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accomplishmentn. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French accomplissement. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman accomplessement, acomplicement, Anglo-Norman and Middle French accomplissement, acomplisement, acomplissement (French accomplissement ) action of accomplishing, fulfilment, completion (1284 in Old French), perfection (1288; earlier in sense ‘satisfaction’ (c1214 in Old French)) < accompliss- , acompliss- , lengthened stem of accomplir , acomplir accomplish v. + -ment -ment suffix. Sense 3 is not paralleled in French. Compare slightly earlier accomplishing n., complement n., and later complishment n. 1. the world > action or operation > completing > [noun] 1425 in H. Nicolas (1834) III. 173 (MED) Write to youre liegemen..in accomplissement of your saide promisse. 1427 (P.R.O.) 25.1232 (MED) Þat þe same monoie..be disspendid..in and for þe makyng and accomplicement of þe toure aforseid. a1475 J. Fortescue (Laud) (1885) 111 He wolde not have it gouernyd..but bi his owne wille, bi wich and for the accomplisshment þerof he made it. a1500 (a1450) (Trin. Cambr.) 3120 (MED) To make an ende of all this werre..And for the Accompleshment also, Be cause I wold that it shuld be endid sone. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin ii. xvi. f. 160v We haue in his death a full accomplishment of saluation. 1612 T. Taylor (i. 9) 183 Such diuine prophecies, and predictions, together with the exact accomplishments. 1653 117 Orestes..began freshly to importunate his brother to the accomplishment of her request. 1762 R. Dobbs (title) A Remarkable Accomplishment of a Noted Scripture Prophecy. 1781 S. Johnson Granville in VI. 3 He wrote the poem to the earl of Peterborough, upon his accomplishment of the duke of York's marriage with the princess of Modena. 1840 W. M. Thackeray I. 132 So little sign of devilment in the accomplishment of his wishes. 1860 J. A. Froude (ed. 2) V. xxiv. 3 He saw England, as he believed, ripe for mighty changes easy of accomplishment. 1887 T. Hardy I. iii. 34 That easeful sense of accomplishment which follows work done that has been a hard struggle in the doing. 1903 26 Sept. 328/1 There is but one serious drawback to an accomplishment of this laudable purpose. 1952 J. T. McKelvey ii. 15 The use of time-and-motion study to determine the best way of doing a certain task and the time necessary for its accomplishment. 1987 D. Da Cruz 4 The boredom, the drift, the lack of accomplishment that..would follow him as he plodded robotlike through college. 1992 R. Harris iv. 253 The organisational, technical and material measures necessary for the accomplishment of the final solution of the Jewish question. the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun] > attainment of goal 1578 W. Hopkinson tr. T. de Bèze 272 It wil come to passe, that thou whiche of late betwixte those thine accomplishments, sporting (as I thinke) saydest, that thou waste but onely two miles distant from the scope of perfection, arte euen carried beyonde the marke. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) Prol. 30 Turning th'accomplishment of many yeeres Into an Howre-glasse. 1664 H. Power ii. 124 It has been held accomplishment enough to graduate a student, if he could but stiffly wrangle out a vexatious dispute. 1706 S. Clarke 29 They indeavour to ridicule and banter all Humane as well as Divine Accomplishments. 1797 A. Radcliffe III. iv. 117 A harmony, not the effect of torpid feelings, but the accomplishment of correct and vigilant judgment. 1862 Jan. 94 Among accomplishments of recent date, the ostrich may be now claimed as an inhabitant of the poultry yard. 1881 A. Herschel in No. 622. 508 I have here ventured to disown, and to disclaim for myself some of the major accomplishments of meteor-spectroscopy. 1937 J. P. Marquand v. 52 As one looks back at Mr. Hobson's school, one may take a pardonable pride in the later accomplishments of so many of our friends. 1979 19 Oct. 21/4 Getting the players on and off stage more than 200 times without a noticeable miscue would be a considerable accomplishment. 2002 28 July (Queensland ed.) 67 Ernie! Your biggest accomplishment was eating a seven-foot sub sandwich in one night! 1540 R. Taverner f. xix Neyther yet is it an vnpythy weake or vnperfect word whych eyther of it selfe is not stronge ynough, or nedeth any other worde to the perfection and accomplyshement therof. 1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger xxxii. 200 The Sainctes..are commaunded patiently to abide, vntill the accomplishement of their bretherne. 1646 Sir T. Browne 9 Mahomet..set out the felicitie of his heaven, by the contentments of flesh..slightly passing over the accomplishment of the soule. View more context for this quotation 1655 T. Fuller Hist. Univ. Cambr. vi. 108 in Rob. Wakefield..who for his better accomplishment travelled most parts of Christendome. 