suppliantn.adj.¹

Brit.

/ˈsʌplɪənt/, U.S.

/ˈsəpliənt/

Forms:

α. late Middle English supliant, late Middle English suppleaunte, late Middle English–1600s suppliaunte, late Middle English–1500s suppliaunt, late Middle English–1500s supplyaunte, late Middle English (in a late copy)–1600s suppleant, late Middle English–1700s supplyant, late Middle English– suppliant, 1500s supplyaunt, 1500s–1600s supplyante.

β. 1500s–1600s supplient.

γ. Scottish pre-1700 suppleand, pre-1700 suppliand.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French suppliant.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman supliant, Anglo-Norman and Middle French suppliant (adjective) submissive (beginning of the 13th cent. or earlier; c1175 in Old French as sospleiant ), (noun) petitioner (1340 or earlier), uses as noun and adjective of the present participle of supplier supply v.² Compare supplicant n., supplicant adj.With the β. forms compare -ent suffix. With the γ. forms compare -and suffix¹. In early use the word was sometimes stressed on the second syllable.

A. n.

A person who makes a humble or earnest plea to another, esp. to a person in power or authority; a petitioner. Cf. supplicant n. a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > one who requests > [noun] > one who petitions or appeals

beseecher1382

petitioner1414

suitor1414

orator1417

suppliantc1422

supplicant1475

soliciter1536

solicitor1551

oratricle1574

pleader1584

supplicationer1585

beggar1589

incaller?1591

supplicator1593

petitor1596

beadsman1600

impetrator1605

implorer1611

imploratora1616

replicant1622

invokera1649

prostrate1648

deprecator1656

appellant1704

memorialist1706

applicationer1710

postulant1733

invocant1751

solicitant1821

petitionist1822

memorializer1859

c1422 Petition (P.R.O.) 110.5499 (MED) He, of hys gracious lordchipe, for the lovable seruice that the sayde suppliant had done vn to hym, presented hym..to the prebende forsayde.

1429–30 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Sept. 1429 §31. m. 9 The seide suppliauntz doubten hem of damage and prejudice.

1472–3 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1472 1st Roll §52. m. 10 By the same auctorite, your seid suppliant and his heires have, possede, joye and enherit all maner of possessions and hereditaments.

a1525 ( Coventry Leet Bk. (1908) II. 429 Albe-it your pore suppleant to his gret coste & charge hath demaunded the contentacion therof, ȝit he in no wyse can be satisfied.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. vi. f. 74^v The blessed virgin..with her rodde loosed the bandes of her suppliant.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. i. 74 Heard ye not what an humble suppliant Lord Hastings was to her for his deliuery.

1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 176 Hee had receiued him as a Suppliant..and espoused him with his Kinswoman.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 917 Thy suppliant I beg, and clasp thy knees.

1738 J. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) iv. i God of my Righteousness Thy humble Suppliant hear.

1786 T. Baldwin Airopaidia xii. 72 Columns of white Smoke, wafted from Silver Censers, rise to a certain Height in slow majestic Movement, before the Eyes of the kneeling Suppliants.

1814 Ld. Byron Ode to Napoleon v The Arbiter of others' fate A Suppliant for his own!

1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold II. viii. iii. 239 The mother is a suppliant to the son for the son.

1894 Hebraica 11 101 The suppliant prays to her to intercede for him in his dire distress.

1964 M. Stewart This Rough Magic (1965) xx. 226 My hand stretched out like those of the traditional suppliant.

1996 J. Hegland Into Forest (1997) 188 You have to go down on all fours like an animal or a suppliant.

B. adj.¹

1. That makes a humble or earnest plea, esp. to someone in power or authority; humbly petitioning.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > [adjective] > requesting or petitioning

askingOE

petitor1453

supplicatoryc1475

suppliant1550

entreating1566

placitatory1569

petitory1576

supplicant1577

suing1581

pleading1594

entreatful1596

conjuring1597

entreative1598

supplicative1601

petitionary1604

precatory1610

supplicating1612

petitioning1615

postulatorya1631

eucticala1638

obsecratory1645

placitory1651

imploring1655

precative1662

beseeching1704

obsecrationary1829

imploratory1832

suppliant-like1837

solicitive1865

solicitant1886

1550 tr. St. Augustine Woorke conc. Adulterous Mariages sig. L.i Let them be feruent in studye and desire, let them be suppliant in prayer.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xii. sig. Pp1^v One might see by his eyes (humbly lifted vp to the window where Philoclea stood) that he was rather suppliaunt, then victorious.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. i. 233 When she for thy repeale was suppliant .

1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 ccl. 63 The rich grow suppliant, & the poor grow proud.

1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. i. 510 But, Goddess! thou, thy suppliant Son attend.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1787) III. xxvii. 46 The tribunal of the magistrate was besieged by a suppliant crowd.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. vii. 184 I had..seen the followers of this man commit a cruel slaughter on an unarmed and suppliant individual.

