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lecture

an instructional discourse; later a formal reproof

DATE: 15th century–today
SENSE: default
FAMILY: Indo-European / Germanic
CANONICAL KEY: node:1:lecture:attested

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Latin · Late / Medieval Latin

lectūra

a reading; act of reading

SOUND: English adapted Late Latin lectūra through the medieval learned tradition.
MEANING: An act of reading became an instructional discourse and later a scolding.
CHRONOLOGY: First known English use: 15th century.
SCHOLAR: Merriam-Webster editors
CONFIDENCE: established

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SOURCE-REPORTEDlexicographic first useestablished

15th century

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lecture dossier · recorded as lecture

WITNESS RECORD ↗Lecture — Word History ↗

DIRECTLY INSPECTEDprinted bookestablished

1704

A passage in John Harris’s Lexicon technicum cites a Lecture by Nehemiah Grew about varieties of taste read before the Royal Society.

Dr. Grew, in his Lecture about the Diversities of Tasts

lecture dossier · recorded as lecture

ETH-Bibliothek Zürich · Rar 98 Ex.A GF, content image 2867882WITNESS RECORD ↗Lexicon technicum: or, an universal English dictionary of arts and sciences ↗FACSIMILE ↗

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