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单词 subsidary
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subsidaryadj.

Brit. /səbˈsɪdəri/, U.S. /səbˈsɪdəri/
Forms: 1600s subsidarie, 1600s– subsidary.
Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: subsidiary adj.
Etymology: Probably partly a variant (with loss of medial -i- ) of subsidiary adj., partly an alteration of subsidiary adj. after adjectives in -ary suffix2 which lack a medial -i- (e.g. secondary adj.), and partly (especially in later use) a typographical error for subsidiary adj.
= subsidiary adj.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior thing > [adjective] > subsidiary
back1535
subsidiary1603
subsidary1628
parhedral1884
1628 H. Burton Israels Fast Ded. sig. A4 Who doe more hinder or preiudice the King in his necessarie and Royall Subsidarie Supplyes, then such Factours?
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. iv. 195/2 Suffragan or Subsidary Bishops.
1743 Earl of Chesterfield Farther Vindic. Case of Hanover Troops 56 England was to pay the Electorate's subsidary Princes, till all its Cravings were gratify'd.
1762 J. Almon Rev. Reign George II 112 The only debate was on a motion to address the king, not to enter into any subsidary treaties with foreign princes.
1830 Olio 30 Oct. 301/2 A supply of some sort of subsidary food was urgently required.
1898 T. J. Vivian Fall of Santiago ii. 42 The subsidary crew was at its post and in its usual garb.
1940 J. D. Gordan Making of Novelist ii. 72 And the love affair was a subsidary, not an indispensable, factor in the action.
2003 Victorian Lit. & Culture 31 608 The central concept is breach of promise in marriage or marriage situations—and all the subsidary information leads into that.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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