1859 Ld. Tennyson Guinevere in Idylls of King 259 She look'd and saw The novice, weeping, suppliant.

1931 V. Woolf Waves 156 He is suppliant, and so anxious to respond suitably to the kindness of his father's friend.

2010 Times Higher Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 27 May 51 Despite its soft-porn cover of a cupid kissing a suppliant naked Venus, this is a sympathetic and meticulously researched account of Nikolaus Pevsner's early life in Germany.

2. Expressing or indicating supplication; characteristic of a suppliant.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > [adjective] > requesting or petitioning > prayers, letters, etc.

suppliant1574

1574 T. Tymme tr. J. de Serres Three Partes Comm. Ciuill Warres Fraunce 36 Therefore he offereth to his Iudges againe another suppliant booke, by which he reuoketh his doubtfull and last confession.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 112 To bow and sue for grace With suppliant knee.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 146 With Vows and suppliant Pray'rs.

1708 J. Philips Cyder i. 14 Vows, and Plaints, and suppliant Hands, to Heav'n erect.

1767 J. Wilkes Corr. (1805) III. 193 Was it possible for me after this to write a suppliant letter to lord Chatham?

1800 W. Wordsworth Hart-leap Well 22 With suppliant gestures.

1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. vi. 197 Stretched forth their suppliant hands To Pallas.

1920 Amer. Jrnl. Theol. 24 413 The propitiatory sacrifice, the votive offering, the hymn of praise, the suppliant prayer.

1948 D. West Living is Easy vi. 67 His suppliant attitude changed to furious energy.

2010 Daily Mail (Nexis) 7 Aug. The sound of children's voices raised high above the entreating voices of their parents, who follow them around the pool and garden with a suppliant air.

Derivatives

ˈsuppliantness n. rare the quality or fact of being suppliant.

ΚΠ

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II. (at cited word) Suppliantness, the petitioning humbly.

1974 Jrnl. Tamil Stud. Dec. 72 Not satisfied with the suppliantness of his brother's son, he puts off his eyes in a savage manner.

