单词 | primitivity |
释义 | primitivityn. Primitiveness; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] oldnessOE antiquity?c1450 agednessa1475 ancienty1524 continuance1528 ancientness1537 anciency1549 hoariness1580 primitiveness1644 antiquary1655 vetustness1727 primitivity1759 vetusty1870 the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > primitiveness or primevalness primevity1610 primeness1611 primevalness1727 primitivity1759 primeval1826 primitiveness1856 primalism1872 primordialism1879 primevalism1893 the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [noun] > property or quality of periphraxy1881 primitivity1890 1759 H. Walpole Let. 8 Aug. in Lett. to H. Mann (1960) V. 314 The age of George the Second is likely to be celebrated for more primitivity than the disinterestedness of Mr Deard. 1872–3 Chambers's Cycl. 330/1 The Creator..is in his essence, primitivity, originality, eternity, One. 1890 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) In mathematics we speak of the primitivity of a form. 1927 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 32 1023 Forms which pass the test of primitivity..are actual savage customs lasting on into the historical age. 1961 D. Jones Let. 28 Mar. in R. Hague Dai Greatcoat (1980) 184 That Gilgamesh Epic..[is] awe-inspiring in its barbaric primitivity. 1994 Guardian 28 June ii. 17/1 So a curious primitivity, a savour of folk-medicine, clings to this new cure, a refinement of the old sun-cure. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1759 |
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