retiringn.

Brit.

/rᵻˈtʌɪərɪŋ/, U.S.

/rəˈtaɪrɪŋ/,

/riˈtaɪrɪŋ/

Forms: see retire v. and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: retire v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < retire v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier retirement n., retire n.¹, and foreign-language forms cited at those entries.

The action of retire v. (in various senses); an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > back or again

coveringc1230

restaurationa1398

recoverance1398

retrievingc1425

recoverc1430

readeption1471

recuperation1481

recovery1523

retiring1548

repossessing1576

regetting1585

recoverment1591

repossession1592

refetching1624

regainment1642

recooper1652

reattainment1661

reacquisition1719

revendication1760

retrievation1806

retrieve1853

regain1860

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [noun] > fact or condition of drawing or pulling back

retrahing1497

retraction1528

retiring1548

withdrawing1748

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [noun] > retiring, withdrawing, or retreating

recoilc1330

retreata1393

subtraction?a1425

back-drawing1535

retirement1536

retiring1548

retraict1550

recess1561

retire1570

retiral1611

subducing1633

retiration1637

withdrawment1640

retirance1662

retreating1664

retraction1684

retreatment1721

withdrawal1824

back-pedalling1950

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > [noun] > the or an act of

retiring1548

retreat1589

secession1604

decession1606

retirement1606

seclusion1623

recessa1639

secesh1863

society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > specific operations or arrangements

intromission1567

hedginga1631

retiring1681

partnership1704

put1718

time bargain1720

bargain for time1721

option1746

call1825

put and call1826

cornering1841

corner1853

raid1866

pooling1871

squeeze1872

call option1874

recapitalization1874

short squeeze1877

split-up1878

margin call1888

pyramid1888

profit taking1891

pyramiding1895

underwriting1895

melon-cutting1900

round turn1901

market-making1902

put-through1902

put and take1921

round trip1922

put and take1929

leverage1931

split-down1932

switching1932

give-up1934

mark to market1938

recap1940

rollover1947

downtick1954

stock split1955

traded option1955

leg1959

stock splitting1959

rollover1961

split1972

spread betting1972

unitization1974

marking-to-market1981

swap1982

telebroking1984

the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [noun]

recedence1641

retiring1730

retreatingness1845

society > authority > office > withdrawing from or vacating office > [noun]

resignationa1387

surceasingc1435

resign1457

cessationa1464

dimissiona1513

demission1577

cession1608

avoidance1642

retirement1648

cess1689

cesser1689

resigning1743

retiring1808

retiral1840

inkyo1871

society > occupation and work > lack of work > [noun] > retirement

retirement1648

retiring1808

retiral1840

1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Recessus, goyng awaie or backe; retyryng.

1594 I. G. tr. G. di Grassi True Arte Def. O ij b Without any other retyring of himselfe.

1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love ii. i. sig. D^v Supplies for the retiring of his olde Ward-robe from pawne.

1604 E. Grimeston tr. True Hist. Siege Ostend 62 In their retiring there were many of them stayed.

1646 T. Fuller Andronicus iv. xi. sig. H1^v Soon after his retiring, he ended his life.

1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. i. vii. 80 An Executor for whom simple retiring of the Bond will not be sufficient without Discharge or Assignation.

1707 W. Hope New Method Fencing iv. 122 Breaking of Measure is but a Genteel Term Sword-Men have given to a Moderat Retiring, or Giving of Ground.

1730 A. Gordon tr. F. S. Maffei Compl. Hist. Anc. Amphitheatres 406 The Retiring of the Wall..is both towards the inner-side and the out-side too.

1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful iv. §16. 144 As we recede from the light..the pupil is enlarged by the retiring of the iris, in proportion to our recess.

1808 ‘H. St. Victor’ Ruins of Rigonda III. 6 Previous to my retiring, I was employed in my vespers.

1861 G. Chapman Rev. Art Fencing 16 Retiring is, however, occasionally performed by first withdrawing the right [foot].

1899 T. Roosevelt Rough Riders iv. 149 General Wheeler..had sent word that there was no need whatever of retiring, and was sure we would stay where we were until the chance came to advance.

