relaxingn.

Brit.

/rᵻˈlaksɪŋ/, U.S.

/rəˈlæksɪŋ/,

/riˈlæksɪŋ/

Forms: see relax v. and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: relax v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < relax v. + -ing suffix¹, originally partly after classical Latin relaxāndus, gerund of relaxāre relax v., and partly after classical Latin relaxātiō relaxation n. Compare relaxation n.

The action of relax v.; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > [noun] > muscular tension > looseness of muscles

laxation1398

relaxing?a1425

laxity1528

laxness1634

relaxity1908

the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun] > becoming less violent, vigorous, or severe

lissc1000

remissionc1425

abatement1433

swagingc1440

remittinga1475

slacking1542

remissness1551

subsiding1607

slackening1611

relaxation1614

relentment1628

rebatement1701

relaxing1734

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 64 Be it bounde..with a bonde of cloþe in streynyng forsoþ 4 tymez or 5..in þe selfe wounde emoragiante, after in relaxing [?c1425 Paris lousinge; Latin relaxando] litel bi litel to þe circumference.

1522 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1903) V. 207 For..relaxing of thare men fra the horne.

1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 545 The Belly falls by the Relaxing of the same [sc. the diaphragm].

1734 D. Waterland Scripture Vind. Concl., in Wks. (1823) VI. 169 The destroying or relaxing of the other [motives] is so far destroying or relaxing virtue and morality.

1866 T. T. Stoddart Angler's Rambles 220 The continual wear and tear, And relaxing of its spring.

1884 Athenæum 16 Aug. 204/2 The fourteenth and fifteenth centuries saw a considerable relaxing of the severities of the Cistercian rule.

1963 Atlanta Daily World 14 Apr. 3/6 Mrs. Butts will study the latest methods in hair styling, cutting, relaxing, tinting, [etc.].

1994 Wall St. Jrnl. 25 Feb. a14/5 There is little domestic pressure in the U.S. for a relaxing of the rules for German (or other overseas) companies.

2001 Hair Now Oct. 65/1 Relaxing techniques and hair wefts have revolutionised styling for black women.

Compounds

Entomology. attributive. Designating a container for relaxing dried insect specimens (esp. in relaxing box), and the fluid used in such a container. Cf. relax v. 1d.

ΚΠ

1843 Zoologist 1 177 They invariably, on warm days, became too much stiffened..; nor would the relaxing box restore their pliancy sufficiently.

1901 M. C. Dickerson Moths & Butterflies iii. 320 A little alum dissolved in the water sprinkled on the sawdust will prevent the formation of mould in the relaxing box.

1952 E. F. Daglish Name this Insect p. xiii After some hours in a relaxing chamber the legs and wings will be as easy to arrange as are those of fresh-killed specimens.

1976 P. W. Cribb Lepidopterist's Handbk. vii. 84 A relaxing box is a clean plastic box with a layer of clean absorbent material at the bottom.

2001 Florida Entomologist 84 134/2 Specimens were relaxed in boiling water instead of relaxing fluid.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

relaxingadj.

Brit.

/rᵻˈlaksɪŋ/, U.S.

/rəˈlæksɪŋ/,

/riˈlæksɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: relax v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < relax v. + -ing suffix². Compare relaxative adj.

1. Causing or producing relaxation; (also) enervating.muscle-, nerve-relaxing: see the first element.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [adjective] > purgative

outrunningeOE

laxativea1398

purgativea1398

openinga1400

abstersive?a1425

purging?c1425

solublec1503

minorative1543

purgy1562

relaxing1562

solutive1564

benedict1576

aperitive1582

scouring1597

apertive1605

dejective1605

relaxative1611

subductory1620

calastic1621

aperient1626

cathartic1639

dejectory1640

relaxant1651

spurginga1652

cathartical1656

anastomotic1657

ecphractic1657

ecphractical1657

rhyptical1657

rhyptic1659

loosening1665

eccathartic1681

fluxing1702

chalastic1704

loosinga1722

hypactic1753

evacuatory1789

evacuant1800

relaxatory1925

society > leisure > [adjective] > relaxing

relaxative1731

relaxing1825

de-stressing1967

1562 W. Bullein Bulwarke of Defence f. xvij It is of the like vertue and effecte, sodden in the broth of a Henne, or Ptisane, and is of order temperate, relaxyng.

