quant. suff.n.adv.

Brit.

/ˌkwɒnt ˈsʌf/, U.S.

/ˈkwɑnt ˈsəf/

Forms: 1800s quant. suf., 1800s quant: suff:, 1800s– quant. suff. (with point).

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: quantum sufficit n.; quantum sufficit adv.

Etymology: As noun shortened < quantum sufficit n. (originally as graphic abbreviation); compare earlier quantum suff. n. As adverb shortened < quantum sufficit adv. (originally as graphic abbreviation); compare earlier quantum suff. adv.

Now rare.

A. n.

= quantum sufficit n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > [noun]

fillc893

enoughOE

no lack (of)c1305

sufficiencec1380

suffisancec1381

suffisance1390

sufficienta1450

sufficienty1450

sufficient1470

store1471

sufficientlyc1485

sufficiency1531

satiety1569

strength1593

competence1600

sufficiency1608

competency1616

quantum sufficit1693

quantum suff.1763

adequacy1790

quant. suff.1799

critical mass1947

1799 S. T. Coleridge Let. 23 Apr. (2000) I. 487 Down comes the great Stone Angel with the Bason, presents it to the Pastor who having taken quant. suff., up flies my Angel to his old place in the Ceiling.

1835 Times 8 Mar. 4/2 Daniel has talked a quant. suff. of nonsense.

1843 Darwin Let. 22 Jan. in Corr. (1986) II. 348 My coral-volume..has received its quant: suff: of praise.

1863 Fraser's Mag. Feb. 156/2 A quant. suff. is beaten up with water, which is strained off after standing half an hour.

1945 J. T. Flanagan Amer. Is West 135 On the chinking was the ‘daubing’—viz. a quant. suff. of yellow clay ferociously splashed in soft by the hand of the architect.

B. adv.

= quantum sufficit adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > (in) sufficient amount or degree [phrase]

at or to sufficiencec1430

sufficiently enough1556

q.s.a1662

quantum sufficit1699

quantum suff.1796

quant. suff.1821

1821 Classical Jrnl. 23 281 Boiled fifteen minutes in water, quant. suff., and strained through a sieve.

1840 R. H. Barham Look at Clock in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 60 One glance was enough, Completely ‘Quant. suff.’ As the doctors write down when they send you their ‘stuff’.

1881 W. de W. Abney Photogr. 69 The amount of alcohol required is invariably shown as ‘quant. suf.’

1907 G. B. Shaw John Bull's Other Island p. xxv It was hardly reasonable to ask Parnell to shed blood quant. suff. in Egypt..and then to expect him to become a Tolstoyan or an O'Connellite in regard to his own country.

a1963 C. S. Lewis Discarded Image (1964) i. 9 Popular iconography..wishing to summon up the idea of the Medieval, draws a knight errant with castles, distressed damsels, and dragons quant. suff. in the background.

1976 Times 25 Nov. 32/3 (advt.) Friends I exhort To drink Taylor's Port Quant. suff. to delay their demise.

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

单词	quant suff
释义	quant. suff.n.adv. Brit. /ˌkwɒnt ˈsʌf/, U.S. /ˈkwɑnt ˈsəf/ Forms: 1800s quant. suf., 1800s quant: suff:, 1800s– quant. suff. (with point). Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: quantum sufficit n.; quantum sufficit adv. Etymology: As noun shortened < quantum sufficit n. (originally as graphic abbreviation); compare earlier quantum suff. n. As adverb shortened < quantum sufficit adv. (originally as graphic abbreviation); compare earlier quantum suff. adv. Now rare. A. n. = quantum sufficit n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] fillc893 enoughOE no lack (of)c1305 sufficiencec1380 suffisancec1381 suffisance1390 sufficienta1450 sufficienty1450 sufficient1470 store1471 sufficientlyc1485 sufficiency1531 satiety1569 strength1593 competence1600 sufficiency1608 competency1616 quantum sufficit1693 quantum suff.1763 adequacy1790 quant. suff.1799 critical mass1947 1799 S. T. Coleridge Let. 23 Apr. (2000) I. 487 Down comes the great Stone Angel with the Bason, presents it to the Pastor who having taken quant. suff., up flies my Angel to his old place in the Ceiling. 1835 Times 8 Mar. 4/2 Daniel has talked a quant. suff. of nonsense. 1843 Darwin Let. 22 Jan. in Corr. (1986) II. 348 My coral-volume..has received its quant: suff: of praise. 1863 Fraser's Mag. Feb. 156/2 A quant. suff. is beaten up with water, which is strained off after standing half an hour. 1945 J. T. Flanagan Amer. Is West 135 On the chinking was the ‘daubing’—viz. a quant. suff. of yellow clay ferociously splashed in soft by the hand of the architect. B. adv. = quantum sufficit adv. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > (in) sufficient amount or degree [phrase] at or to sufficiencec1430 sufficiently enough1556 q.s.a1662 quantum sufficit1699 quantum suff.1796 quant. suff.1821 1821 Classical Jrnl. 23 281 Boiled fifteen minutes in water, quant. suff., and strained through a sieve. 1840 R. H. Barham Look at Clock in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 60 One glance was enough, Completely ‘Quant. suff.’ As the doctors write down when they send you their ‘stuff’. 1881 W. de W. Abney Photogr. 69 The amount of alcohol required is invariably shown as ‘quant. suf.’ 1907 G. B. Shaw John Bull's Other Island p. xxv It was hardly reasonable to ask Parnell to shed blood quant. suff. in Egypt..and then to expect him to become a Tolstoyan or an O'Connellite in regard to his own country. a1963 C. S. Lewis Discarded Image (1964) i. 9 Popular iconography..wishing to summon up the idea of the Medieval, draws a knight errant with castles, distressed damsels, and dragons quant. suff. in the background. 1976 Times 25 Nov. 32/3 (advt.) Friends I exhort To drink Taylor's Port Quant. suff. to delay their demise. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adv.1799
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