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語源 1

From Medieval Latin cōnservātōrius directly and via French conservatoire, from cōnservāre (“to conserve, to preserve”) + -torius (“-atory: forming related adjectives”) and/or conservator (“conservator, preserver, protector”) + -ius (“-y: forming related adjectives”).

形容詞

conservatory (comparative more conservatory, superlative most conservatory)

1. Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury.
2. (rare) Relating to conservation.

語源 2

From Medieval Latin cōnservātōrium directly and via French conservatoire and Italian conservatorio, from cōnservātus (“conserved, preserved”) + -ōrium (“-ory: forming related nouns”).

名詞

conservatory (plural conservatories)

1. (obsolete) A medicine, especially a magical preservative.
   • 1563, John Jewel, The Seconde Tome of Homelyes..., sig. IIII.i.v:

     The auncient Catholyke fathers... were not afrayde to call this Supper... the foode of immortalitie... and the conseruatory to euerlastyng lyfe.

   • 1655, Jeremy Taylor, Vnum Necessarium, p. 371:

     ...a tree appointed to be the cure of diseases and a conservatory of life...

2. (chiefly historical Italian contexts) A school or clinic for orphans.
3. (now chiefly US) A music school.
4. (now rare) A storehouse, a repository.
5. (obsolete) An icehouse, a warehouse for ice.
6. (obsolete) A cistern, an artificially collected body of water.
7. (obsolete) A reservoir, an artificially maintained body of water.
8. (now uncommon) A greenhouse, a glass-walled building for cultivating delicate plants.

   Synonyms: greenhouse, hothouse, orangery, planthouse

9. (chiefly UK, Ireland) A solarium, a glass-walled and glass-roofed room in a house.

   Synonyms: sunroom, solarium, Florida room

   • 1999 September 12, Anthony Horowitz & al., "Dead Man's Eleven", Midsomer Murders:

     Joyce Barnaby: It's a lovely cottage in Badger's Drift. It's got two bedrooms, two living rooms and a conservatory.
     DCI Tom Barnaby: Conservatory? Sounds like something out of Cluedo.
     Cully Barnaby: Colonel Mustard with the candlestick in the conservatory.

10. A drama school. (Can we verify this sense?)

同意語

• (music school): See music school
• (drama school): academy of drama, drama school, theater school, theatre school

派生語