1939 C. V. Wedgwood tr. K. Brandi Emperor Charles V i. 31 The personal servants of the ruler, who attended on him from the hour of his rising until his retiring.

1961 F. H. Burgess Dict. Sailing 167 Racing flag, a private flag hoisted when racing, instead of the burgee; it is hauled down only on retiring, or when a race is completed.

1988 Update 1 Mar. 1789/2 A 75 mg single dose of indomethacin..can be added to regular medication and taken on retiring, with a less toxic drug taken by day.

2007 Providence (Rhode Island) Jrnl. (Nexis) 27 Mar. d4 He was an engine turner for Anson, Inc. before retiring.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

a. In the sense ‘intended for seclusion, rest, or quiet’. Now chiefly in retiring room n. at Compounds 2.

ΚΠ

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 419 The Chalcidians were much affected vnto king Antiochus, and did put their city into his handes, to serue him in this warre, for a strong & safe retyring place.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 494 Downham where the Bishop hath his retiring house with a Parke.

a1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 349 'Twas once the retyring place of Julius Caesar.

1751 S. Whatley England's Gazetteer at Havering at Bower The ancient retiring-place of the Ks. of England.

1849 J. C. Robertson Ecclesia Restaurata II. 191 It was left for a retiring house to that noble family, who do still enjoy it.

1906 F. J. Snell Blackmore Country 21 A cross-way in the road or gateway is eagerly looked for as a retiring spot to the traveller.

2006 P. de Bruyn et al. Frommer's India (ed. 2) xi. 492 The rather dull double rooms, which are more reminiscent of English country-hotel rooms with musty carpetsthan royal retiring quarters.

b. In the sense ‘given or taken on departure from a place’. Frequently in retiring collection.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [adjective] > retiring, withdrawing, or retreating > connected with

retiring1650

1650 N. Cowling Surv. Tyrannie 7 It was fit to give Him a retiring purge that might put Him in minde of his former deceitful Treaties, and Bloody Resolutions.

1827 Times 22 Aug. 3/5 As the defendant was making his retiring bow, he cast a significant glance at Mr. Lovell, and said, ‘Yes, he knows where to find me at any time.’

1853 Leisure Hour Oct. 680/2 A direct encouragement to the perpetration of petty offences, for the sake of the retiring gifts bestowed [to discharged prisoners] by the hands of misplaced charity.

1901 Scotsman 1 Mar. 7/3 A retiring collection after a concert.

2009 Loughborough Echo (Nexis) 15 May (Village News) 71 Admission is free; a retiring collection will be taken for Church funds.

c. In the sense ‘of or relating to permanent retirement from office, employment, or service, or to the financing of this’.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > lack of work > [adjective] > relating to retirement

retiring1782

retirement1897

society > authority > office > withdrawing from or vacating office > [adjective] > relating to

retiring1782

retirement1897

1782 Brit. Mag. & Rev. 1 155/2 Mr. Sheridan, retiring pension £.800.

1818 L. W. Dillwyn Diary 15 June in Publ. S. Wales & Monmouth Rec. Soc. (1963) No. 5. 25 I framed my retiring Address and sent it to be printed.

1853 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes (1854) I. viii. 81 Binnie had his retiring pension, and, besides, had saved half his allowances ever since he had been in India.

1860 W. H. Russell My Diary in India 1858–9 I. 87 They say..that every Indian officer has a right to a good retiring allowance.

1908 Science 1 May 688/2 Fixed rules under which the retiring pay comes as a right, not as a favor.

1945 ‘G. Orwell’ Animal Farm iii. 26 There was a stormy debate over the correct retiring age for each class of animal.

2004 Canad. Business (Nexis) 30 Aug. 29 [The company] paid Stronach's nephew a retiring allowance of US$ 1.5-million for serving just two months as president.

C2.

retiring room n. a room set aside for seclusion, rest, or quiet; (in later use also) a public toilet.

