consummate en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- kənsŭm'ĭt (UK)
- /ˈkɒnsəmət/ (UK)
- /ˈkɑnsəmət/ (US)
- kŏn'syo͝omət (UK)
- /kənˈsʌmɪt/ (UK)
- (US) audio
- /kənˈsʌmɪt/ (US)
- kənsŭm'ĭt (US)
- kŏn'səmət (UK)
- /ˈkɒnsjʊmət/ (UK)
- kŏn'səmət (US)
Etymology
First attested in the beginning of the 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English consummat(e) (“(past participle) fulfilled, completed; (adjective) perfect, consummate”), borrowed from Latin cōnsummātus, perfect passive participle of cōnsummō (“to sum up, finish, complete”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from con- (“together”) + summa (“a sum”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); see sum, summation. Common participial usage up until Early Modern English.
Meanings
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Complete in every detail, perfect, absolute.
There lacke many things, that a consummate carde should haue.
1527, Robert Thorne, Divers Voyages touching the Dicoverie of America, volume 5:A sweeping and consummate vengeance for the indignity alone should satisfy him.
1859, George Meredith, chapter 5, in The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC:England's first-half display was consummate in its control, Italy made to look decidedly average as Rice and Jude Bellingham controlled affairs and Kane made history.
2023 March 23, Phil McNulty, “Italy 1-2 England”, in BBC Sport:Belinda Bellonia Bunting//Behaved like a consummate loon
1900, Guy Wetmore Carryl, The Singular Sangfroid of Baby Bunting:[…] Marmaduke, who had the consummate impudence to reply that […]
1880, George Bernard Shaw, “Chapter VII”, in The Irrational Knot:A man of perfect and consummate virtue.
1712 January 22 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “FRIDAY, January 12, 1711–1712”, in The Spectator, number 273; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume III, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
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Supremely skilled and experienced; highly accomplished; fully qualified.
Many of these works are of permanent value from their nobility and beauty of style and their intrinsic emotional significance, and all are characterized by high intellectual qualities, and consummate musicianship.
1900, John Comfort Filmore, Pianoforte Music: Its history, with Biographical Sketches and Critical Estimates of its Greatest Masters, Presser, page 17:At Ballet Theater, [James] Whiteside is in demand. His classical variations are high-octane sprints; he lifts ballerinas like they’re feathers. His consummate athleticism allows him to be the versatile artist he is: modern or dashing, playful or tragic.
2021 March 10, Gia Kourlas, “Ballet Is Hard Enough. What Happens When You Lose a Year?”, in The New York Times:The consummate leader cultivates the moral law, […] ; thus it is in his power to control success.
1910, Lionel Giles (translator), The Art of War, Section IV (originally by Sun Tzu)Thus[…] he loses sight of the remoter truth, that details perfect in unity, and, contributing to a final purpose, are the sign of the production of a consummate master.
1843, [John Ruskin], “Preface to the second edition”, in Modern Painters […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, page xxxii:a consummate sergeant
I didn’t understand why at the time, but Jasmine is such a consummate performer and had already developed her idea of the role.
2022 December 28, Jori Finkel, “Making Intergalactic and Intergenerational Art”, in The New York Times:
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(as a participle, obsolete) Consummated, completed, perfected, fully accomplished.
Till righteous fate Upon the Wooers' wrongs were consummate.
1615, George Chapman, Odyssey:
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(as a participle, obsolete, of a marriage) Consummated.
I doe but ſtay till your marriage be conſummate, and then go I toward Arragon.
1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], page 110, column 2:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more consummate | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most consummate | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
consummate marriage · unconsummate · consummately
Synonyms
apt · ready · decided · practiced · consummate · root and branch · perfect · utter · outright · crafty · maestrolike · quick · clean · masterly · full-blown · unmitigated · fluent · abject · rank · straight-out · sheer · adept · conversant · unfettered · mere · artful · precious · complete · competent · professional · complete · utter · unalloyed · habile · unadulterated · handy · accomplished · perfect · thoroughbred · unattenuated · total · full-on · categoric · thorough · unqualified · total · sheer · absolute · expert · adroit · full-bore · versed · facile · tight · regular · deft · uncompromising · proper · unrestricted · wholesale · gain · skillful · pure · capable · downright · crack · unconditional · full · stark · consummate · prize · absolute · qualified · masterous · frightful · masterlike · proficient · arrant · unreserved · skilled · out-and-out · thoroughgoing · masterful · categorical · able · dexterous · right
Translations (48)
ru превосхо́дный (complete, perfect, absolute) · vi viên mãn (complete, perfect, absolute) · ru отпетый (complete, perfect, absolute) · af voltrek (complete, perfect, absolute) · hu tökéletes (complete, perfect, absolute) · bg съвършен (complete, perfect, absolute) · fr consommé (complete, perfect, absolute) · ja 完璧な (complete, perfect, absolute) · ru высококвалифицированный (complete, perfect, absolute) · de perfekt (complete, perfect, absolute) · ru виртуозный (complete, perfect, absolute) · de vollendet (complete, perfect, absolute) · sv fulländad (complete, perfect, absolute) · ru законченный (complete, perfect, absolute) · pl wytrawny (complete, perfect, absolute) · fi pätevä (supremely skilled and experienced) · hu teljes (complete, perfect, absolute) · it consumato (complete, perfect, absolute) · it completo (complete, perfect, absolute) · nl volslagen (complete, perfect, absolute) · nl volwaardig (supremely skilled and experienced) · it consumato (supremely skilled and experienced) · no fullendt (complete, perfect, absolute) · de erfahren (supremely skilled and experienced) · ja 完全な (complete, perfect, absolute) · de hochqualifiziert (supremely skilled and experienced) · no fullendt dyktighet (supremely skilled and experienced) · la consummātus (complete, perfect, absolute) · pt consumado (complete, perfect, absolute) · de vollkommen (complete, perfect, absolute) · nl volstrekt (complete, perfect, absolute) · pt consumado (supremely skilled and experienced) · de völlig (complete, perfect, absolute) · de äußerste (complete, perfect, absolute) · de unübertrefflich (complete, perfect, absolute) · pl doskonały (complete, perfect, absolute) · tr eksiksiz (complete, perfect, absolute) · fi täydellinen (complete, perfect, absolute) · de ausgemacht (complete, perfect, absolute) · bg опитен (supremely skilled and experienced) · nl volleerd (supremely skilled and experienced) · ru соверше́нный (complete, perfect, absolute) · fi täysinoppinut (supremely skilled and experienced) · de vollwertig (supremely skilled and experienced) · de vollkommen (supremely skilled and experienced) · es consumado (supremely skilled and experienced) · bg абсолютен (complete, perfect, absolute) · fi äärimmäinen (complete, perfect, absolute)