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单词 irreverential
释义 irreverential, a.|ɪrɛvəˈrɛnʃəl|
[f. L. irreverēntia irreverence + -al1.]
Not reverential; characterized by irreverence; irreverent.
1652Rec. Dingwall Presb. (Sc. Hist. Soc.) 242 Sentenced for his irreverentiall words against his Minister.1675Case Quakers conc. Oaths defended 15 Irreverential and common Swearing.1848Longfellow in Life (1891) II. 137 The old General Washington dodge—pardon the irreverential word—of thanking the donor before reading the book.1861Wilson & Geikie Mem. E. Forbes vi. 181 The irreverential portraits of academic dignitaries which were weekly displayed at the College gate.
Hence irreveˈrentialism, irreverential practice. irreveˈrentially adv., irreverently.
1675Case Quakers conc. Oaths defended 15 Swearing rashly, prophanely, irreverentially.1850De Quincey Wks. (1871) XVI. 54 To complain of irreverentialism through an irreverential word.1855F. M. Brown in W. M. Rossetti Ruskin, Rossetti, etc. (1899) 44 Stephens speaking irreverentially on the subject of Guggum.
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