classicとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From French classique, from Latin classicus (“relating to the classes of Roman citizenry, especially the highest”), from classis; surface analysis, class +‎ -ic = class + -ical

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈklæ.sɪk/
  • 韻: -æsɪk

形容詞

classic (comparative more classic, superlative most classic)

1. Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.
   • 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond

     During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]

   • 1809, Lord Byron, English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers

     Give, as thy last memorial to the age, / One classic drama, and reform the stage.

2. Exemplary of a particular style; defining a class/category.
3. Exhibiting timeless quality.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, “Eye Witness”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, OCLC 483591931, page 249:

     The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad.

   • 2013 January 1, Paul Bartel, Ashli Moore, “Avian Migration: The Ultimate Red-Eye Flight”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, page 47–48:

     Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported […] that pine siskins (Spinus pinus) undergo an irregular, nomadic type of nocturnal migration.

4. Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their best literature was produced; of or pertaining to places inhabited by the ancient Greeks and Romans, or rendered famous by their deeds.
   • 1819, Felicia Hemans, The Widow of Crescentius

     Though throned midst Latium's classic plains.

5. (euphemistic) Traditional; original.

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使用する際の注意点

See classical § 使用する際の注意点.

同意語

• classical (See classical § Usage notes regarding differentiation.)

派生語

名詞

classic (複数形 classics)

1. A perfect and/or early example of a particular style.
2. An artistic work of lasting worth, such as a film or song.
   • 2001, Jeff Nathanson, Rush Hour 2‎^[1], New Line Cinema:

     JAMES CARTER: The man's destroying a classic!

3. The author of such a work.
   • 1856 February​, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Oliver Goldsmith [from the Encyclopædia Britannica]”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, OCLC 30956848, page 366:

     It was the first work to which he had put his name; and it at once raised him to the rank of a legitimate English classic.

4. A major, long-standing sporting event
5. (dated) One learned in the literature of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome; a student of classical literature.