utilen.²

/ˈjuːtɪli/

Etymology: < the specific epithet of the tree's Latin name: see utile adj. and n.¹

The timber of a large West African forest tree, Entandrophragma utile, of the family Meliaceæ; also, the tree itself.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > African

shittima1382

citrus1555

cam-wood1699

jacaranda1753

kokerboom1774

quiver tree1789

geelhout1790

rooihout1790

yellowwood1790

mat-wood1792

assegai1793

assegai tree1793

hardpear1801

rooi els1801

argan1809

beaver-wood1810

mat tree1812

saffraan1819

salie1819

sneezewood1834

African teak1842

hyawaballi1851

sage-wood1854

mvule1858

til1858

yari-yari1858

cannibal stinkwood1859

kiaat1862

knobwood1862

milkwood1862

tryssil1862

sulphur-tree1863

khaya1864

cailcedra1866

flat-crown1868

umzimbeet1870

kuka1882

odum1887

iroko1890

opepe1891

Natal mahogany1904

muhimbi1906

obeche1906

agba1908

makoré1915

afara1920

agboin1920

abura1921

podo1922

afrormosia1923

guarea1936

Mansonia1936

dahoma1955

utile1956

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > utile

utile1956

1956 Handbk. Hardwoods (Forest Products Res. Lab.) 228 Utile reaches a height of 150 ft or more.

1956 Handbk. Hardwoods (Forest Products Res. Lab.) 228 In structure and general appearance utile resembles the closely allied sapele..and is somewhat more open in texture.

1970 Timber Trades Jrnl. 21 Mar. 54/1 There are now signs of weaker prices for utile.

1980 Yachts & Yachting 29 Feb. 680/2 As nice a piece of red utile as you'll see this side of a stereo cabinet.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

utileadj.n.¹

Brit.

/ˈjuːtʌɪl/, U.S.

/ˈjudl/,

/ˈjuˌtaɪl/ (In sense B. usually)Brit.

/ˈjuːtᵻli/, U.S.

/ˈjutᵻli/,

/ˈjutᵻleɪ/

Forms: late Middle English–1500s vtyle, 1500s utille, 1500s utyle, 1500s vtille, 1500s vtyll, 1500s–1600s vtile, 1600s utill, 1600s vtill, 1600s– utile.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French utile; Latin ūtile, ūtilis.

Etymology: As adjective (i) < Anglo-Norman and Middle French utile, Middle French utille (French utile ) useful, beneficial, profitable (1260; 12th cent. in Old French as utele ) < classical Latin ūtilis useful, profitable, advantageous, practical, convenient, expedient, valid, effective < ūtī to use (see use v.) + -ilis -il suffix. As noun originally after Middle French utile that which is useful (1588 in the source translated in quot. 1685 at sense B.; end of the 15th cent. in the sense ‘advantage, profit’; French utile), but in later use (ii) directly < classical Latin ūtile ‘that which is useful’, use as noun of neuter of ūtilis.Compare Old Occitan util (15th cent. or earlier), Catalan útil , Spanish útil (both 14th cent.), Portuguese útil (first half of the 15th cent.), Italian utile (late 13th cent.). Specific senses. With use as noun compare dulce n.¹ 2 and see the etymological note at that entry.

Now rare.

A. adj.

Useful, advantageous; of practical benefit. Also with to, †unto.

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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > [adjective]

bricheeOE

behovelyc950

bihevec975

nutOE

behovingc1175

behovesomec1330

noteful1372

helpfulc1384

serviceablea1393

nait?a1425

meet?a1439

steadable1467

opportunea1475

utile?1483

of service1559

good1577

deservient1578

steadful1585

useful1596

servient1606

handy1616

utible1623

utilious1652

lucky1703

functional1808

utility1895

eufunctional1963

?1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton iv. sig. i.ix I haue made this lytel book in double verses, the whiche conteynen two shorte and vtyle sentences for the symple folk.

1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope (1967) i. x. 80 Thus hit is of the euyll folk whiche for the good done to them, they yeld ageyne euyll... Theyre felauship is not good ne vtyle.

1518 H. Watson tr. Hystorye Olyuer of Castylle iii. sig. Aiiij To whome it semeth good and vtyll for the prosperyte of bothe partyes.

?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Eeii ^v Of all meates the best and most vtille to the body of man: is of capons.

1578 J. Banister Hist. Man v. f. 73^v The most pure and vtile substaunce.

1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures lxx. 284 To shew that the conquest thereof would have been far more utile unto us.

