presignificativeadj.

Brit.

/ˌpriːsɪɡˈnɪfᵻkətɪv/, U.S.

/ˌprisɪɡˈnɪfᵻkədɪv/

Forms: 1500s presignificatiue, 1600s 1900s– presignificative.

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

Etymology: < classical Latin praesignifīcāt-, past participial stem of praesignifīcāre presignify v. + -ive suffix. Compare French présignificatif (1944). Compare earlier presignificant adj.

Now chiefly Literary Theory.

Characterized by presignification.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prefiguration > [adjective]

prognostica1500

prefigurative?1504

prenunciative1555

presignificant1576

shadowing1579

presignificative1588

prenuncious1656

umbratica1677

forecoming1860

foresignifying1860

1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies 79 Looke into the Semeioticall or presignificatiue iudgements of phisitions.

1699 J. Edwards Polpoikilos Sophia viii. 257 All their Promises and Rewards were presignificative of the Mercy intended to be exhibited to the World afterwards.

1981 South Atlantic Rev. 46 1 Fiction should restore to the world its presignificative Dasein.

1993 E. B. Williams Mirror & Mind ii. viii. 279 Though Trakl's early verse may fancifully valorize a presignificative dimension of melos, his poetic explorations never..proceed ‘primarily in the mind space anterior to language.’

2004 Hypatia (Nexis) Sept. 99 The aim is to understand the body as a historical, social, and political entity, not as presignificative or nonintelligible matter.

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

单词	presignificative
释义	presignificativeadj. Brit. /ˌpriːsɪɡˈnɪfᵻkətɪv/, U.S. /ˌprisɪɡˈnɪfᵻkədɪv/ Forms: 1500s presignificatiue, 1600s 1900s– presignificative. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin praesignifīcāt- , praesignifīcāre , -ive suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin praesignifīcāt-, past participial stem of praesignifīcāre presignify v. + -ive suffix. Compare French présignificatif (1944). Compare earlier presignificant adj. Now chiefly Literary Theory. Characterized by presignification. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prefiguration > [adjective] prognostica1500 prefigurative?1504 prenunciative1555 presignificant1576 shadowing1579 presignificative1588 prenuncious1656 umbratica1677 forecoming1860 foresignifying1860 1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies 79 Looke into the Semeioticall or presignificatiue iudgements of phisitions. 1699 J. Edwards Polpoikilos Sophia viii. 257 All their Promises and Rewards were presignificative of the Mercy intended to be exhibited to the World afterwards. 1981 South Atlantic Rev. 46 1 Fiction should restore to the world its presignificative Dasein. 1993 E. B. Williams Mirror & Mind ii. viii. 279 Though Trakl's early verse may fancifully valorize a presignificative dimension of melos, his poetic explorations never..proceed ‘primarily in the mind space anterior to language.’ 2004 Hypatia (Nexis) Sept. 99 The aim is to understand the body as a historical, social, and political entity, not as presignificative or nonintelligible matter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1588
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