/4 Hegel slips easily into becoming an institution. Kierkegaard's baleful scrutiny lies outside his magisterial prepotence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1598
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