condignadj.

Brit.

/kənˈdʌɪn/,

/ˈkɒndʌɪn/, U.S.

/kənˈdaɪn/

Forms: Middle English condyngne, Middle English–1500s condygne, Middle English–1600s condigne, 1500s condynge (Scottish conding), 1500s– condign.

Etymology: < French condigne, < Latin condignus (medieval Latin also -dingnus) wholly worthy, < con- together, altogether + dignus worthy.

†1. Equal in worth or dignity (to). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > worth > [adjective] > equal in value to

condignc1470

the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [adjective] > equal or on the same level > of people

equipollenta1420

equivalentc1460

condignc1470

c1470 J. Hardyng Chron. lxxxiv. vii This Kyng Arthure, to whom none was condigne Through all the world.

1490 Arte & Crafte to knowe well to Dye (Caxton) 6 And yet be not the passyons of this world condygne ne worthy to the glorye to come.

1582 Bible (Rheims) Rom. viii. 18 The passions of this time are not condigne [L. condignæ, Wyclif & 16th C. vv. worthy] to the glorie to come.

1854 S. T. Dobell Balder xxiii. 116 Rank after mingling rank..but each Condign, and in a personality Confest.

†2. Worthy, deserving. Const. of, to do a thing.

a. Of persons. Obsolete (or archaic)

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > dueness or propriety > [adjective] > deserving (good or ill)

wurtheeOE

worthc1175

wrightfula1325

worthy1340

dignec1386

condigna1513

meritorious1561

meriting1605

a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) ii. xxi. sig. r.v She hath great honour..As most condigne to beare the principalite.

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xxiv. sig. Mii There shall nat lacke here after condigne writers to registre his actes.

1584 King James VI & I Ess. Prentise Poesie sig. Fiij He of Laurell is conding, Who wysely can with proffit, pleasure ming.

a1599 E. Spenser Canto Mutabilitie vi. xi, in Faerie Queene (1609) sig. Hh4^v Herselfe of all that rule shee deemed most condigne.

1833 I. Taylor Fanaticism vi. 147 The persuasion that [our fellowmen] are condign objects of such treatment.]

b. Of things. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > dueness or propriety > [adjective] > deserving (good or ill) > specifically of things

condign1509

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. ccxiii^v This noble Cyte..Condigne to be gouernyd by an emperour.

1534 R. Whittington tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Tullyes Offyces i. sig. C.5 That we shall gyue after the condigne merites of the man.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. (1682) v. 207 My own weak judgment..could never mount to the true acquittance of his condign merit.

†3.

a. Worthily deserved, merited, fitting, appropriate; adequate. Obsolete (or archaic), except as in 3b.In 16–17th centuries exceedingly common in condign laud, praise, thanks.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > dueness or propriety > [adjective] > that is due > deserved

wurthe?c1225

condign1413

meritory1523

meritorious1535

deserved1552

just1553

earned1559

merited1593

1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1859) ii. xlii. 48 Take him vp in to thy blysse on hye in what degree that to hym is condygne.

1530 Fruyte of Redemp. (W. de W.) A iij A frayle man..fayleth in thy condygne laude.

a1535 T. More Treat. Passion Introd., in Wks. 1271/1 To tourne vnto God..& geue him condigne thankes for the same.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. iii. f. 17 Euery man shall receaue condigne rewarde or punyshement.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost i. ii. 25 In thy condigne praise.

1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia i. xiv. 88 To whom wee render condigne thanks.

1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 104 Heaven can never be a condign reward for their meritorious life.

1873 F. Hall Mod. Eng. 10 The eulogy bestowed on Chaucer by Spenser's well-worn metaphor has not been quite unanimously recognized as condign.]

b. Since the end of 17th cent. commonly used only of appropriate punishment: a use originating in the phraseology of Tudor Acts of Parliament.Johnson 1755 says, ‘It is always used of something deserved by crimes’. De Quincey Templars' Dial. in Wks. IV. 188 note, ‘Capriciously..the word condign is used only in connection with the word punishment..These and other words, if unlocked from their absurd imprisonment, would become extensively useful. We should say, for instance, “condign honours”, “condign reward”, “condign treatment” (treatment appropriate to the merits).’ [Cf. 1873 at sense 3a.]

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > dueness or propriety > [adjective] > that is due > deserved > by demerit

worthyeOE

condign1513

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xiii. vii. 64 The godly power..Onto tha wikkyt Sawlis..Hes send conding punytioun, and just panys.

1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII c. 4 Former statutes..for lacke of condigne punishment..be littell feared or regarded.

1594 1st Pt. Raigne Selimus sig. H4^v To punish treason with condigne reward.

1612 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. I. ii. viii. 448 And plague thee with a condigne death.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. i. 130 Condigne punishment.

1642 Declar. Ho. Comm. in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1721) II. 25 That the Authors..shall be..brought to this House to receive condign Punishment.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. xxiii. 139 So shall [I] not fail of condign punishment.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 575 He had been brought to condign punishment as a traitor.