1678 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. iii. 5 Means utile and conducible to the promoting of Divine glorie.

1772 Scots Mag. Apr. 194/2 Is it utile, is it dulce, for the landlords to alienate their people, and lose their money?

1839 J. Rogers Antipopopriestian i. 69 An order that He has given..to employ our energy in the utile pursuit of following.

1894 Advance (Chicago) 24 May There is the cost value... There is the productive or utile value.

1962 Mass. Rev. 3 454 In its fabrication of purely utile and functional articles like aeroplanes, dams, surgical instruments, it surpasses any previous age.

2010 L. Shriver So much for That (2011) x. 242 He had always cherished the fact that his wife made objects not only attractive but utile.

B. n.¹

Usefulness; (with the) that which is useful. Usually contrasted with dulce (and compare sweet in quot. 1741).

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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > [noun]

usea1382

notefulheada1400

utilityc1400

serviceableness1579

behovefulness1592

usefulness1618

inservience1657

commodationa1676

utile1685

service1691

serviceability1845

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > [noun] > useful thing

beautya1425

utility?1483

card?1562

usefuls1649

utile1685

practicality1845

1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. III. iii. i. 2 Wherein he quitted the utile for the honest.

1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub v. 114 I..have skilfully kneaded up both together with a Layer of Utile and a Layer of Dulce.

1741 J. Fothergill Let. 19 Feb. in Chain of Friendship (1971) 54 The fruit is much larger than ours, and I think excels them in every respect in that one grand use of furnishing materials for Tarts, so that if the species can be propagated perhaps the utile as well as the sweet of curiosity may be reaped.

1852 Westm. Rev. Jan. 320 Mr. Putnam's two massive and elegant Christmas gift books indicate that America is ‘going a-head’ in the cultivation of the dulce, as well as in the pursuit of the utile.

1938 R. G. Collingwood Princ. Art v. 83 Mr. Galsworthy began his career by putting so much utile and so little dulce into his stage-puddings that only the very determined stomachs could digest them at all.

