单词 | admirative |
释义 | admirativen.adj. A. n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > [noun] wonderc700 wonderingOE ferlya1300 marvelc1330 stupora1398 admirationc1425 admirativec1487 amazement1576 mazement1580 stupefaction1592 amazedness1593 astonishment1594 stonishment1594 amaze1598 surprisal1652 staggerment1933 c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica v. 372 The venemows water serpente of Lernna, of whos monstruews fashen to make discripcioun it wolde engendir in yow that it shulde here or rede a wonderffulle admyratyve. 2. Grammar. A word, sentence, etc., expressing surprise. Now chiefly: spec. (esp. in various languages of the Balkans) the admirative mood; an admirative verbal construction or form (see sense B. 2). ΚΠ 1623 J. Wodroephe Spared Houres Souldier 35/1 These (toy, (moy, and (me serue for answers, questions, and admiratiues, without expressing the verbe. 1704 W. Sheridan Several Disc. iv. 151 In which words we have these Particulars, First, The Preamble, Fear not; Secondly, The Admirative, Behold! 1895 R. S. Kennedy tr. A. Socin Arabic Gram. (ed. 2) 46 (heading) 51. Verbs of praise and blame. 52. Admiratives. 53. The suffixes. 1924 G. Weigand in Slavonic Rev. 2 567 (title of article) The admirative in Bulgarian. 1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 24 Next we had our admiratives and our pejoratives. 1974 S. E. Mann Albanian Hist. Gram. 137 The Admirative. This mood is peculiar to Albanian and Rumanian. 1992 Int. Encycl. Ling. I. 154/2 The use of verbal forms to distinguish actions on the basis of real or presumed source of information—..including nuances of surprise (admirative) and doubt (dubitative)—is found in Albanian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Turkish. 2010 V. A. Friedman in B. Demiraj Wir sind die Deinen 277 The Balkan Slavic and Turkish admiratives are actually non-confirmative uses of the unmarked past or perfect whose non-confirmativity is derived from the contrast with a marked confirmative past. B. adj. 1. Characterized by or full of admiration; admiring. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > [adjective] awonder1154 wonderfulc1380 astoniedc1400 marvelling?a1425 amazed1548 admirative1582 thunderstrickena1586 wondering1592 stonished1595 thunderstruck1613 dump1616 rapt1621 admired1684 astonished1716 breathless1768 unbreathing1789 agazed1803 astounded1810 obfuscated1822 struck with thunder1823 surprised1882 zapped1962 mind-blown1967 gob-struck1985 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > admiration > [adjective] wonderfulc1380 admirative1582 admiring1592 wondering1592 admirant1853 1582 W. Allen Glorious Martyrdom XII. Priests sig. Cvv A Minister with an admiratiue replie, said to the people, that in these wordes he shewed him selfe a great traitor. a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) iii. 160 The common people, ignorant, credulous, and admirative. a1688 J. Renwick Church's Choice (1705) 9 The Psalmist had vehement affection towards Gods Law, as that his admirative exclamation imports. 1832 E. Allen Silent Harp 68 Admirers crowded round to view [a poppy]; Inhaled its opiate powers, and stood Entranced in admirative mood. 1861 C. M. Ingleby Compl. View 148 Admirative comments in the Edinburgh and Saturday Reviews. 1921 L. A. Harker Bridge Across x. 83 The Shaws thought so much of Austin and all bowed down before him with such admirative humility. 1999 M. Bal in B. Hirsch Familial Gaze 224 Remembrance [of Things Past] has been overwritten by admirative accounts that aim at ‘rendering’, that is, paraphrasing, the philosophy of the text. 2. Grammar. Designating a word, sentence, etc., expressing surprise. Now chiefly: spec. (esp. in various languages of the Balkans) designating a verbal mood, construction, or form expressing surprise, unexpectedness, disbelief, or the fact that the information is based on a report. ΚΠ 1750 L. Chambaud Exercises to Rules of Constr. French Speech Pref. p. vii First, read the English sentence carefully over, and consider whether it is Interrogative, Admirative, or a common sentence. 1841 D. Stewart Pract. Arabic Gram. 128 Verbs of admiration..are rather a kind of admirative formula than a particular species of verb. 1896 Imperial & Asiatic Q. Rev. Oct. 366 The explanation of the other admirative form..is similarly defective. 1932 S. E. Mann Short Albanian Gram. 36 No exact equivalent of the admirative mood exists in English. It expresses mild surprise, though sometimes it is used merely for emphasis. 1982 L. Newmark et al. Standard Albanian ii. 76 The basic use of a verb in the present tense of the admirative mood is to express the surprise of the speaker toward an action that continues to be realized at the moment of speaking. 2001 I. Fónagy Langs. within Lang. v. 147 László Varga..postulates an admirative mode for Hungarian, in the case of non-interrogative sentences introduced by micsoda ‘what’. CompoundsΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Admiratif Th' admirative point, or point of admiration (and of detestation) marked, or made thus ! ?1775 W. Waring tr. J.-J. Rousseau Dict. Music 420 The mixt cadence..produces nearly the effect of the interrogative and admirative point. 1848 J. Craig New Universal Dict. at Admirative The point..marked thus (!), is sometimes termed the admirative point. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.c1487 |
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