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

单词	suppliant
释义	suppliantn.adj.¹ Brit. /ˈsʌplɪənt/, U.S. /ˈsəpliənt/ Forms: α. late Middle English supliant, late Middle English suppleaunte, late Middle English–1600s suppliaunte, late Middle English–1500s suppliaunt, late Middle English–1500s supplyaunte, late Middle English (in a late copy)–1600s suppleant, late Middle English–1700s supplyant, late Middle English– suppliant, 1500s supplyaunt, 1500s–1600s supplyante. β. 1500s–1600s supplient. γ. Scottish pre-1700 suppleand, pre-1700 suppliand. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French suppliant. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman supliant, Anglo-Norman and Middle French suppliant (adjective) submissive (beginning of the 13th cent. or earlier; c1175 in Old French as sospleiant ), (noun) petitioner (1340 or earlier), uses as noun and adjective of the present participle of supplier supply v.² Compare supplicant n., supplicant adj.With the β. forms compare -ent suffix. With the γ. forms compare -and suffix¹. In early use the word was sometimes stressed on the second syllable. A. n. A person who makes a humble or earnest plea to another, esp. to a person in power or authority; a petitioner. Cf. supplicant n. a. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > one who requests > [noun] > one who petitions or appeals beseecher1382 petitioner1414 suitor1414 orator1417 suppliantc1422 supplicant1475 soliciter1536 solicitor1551 oratricle1574 pleader1584 supplicationer1585 beggar1589 incaller?1591 supplicator1593 petitor1596 beadsman1600 impetrator1605 implorer1611 imploratora1616 replicant1622 invokera1649 prostrate1648 deprecator1656 appellant1704 memorialist1706 applicationer1710 postulant1733 invocant1751 solicitant1821 petitionist1822 memorializer1859 c1422 Petition (P.R.O.) 110.5499 (MED) He, of hys gracious lordchipe, for the lovable seruice that the sayde suppliant had done vn to hym, presented hym..to the prebende forsayde. 1429–30 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Sept. 1429 §31. m. 9 The seide suppliauntz doubten hem of damage and prejudice. 1472–3 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1472 1st Roll §52. m. 10 By the same auctorite, your seid suppliant and his heires have, possede, joye and enherit all maner of possessions and hereditaments. a1525 ( Coventry Leet Bk. (1908) II. 429 Albe-it your pore suppleant to his gret coste & charge hath demaunded the contentacion therof, ȝit he in no wyse can be satisfied. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. vi. f. 74^v The blessed virgin..with her rodde loosed the bandes of her suppliant. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. i. 74 Heard ye not what an humble suppliant Lord Hastings was to her for his deliuery. 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 176 Hee had receiued him as a Suppliant..and espoused him with his Kinswoman. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 917 Thy suppliant I beg, and clasp thy knees. View more context for this quotation 1738 J. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) iv. i God of my Righteousness Thy humble Suppliant hear. 1786 T. Baldwin Airopaidia xii. 72 Columns of white Smoke, wafted from Silver Censers, rise to a certain Height in slow majestic Movement, before the Eyes of the kneeling Suppliants. 1814 Ld. Byron Ode to Napoleon v The Arbiter of others' fate A Suppliant for his own! 1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold II. viii. iii. 239 The mother is a suppliant to the son for the son. 1894 Hebraica 11 101 The suppliant prays to her to intercede for him in his dire distress. 1964 M. Stewart This Rough Magic (1965) xx. 226 My hand stretched out like those of the traditional suppliant. 1996 J. Hegland Into Forest (1997) 188 You have to go down on all fours like an animal or a suppliant. B. adj.¹ 1. That makes a humble or earnest plea, esp. to someone in power or authority; humbly petitioning. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > [adjective] > requesting or petitioning askingOE petitor1453 supplicatoryc1475 suppliant1550 entreating1566 placitatory1569 petitory1576 supplicant1577 suing1581 pleading1594 entreatful1596 conjuring1597 entreative1598 supplicative1601 petitionary1604 precatory1610 supplicating1612 petitioning1615 postulatorya1631 eucticala1638 obsecratory1645 placitory1651 imploring1655 precative1662 beseeching1704 obsecrationary1829 imploratory1832 suppliant-like1837 solicitive1865 solicitant1886 1550 tr. St. Augustine Woorke conc. Adulterous Mariages sig. L.i Let them be feruent in studye and desire, let them be suppliant in prayer. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xii. sig. Pp1^v One might see by his eyes (humbly lifted vp to the window where Philoclea stood) that he was rather suppliaunt, then victorious. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. i. 233 When she for thy repeale was suppliant . View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 ccl. 63 The rich grow suppliant, & the poor grow proud. 1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. i. 510 But, Goddess! thou, thy suppliant Son attend. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1787) III. xxvii. 46 The tribunal of the magistrate was besieged by a suppliant crowd. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. vii. 184 I had..seen the followers of this man commit a cruel slaughter on an unarmed and suppliant individual. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Guinevere in Idylls of King 259 She look'd and saw The novice, weeping, suppliant. 1931 V. Woolf Waves 156 He is suppliant, and so anxious to respond suitably to the kindness of his father's friend. 2010 Times Higher Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 27 May 51 Despite its soft-porn cover of a cupid kissing a suppliant naked Venus, this is a sympathetic and meticulously researched account of Nikolaus Pevsner's early life in Germany. 2. Expressing or indicating supplication; characteristic of a suppliant. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > [adjective] > requesting or petitioning > prayers, letters, etc. suppliant1574 1574 T. Tymme tr. J. de Serres Three Partes Comm. Ciuill Warres Fraunce 36 Therefore he offereth to his Iudges againe another suppliant booke, by which he reuoketh his doubtfull and last confession. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 112 To bow and sue for grace With suppliant knee. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 146 With Vows and suppliant Pray'rs. View more context for this quotation 1708 J. Philips Cyder i. 14 Vows, and Plaints, and suppliant Hands, to Heav'n erect. 1767 J. Wilkes Corr. (1805) III. 193 Was it possible for me after this to write a suppliant letter to lord Chatham? 1800 W. Wordsworth Hart-leap Well 22 With suppliant gestures. 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. vi. 197 Stretched forth their suppliant hands To Pallas. 1920 Amer. Jrnl. Theol. 24 413 The propitiatory sacrifice, the votive offering, the hymn of praise, the suppliant prayer. 1948 D. West Living is Easy vi. 67 His suppliant attitude changed to furious energy. 2010 Daily Mail (Nexis) 7 Aug. The sound of children's voices raised high above the entreating voices of their parents, who follow them around the pool and garden with a suppliant air. Derivatives ˈsuppliantness n. rare the quality or fact of being suppliant. ΚΠ 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II. (at cited word) Suppliantness, the petitioning humbly. 1974 Jrnl. Tamil Stud. Dec. 72 Not satisfied with the suppliantness of his brother's son, he puts off his eyes in a savage manner. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † suppliantadj.² Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: supply v.¹, -ant suffix¹. Etymology: < supply v.¹ + -ant suffix¹. Compare earlier supplemental adj. Obsolete. rare. That supplies a need or want; supplementary. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adjective] > making complete > by supplying what is wanting supplemental1605 supplianta1616 suppletorya1631 suppletive1633 expletive1652 eking1653 supplementary1667 makeweight1701 suppl.1800 supplementing1851 make-up1885 add-on1955 a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iii. vii. 14 Those Legions..whereunto your leuie Must be suppliant . View more context for this quotation This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2021). † suppliantadj.³ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: supply v.³, -ant suffix¹. Etymology: < supply v.³ + -ant suffix¹. Compare earlier suppling adj. Obsolete. rare. = suppling adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > [adjective] > becoming or making soft softinga1398 softeninga1400 malaxing?a1425 mollifying?c1425 suppliant1631 malacissant1638 inteneratinga1711 1631 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature xiii. §2. 204 To thinke to heale a green wound with suppliant oyles, and yet the poysoned bullet stick still in the flesh. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.¹c1422adj.²a1616adj.³1631
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