substantificadj.

Brit.

/ˌsʌbst(ə)nˈtɪfɪk/, U.S.

/ˌsəbstənˈtɪfɪk/

Forms: 1600s substantifick, 1600s substantificke, 1600s 1800s– substantific.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French substantifique; Latin substantificus.

Etymology: < (i) Middle French, French †substantifique essential, vital (1535 in Rabelais; also 1535 in Rabelais in substantifique moelle , lit. ‘substantific marrow’; 1575 in Paré in humidité substantifique , lit. ‘substantific moisture’, an imaginary fluid regarded as the principle of life in the human body: compare quot. 1634), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin substantificus (13th cent. in a British source) < classical Latin substantia substance n. + -ficus -fic suffix. Compare earlier substantifical adj.

That produces substance; that substantifies. Frequently in substantific marrow: the vital centre, the essence (from Rabelais' Gargantua).

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > [adjective] > substance-producing

substantifical1586

substancefying1605

substantific1634

1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. iii. xviii. 109 Men..have need of a great quantitie of bloud for the repairing of so many spirits & the substantificke moisture [L. humidi substantifici].

1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xix. 82 The substantifick [Fr. substantifique] quality of the elementary complexion, which is intronificated in the terrestreity of their quidditative nature.

1845 tr. F. Rabelais in Southern Q. Rev. Jan. 138 It becomes you, afterwards, by curious perusal and frequent meditation, to break the bone, and suck from it the substantific marrow.

1855 F. W. Faber Blessed Sacrament i. iv. 88 In this mystery there is a true transubstantiation, or real change and substantial conversion of the substance of bread into the substance of the Body of Christ: because the Body of Christ is here produced by such a substantific action.

1905 Notes & Queries 10th Ser. 4 Mar. 177/1 Almost the whole of the first volume of the reprint may, accordingly, be dismissed by the reader who seeks to get at the ‘substantific marrow’ of Purchas's work.

1958 L. Thorndike Hist. Magic & Exper. Sci. VII. xiii. 411 A leaf is next torn from the book of the alchemists, and sulphur, salt and mercury are pronounced substantific qualities.

2007 A. Theroux Laura Warholic xliii. 710 The ‘that’, the quiddity, inscape, the substantific marrow, the essence. What is in you to value of the many things you withhold.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	substantific
释义	substantificadj. Brit. /ˌsʌbst(ə)nˈtɪfɪk/, U.S. /ˌsəbstənˈtɪfɪk/ Forms: 1600s substantifick, 1600s substantificke, 1600s 1800s– substantific. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French substantifique; Latin substantificus. Etymology: < (i) Middle French, French †substantifique essential, vital (1535 in Rabelais; also 1535 in Rabelais in substantifique moelle , lit. ‘substantific marrow’; 1575 in Paré in humidité substantifique , lit. ‘substantific moisture’, an imaginary fluid regarded as the principle of life in the human body: compare quot. 1634), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin substantificus (13th cent. in a British source) < classical Latin substantia substance n. + -ficus -fic suffix. Compare earlier substantifical adj. That produces substance; that substantifies. Frequently in substantific marrow: the vital centre, the essence (from Rabelais' Gargantua). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > [adjective] > substance-producing substantifical1586 substancefying1605 substantific1634 1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. iii. xviii. 109 Men..have need of a great quantitie of bloud for the repairing of so many spirits & the substantificke moisture [L. humidi substantifici]. 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xix. 82 The substantifick [Fr. substantifique] quality of the elementary complexion, which is intronificated in the terrestreity of their quidditative nature. 1845 tr. F. Rabelais in Southern Q. Rev. Jan. 138 It becomes you, afterwards, by curious perusal and frequent meditation, to break the bone, and suck from it the substantific marrow. 1855 F. W. Faber Blessed Sacrament i. iv. 88 In this mystery there is a true transubstantiation, or real change and substantial conversion of the substance of bread into the substance of the Body of Christ: because the Body of Christ is here produced by such a substantific action. 1905 Notes & Queries 10th Ser. 4 Mar. 177/1 Almost the whole of the first volume of the reprint may, accordingly, be dismissed by the reader who seeks to get at the ‘substantific marrow’ of Purchas's work. 1958 L. Thorndike Hist. Magic & Exper. Sci. VII. xiii. 411 A leaf is next torn from the book of the alchemists, and sulphur, salt and mercury are pronounced substantific qualities. 2007 A. Theroux Laura Warholic xliii. 710 The ‘that’, the quiddity, inscape, the substantific marrow, the essence. What is in you to value of the many things you withhold. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1634
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