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单词 subalternal
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subalternaladj.n.

Forms: late Middle English–1700s subalternal, 1500s–1600s subalternall.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin subalternus , -al suffix1.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin subalternus (see subaltern adj.) + -al suffix1. Compare Middle French subalternal inferior, secondary (probably 15th cent., in an apparently isolated attestation). Compare subalternate adj., subaltern adj.
Obsolete.
A. adj.
1. That is subordinate (to something).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [adjective] > subordinate
collateralc1374
subalternate?a1425
subalternal1483
subaltern1578
subordinate1620
subordinatinga1635
subordinated1640
subalternated1659
subordinant1678
second line1797
subdominant1826
1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) (1859) i. xxx. 33 Whether alle other lawes ordeyned of man be not subalternal for to serue the lawe of oure lord.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 714 Sundry Beastes haue not onely their diuisions, but subdeuisions, into subalternal kinds.
1625 A. Darcie tr. P. de Bellegent in tr. W. Camden Hist. Elizabeth French Epist. Ded. sig. a4 Those subalternal Deities, who for putting themselues in Iupiters bedde, were..metamorphosed into strange shapes.
1628 R. Heath Discov. Jesuit's College in Camden Misc. (1853) II. 29 They acknowledg subjection to a foren power, and have setled a government amongst themselves subalternal therunto.
1730 tr. Acct. Rise & Present State of Inquisitions 34 These Orders shall be inviolably observed by the Inquisitor General, under Pain of being interdicted from going to Church, and of Excommunication, in regard to the Subalternal Inquisitors, their Officers and Ministers.
2. Succeeding in turn; alternating.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > [adjective]
subaltern1579
subalternal1588
succeeding1602
consecutive1611
sequenta1616
subalternate1649
successional1685
seriatim1813
serial2006
1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies 23 There should euery 7000 yeere, insue a certaine subalternall time of peaceable calmenes, and transitory rest.
1657 T. Aylesbury Treat. Confession of Sinne v. 72 [74] Where the disease is sin, the remedy confession and prayer; the Physicians and Patients subalternal.
B. n.
1. Logic. With the. That which is subaltern (subaltern adj. 1b). rare.
ΚΠ
1574 R. MacIlmaine tr. P. de La Ramée Logike xxvi. 57 The subalternall which maye be the generall in respect of one, and speciall in respecte of another as the cause contained vnder the artificiall argumente, as a speciall, and was generall to the matter and forme which it dyd containe vnder it self.
1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike i. ii. f. 10v It were against..all arte to jumpe abruptly from the highest and most generall to the lowest and most speciall, without passing by the subalternal.
2. A subordinate part of something; a subordinate person.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > office > holder of office > [noun] > subordinate
minister1442
juniora1530
subminister1558
underhead1599
subalternal?1608
mainpernor1631
sub1653
subaltern1706
under-somethinga1718
underling1796
?1608 S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Of Wisdome i. viii. 34 (margin) Of the vegetable and her subalternals.
1673 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd ii. 227 I am not at all doubtful but that he [sc. the Supreme Magistrate] may punish any such transgression in his Subalternals and Substitutes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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