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单词 primovant
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primovantn.

Forms: 1500s primouant.
Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French, combined with an English element; probably modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: prime adj., French mouvant.
Etymology: Apparently < prime adj. + Middle French mouvant, present participle of mouvoir move v., probably after post-classical Latin primum mobile primum mobile n. Compare Middle French prime mouvant (1588 or earlier). Compare earlier primum mobile n.
Obsolete. rare.
= primum mobile n. 1.
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the world > the universe > celestial sphere > zone of celestial sphere > sphere of ancient astronomy > [noun] > primum mobile
first firmamentc1386
first movablec1400
first-movingc1400
first mobilea1475
primum mobilea1475
first movera1550
primovant1570
motor1586
primovable1625
highest movable1669
1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. biii As the Heauen, is, by the Primouant, caried about in 24. æquall Houres.
1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. dij v A..way..of hauing the motion of the Primouant (or first æquinoctiall motion,) by Nature and Arte, Imitated.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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