英和和英

発音

• (RP) enPR: ŭphōlʹdətə̆rĭ, IPA: /ʌpˈhəʊldətə̆ɹɪ/, SAMPA: /Vp"h@Uld@t@_Xr\I/

形容詞

upholdatory (not comparable)

1. (まれに, obsolete, nonce word) upholding, supporting, sustaining (without verbal force)

引用

• 1829: Thomas Moore, Memoirs, Friday the 16^th of January entry

  16 [Friday] — Walked over to Bowood dinner — Lord L. showed me after dinner a letter he had received from Lord Anglesey, explaining the circumstances that led to his recall & to the publication of his letter to Curtis — very well written, & both the style & the feeling showing him to have been fully capable of the letter to the Archbishop — one word in it rather an odd coinage — “upholdatory of his government” — set off at nine for the Ball — the Houltons there, looking very handsome — Kerry, all happiness & I tant soi peu ennuyé — Got to Bowood between 2 & 3 — my intention was to return home, but Lady L. persuaded me to stay & sleep.

参照

• “upˈholdatory, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]