radiousadj.

Brit.

/ˈreɪdɪəs/, U.S.

/ˈreɪdiəs/

Forms: late Middle English radiouse, late Middle English radyouse, late Middle English– radious, 1500s radius; also Scottish pre-1700 radius, pre-1700 radyous, pre-1700 radyus, pre-1700 radyuss, pre-1700 redius.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin radiōsus.

Etymology: < classical Latin radiōsus radiant, resplendent (Plautus), in post-classical Latin also radial (from c1250 in British sources), of or belonging to the radius of a circle or sphere (1558 in the passage translated in quot. 1654 at sense 2), surrounded by rays of light, rayed (1701 in the passage translated in quot. 1708 at sense 1c) < radius radius n. + -ōsus -ous suffix. Compare Middle French, French radieux (a1461), Spanish radioso (first half of the 15th cent.), Italian radioso (14th cent.), all in sense ‘radiant, bright, resplendent’. With senses 2 and 3 compare radial adj. 2.

a. Radiant, bright. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > [adjective] > emitting rays

beamy1398

flaming?a1400

streaminga1400

radious1417

radiantc1450

beamed1480

irradiant1526

beamish1530

beamsome1595

beamfula1631

irradiating1651

radiating1651

beaming1667

streamy1718

irradiativea1834

radiescent1863

emissive1870

1417 Guildhall Let.-bk. in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 68 (MED) We..recommende vs vnto your most noble..Magnificence..bisechyng the heuenly kyng..that he so wold..extende vpon the trone of your kyngly mageste the radyouse bemys of hys bounteuous grace.

a1500 (a1450) tr. Secreta Secret. (Ashm. 396) (1977) 95 (MED) Eyen þat ben meene betwix blak and gray ben right good, so þat þei be not radious.

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 167 A radius croun of rubeis scho him gaif.

1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour iv. sig. O.vii^v Thare Radious beymes, ar turnit in reik.

1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 79 Two pleasant radious and glistering eyes.

1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 57 His radious head, with shamefull thorns they teare.

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 582 That Radious Effulgency, which, immediately encompassing them, is beheld together with them.

1692 O. Walker Greek & Rom. Hist. 334 The Sun (as Constantine) radious.

1705 Johnson's Hist. Seven Champions Christendom (new ed.) III. ii. 14 Hiperion..began to guild the Horizon with his radious Beams.

1878 A. D. Vandam Amours Great Men 299 Their melancholy traits scarcely conceal the radious brilliancy of innocent youth and pure affection.

1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. II. v. 15 From Fridia's eyes, radious with light divine, Fall no weak woman's tears.

2006 Canad. Corporate Newswire (Nexis) 21 Aug. It's under a radious sun that the activities took place Saturday.

†b. Optics. Consisting of rays of light. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > [adjective] > emitting rays > of the nature of or resembling rays

radiant1509

radial1570

radious1692

streamy1718

beam-like1820

actinomorphous1879

1692 W. Molyneux Dioptrica Nova 105 There being no other way for the Radious Cones to enter the Eye or the dark Chamber.

1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §90. 103 The Intersection made by the Radious Pencils.

1733 G. Berkeley Theory of Vision §50. 42 The Pictures, so called, being formed by the radious Pencils..are not so truly Pictures as Images.

1781 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 5579/1 The first inch and a quarter of the radious cone may be applied for all the various powers of magnifying microscopic objects.

1792 W. C. Wells Ess. upon Single Vision with Two Eyes in Two Ess. (1818) 66 Those objects are seen most distinctly, the radious pencils from which are accurately brought to points in the retina.

†c. Surrounded by rays of light; rayed. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1708 G. Vaux tr. J. C. Sturm Mathesis Juvenilis III. 91 Their Figure [sc. that of the fixed stars] appears Radious [L. radiosam] to the naked Eye.

†2. Of or belonging to the radius of a circle or sphere; = radial adj. 2b. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > geometry > line > [adjective] > radial

radious1654

radial1706

1654 G. Wharton tr. J. Dee in Hemeroscopeion ii. 28 By how much more the Radious Axis [L. axis radiosus] of any Star, or Comet, comes nearer being perpendicular to any Elementary superficies, by so much more powerfully that Starre or Comet powres out its vertues upon the place of its Incidence.

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 598 The Centre, Radious Distance, and Movable Circumference, may be all said to be Co-Essential to a Sphere.

†3. Diverging like rays from a central point; = radial adj. 2a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > inclination > divergence > [adjective] > characterized by radial divergence > arranged radially

radial?1597

spoked1597

spoky1601

radiated1703

radious1703

radiate1796

radialized1889

1703 T. Gibson Anat. Humane Bodies Epitomized (ed. 6) iii. vi. 383 The Substance of the Medulla oblongata is..dusky from its many Fibres that hold a various course; for in some part they are striated or radious as it were; in others direct, running lengthways.

1767 tr. J. Astruc Art Midwifery i. v. 35 The radious fibres, that surround the orifice of the uterus, contract themselves, and dilate the orifice.