ΚΠ

1621 H. Elsynge Notes Deb. House of Lords (1870) 11 The Prynce came and wente into his retyringe roomes, and having putt on his roabes went and mett the King.

1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 124 [The] handsome Rooms..which..serv'd as Closets or retiring Rooms.

1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor xii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 286 The cooper's house was so roomy, that each guest had his separate retiring room.

1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 May 4/1 The erection of public retiring rooms for both sexes in the streets.

1982 H. Rosenthal My Mad World of Opera xx. 201 The celebratory lunch..was held in the retiring room behind the royal box.

1995 M. Kesavan Looking through Glass 76 The train..down to Jollarpet, where he spent the night illegally in the second-class retiring room on a third-class ticket.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

retiringadj.

Brit.

/rᵻˈtʌɪərɪŋ/, U.S.

/rəˈtaɪrɪŋ/,

/riˈtaɪrɪŋ/

Forms: see retire v. and -ing suffix².

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

Etymology: < retire v. + -ing suffix².

1. Of a person, or a person's character, behaviour, etc.: shy; unassertive; reserved.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > shyness or bashfulness > [adjective]

shamefastc897

unboldc897

shamelya1100

squeamous1483

bashful1548

shamefaced1555

squeamish1561

retiring1566

chary1567

verecund1575

blatec1600

helo1611

shy1672

shuff1688

shyish1754

shanny1821

fawn-like1838

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [adjective] > retiring or withdrawn

soleinc1450

retiring1566

retireda1616

oyster-like1665

squab1689

shy of oneself1722

indrawn1751

introverted1850

background1896

retreative1898

introvert1916

introversive1923

withdrawn1932

1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Av Thou canste learne the fraile retyryng man To treade in trace of trouthe outryghte.

1694 ‘A. H.’ in Chorus Poetarum 44 Retiring Modesty, and Triumphant Love, In her warm Breast, a doubtful Combat move.

1713 J. Addison in Guardian 6 July 2/2 The Venus de Medicis..is represented in such a shy retiring Posture, and covers her Bosom with one of her Hands.

1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women I. iii. 96 The retiring graces have been always the most attractive.

1832 E. Bulwer-Lytton Eugene Aram I. i. vii. 112 So retiring a nature as his, might never have harboured love.

1861 S. Smiles Lives Engineers II. 280 He was an exceedingly modest, unpretending, and retiring man.

1915 A. Conan Doyle Valley of Fear i. iii. 38 She was retiring by disposition and very much absorbed..in her husband and her domestic duties.

1969 M. Puzo Godfather (1972) i. viii. 113 He was too retiring a person, did not have enough force.

2001 S. Fatsis Word Freak xiv. 209 He appears meek and retiring but is cuttingly smart and dryly funny.

2. gen. That retires (in various senses); (now esp.) that is retiring from employment or office.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [adjective] > retiring, withdrawing, or retreating

retiringc1595

withdrawing1611

back1633

retreating1643

recondite1835

recedent1849

the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > [adjective] > relating to or used in pulling > pulling back

retiringc1595

revulsionary1817

revellent1838

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > secluded place or place of seclusion > [adjective] > devoted to retirement or seclusion

remote1549

retiringc1595

society > authority > office > withdrawing from or vacating office > [adjective]

resigning1767

outgoing1788

retiring1890

vacating1921

society > occupation and work > lack of work > [adjective] > relating to retirement > retiring

retiring1890

c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme cvii. 58 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 172 How many mounting winged tree For traffique leaue retiring land?

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1623) iii. iii. 458 The Ponticke Sea, Whose Icie Current, and compulsiue course, Neu'r keepes retyring ebbe.

1645 W. Lithgow True Relation Siege Newcastle sig. A2^v Victory fell to our Armie, and the enemie in a retyring way flying for Durham, fled shortly thereafter in a confused march unto York.

1707 W. Hope New Method Fencing iv. 124 Several Warlike Nations have made use of a Retiring and Flying way of Fight, as a thing of singular Advantage.

