sextumviraten.

Brit.

/sɛksˈtʌmvᵻrət/, U.S.

/sɛksˈtəmvərət/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with English elements. Etymons: Latin sextus , duumvirate n., triumvirate n.

Etymology: < classical Latin sextus sixth (see sext n.¹) + -umvirate (in duumvirate n., triumvirate n., etc.). Compare earlier quadrumvirate n., quatrumvirate n., etc., and slightly later sevirate n.

A group of six; esp. a group of six powerful or prominent people. Cf. sevirate n.In the 18th and 19th cent., frequently with allusion to Swift (see quot. 1726).

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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > six > [noun] > group of six > people

sextumvirate1726

sexvirate1762

six1796

sixsome1934

1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. vii. 102 I had the Honour to have much Conversation with Brutus; and was told that his Ancestors Junius, Socrates, Epaminondas, Cato the Younger, Sir Thomas More and himself, were perpetually together: a Sextumvirate to which all the Ages of the World cannot add a Seventh.

1754 J. Slade Adventures Jerry Buck xxii. 146 The adventures of this curious sextumvirate in their expedition to Bath.

1783 J. Barry Acct. Series Pictures at Adelphi 122 The glorious Sextumvirate..which Dr. Swift has so happily brought together in his account of the Island of Glubbdubdribb.

1816 F. Wrangham Sermons III. 397 (note) Burke and Windham and Grenville and Grey and Pitt and Fox (a Sextumvirate, to which it would be difficult in these times to add a seventh).

1835 A. Bell Cabinet II. lxxxviii. 298 [William of Orange] was distinguished by such virtues and endowments, that I scruple not to add his name, as a seventh, to that Sextumvirate of Worthies whom Swift holds up with a defiance to mankind.

1906 Westm. Gaz. 26 Feb. 2/2 It is curious to read the reasons alleged for their action by this Lordly Sextumvirate.

1984 Economist (Nexis) 11 Aug. 51 In came a sextumvirate of relatively obscure replacements—three teachers, a lecturer, a professor of pharmacy and a nurse.

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

单词	sextumvirate
释义	sextumviraten. Brit. /sɛksˈtʌmvᵻrət/, U.S. /sɛksˈtəmvərət/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with English elements. Etymons: Latin sextus , duumvirate n., triumvirate n. Etymology: < classical Latin sextus sixth (see sext n.¹) + -umvirate (in duumvirate n., triumvirate n., etc.). Compare earlier quadrumvirate n., quatrumvirate n., etc., and slightly later sevirate n. A group of six; esp. a group of six powerful or prominent people. Cf. sevirate n.In the 18th and 19th cent., frequently with allusion to Swift (see quot. 1726). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > six > [noun] > group of six > people sextumvirate1726 sexvirate1762 six1796 sixsome1934 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. vii. 102 I had the Honour to have much Conversation with Brutus; and was told that his Ancestors Junius, Socrates, Epaminondas, Cato the Younger, Sir Thomas More and himself, were perpetually together: a Sextumvirate to which all the Ages of the World cannot add a Seventh. 1754 J. Slade Adventures Jerry Buck xxii. 146 The adventures of this curious sextumvirate in their expedition to Bath. 1783 J. Barry Acct. Series Pictures at Adelphi 122 The glorious Sextumvirate..which Dr. Swift has so happily brought together in his account of the Island of Glubbdubdribb. 1816 F. Wrangham Sermons III. 397 (note) Burke and Windham and Grenville and Grey and Pitt and Fox (a Sextumvirate, to which it would be difficult in these times to add a seventh). 1835 A. Bell Cabinet II. lxxxviii. 298 [William of Orange] was distinguished by such virtues and endowments, that I scruple not to add his name, as a seventh, to that Sextumvirate of Worthies whom Swift holds up with a defiance to mankind. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 26 Feb. 2/2 It is curious to read the reasons alleged for their action by this Lordly Sextumvirate. 1984 Economist (Nexis) 11 Aug. 51 In came a sextumvirate of relatively obscure replacements—three teachers, a lecturer, a professor of pharmacy and a nurse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1726
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