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单词 contrariant
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contrariantadj.n.

/kənˈtrɛːrɪənt/
Forms: Also Middle English–1500s contrariaunt, 1500s contraryaunte, 1600s contrareant, 1600s–1800s contrarient.
Etymology: < Old French contrariant, -ent (Godefroy), < medieval Latin contrāriāntem , present participle of contrāriāre to oppose, < Latin contrārius contrary adj., n., adv., and prep.; see -ant suffix1.
A. adj.
I. As present participle.
1. Acting contrary to, opposing. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [adjective]
contrariousc1290
contraryinga1340
contrary1340
adversarya1382
overthwartc1384
contrairc1400
contrariantc1400
adverse1418
repugnantc1443
thwarting1530
pugnant1537
opposite1577
haggard1578
impugnant1579
kim-kam1582
antagonist1591
adversative1595
counter1596
opposing1597
antipathetical1601
thwart1601
aversed1609
aversive1609
adversarious1622
averse1623
antipathousa1625
inimicitious1641
opponent1641
negative1642
gainstanding1674
antithetic1753
opposed1784
oppositional1829
transversive1855
oppositionary1905
c1400 Test. Love (1560) i. 276 b/1 New doings contrariaunts such olde, often causen diseases.
c1400 Test. Love ii. (R.) