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单词 prominent
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prominentadj.n.

Brit. /ˈprɒmᵻnənt/, U.S. /ˈprɑmən(ə)nt/
Forms: late Middle English promynent, 1500s– prominent.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin prōminent-, prōminēns.
Etymology: < classical Latin prōminent-, prōminēns projecting, prominent, also (neuter noun) protruding or projecting part, uses as adjective and noun of present participle of prōminēre to project, stick out < prō- pro- prefix1 + -minēre (see note; compare eminent adj., imminent adj.). Compare Middle French, French prominent (1548; now archaic; the more usual French word is proéminent (1542)), Spanish prominente (a1500 or earlier), Portuguese prominente (1663; the more usual Portuguese word is proeminente (1881)), Italian prominente (a1494).The second element of the classical Latin verb belongs to a group of cognate classical Latin words referring to projection, jutting, and threatening: these include mentum chin (see mentum n.), minae threats (see minacious adj.), and mōns mount n.1 With the specific use in sense B. 1a compare German Prominenter prominent person (1908).
A. adj.
1. Jutting out or protruding from a surface; projecting, protuberant.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [adjective]
steepc1000
tooting?c1225
strutting1387
prominent?1440
extant1540
eminent?1541
pouting1563
poking1566
out1576
egregious1578
promontory1579
out-pointed1585
buttinga1593
outjetting1598
perking1598
jettying1609
juttying1609
out-jutting1611
outstanding1611
upsticking1611
out-shooting1622
jutting1624
outgrowing1625
rank1625
toting1645
projectinga1652
porrected1653
protruded1654
protruding1654
upcast1658
protending1659
jettinga1661
raised1663
starting1680
emersed1686
exerted1697
projective1703
jet-out1709
exorbitant1715
sticking1715
foreright1736
poky1754
perked-up1779
salient1789
prouda1800
overdriven1812
extrusive1816
stand-up1818
shouldering1824
jutty1827
outflung1830
sticky-out1839
sticking-up1852
outreaching1853
protrusive1858
out-thrusting1869
stickout1884
protrudent1891
tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) i. 380 (MED) Thi wallis bricke, with bricke me most corone..sumdel promynent [L. prominentibus].
1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (viii.) f. 129v That prominent great horne of the Gote in his most strength broken of.
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 9 These stiliforme, or spurrelike processes are prominent.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 261 In the picture of Jonah..Whales are described with two prominent spouts on their heads. View more context for this quotation
1670 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 5 1201 Next, the Macula, appearing somewhat prominent in one of the Arteries.
1721 R. Bradley Philos. Acct. Wks. Nature 55 The Eyes of the Crab are more prominent from the Body than those of Lobsters.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 91 Those whose upper and under row of teeth are equally prominent.
1834 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. (1849) i. 8 The prominent mass at the terrestrial equator.
1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 119 An orifice with prominent tumid lips.
1939 R. P. Warren Night Rider iv. 100 Her brows were square, the cheekbones high,..and the chin bony and prominent.
1973 Nature 30 Mar. 324/1 Where hydrodynamic conditions and bottom configuration are so subdued that meiobenthic bioturbation becomes a locally prominent sedimentological process.
2004 High Mountain Mar. 80/4 The pair..climbed left round a prominent red-coloured outcrop.
2.
a. That stands out so as to catch the attention; notable; distinguished above others of the same kind; (of a person) well-known, important.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > outstanding
particular1485
emphatical1606
prominent1609
remarked1623
protuberant1730
emphatic1760
prosilient1828
outstanding1830
focalizing1838
large1883
standout1905
stickout1937
1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 257 This doctrine in all Saunders his Bookes, being the most prominent (as most principally intended, and most fully handled) may iustly giue the name to all the rest of the Discourse whatsoeuer.
1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub (ed. 2) v. 117 His [sc. Homer's] Failings are not less prominent in several Parts of the Mechanicks.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 200 Attachment to France had been prominent among the crimes imputed by the Commons to Clarendon.
1850 F. W. Robertson Serm. 3rd Ser. viii. 111 God is there, accordingly self is less prominent.
1885 E. Clodd Myths & Dreams i. vi. 113 Ancestor-worship..was the prominent feature of the old Aryan religion.
1928 C. Sandburg in B. A. Botkin Treasury Amer. Folklore 15/8 Early to bed and early to rise and you never meet any prominent people.
1957 R. W. Beachey Brit. W. Indies Sugar Industry iii. 61 The most prominent characteristics of the muscovado sugar industry were wastefulness and slovenliness.
1989 P. Mailloux Hesitation before Birth xxvii. 444 She had been born in Prague, in 1896, the first child of a prominent family.
b. That catches the eye; conspicuous.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adjective] > clearly visible > conspicuous
superapparent?a1475
apparent?1541
conspicuous1545
extant1566
conspicable1579
perspicuous1586
kenspeck1590
public1598
prominent1628
eye-taking1635
bold1678
kenspeckle1714
remarkable1726
telegraphic1809
supersalient1843
blatant1889
1628 J. Jackson Worthy Church-man iv. 16 What is sufficient to be written in the hearts of others, must bee engraven on the Priests Frontlet, the most prominent part of his face..Holinesse to the Lord.
1712 Examiners 3 Jan. (1714) 28 I have..seen it in Capitals, for it makes the most prominent part of his Title-Page.
1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia I. x. 69 To exhibit in his portraits of nature such prominent and striking features, as recal the original to every mind.