1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Rilasciante medicina, a relaxing medicine.

1731 J. Arbuthnot Ess. Nature Aliments v. 65 By its astringent Quality it [sc. Tea] moderates the relaxing Quality of warm Water.

1779 Gentleman's Mag. 49 79 Ointment of Marsh Mallows, I imagine from its name is understood to be of an emollient relaxing disposition.

1825 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor (ed. 2) II. xiii. 235 A climate so peculiarly relaxing as that of Bengal.

1841 G. P. R. James Brigand i All the relaxing joys of an hour's idleness.

1883 A. Thomas Mod. Housewife 95 You will neither go to the bleak Norfolk coast nor to the relaxing air of Bournemouth.

1925 L. E. H. Whitby Nurses' Handbk. Hygiene i. 15 Closed anthracite stoves are unhealthy in that they make the air dry and relaxing.

1986 I. Murdoch Acastos 14 Sometimes I think a tyranny would be as relaxing, you wouldn't have to think about politics at all.

2. Undergoing relaxation; becoming less taut.

ΚΠ

1801 R. Southey Thalaba I. iii. 177 From his [sc. a bird's] relaxing grasp a Locust fell.

1890 Cent. Dict. Myogram, the tracing of a contracting and relaxing muscle drawn by a myograph.

1914 L. Mason Eng. Poems Henry King 204 Part of the mechanism of the old-fashioned fusee watch, by means of which the declining power of the relaxing spring was compensated.

2005 Amer. Jrnl. Cardiol. 96 1687/1 The dimensionless relative change in length of the contracting (or relaxing) muscle.

Derivatives

reˈlaxingness n. rare

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > [noun] > relaxation > relaxing quality

relaxingness1883

1883 R. Broughton Belinda II. ii. v. 55 I have been advised..to try the effect of a more bracing air, as a corrective to the extreme relaxingness of Oxbridge.

