exterior English · revision 15048

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1528|origins=la ex}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ɪkˈstɪə.ri.ə/, US /ɪkˈstɪr.i.ɚ/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|frm|extérieur]] and directly [[la|exterior|t=outer, outward]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) the comparative of [[m|la|exterus|t=on the outside, foreign]], itself a comparative formation from [[m|la|ex|t=out of]] (see [[ex-]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Situated outside: 1528 in Barnhart and Merriam-Webster, the 1520s in Etymonline.^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Foreign is a rare obsolete sense of 1540.^(OED 1989) The noun, the outer surface or aspect, is from 1591,^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024)^(OED 1989) and outward appearance or demeanour from 1695.^(OED 1989) An outdoor scene on stage, and later in film, is an exterior from 1872.^(OED 1989)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1528 – exterior (adjective).^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1540 – foreign (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1591 – an exterior (noun).^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1695 – outward demeanour.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1872 – an outdoor scene.^(OED 1989)

+

+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Outer; [[external]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Coming or acting from outside.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Suitable for use outside: ''exterior paint''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+

+ ===Noun===

+ # The outer part or surface of something.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Outward appearance or behaviour: ''a calm exterior''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # An outdoor scene in a film or painting.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+

+ ==Word family==

+ * [[exteriorly]]

+ * [[exteriority]]

+ * [[exteriorize]]

+ * [[exteriorise]]

+ * [[exterior angle]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[interior]]

+ * [[external]]

+ * [[extreme]]

+ * [[extraneous]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}