uniformidade

Forms

uniformidade f (plural uniformidades)^[1]

Etymology

It is borrowed from Late Latin uniformitas (“uniformity”), a word of post-classical Latin found in Macrobius, Arnobius and Tertullian.^[2][1][3] Nascentes calls it semi-learned.^[4] The Latin noun is derived from uniformis (“of one kind or form, uniform”), the source of uniforme.^[3][5][6]

Earliest recorded meaning

Houaiss dates the first record to 1676 and Cunha to the 17th century.^[2][7] The first dictionary definitions are about conduct: Pereira in 1697 renders it with Latin aequabilitas “evenness”, and Bluteau defines it as correspondence or equality in what one says or does, a like way of acting, with examples such as uniformidade fraterna and uniformidade de movimento.^[8][9]

Semantic evolution

Folqman in 1755 gives the Latin uniformitas of Macrobius as its equivalent.^[10] Morais in 1813 defines it as being consistent with oneself or with others in thinking, speaking and acting, and constancy of feeling.^[11] Vieira in the 1870s puts first the likeness of the parts of a thing to each other, and the old Caldas Aulete adds the negative sense “monotony, lack of variety”.^[5][12] The modern dictionaries keep all these senses and add “harmony, coherence”.^{[2][13][14][15]}

Timeline

• 1676 – first record.^[2]
• 1697 – Pereira's Thesouro lists the word.^[8]
• 1712–1728 – Bluteau defines it as sameness of word and deed.^[9]
• 1755 – Folqman gives Latin uniformitas for it.^[10]
• 1813 – Morais defines it as consistency in thought, speech and action.^[11]
• 1871–1874 – Vieira puts first the likeness of parts.^[5]

Meanings

Noun

1. uniformity, the quality or state of being uniforme; the likeness of the parts of a whole or of the items of a set, homogeneity.^{[2][15][12][1]}
2. Regularity, constancy of behaviour, feelings or opinions.^[2][16][14]
3. Lack of variety, monotony.^[2][13][16]
4. Harmony, coherence.^[13][14]

Related words

• uniforme
• forma
• um
• Latin uniformitas

References

1. ^ a b c d e f g Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f g Houaiss, Antônio; Villar, Mauro de Salles (2001), Dicionário Houaiss da língua portuguesa, Rio de Janeiro: Objetiva, p. s.v. uniformidade
3. ^ a b Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. s.v. uniformitas
4. ^ Nascentes, Antenor (1966), Dicionário etimológico resumido, Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Nacional do Livro, p. s.v. uniformidade
5. ^ a b c Vieira, Frei Domingos (1871–1874), Grande Diccionario Portuguez ou Thesouro da lingua portugueza, 5 vols., Porto: Ernesto Chardron e Bartholomeu H. de Moraes, p. 5, 859
6. ^ Houaiss, Antônio; Villar, Mauro de Salles (2001), Dicionário Houaiss da língua portuguesa, Rio de Janeiro: Objetiva, p. s.v. uniforme
7. ^ Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2010), Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa, 4th ed., Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon, p. s.v. uniformidade
8. ^ a b Pereira, Bento (1697), Thesouro da lingoa portuguesa, in the 1697 edition of his Prosodia (1st ed. 1647; CLP transcription, Universidade de Aveiro), p. s.v. uniformidade
9. ^ a b Bluteau, Raphael (1712–1728), Vocabulario portuguez e latino, 8 vols. + 2 supplement vols., Coimbra / Lisboa (CLP transcription, Universidade de Aveiro), p. s.v. uniformidade
10. ^ a b Folqman, Carlos (1755), Diccionario portuguez, e latino, Lisboa: Régia Officina Silviana (CLP transcription, Universidade de Aveiro), p. s.v. uniformidade
11. ^ a b Silva, António de Morais (1813), Diccionario da lingua portugueza, 2nd ed., 2 vols., Lisboa: Typographia Lacerdina, p. 2, 820
12. ^ a b Aulete, Francisco Júlio Caldas, Dicionário contemporâneo da língua portuguesa (1st ed. 1881), online as Aulete Digital, Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon, https://aulete.com.br, p. s.v. uniformidade
13. ^ a b c Ferreira, Aurélio Buarque de Holanda, Novo dicionário Aurélio da língua portuguesa, digital edition, p. s.v. uniformidade
14. ^ a b c Porto Editora (2013), Grande Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa, Porto: Porto Editora, p. 9312
15. ^ a b Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa, revised online edition (2023–) of the Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa Contemporânea (2001), https://dicionario.acad-ciencias.pt, p. s.v. uniformidade
16. ^ a b Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa, Lisboa: Priberam Informática, https://dicionario.priberam.org, p. s.v. uniformidade