1753 W. Hogarth Anal. Beauty xii. 96 Retiring shades, which gradate or go off by degrees.

1796 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry 270 A retiring line may also throw back a wing..by the echellon march, or some other of the modes already prescribed.

1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna iii. xiv. 64 The far sound Of their retiring steps.

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xxxi. 271 So high that, with its retiring flanks on either side, it can be none other than the projecting Cape Warrender.

1890 C. Gross Gild Merchant I. 146 To appoint the retiring mayor of the town mayor of the staple.

1905 Daily Chron. 19 Jan. 4/3 The retiring Premier is fully justified in claiming as a distinctive mark of his Government that it aimed at a ‘rapprochement between peoples’.

1949 Times 16 Nov. 10/1 (advt.) Retiring director recommends competent Secretary/Shorthand Typist.

1978 Cornish Guardian 27 Apr. 32/4 The new president, Mrs. Tippitt, presented Mrs. M. Williams, the retiring president, with a powder compact.

2003 C. Birch Turn again Home iv. 61 The retiring queen came on all smiles and took the crown from the crown-bearer and put it on the new queen's head.

Compounds

retiring-looking adj.

ΚΠ

1846 Union Mag. Mar. 278 A retiring-looking little man on the further side of him, who had hardly spoken.

1904 Eng. Illustr. Mag. May 207/1 A quiet, retiring looking individual in one of the upper seats..shaking his fist within an inch of the other one's nose.

2000 R. Symanski Blackhearts 181 There were cows and a few retiring-looking bulls where we stopped.

Derivatives

reˈtiringly adv.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [adverb] > in retiring manner

retiringly1732

1732 C. O'Begly Eng. Irish Dict. 579/1 Retiringly [Ir. go cúilímtheassach].

1818 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. Feb. 162/1 O come, my best love, come away, My dove, so retiringly shy.

