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单词 prognosticative
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prognosticativeadj.

Brit. /prɒɡˈnɒstᵻkətɪv/, U.S. /prɑɡˈnɑstəˌkeɪdɪv/, /prɑɡˈnɑstəkədɪv/
Forms: 1500s prognosticatiue, 1700s– prognosticative.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; probably modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: prognosticate v., -ive suffix.
Etymology: < prognosticate v. + -ive suffix, probably after Middle French prognosticatif (1564; also as pronosticatif (16th cent.)). Compare post-classical Latin prognosticativus (15th cent. in British sources).
Characterized by prognosticating; that prognosticates or predicts; indicative of a future event or outcome.In earliest use as postmodifier.
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the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > [adjective] > prognostic
prognosticating1583
prognosticative1594
prognostic1603
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > [adjective]
prognostical?a1450
prognostica1500
foreguessing1548
prognosticable1562
prophetical1567
prospective1581
prophetica1616
predictive1637
foretellinga1640
predictory1641
forespeaking1650
predictionala1661
prognosticatory1693
prognosticative1813
proleptic1858
1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits xii. 180 A phisition..studied..all the rules and considerations of the art prognosticatiue [It. considerationi dell'arte de pronosticare; Sp. consideraciones del arte de prognosticar].
1723 A. Smith Lives & Adventures Bayliffs 6 One Passage, which indeed had some relation prognosticative of what had really like to have prov'd his future Fate.
a1761 S. Davies Sermons (1864) III. lxiv. 169 If these unusual works of God are also prognosticative;..then, to disregard them is..stupid.
1813 J. C. Hobhouse Journey (ed. 2) 977 The comet..was thought prognosticative of the fall of Islamism.
1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 16 163 The opening a new volume of poems..accompanied by a yawn, prognosticative of the soporific nature of its contents.
1932 Polit. Sci. Q. 47 180 The diagram demonstrates no such prognosticative sensitivity, the plotted points being scattered over the chart with little rhyme or reason.
2000 Isis 91 776/1 No real distinction was made between what we would call the empirical and the prognosticative branches of stellar knowledge.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1594
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