1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 195 To wreak condign vengeance on the common oppressor of them all.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	condign
释义	condignadj. Brit. /kənˈdʌɪn/, /ˈkɒndʌɪn/, U.S. /kənˈdaɪn/ Forms: Middle English condyngne, Middle English–1500s condygne, Middle English–1600s condigne, 1500s condynge (Scottish conding), 1500s– condign. Etymology: < French condigne, < Latin condignus (medieval Latin also -dingnus) wholly worthy, < con- together, altogether + dignus worthy. †1. Equal in worth or dignity (to). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > worth > [adjective] > equal in value to condignc1470 the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [adjective] > equal or on the same level > of people equipollenta1420 equivalentc1460 condignc1470 c1470 J. Hardyng Chron. lxxxiv. vii This Kyng Arthure, to whom none was condigne Through all the world. 1490 Arte & Crafte to knowe well to Dye (Caxton) 6 And yet be not the passyons of this world condygne ne worthy to the glorye to come. 1582 Bible (Rheims) Rom. viii. 18 The passions of this time are not condigne [L. condignæ, Wyclif & 16th C. vv. worthy] to the glorie to come. 1854 S. T. Dobell Balder xxiii. 116 Rank after mingling rank..but each Condign, and in a personality Confest. †2. Worthy, deserving. Const. of, to do a thing. a. Of persons. Obsolete (or archaic) ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [adjective] > deserving (good or ill) wurtheeOE worthc1175 wrightfula1325 worthy1340 dignec1386 condigna1513 meritorious1561 meriting1605 a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) ii. xxi. sig. r.v She hath great honour..As most condigne to beare the principalite. 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xxiv. sig. Mii There shall nat lacke here after condigne writers to registre his actes. 1584 King James VI & I Ess. Prentise Poesie sig. Fiij He of Laurell is conding, Who wysely can with proffit, pleasure ming. a1599 E. Spenser Canto Mutabilitie vi. xi, in Faerie Queene (1609) sig. Hh4^v Herselfe of all that rule shee deemed most condigne. 1833 I. Taylor Fanaticism vi. 147 The persuasion that [our fellowmen] are condign objects of such treatment.] b. Of things. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [adjective] > deserving (good or ill) > specifically of things condign1509 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. ccxiii^v This noble Cyte..Condigne to be gouernyd by an emperour. 1534 R. Whittington tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Tullyes Offyces i. sig. C.5 That we shall gyue after the condigne merites of the man. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. (1682) v. 207 My own weak judgment..could never mount to the true acquittance of his condign merit. †3. a. Worthily deserved, merited, fitting, appropriate; adequate. Obsolete (or archaic), except as in 3b.In 16–17th centuries exceedingly common in condign laud, praise, thanks. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [adjective] > that is due > deserved wurthe?c1225 condign1413 meritory1523 meritorious1535 deserved1552 just1553 earned1559 merited1593 1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1859) ii. xlii. 48 Take him vp in to thy blysse on hye in what degree that to hym is condygne. 1530 Fruyte of Redemp. (W. de W.) A iij A frayle man..fayleth in thy condygne laude. a1535 T. More Treat. Passion Introd., in Wks. 1271/1 To tourne vnto God..& geue him condigne thankes for the same. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. iii. f. 17 Euery man shall receaue condigne rewarde or punyshement. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost i. ii. 25 In thy condigne praise. View more context for this quotation 1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia i. xiv. 88 To whom wee render condigne thanks. 1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 104 Heaven can never be a condign reward for their meritorious life. 1873 F. Hall Mod. Eng. 10 The eulogy bestowed on Chaucer by Spenser's well-worn metaphor has not been quite unanimously recognized as condign.] b. Since the end of 17th cent. commonly used only of appropriate punishment: a use originating in the phraseology of Tudor Acts of Parliament.Johnson 1755 says, ‘It is always used of something deserved by crimes’. De Quincey Templars' Dial. in Wks. IV. 188 note, ‘Capriciously..the word condign is used only in connection with the word punishment..These and other words, if unlocked from their absurd imprisonment, would become extensively useful. We should say, for instance, “condign honours”, “condign reward”, “condign treatment” (treatment appropriate to the merits).’ [Cf. 1873 at sense 3a.] ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [adjective] > that is due > deserved > by demerit worthyeOE condign1513 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xiii. vii. 64 The godly power..Onto tha wikkyt Sawlis..Hes send conding punytioun, and just panys. 1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII c. 4 Former statutes..for lacke of condigne punishment..be littell feared or regarded. 1594 1st Pt. Raigne Selimus sig. H4^v To punish treason with condigne reward. 1612 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. I. ii. viii. 448 And plague thee with a condigne death. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. i. 130 Condigne punishment. View more context for this quotation 1642 Declar. Ho. Comm. in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1721) II. 25 That the Authors..shall be..brought to this House to receive condign Punishment. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. xxiii. 139 So shall [I] not fail of condign punishment. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 575 He had been brought to condign punishment as a traitor. 1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 195 To wreak condign vengeance on the common oppressor of them all. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1413
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