1773 T. Hatton Introd. Clock & Watch Work i. 26 In their several attempts and trials, they run through most of the forms of time-keepers, related by Mr. Martin,..the only one of which seemed to bid fair for the use at sea, was that with radious pieces, and balls upon them like the flies of jacks.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	radious
释义	radiousadj. Brit. /ˈreɪdɪəs/, U.S. /ˈreɪdiəs/ Forms: late Middle English radiouse, late Middle English radyouse, late Middle English– radious, 1500s radius; also Scottish pre-1700 radius, pre-1700 radyous, pre-1700 radyus, pre-1700 radyuss, pre-1700 redius. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin radiōsus. Etymology: < classical Latin radiōsus radiant, resplendent (Plautus), in post-classical Latin also radial (from c1250 in British sources), of or belonging to the radius of a circle or sphere (1558 in the passage translated in quot. 1654 at sense 2), surrounded by rays of light, rayed (1701 in the passage translated in quot. 1708 at sense 1c) < radius radius n. + -ōsus -ous suffix. Compare Middle French, French radieux (a1461), Spanish radioso (first half of the 15th cent.), Italian radioso (14th cent.), all in sense ‘radiant, bright, resplendent’. With senses 2 and 3 compare radial adj. 2. 1. a. Radiant, bright. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > [adjective] > emitting rays beamy1398 flaming?a1400 streaminga1400 radious1417 radiantc1450 beamed1480 irradiant1526 beamish1530 beamsome1595 beamfula1631 irradiating1651 radiating1651 beaming1667 streamy1718 irradiativea1834 radiescent1863 emissive1870 1417 Guildhall Let.-bk. in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 68 (MED) We..recommende vs vnto your most noble..Magnificence..bisechyng the heuenly kyng..that he so wold..extende vpon the trone of your kyngly mageste the radyouse bemys of hys bounteuous grace. a1500 (a1450) tr. Secreta Secret. (Ashm. 396) (1977) 95 (MED) Eyen þat ben meene betwix blak and gray ben right good, so þat þei be not radious. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 167 A radius croun of rubeis scho him gaif. 1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour iv. sig. O.vii^v Thare Radious beymes, ar turnit in reik. 1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 79 Two pleasant radious and glistering eyes. 1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 57 His radious head, with shamefull thorns they teare. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 582 That Radious Effulgency, which, immediately encompassing them, is beheld together with them. 1692 O. Walker Greek & Rom. Hist. 334 The Sun (as Constantine) radious. 1705 Johnson's Hist. Seven Champions Christendom (new ed.) III. ii. 14 Hiperion..began to guild the Horizon with his radious Beams. 1878 A. D. Vandam Amours Great Men 299 Their melancholy traits scarcely conceal the radious brilliancy of innocent youth and pure affection. 1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. II. v. 15 From Fridia's eyes, radious with light divine, Fall no weak woman's tears. 2006 Canad. Corporate Newswire (Nexis) 21 Aug. It's under a radious sun that the activities took place Saturday. †b. Optics. Consisting of rays of light. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > [adjective] > emitting rays > of the nature of or resembling rays radiant1509 radial1570 radious1692 streamy1718 beam-like1820 actinomorphous1879 1692 W. Molyneux Dioptrica Nova 105 There being no other way for the Radious Cones to enter the Eye or the dark Chamber. 1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §90. 103 The Intersection made by the Radious Pencils. 1733 G. Berkeley Theory of Vision §50. 42 The Pictures, so called, being formed by the radious Pencils..are not so truly Pictures as Images. 1781 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 5579/1 The first inch and a quarter of the radious cone may be applied for all the various powers of magnifying microscopic objects. 1792 W. C. Wells Ess. upon Single Vision with Two Eyes in Two Ess. (1818) 66 Those objects are seen most distinctly, the radious pencils from which are accurately brought to points in the retina. †c. Surrounded by rays of light; rayed. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1708 G. Vaux tr. J. C. Sturm Mathesis Juvenilis III. 91 Their Figure [sc. that of the fixed stars] appears Radious [L. radiosam] to the naked Eye. †2. Of or belonging to the radius of a circle or sphere; = radial adj. 2b. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > line > [adjective] > radial radious1654 radial1706 1654 G. Wharton tr. J. Dee in Hemeroscopeion ii. 28 By how much more the Radious Axis [L. axis radiosus] of any Star, or Comet, comes nearer being perpendicular to any Elementary superficies, by so much more powerfully that Starre or Comet powres out its vertues upon the place of its Incidence. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 598 The Centre, Radious Distance, and Movable Circumference, may be all said to be Co-Essential to a Sphere. †3. Diverging like rays from a central point; = radial adj. 2a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > divergence > [adjective] > characterized by radial divergence > arranged radially radial?1597 spoked1597 spoky1601 radiated1703 radious1703 radiate1796 radialized1889 1703 T. Gibson Anat. Humane Bodies Epitomized (ed. 6) iii. vi. 383 The Substance of the Medulla oblongata is..dusky from its many Fibres that hold a various course; for in some part they are striated or radious as it were; in others direct, running lengthways. 1767 tr. J. Astruc Art Midwifery i. v. 35 The radious fibres, that surround the orifice of the uterus, contract themselves, and dilate the orifice. 1773 T. Hatton Introd. Clock & Watch Work i. 26 In their several attempts and trials, they run through most of the forms of time-keepers, related by Mr. Martin,..the only one of which seemed to bid fair for the use at sea, was that with radious pieces, and balls upon them like the flies of jacks. 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