2000 J. L. Nasar in W. B. Walsh et al. Person–Environment Psychol. v. 119 This chapter stresses the aspects of evaluative response having the most importance for theory, research and human experience—pleasantness, excitement (interest), restoration (relaxingness), and fear.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	relaxing
释义	relaxingn. Brit. /rᵻˈlaksɪŋ/, U.S. /rəˈlæksɪŋ/, /riˈlæksɪŋ/ Forms: see relax v. and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: relax v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < relax v. + -ing suffix¹, originally partly after classical Latin relaxāndus, gerund of relaxāre relax v., and partly after classical Latin relaxātiō relaxation n. Compare relaxation n. The action of relax v.; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > [noun] > muscular tension > looseness of muscles laxation1398 relaxing?a1425 laxity1528 laxness1634 relaxity1908 the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun] > becoming less violent, vigorous, or severe lissc1000 remissionc1425 abatement1433 swagingc1440 remittinga1475 slacking1542 remissness1551 subsiding1607 slackening1611 relaxation1614 relentment1628 rebatement1701 relaxing1734 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 64 Be it bounde..with a bonde of cloþe in streynyng forsoþ 4 tymez or 5..in þe selfe wounde emoragiante, after in relaxing [?c1425 Paris lousinge; Latin relaxando] litel bi litel to þe circumference. 1522 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1903) V. 207 For..relaxing of thare men fra the horne. 1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 545 The Belly falls by the Relaxing of the same [sc. the diaphragm]. 1734 D. Waterland Scripture Vind. Concl., in Wks. (1823) VI. 169 The destroying or relaxing of the other [motives] is so far destroying or relaxing virtue and morality. 1866 T. T. Stoddart Angler's Rambles 220 The continual wear and tear, And relaxing of its spring. 1884 Athenæum 16 Aug. 204/2 The fourteenth and fifteenth centuries saw a considerable relaxing of the severities of the Cistercian rule. 1963 Atlanta Daily World 14 Apr. 3/6 Mrs. Butts will study the latest methods in hair styling, cutting, relaxing, tinting, [etc.]. 1994 Wall St. Jrnl. 25 Feb. a14/5 There is little domestic pressure in the U.S. for a relaxing of the rules for German (or other overseas) companies. 2001 Hair Now Oct. 65/1 Relaxing techniques and hair wefts have revolutionised styling for black women. Compounds Entomology. attributive. Designating a container for relaxing dried insect specimens (esp. in relaxing box), and the fluid used in such a container. Cf. relax v. 1d. ΚΠ 1843 Zoologist 1 177 They invariably, on warm days, became too much stiffened..; nor would the relaxing box restore their pliancy sufficiently. 1901 M. C. Dickerson Moths & Butterflies iii. 320 A little alum dissolved in the water sprinkled on the sawdust will prevent the formation of mould in the relaxing box. 1952 E. F. Daglish Name this Insect p. xiii After some hours in a relaxing chamber the legs and wings will be as easy to arrange as are those of fresh-killed specimens. 1976 P. W. Cribb Lepidopterist's Handbk. vii. 84 A relaxing box is a clean plastic box with a layer of clean absorbent material at the bottom. 2001 Florida Entomologist 84 134/2 Specimens were relaxed in boiling water instead of relaxing fluid. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). relaxingadj. Brit. /rᵻˈlaksɪŋ/, U.S. /rəˈlæksɪŋ/, /riˈlæksɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: relax v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < relax v. + -ing suffix². Compare relaxative adj. 1. Causing or producing relaxation; (also) enervating.muscle-, nerve-relaxing: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [adjective] > purgative outrunningeOE laxativea1398 purgativea1398 openinga1400 abstersive?a1425 purging?c1425 solublec1503 minorative1543 purgy1562 relaxing1562 solutive1564 benedict1576 aperitive1582 scouring1597 apertive1605 dejective1605 relaxative1611 subductory1620 calastic1621 aperient1626 cathartic1639 dejectory1640 relaxant1651 spurginga1652 cathartical1656 anastomotic1657 ecphractic1657 ecphractical1657 rhyptical1657 rhyptic1659 loosening1665 eccathartic1681 fluxing1702 chalastic1704 loosinga1722 hypactic1753 evacuatory1789 evacuant1800 relaxatory1925 society > leisure > [adjective] > relaxing relaxative1731 relaxing1825 de-stressing1967 1562 W. Bullein Bulwarke of Defence f. xvij It is of the like vertue and effecte, sodden in the broth of a Henne, or Ptisane, and is of order temperate, relaxyng. 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Rilasciante medicina, a relaxing medicine. 1731 J. Arbuthnot Ess. Nature Aliments v. 65 By its astringent Quality it [sc. Tea] moderates the relaxing Quality of warm Water. 1779 Gentleman's Mag. 49 79 Ointment of Marsh Mallows, I imagine from its name is understood to be of an emollient relaxing disposition. 1825 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor (ed. 2) II. xiii. 235 A climate so peculiarly relaxing as that of Bengal. 1841 G. P. R. James Brigand i All the relaxing joys of an hour's idleness. 1883 A. Thomas Mod. Housewife 95 You will neither go to the bleak Norfolk coast nor to the relaxing air of Bournemouth. 1925 L. E. H. Whitby Nurses' Handbk. Hygiene i. 15 Closed anthracite stoves are unhealthy in that they make the air dry and relaxing. 1986 I. Murdoch Acastos 14 Sometimes I think a tyranny would be as relaxing, you wouldn't have to think about politics at all. 2. Undergoing relaxation; becoming less taut. ΚΠ 1801 R. Southey Thalaba I. iii. 177 From his [sc. a bird's] relaxing grasp a Locust fell. 1890 Cent. Dict. Myogram, the tracing of a contracting and relaxing muscle drawn by a myograph. 1914 L. Mason Eng. Poems Henry King 204 Part of the mechanism of the old-fashioned fusee watch, by means of which the declining power of the relaxing spring was compensated. 2005 Amer. Jrnl. Cardiol. 96 1687/1 The dimensionless relative change in length of the contracting (or relaxing) muscle. Derivatives reˈlaxingness n. rare ΘΚΠ society > leisure > [noun] > relaxation > relaxing quality relaxingness1883 1883 R. Broughton Belinda II. ii. v. 55 I have been advised..to try the effect of a more bracing air, as a corrective to the extreme relaxingness of Oxbridge. 2000 J. L. Nasar in W. B. Walsh et al. Person–Environment Psychol. v. 119 This chapter stresses the aspects of evaluative response having the most importance for theory, research and human experience—pleasantness, excitement (interest), restoration (relaxingness), and fear. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1425adj.1562
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