1991 W. L. Heat-Moon PrairyErth (2014) 185 On one occasion, the dulce was an interpretation of ‘Hiawatha's Wooing’, and on another the utile was a demonstration of a sausage grinder.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	utile
释义	utilen.² /ˈjuːtɪli/ Etymology: < the specific epithet of the tree's Latin name: see utile adj. and n.¹ The timber of a large West African forest tree, Entandrophragma utile, of the family Meliaceæ; also, the tree itself. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > African shittima1382 citrus1555 cam-wood1699 jacaranda1753 kokerboom1774 quiver tree1789 geelhout1790 rooihout1790 yellowwood1790 mat-wood1792 assegai1793 assegai tree1793 hardpear1801 rooi els1801 argan1809 beaver-wood1810 mat tree1812 saffraan1819 salie1819 sneezewood1834 African teak1842 hyawaballi1851 sage-wood1854 mvule1858 til1858 yari-yari1858 cannibal stinkwood1859 kiaat1862 knobwood1862 milkwood1862 tryssil1862 sulphur-tree1863 khaya1864 cailcedra1866 flat-crown1868 umzimbeet1870 kuka1882 odum1887 iroko1890 opepe1891 Natal mahogany1904 muhimbi1906 obeche1906 agba1908 makoré1915 afara1920 agboin1920 abura1921 podo1922 afrormosia1923 guarea1936 Mansonia1936 dahoma1955 utile1956 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > utile utile1956 1956 Handbk. Hardwoods (Forest Products Res. Lab.) 228 Utile reaches a height of 150 ft or more. 1956 Handbk. Hardwoods (Forest Products Res. Lab.) 228 In structure and general appearance utile resembles the closely allied sapele..and is somewhat more open in texture. 1970 Timber Trades Jrnl. 21 Mar. 54/1 There are now signs of weaker prices for utile. 1980 Yachts & Yachting 29 Feb. 680/2 As nice a piece of red utile as you'll see this side of a stereo cabinet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2019). utileadj.n.¹ Brit. /ˈjuːtʌɪl/, U.S. /ˈjudl/, /ˈjuˌtaɪl/ (In sense B. usually)Brit. /ˈjuːtᵻli/, U.S. /ˈjutᵻli/, /ˈjutᵻleɪ/ Forms: late Middle English–1500s vtyle, 1500s utille, 1500s utyle, 1500s vtille, 1500s vtyll, 1500s–1600s vtile, 1600s utill, 1600s vtill, 1600s– utile. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French utile; Latin ūtile, ūtilis. Etymology: As adjective (i) < Anglo-Norman and Middle French utile, Middle French utille (French utile ) useful, beneficial, profitable (1260; 12th cent. in Old French as utele ) < classical Latin ūtilis useful, profitable, advantageous, practical, convenient, expedient, valid, effective < ūtī to use (see use v.) + -ilis -il suffix. As noun originally after Middle French utile that which is useful (1588 in the source translated in quot. 1685 at sense B.; end of the 15th cent. in the sense ‘advantage, profit’; French utile), but in later use (ii) directly < classical Latin ūtile ‘that which is useful’, use as noun of neuter of ūtilis.Compare Old Occitan util (15th cent. or earlier), Catalan útil , Spanish útil (both 14th cent.), Portuguese útil (first half of the 15th cent.), Italian utile (late 13th cent.). Specific senses. With use as noun compare dulce n.¹ 2 and see the etymological note at that entry. Now rare. A. adj. Useful, advantageous; of practical benefit. Also with to, †unto. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > [adjective] bricheeOE behovelyc950 bihevec975 nutOE behovingc1175 behovesomec1330 noteful1372 helpfulc1384 serviceablea1393 nait?a1425 meet?a1439 steadable1467 opportunea1475 utile?1483 of service1559 good1577 deservient1578 steadful1585 useful1596 servient1606 handy1616 utible1623 utilious1652 lucky1703 functional1808 utility1895 eufunctional1963 ?1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton iv. sig. i.ix I haue made this lytel book in double verses, the whiche conteynen two shorte and vtyle sentences for the symple folk. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope (1967) i. x. 80 Thus hit is of the euyll folk whiche for the good done to them, they yeld ageyne euyll... Theyre felauship is not good ne vtyle. 1518 H. Watson tr. Hystorye Olyuer of Castylle iii. sig. Aiiij To whome it semeth good and vtyll for the prosperyte of bothe partyes. ?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Eeii ^v Of all meates the best and most vtille to the body of man: is of capons. 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man v. f. 73^v The most pure and vtile substaunce. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures lxx. 284 To shew that the conquest thereof would have been far more utile unto us. 1678 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. iii. 5 Means utile and conducible to the promoting of Divine glorie. 1772 Scots Mag. Apr. 194/2 Is it utile, is it dulce, for the landlords to alienate their people, and lose their money? 1839 J. Rogers Antipopopriestian i. 69 An order that He has given..to employ our energy in the utile pursuit of following. 1894 Advance (Chicago) 24 May There is the cost value... There is the productive or utile value. 1962 Mass. Rev. 3 454 In its fabrication of purely utile and functional articles like aeroplanes, dams, surgical instruments, it surpasses any previous age. 2010 L. Shriver So much for That (2011) x. 242 He had always cherished the fact that his wife made objects not only attractive but utile. B. n.¹ Usefulness; (with the) that which is useful. Usually contrasted with dulce (and compare sweet in quot. 1741). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > [noun] usea1382 notefulheada1400 utilityc1400 serviceableness1579 behovefulness1592 usefulness1618 inservience1657 commodationa1676 utile1685 service1691 serviceability1845 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > [noun] > useful thing beautya1425 utility?1483 card?1562 usefuls1649 utile1685 practicality1845 1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. III. iii. i. 2 Wherein he quitted the utile for the honest. 1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub v. 114 I..have skilfully kneaded up both together with a Layer of Utile and a Layer of Dulce. 1741 J. Fothergill Let. 19 Feb. in Chain of Friendship (1971) 54 The fruit is much larger than ours, and I think excels them in every respect in that one grand use of furnishing materials for Tarts, so that if the species can be propagated perhaps the utile as well as the sweet of curiosity may be reaped. 1852 Westm. Rev. Jan. 320 Mr. Putnam's two massive and elegant Christmas gift books indicate that America is ‘going a-head’ in the cultivation of the dulce, as well as in the pursuit of the utile. 1938 R. G. Collingwood Princ. Art v. 83 Mr. Galsworthy began his career by putting so much utile and so little dulce into his stage-puddings that only the very determined stomachs could digest them at all. 1991 W. L. Heat-Moon PrairyErth (2014) 185 On one occasion, the dulce was an interpretation of ‘Hiawatha's Wooing’, and on another the utile was a demonstration of a sausage grinder. 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