单词 | ubiquarian |
释义 | ubiquariann.adj. A. n. 1. With capital initial. A member of an eighteenth-century society imitating the constitution of the Roman government. Usually in plural. Frequently in Order of Ubiquarians. Now historical.The exact intentions of the society are not known. ΚΠ 1737 (title) A modest vindication of the illustrious order of Ubiquarians. 1737 Modest Vindic. Illustrious Order Ubiquarians 15 Such necessary Helps, as every Ubiquarian must receive with Gratitude. 1741 South Carolina Gaz. 26 Mar. 2/1 Last Thursday…was establish'd a Convention of the Right worthy and amicable Order of Ubiquarians. 1755 Connoisseur (1756) No. 96. 581 Laws, Rules, Regulations, or Orders, shall be formed for the Anti-Gallicans, Ubiquarians, Gregorians, or any private clubs and societies. 1761 Ann. Reg., Charac. ii. 51/1 He was a respectable member of the Killers of Care, The Silenians,..Ubiquarians, &c. 1917 Rotarian Oct. 394/2 There were the True Blues and Free Hearts, True English Champions, and Ubiquarians. 2007 J. Raven in T. Augst & K. Carpenter Inst. Reading i. 30 Those gathered included the Ubiquarians and the Freemasons, and after church all adjourned to the Corner Tavern. 2. A person who or thing which is, can be, or seems to be, everywhere at once. Cf. ubiquitary n. 2a, ubiquitarian n. 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > [noun] > being everywhere at the same time > one who or that which ubiquitary1587 ubiquitarian1644 ubiquitory1645 ubiquitant1654 ubiquarian1768 1768 Ann. Reg. 1767 ii. Characters 62/2 The English being by their nature Ubiquarians, and seldom in one place long, must have painted canvas as quick as their ideas. 1787 J. Wedgwood Let. 16 June in Proc. Royal Irish Acad. (1986) C. 86 256 Minerals of that class are so plentiful..that they cannot be looked upon as indications of any thing in particular. They are in short true ubiquarians. 1812 Sporting Mag. 40 281 That sporting ubiquarian, Colonel Thornton. 1822 Recreative Rev. 2 408 One of those gentlemen ubiquarians, who are ever busy, and ever to be seen about other's affairs. 1948 Princeton Alumni Weekly 26 Mar. 15/3 No peripatetic or ubiquarian, Jim Winans is one of the few classmates who has spent his entire business career in working for one company. B. adj. ΚΠ 1737 Modest Vindic. Illustrious Order Ubiquarians 23 The Ubiquarian Senate do not yet admit of this Difference. 1737 Modest Vindic. Illustrious Order Ubiquarians 24 The Roman Senators generally wore White,—so do the Ubiquarian Senators. 2. a. = ubiquitous adj. (in various senses). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > [adjective] > present everywhere ubiquitary1583 everywherea1600 ubiquitarian1641 ubiquitory1643 omnipresenta1711 ubiquarian1762 totipresent1768 ubiquitous1802 ubiquious1835 all-overish1838 wall-to-wall1967 1762 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 440/1 Happiness our friend shall be, Ubiquerian deity! 1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 266 Have ye, ye sage intendants of the whole, An ubiquarian presence and controul. 1819 J. Macculloch Descr. W. Isles II. 321 Fingal..the ubiquarian king and warrior is said to have occupied them. 1891 C. Dixon Idle Hours with Nature 108 The ubiquarian House Sparrow has his home amongst the girders of the roof. 1918 N. S. Hand Eternity 19 There are no voids in time or space, No variant modes,—no altered state, No fountain-head or primal base, In ubiquarian fields of fate. ΚΠ 1825 Monthly Rev. 106 490 It [sc. a reference book] will facilitate, also, to men of note, who have occasion to travel, an ubiquarian reception. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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