1861 G. Meredith Evan Harrington III. viii. 135 She answered, retiringly: ‘Indeed I cannot say.’

1998 Times (Nexis) 29 Sept. Ostensibly discreet, the body turned so retiringly away from our gaze is, in reality, more provocative than a frontal nude.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	retiring
释义	retiringn. Brit. /rᵻˈtʌɪərɪŋ/, U.S. /rəˈtaɪrɪŋ/, /riˈtaɪrɪŋ/ Forms: see retire v. and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: retire v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < retire v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier retirement n., retire n.¹, and foreign-language forms cited at those entries. The action of retire v. (in various senses); an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > back or again coveringc1230 restaurationa1398 recoverance1398 retrievingc1425 recoverc1430 readeption1471 recuperation1481 recovery1523 retiring1548 repossessing1576 regetting1585 recoverment1591 repossession1592 refetching1624 regainment1642 recooper1652 reattainment1661 reacquisition1719 revendication1760 retrievation1806 retrieve1853 regain1860 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [noun] > fact or condition of drawing or pulling back retrahing1497 retraction1528 retiring1548 withdrawing1748 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [noun] > retiring, withdrawing, or retreating recoilc1330 retreata1393 subtraction?a1425 back-drawing1535 retirement1536 retiring1548 retraict1550 recess1561 retire1570 retiral1611 subducing1633 retiration1637 withdrawment1640 retirance1662 retreating1664 retraction1684 retreatment1721 withdrawal1824 back-pedalling1950 society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > [noun] > the or an act of retiring1548 retreat1589 secession1604 decession1606 retirement1606 seclusion1623 recessa1639 secesh1863 society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > specific operations or arrangements intromission1567 hedginga1631 retiring1681 partnership1704 put1718 time bargain1720 bargain for time1721 option1746 call1825 put and call1826 cornering1841 corner1853 raid1866 pooling1871 squeeze1872 call option1874 recapitalization1874 short squeeze1877 split-up1878 margin call1888 pyramid1888 profit taking1891 pyramiding1895 underwriting1895 melon-cutting1900 round turn1901 market-making1902 put-through1902 put and take1921 round trip1922 put and take1929 leverage1931 split-down1932 switching1932 give-up1934 mark to market1938 recap1940 rollover1947 downtick1954 stock split1955 traded option1955 leg1959 stock splitting1959 rollover1961 split1972 spread betting1972 unitization1974 marking-to-market1981 swap1982 telebroking1984 the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [noun] recedence1641 retiring1730 retreatingness1845 society > authority > office > withdrawing from or vacating office > [noun] resignationa1387 surceasingc1435 resign1457 cessationa1464 dimissiona1513 demission1577 cession1608 avoidance1642 retirement1648 cess1689 cesser1689 resigning1743 retiring1808 retiral1840 inkyo1871 society > occupation and work > lack of work > [noun] > retirement retirement1648 retiring1808 retiral1840 1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Recessus, goyng awaie or backe; retyryng. 1594 I. G. tr. G. di Grassi True Arte Def. O ij b Without any other retyring of himselfe. 1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love ii. i. sig. D^v Supplies for the retiring of his olde Ward-robe from pawne. View more context for this quotation 1604 E. Grimeston tr. True Hist. Siege Ostend 62 In their retiring there were many of them stayed. 1646 T. Fuller Andronicus iv. xi. sig. H1^v Soon after his retiring, he ended his life. 1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. i. vii. 80 An Executor for whom simple retiring of the Bond will not be sufficient without Discharge or Assignation. 1707 W. Hope New Method Fencing iv. 122 Breaking of Measure is but a Genteel Term Sword-Men have given to a Moderat Retiring, or Giving of Ground. 1730 A. Gordon tr. F. S. Maffei Compl. Hist. Anc. Amphitheatres 406 The Retiring of the Wall..is both towards the inner-side and the out-side too. 1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful iv. §16. 144 As we recede from the light..the pupil is enlarged by the retiring of the iris, in proportion to our recess. 1808 ‘H. St. Victor’ Ruins of Rigonda III. 6 Previous to my retiring, I was employed in my vespers. 1861 G. Chapman Rev. Art Fencing 16 Retiring is, however, occasionally performed by first withdrawing the right [foot]. 1899 T. Roosevelt Rough Riders iv. 149 General Wheeler..had sent word that there was no need whatever of retiring, and was sure we would stay where we were until the chance came to advance. 1939 C. V. Wedgwood tr. K. Brandi Emperor Charles V i. 31 The personal servants of the ruler, who attended on him from the hour of his rising until his retiring. 1961 F. H. Burgess Dict. Sailing 167 Racing flag, a private flag hoisted when racing, instead of the burgee; it is hauled down only on retiring, or when a race is completed. 