time-servern.

Brit.

/ˈtʌɪmˌsəːvə/, U.S.

/ˈtaɪmˌsərvər/

Forms: see time n., int., and conj. and server n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: time n., server n.

Etymology: < time n. + server n. Compare to serve the time (also times) at serve v.¹ Phrases 5, and earlier time service n., temporizer n.

†1. A person who fulfils his or her duties or honours his or her commitments only when it is easy to do so. Obsolete.Apparently with reference to the parable of the sower: Matthew 13:21, Mark 4:17, Luke 8:13.

ΚΠ

1566 J. Barthlet Pedegrewe Heretiques f. 48^v (heading) Tyme Seruers. [Main text Are those, that serue not all the yere, but some parts therof, with their Matrimonie Sacrament.]

a1576 Bp. J. Pilkington Godlie Expos. Nehemiah (1585) iv. 15 f. 65 Such be those time-seruers, which the Gospel speaketh of, that for a time make a shew in seruing the Lord, but in the tyme of triall they fall away.

a. depreciative. A person who out of self-interest adapts his or her conduct or views to suit prevailing circumstances.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > temporizing or trimming > temporizer or trimmer

Jack of both sides1554

mongrela1555

timeling1554

temporizer1555

time-taker1576

politique1581

time-server1583

time-pleaser1590

time observer1594

temporist1596

please-time1606

timist1614

timorist?1623

trimmer1682

Vicar of Bray1725

timer1842

1583 G. Babington Briefe Conf. Frailtie & Faith 132 Will then a dissembling timeseruer not bee vncased?

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 136 This brave man is a Georgian by discent, a Mussulman by profession, a Time-server for preferment.

a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 219 A Time-server wears his Religion, Reason, and Understanding always in the Mode.

1747 in Lett. Westm. Jrnl. 192 It hath been declared unto me of ye, my Brethren,..that ye are Time-servers, Deceivers, and Word breakers.

1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives (1879) II. 904/2 He was never a timeserver either in word or action.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 188 The Puritan..deserted by all the timeservers who, in his prosperity, had claimed brotherhood with him.

1898 L. Stephen Stud. of Biographer I. v. 148 Every autobiography is interesting, even when it unveils a mere time-server and hypocrite.

1945 H. L. Mencken Diary 24 Oct. (1989) 388 I added that Hamilton..was a time-server with no more principle in him than a privy rat.

1993 Eng. Hist. Rev. 108 1028 Samuel More was something of a time-server.

†b. In a positive or neutral sense: a person who adapts his or her conduct to what is proper and appropriate for the time and place. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > adaptation > [noun] > one who or that which adapts

time-server1642

Maryland parson1811

adapter1900

adaptor1915

1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. xix. 202 He is a good Time-server, that complyes his manners to the severall ages of this life: pleasant in youth, without wantonnesse; grave in old age without frowardnesse... He is a good Time-server that finds out the fittest opportunity for every action.

3. depreciative. A person who serves in a post or office for the required time while expending the minimum of effort; a person who merely fills a job or position, without showing commitment or enthusiasm.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > worker according to manner of working > [noun] > careful not to exceed working hours

time-server1854

clock-watcher1867

1854 1st Ann. Rep. St. Louis Public Schools 80 Whenever you hear a teacher declaim against the Association,..it is almost a sure sign that that teacher is a time-server or deficient in the necessary requirements, to hold a respectable rank in the profession.

1868 Sci. Amer. 16 Sept. 185/3 Instead of setting themselves steadily and persistently to bettering their condition, they cultivate a morbid feeling of disgust at their lot and their work, and become mere time-servers.

1924 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 24 1025 Those..who have given me their best service, altruistically as a physician is supposed to do;..who were not time servers.

1973 P. Larkin Let. 8 Apr. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 477 One just writes off the hostile reviewers as jealous or imperceptive time servers.

2005 Spectator 22 Oct. 5/3 The government has ensured that a generation of time-servers will deprive the economy's wealth-creating sector of able workers for decades to come.