1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 729 Immense mirrors..occupy a prominent position, which must render them appreciable to every visiter.
1883 W. Gardner in Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip May 99/1 The most prominent object was a mountain on the other side of the valley, composed of three peaks.
1912 H. H. Munro Unbearable Bassington x. 179 A tapestry that was so prominent in the composition that it could scarcely be said to form part of the background.
1966 C. Ekwensi Lokotown 11 They stood at a prominent junction in Lokotown so that all the men passing would see them.
2004 New Republic 13 Sept. 14/1 A man is yelling in the direction of the network's skybox, readily identifiable because of its prominent sign.
B. n.
1.
a. A prominent person; spec. (in the Second World War) a privileged inmate in a German concentration camp. Now North American.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > one who is important > one who is outstanding
prominent1608
prominence1887
standout1915
monster1968
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [noun]
kingeOE
master-spiritc1175
douzepersc1330
sire1362
worthya1375
lantern1382
sira1400
greatc1400
noblec1400
persona1425
lightc1425
magnate?a1439
worthyman1439
personagec1460
giant1535
honourablec1540
triedc1540
magnifico1573
ornament1573
signor1583
hero1592
grandee1604
prominent1608
name1611
magnificent1612
choice spirita1616
illustricity1637
luminary1692
lion1715
swell1786
notable1796
top-sawyer1826
star1829
celebrity1831
notability1832
notoriety1841
mighty1853
tycoon1861
reputation1870
public figure1871
star turn1885
headliner1896
front-pager1899
legend1899
celeb1907
big name1909
big-timer1917
Hall of Famer1948
megastar1969
1608 G. Chapman Trag. Duke of Byron v, in Conspiracie Duke of Byron sig. Q4 Byr. Where shall this weight fall? on what rhegion Must this declining prominent poure his lode?
1879 Chicago Tribune 18 Sept. 12/2 A few words concerning some of our proposed candidates at the coming election... Why cannot our ears be spared the regular din of the same names of the ‘prominents’[?].
1895 Lincoln (Nebraska) Evening News 14 Sept. 7/2 Among the freshly arrived prominents are J. C. Crabb of Little Sioux..and R. Etzenhouser of Kansas City.
1934 Times 23 Aug. 11/6 The Jews and the ‘Prominents’ in the [German internment] camps suffered especial hardships.
1948 Sun (Baltimore) 19 June 3/2 Hillcrest Country Club, a favorite among movie prominents, was blown up today by an accumulation of gas.
1961 S. Woolf tr. P. Levi Survival in Auschwitz 111 The evil and insane SS men, the Kapos, the politicals, the criminals, the prominents, great and small, down to the indifferent slave Häftlinge.
2003 J. Keane Tom Paine 15 Few details of her life remain, but it is certain that she came from a long line of local prominents.
b. A protruding or projecting part; a prominence. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [noun] > a projecting part
hornc1275
outshooting1310
nosec1400
startc1400
spout1412
snouta1425
outbearingc1425
outstanding?c1425
relish1428
jeta1500
rising1525
shoulder1545
jutting1565
outshootc1565
prominence1578
forecast1580
projection1592
sprout1598
eye1600
shooting forth1601
lip1608
juttying1611
prominent?1611
eminence1615
butting1625
excursiona1626
elbow1626
protrusion1646
jettinga1652
outjetting1652
prominency1654
eminency1668
nouch1688
issuanta1690
out-butting1730
outjet1730
out-jutting1730
flange1735
nosing1773
process1775
jut1787
projecture1803
nozzle1804
saliency1831
ajutment1834
salience1837
out-thrust1842
emphasis1885
cleat1887
outjut1893
pseudopodiuma1902
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xii. 291 Till highest prominents, Hill tops, low meddows, and the fields..are hid.
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xi. 624 A certain city shines Upon a lofty prominent.
2. Entomology. Any of various stout moths belonging to several genera of the family Notodontidae, which have a tuft of hairs on the hind margin of each forewing which sticks up in the midline when the moth is at rest, and larvae with one or more fleshy outgrowths on the back. Frequently with distinguishing word. Also prominent moth.pebble prominent: see the first element.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Notodontidae > member of genus Notodonta
prominent1775
1775 M. Harris Eng. Lepidoptera 41 Prominent, pale.
1776 W. Withering Bot. Arrangem. Veg. Great Brit. II. xxii. 606 The different species of Willow support the following insects... Bushy Prominent Moth. Emperor Moth.
1819 G. Samouelle Entomologist's Compend. 418 Notodonta tritopha. The great Prominent.
1869 E. Newman Illustr. Nat. Hist. Brit. Moths 225 The Coxcomb Prominent.
1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses xiv. 302 Family Notodontidae (The Prominents). This is a large family of medium-sized moths.
1986 M. Chinery Insects Brit. & W. Europe 148 Swallow Prominent P. tremula is larger [than the Lesser Swallow Prominent] and lacks white edge on forewing.
1991 Nature Canada Summer 32 (caption) And there's nothing showy about the prominent moth..despite its name.

Compounds

Parasynthetic, as prominent-eyed, prominent-nosed, etc.
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1789 G. Adams Ess. on Vision 124 It is from this circumstance that Pliny terms the prominent-eyed Hebetiores, not that this defect in sight impairs genius.
1861 Trans. Ethnol. Soc. London 1 220 Two subvarieties, the convex profiled and prominent mouthed Dane, and the sunk-mouthed and prominent chinned Dane.
1906 Trenton (New Jersey) Evening Times 19 Oct. 8/3 Sally Magin, a snub-nosed, freckle-faced, prominent-eared virgin.
1976 Progress (Clearfield, Pa.) 2 Feb. 14/1 A prominent-eyed breed such as the boxer [dog].
1992 D. Reynolds in I. van Sertima Golden Age of Moor (2004) iii. 101 Predominantly fair-skinned, broad-headed, prominent-nosed people who came to predominate in Northern Syria.

Derivatives

prominentness n. Obsolete rare Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II. sig. Dddiv Prominentness, a Jutting-out or Standing forward.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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