1988 Update 1 Mar. 1789/2 A 75 mg single dose of indomethacin..can be added to regular medication and taken on retiring, with a less toxic drug taken by day. 2007 Providence (Rhode Island) Jrnl. (Nexis) 27 Mar. d4 He was an engine turner for Anson, Inc. before retiring. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. In the sense ‘intended for seclusion, rest, or quiet’. Now chiefly in retiring room n. at Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 419 The Chalcidians were much affected vnto king Antiochus, and did put their city into his handes, to serue him in this warre, for a strong & safe retyring place. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 494 Downham where the Bishop hath his retiring house with a Parke. a1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 349 'Twas once the retyring place of Julius Caesar. 1751 S. Whatley England's Gazetteer at Havering at Bower The ancient retiring-place of the Ks. of England. 1849 J. C. Robertson Ecclesia Restaurata II. 191 It was left for a retiring house to that noble family, who do still enjoy it. 1906 F. J. Snell Blackmore Country 21 A cross-way in the road or gateway is eagerly looked for as a retiring spot to the traveller. 2006 P. de Bruyn et al. Frommer's India (ed. 2) xi. 492 The rather dull double rooms, which are more reminiscent of English country-hotel rooms with musty carpetsthan royal retiring quarters. b. In the sense ‘given or taken on departure from a place’. Frequently in retiring collection. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [adjective] > retiring, withdrawing, or retreating > connected with retiring1650 1650 N. Cowling Surv. Tyrannie 7 It was fit to give Him a retiring purge that might put Him in minde of his former deceitful Treaties, and Bloody Resolutions. 1827 Times 22 Aug. 3/5 As the defendant was making his retiring bow, he cast a significant glance at Mr. Lovell, and said, ‘Yes, he knows where to find me at any time.’ 1853 Leisure Hour Oct. 680/2 A direct encouragement to the perpetration of petty offences, for the sake of the retiring gifts bestowed [to discharged prisoners] by the hands of misplaced charity. 1901 Scotsman 1 Mar. 7/3 A retiring collection after a concert. 2009 Loughborough Echo (Nexis) 15 May (Village News) 71 Admission is free; a retiring collection will be taken for Church funds. c. In the sense ‘of or relating to permanent retirement from office, employment, or service, or to the financing of this’. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > lack of work > [adjective] > relating to retirement retiring1782 retirement1897 society > authority > office > withdrawing from or vacating office > [adjective] > relating to retiring1782 retirement1897 1782 Brit. Mag. & Rev. 1 155/2 Mr. Sheridan, retiring pension £.800. 1818 L. W. Dillwyn Diary 15 June in Publ. S. Wales & Monmouth Rec. Soc. (1963) No. 5. 25 I framed my retiring Address and sent it to be printed. 1853 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes (1854) I. viii. 81 Binnie had his retiring pension, and, besides, had saved half his allowances ever since he had been in India. 1860 W. H. Russell My Diary in India 1858–9 I. 87 They say..that every Indian officer has a right to a good retiring allowance. 1908 Science 1 May 688/2 Fixed rules under which the retiring pay comes as a right, not as a favor. 1945 ‘G. Orwell’ Animal Farm iii. 26 There was a stormy debate over the correct retiring age for each class of animal. 2004 Canad. Business (Nexis) 30 Aug. 29 [The company] paid Stronach's nephew a retiring allowance of US$ 1.5-million for serving just two months as president. C2. retiring room n. a room set aside for seclusion, rest, or quiet; (in later use also) a public toilet. ΚΠ 1621 H. Elsynge Notes Deb. House of Lords (1870) 11 The Prynce came and wente into his retyringe roomes, and having putt on his roabes went and mett the King. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 124 [The] handsome Rooms..which..serv'd as Closets or retiring Rooms. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor xii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 286 The cooper's house was so roomy, that each guest had his separate retiring room. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 May 4/1 The erection of public retiring rooms for both sexes in the streets. 1982 H. Rosenthal My Mad World of Opera xx. 201 The celebratory lunch..was held in the retiring room behind the royal box. 1995 M. Kesavan Looking through Glass 76 The train..down to Jollarpet, where he spent the night illegally in the second-class retiring room on a third-class ticket. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). retiringadj. Brit. /rᵻˈtʌɪərɪŋ/, U.S. /rəˈtaɪrɪŋ/, /riˈtaɪrɪŋ/ Forms: see retire v. and -ing suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: retire v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < retire v. + -ing suffix². 1. Of a person, or a person's character, behaviour, etc.: shy; unassertive; reserved. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > shyness or bashfulness > [adjective] shamefastc897 unboldc897 shamelya1100 squeamous1483 bashful1548 shamefaced1555 squeamish1561 retiring1566 chary1567 verecund1575 blatec1600 helo1611 shy1672 shuff1688 shyish1754 shanny1821 fawn-like1838 society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [adjective] > retiring or withdrawn soleinc1450 retiring1566 retireda1616 oyster-like1665 squab1689 shy of oneself1722 indrawn1751 introverted1850 background1896 retreative1898 introvert1916 introversive1923 withdrawn1932 1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Av Thou canste learne the fraile retyryng man To treade in trace of trouthe outryghte. 1694 ‘A. H.’ in Chorus Poetarum 44 Retiring Modesty, and Triumphant Love, In her warm Breast, a doubtful Combat move. 1713 J. Addison in Guardian 6 July 2/2 The Venus de Medicis..is represented in such a shy retiring Posture, and covers her Bosom with one of her Hands. 1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women I. iii. 96 The retiring graces have been always the most attractive. 1832 E. Bulwer-Lytton Eugene Aram I. i. vii. 112 So retiring a nature as his, might never have harboured love. 1861 S. Smiles Lives Engineers II. 280 He was an exceedingly modest, unpretending, and retiring man. 1915 A. Conan Doyle Valley of Fear i. iii. 38 She was retiring by disposition and very much absorbed..in her husband and her domestic duties. 1969 M. Puzo Godfather (1972) i. viii. 113 He was too retiring a person, did not have enough force. 2001 S. Fatsis Word Freak xiv. 209 He appears meek and retiring but is cuttingly smart and dryly funny. 2. gen. That retires (in various senses); (now esp.) that is retiring from employment or office. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [adjective] > retiring, withdrawing, or retreating retiringc1595 withdrawing1611 back1633 retreating1643 recondite1835 recedent1849 the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > [adjective] > relating to or used in pulling > pulling back retiringc1595 revulsionary1817 revellent1838 society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > secluded place or place of seclusion > [adjective] > devoted to retirement or seclusion remote1549 retiringc1595 society > authority > office > withdrawing from or vacating office > [adjective] resigning1767 outgoing1788 retiring1890 vacating1921 society > occupation and work > lack of work > [adjective] > relating to retirement > retiring retiring1890 c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme cvii. 58 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 172 How many mounting winged tree For traffique leaue retiring land? a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1623) iii. iii. 458 The Ponticke Sea, Whose Icie Current, and compulsiue course, Neu'r keepes retyring ebbe. 1645 W. Lithgow True Relation Siege Newcastle sig. A2^v Victory fell to our Armie, and the enemie in a retyring way flying for Durham, fled shortly thereafter in a confused march unto York. 1707 W. Hope New Method Fencing iv. 124 Several Warlike Nations have made use of a Retiring and Flying way of Fight, as a thing of singular Advantage. 1753 W. Hogarth Anal. Beauty xii. 96 Retiring shades, which gradate or go off by degrees. 1796 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry 270 A retiring line may also throw back a wing..by the echellon march, or some other of the modes already prescribed. 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna iii. xiv. 64 The far sound Of their retiring steps. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xxxi. 271 So high that, with its retiring flanks on either side, it can be none other than the projecting Cape Warrender. 1890 C. Gross Gild Merchant I. 146 To appoint the retiring mayor of the town mayor of the staple. 1905 Daily Chron. 19 Jan. 4/3 The retiring Premier is fully justified in claiming as a distinctive mark of his Government that it aimed at a ‘rapprochement between peoples’. 1949 Times 16 Nov. 10/1 (advt.) Retiring director recommends competent Secretary/Shorthand Typist. 1978 Cornish Guardian 27 Apr. 32/4 The new president, Mrs. Tippitt, presented Mrs. M. Williams, the retiring president, with a powder compact. 2003 C. Birch Turn again Home iv. 61 The retiring queen came on all smiles and took the crown from the crown-bearer and put it on the new queen's head. Compounds retiring-looking adj. ΚΠ 1846 Union Mag. Mar. 278 A retiring-looking little man on the further side of him, who had hardly spoken. 1904 Eng. Illustr. Mag. May 207/1 A quiet, retiring looking individual in one of the upper seats..shaking his fist within an inch of the other one's nose. 2000 R. Symanski Blackhearts 181 There were cows and a few retiring-looking bulls where we stopped. Derivatives reˈtiringly adv. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [adverb] > in retiring manner retiringly1732 1732 C. O'Begly Eng. Irish Dict. 579/1 Retiringly [Ir. go cúilímtheassach]. 1818 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. Feb. 162/1 O come, my best love, come away, My dove, so retiringly shy. 1861 G. Meredith Evan Harrington III. viii. 135 She answered, retiringly: ‘Indeed I cannot say.’ 1998 Times (Nexis) 29 Sept. Ostensibly discreet, the body turned so retiringly away from our gaze is, in reality, more provocative than a frontal nude. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1548adj.1566
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