similativeadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈsɪmᵻlətɪv/, U.S.

/ˈsɪmələdɪv/,

/ˈsɪməˌleɪdɪv/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin similis , -ative suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin similis like (see simile n.) + -ative suffix. Compare earlier similitive adj. Compare also earlier assimilative adj.Compare post-classical Latin similativus (12th cent.).

A. adj.

1. That conveys, evokes, or constitutes a resemblance or likeness; imitative. Now rare except as implied in sense A. 2.

ΚΠ

1846 Illustr. London News 16 May 322/3 To every favourite work which it [sc. the public] may desire, it has to make its way through an entangling brushwood of similative works, all pretending to be the true work in the first place.

1849 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 3 Nov. 273/2 We cannot well forget that such works amongst us can only be something similative or imitative—what the Eglintoune tournament was to real chivalry.

1877 Cincinnati Med. Advance July 123 The pains become spasmodic, crampy and violent. Sometimes continuous, and sometimes similative of labor pangs.

1946 Proc. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. 1945 10 71/2 The two ‘experimental slags, quenched’..were intended to be similative of the Wilson Dam slag.

2. spec. Of a word, grammatical case, construction, etc.: denoting or expressing similarity or likeness.In English grammar sometimes used specifically to refer to compounds in which the first element denotes an object with which comparison is being made, as in apple-green ‘green like an apple’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > case > [adjective] > other spec.

polyptote1656

instrumental case1801

allative1831

adessive1852

abessive1854

instructive1857

caritive1860

comitative1860

juxtapositive1880

similative1884

illative1890

translative1890

introessive1903

perlative1937

lative1939

patient1939

ergative1943

elative1951

non-objective1954

superessive1971

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [adjective] > of the nature of a similitude

similitudinary1581

similative1884

1884 N.E.D. at Air sb. Air- in comb[ination]..similative: as air-clear (clear as air), etc.

1911 H. Bradley in Encycl. Brit. XXV. 209/1 The many jocularly similative uses of ordinary words, such as ‘tin’ for money.

1930 E. Sapir in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 65 85 A few examples [of this type of compound] have been found in which the incorporated noun has similative significance.

1986 Language 62 658 The English preposition ‘like’ may be rendered by the preposition n^gun^yju, by the similative suffix -yi, or by both.

2011 Canad. Slavonic Papers 53 650 They contrast the instrumental of comparison in Russian and similative constructions with kak.

B. n.

A similative word, grammatical case, construction, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > case > [noun] > other specific cases

ablativec1400

instrumental1801

prepositional1824

allative1854

adessive1855

sociative1859

comitative1860

terminative1865

abessive1869

common case1869

translative1869

instructive1879

essive1890

transitional case1890

superessive1895

prepositional case1897

similative1903

lative1939

perlative1953

elative1959

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > other parts of speech > [noun] > other spec.

numeral1530

partitive1530

inclusive1533

gentile1569

illative1591

note1607

collective1751

ordinativea1831

resumptive1832

similative1903

applicative1925

particle1925

adposition1972

1903 Amer. Anthropologist 5 13 Besides these, comitatives, similatives, partitives, and suffixes expressing similar ideas, are found.

1991 M. Erdal Old Turkic Word Formation I. ii. 60 An analysis [of the word küntämäk] as ‘kün+täm+äk’ is excluded, as kündäm signifies ‘sun+like’; +dAm forms similatives and +Ak forms diminutives, and there is no trace of either content in küntämäk.

2013 Nat. Lang. & Ling. Theory 31 1116 The similative cannot be used to express that the pie and the lasagna cooled to the same temperature, only that they were cooled in the same manner.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	similative
释义	similativeadj.n. Brit. /ˈsɪmᵻlətɪv/, U.S. /ˈsɪmələdɪv/, /ˈsɪməˌleɪdɪv/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin similis , -ative suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin similis like (see simile n.) + -ative suffix. Compare earlier similitive adj. Compare also earlier assimilative adj.Compare post-classical Latin similativus (12th cent.). A. adj. 1. That conveys, evokes, or constitutes a resemblance or likeness; imitative. Now rare except as implied in sense A. 2. ΚΠ 1846 Illustr. London News 16 May 322/3 To every favourite work which it [sc. the public] may desire, it has to make its way through an entangling brushwood of similative works, all pretending to be the true work in the first place. 1849 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 3 Nov. 273/2 We cannot well forget that such works amongst us can only be something similative or imitative—what the Eglintoune tournament was to real chivalry. 1877 Cincinnati Med. Advance July 123 The pains become spasmodic, crampy and violent. Sometimes continuous, and sometimes similative of labor pangs. 1946 Proc. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. 1945 10 71/2 The two ‘experimental slags, quenched’..were intended to be similative of the Wilson Dam slag. 2. spec. Of a word, grammatical case, construction, etc.: denoting or expressing similarity or likeness.In English grammar sometimes used specifically to refer to compounds in which the first element denotes an object with which comparison is being made, as in apple-green ‘green like an apple’. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > case > [adjective] > other spec. polyptote1656 instrumental case1801 allative1831 adessive1852 abessive1854 instructive1857 caritive1860 comitative1860 juxtapositive1880 similative1884 illative1890 translative1890 introessive1903 perlative1937 lative1939 patient1939 ergative1943 elative1951 non-objective1954 superessive1971 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [adjective] > of the nature of a similitude similitudinary1581 similative1884 1884 N.E.D. at Air sb. Air- in comb[ination]..similative: as air-clear (clear as air), etc. 1911 H. Bradley in Encycl. Brit. XXV. 209/1 The many jocularly similative uses of ordinary words, such as ‘tin’ for money. 1930 E. Sapir in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 65 85 A few examples [of this type of compound] have been found in which the incorporated noun has similative significance. 1986 Language 62 658 The English preposition ‘like’ may be rendered by the preposition n^gun^yju, by the similative suffix -yi, or by both. 2011 Canad. Slavonic Papers 53 650 They contrast the instrumental of comparison in Russian and similative constructions with kak. B. n. A similative word, grammatical case, construction, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > case > [noun] > other specific cases ablativec1400 instrumental1801 prepositional1824 allative1854 adessive1855 sociative1859 comitative1860 terminative1865 abessive1869 common case1869 translative1869 instructive1879 essive1890 transitional case1890 superessive1895 prepositional case1897 similative1903 lative1939 perlative1953 elative1959 the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > other parts of speech > [noun] > other spec. numeral1530 partitive1530 inclusive1533 gentile1569 illative1591 note1607 collective1751 ordinativea1831 resumptive1832 similative1903 applicative1925 particle1925 adposition1972 1903 Amer. Anthropologist 5 13 Besides these, comitatives, similatives, partitives, and suffixes expressing similar ideas, are found. 1991 M. Erdal Old Turkic Word Formation I. ii. 60 An analysis [of the word küntämäk] as ‘kün+täm+äk’ is excluded, as kündäm signifies ‘sun+like’; +dAm forms similatives and +Ak forms diminutives, and there is no trace of either content in küntämäk. 2013 Nat. Lang. & Ling. Theory 31 1116 The similative cannot be used to express that the pie and the lasagna cooled to the same temperature, only that they were cooled in the same manner. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1846
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