different between esteem vs obeisance
esteem
English
Alternative forms
- æsteem (archaic)
- esteeme (obsolete)
Etymology
First at end of 16th century; borrowed from Middle French estimer, from Latin aestim? (“to value, rate, weigh, estimate”); see estimate and aim, an older word, partly a doublet of esteem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?ti?m/, /?s?ti?m/
- Rhymes: -i?m
Noun
esteem (usually uncountable, plural esteems)
- Favourable regard.
Derived terms
- self-esteem
Translations
Verb
esteem (third-person singular simple present esteems, present participle esteeming, simple past and past participle esteemed)
- To set a high value on; to regard with respect or reverence.
- Will he esteem thy riches?
- You talk kindlier: we esteem you for it.
- To regard something as valuable; to prize.
- To look upon something in a particular way.
- Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
- 1535, Edmund Bonner, De vera obedientia by Stephen Gardiner (Preface)
- Thou shouldest (gentle reader) esteem his censure and authority to be of the more weighty credence.
- Famous men, whose scientific attainments were esteemed hardly less than supernatural.
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. V, The English
- And greatly do I respect the solid character, — a blockhead, thou wilt say; yes, but a well-conditioned blockhead, and the best-conditioned, — who esteems all ‘Customs once solemnly acknowledged’ to be ultimate, divine, and the rule for a man to walk by, nothing doubting, not inquiring farther.
- (obsolete) To judge; to estimate; to appraise
Synonyms
- (to regard with respect): respect, revere
- (to regard as valuable): cherish
Antonyms
- (to regard with respect): contemn, despise
- (to regard as valuable): scorn, slight
Translations
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “esteem”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
Further reading
- esteem in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- esteem in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Mestee, mestee
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obeisance
English
Alternative forms
- obeisaunce, obeissance, abaisance (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English obeisaunce (“obedience, obeisance”), from Old French obeïssance, derived from obeïssant (“obedient”), participle of obeïr (“to obey”), from Latin oboedire, obedire; ob- (“to, for”) + audire (“to hear”). Cognate with obedience.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o??be?s?ns/, /o??bi?s?ns/, /??be?s?ns/, /??bi?s?ns/
- Hyphenation: o?bei?sance
- Rhymes: -e?s?ns
Noun
obeisance (countable and uncountable, plural obeisances)
- Demonstration of an obedient attitude, especially by bowing deeply; a deep bow which demonstrates such an attitude.
- 1915, Edward Plunkett, Lord Dunsany, Fifty-One Tales:
- But looking upwards in the blaze of the moon I suddenly saw colossi sitting near, and towering up and blotting out the stars and filling the night with blackness; and at those idols’ feet I saw praying and making obeisance kings and the days that are and all times and all cities and all nations and all their gods.
- 1962, J. L. Austin, How To Do Things With Words (OUP paperback edition), p. 69:
- The situation in the case of actions which are non-linguistic but similar to performative utterances in that they are the performance of a conventional action (here ritual or ceremonial) is rather like this: suppose I bow deeply before you; it might not be clear whether I am doing obeisance to you or, say, stooping to observe the flora or to ease my indigestion.
- 1915, Edward Plunkett, Lord Dunsany, Fifty-One Tales:
- An obedient attitude.
Usage notes
- Usually in the phrases do obeisance or make obeisance.
Translations
See also
- kiss someone's ring
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