experimental English · revision 6224

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1449|origins=la experior}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɪkspɛɹəˈmɛntəl/, /ɪkˌspɛɹəˈmɛntəl/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la-med|experimentalis]],^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002)^(NODE 1998) from [[m|la|experimentum|t=a trial, test]] (see [[experiment]]) and [[m|la|-alis]],^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002) from [[m|la|experior|alt=experīrī|t=to try]];^(Etymonline) Etymonline treats it as formed from experiment and [[-al]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Having experience, and of things, coming within experience, observed: about 1449 in the OED,^(OED 1989) the mid-15th century in Etymonline,^(Etymonline) late 15th century in SOED and NODE; these senses are obsolete.^(SOED 2002)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Founded on experience only, empirical, is from 1526.^(OED 1989) ''Experimental religion'', the practical experience of religion's influence on the soul, is from 1614.^(OED 1989) Based on or found by experiment is from 1570, the 1560s in Etymonline,^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) and done for the sake of experiment, provisional or tentative, from 1792.^(Etymonline) An experimental artist is one given to trying new forms.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1449 – having experience; observed.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1526 – empirical.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1570 – based on experiment.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1614 – experimental religion.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1792 – for the sake of experiment.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Relating to or based on [[experiment|alt=experiments]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Being tried out; [[tentative]] or new and untested.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Innovative and willing to try new methods, as in art.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Based on experience; [[empirical]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[experimentally]]

+ * [[experimentalism]]

+ * [[experimentalist]]

+ * [[nonexperimental]]

+ * [[postexperimental]]

+ * [[preexperimental]]

+ * [[unexperimental]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[experiment]]

+ * [[experience]]

+ * [[expert]]

+ * [[peril]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}