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

单词	time-server
释义	time-servern. Brit. /ˈtʌɪmˌsəːvə/, U.S. /ˈtaɪmˌsərvər/ Forms: see time n., int., and conj. and server n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: time n., server n. Etymology: < time n. + server n. Compare to serve the time (also times) at serve v.¹ Phrases 5, and earlier time service n., temporizer n. †1. A person who fulfils his or her duties or honours his or her commitments only when it is easy to do so. Obsolete.Apparently with reference to the parable of the sower: Matthew 13:21, Mark 4:17, Luke 8:13. ΚΠ 1566 J. Barthlet Pedegrewe Heretiques f. 48^v (heading) Tyme Seruers. [Main text Are those, that serue not all the yere, but some parts therof, with their Matrimonie Sacrament.] a1576 Bp. J. Pilkington Godlie Expos. Nehemiah (1585) iv. 15 f. 65 Such be those time-seruers, which the Gospel speaketh of, that for a time make a shew in seruing the Lord, but in the tyme of triall they fall away. 2. a. depreciative. A person who out of self-interest adapts his or her conduct or views to suit prevailing circumstances. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > temporizing or trimming > temporizer or trimmer Jack of both sides1554 mongrela1555 timeling1554 temporizer1555 time-taker1576 politique1581 time-server1583 time-pleaser1590 time observer1594 temporist1596 please-time1606 timist1614 timorist?1623 trimmer1682 Vicar of Bray1725 timer1842 1583 G. Babington Briefe Conf. Frailtie & Faith 132 Will then a dissembling timeseruer not bee vncased? 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 136 This brave man is a Georgian by discent, a Mussulman by profession, a Time-server for preferment. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 219 A Time-server wears his Religion, Reason, and Understanding always in the Mode. 1747 in Lett. Westm. Jrnl. 192 It hath been declared unto me of ye, my Brethren,..that ye are Time-servers, Deceivers, and Word breakers. 1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives (1879) II. 904/2 He was never a timeserver either in word or action. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 188 The Puritan..deserted by all the timeservers who, in his prosperity, had claimed brotherhood with him. 1898 L. Stephen Stud. of Biographer I. v. 148 Every autobiography is interesting, even when it unveils a mere time-server and hypocrite. 1945 H. L. Mencken Diary 24 Oct. (1989) 388 I added that Hamilton..was a time-server with no more principle in him than a privy rat. 1993 Eng. Hist. Rev. 108 1028 Samuel More was something of a time-server. †b. In a positive or neutral sense: a person who adapts his or her conduct to what is proper and appropriate for the time and place. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > adaptation > [noun] > one who or that which adapts time-server1642 Maryland parson1811 adapter1900 adaptor1915 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. xix. 202 He is a good Time-server, that complyes his manners to the severall ages of this life: pleasant in youth, without wantonnesse; grave in old age without frowardnesse... He is a good Time-server that finds out the fittest opportunity for every action. 3. depreciative. A person who serves in a post or office for the required time while expending the minimum of effort; a person who merely fills a job or position, without showing commitment or enthusiasm. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > worker according to manner of working > [noun] > careful not to exceed working hours time-server1854 clock-watcher1867 1854 1st Ann. Rep. St. Louis Public Schools 80 Whenever you hear a teacher declaim against the Association,..it is almost a sure sign that that teacher is a time-server or deficient in the necessary requirements, to hold a respectable rank in the profession. 1868 Sci. Amer. 16 Sept. 185/3 Instead of setting themselves steadily and persistently to bettering their condition, they cultivate a morbid feeling of disgust at their lot and their work, and become mere time-servers. 1924 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 24 1025 Those..who have given me their best service, altruistically as a physician is supposed to do;..who were not time servers. 1973 P. Larkin Let. 8 Apr. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 477 One just writes off the hostile reviewers as jealous or imperceptive time servers. 2005 Spectator 22 Oct. 5/3 The government has ensured that a generation of time-servers will deprive the economy's wealth-creating sector of able workers for decades to come. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1566
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