1709 Ld. Shaftesbury ii. ii. 68 Is not this the Sum of all? the finishing Stroke and very Accomplishment of Virtue? 3. a. Something which completes or perfects. the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > attractive or impressive quality > [noun] the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [noun] > seemly behaviour or propriety > quality that fits one for society the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > acquired skill > an accomplishment the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > humanistic studies > [noun] > cultivation of the mind > instance of 1586 A. Day i. sig. G3v You are in all things well accomplished, & euery way as beseemeth: but yet when I behold this fauour, this comelines, these accomplishmentes,..me thinks there should yet be an ornament to all these. 1648 N. Ward Ep. Ded. sig. A3 Schoole-sciences are stretchable, no further then to render a man more expedite in civil transactions, or to furnish him with accomplishments prerequisite for State-affairs. 1682 tr. O. Cromwell Let. in 116 He may come back..perfected in all manner of good accomplishments. 1711 R. Steele No. 33. ⁋1 Daphne..found her self obliged to acquire some Accomplishments to make up for the want of those Attractions. 1774 Ld. Chesterfield I. Advt. 8 Hence we find him induced to lay so great a stress on what are generally called Accomplishments, as most indispensably requisite to finish the amiable and brilliant part of a complete character. 1821 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater in Oct. 370/1 Reading is an accomplishment of mine; and, in the slang use of the word accomplishment as a superficial and ornamental attainment, almost the only one I possess. 1868 L. M. Alcott I. vii. 107 It's nice to have accomplishments, and be elegant; but not to show off, or get perked up. 1908 E. M. Forster xii. 191 I fancy they know how to read—a rare accomplishment. 1948 L. A. G. Strong ii. 14 She cultivated those accomplishments which were thought likely to attract a distinguished husband. 2001 28 Feb. 21/1 It seemed odds-on that he was strumming the offstage harp himself, such is the variety of his accomplishments. the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > acquired skill 1652 R. Brathwait (title) Times treasury: or, Academy for gentry. Laying downe excellent grounds both divine and humane, in relation to sexes of both kindes: for their accomplishment in arguments of discourse, habit, fashion. 1700 J. Wallis in C. R. L. Fletcher (1885) I. 319 A man may be furnished with genteel accomplishment. 1755 S. Johnson Cleverness, dexterity, skill, accomplishment. 1865 Ld. Tennyson 3 Sonnets to Coquette iii, in 196 To dance and sing, be gaily drest, And win all eyes with all accomplishment. 1868 M. Pattison iv. 65 The youth comes up with a varnish of accomplishment beyond his real powers. 1917 A. Machen I. 32 She preserves something of the distinction which the fashion of our times allows to the unmarried woman who possesses beauty and accomplishment. 1982 B. Trapido vi. 34 Jonathan and Roger..are the kind of people who use bicycles with the accomplishment of Vietnamese peasants. 1993 June 50/3 Their level of technical accomplishment is never in question. the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [noun] > ornamentation or decoration > an ornament the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > that which is supplied > that with which anything is equipped > equipment or accoutrements 1605 F. Bacon ii. sig. Aa2 Conduits, Cesternes, and Pooles..men haue accustomed..to beautifie and adorne with accomplishments of Magnificence and State, as well as of vse and necessitie. View more context for this quotation 1641 J. Milton 64 The externall Accomplishments of Kingly prosperity, the love of the People, their multitude, their valour, their wealth. 1672 T. Jordan London Triumphant in J. B. Heath (1869) 491 The company of Artillerymen..being in all their accomplishments of gallantry, some in Buff, with Head pieces, many of massy silver. 1702 289 Philemon wants none of those curious gewgaws which make all the accomplishments of our modern beaux. Compounds the mind > mental capacity > psychology > developmental psychology > acquisition of knowledge > test of mental ability > response to test > [noun] 1920 R. Franzen in 21 436 The accomplishment quotient is the degree to which his actual progress has attained to his potential progress by the best possible measures of both. 1934 H. C. Warren 1/1 AQ, abbrev. for accomplishment (or achievement) quotient. 1957 XVIII. 673/2 Several subject tests may be combined into an achievement battery for measuring general school proficiency either in point scores or ‘achievement ages’ and perhaps ‘accomplishment quotients’ (AA/CA). 1991 17 377 The concept [of underachievement] goes back at least to 1920, and has been known variously as the achievement quotient, the accomplishment quotient, and the achievement ratio. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). <  n.1425 |
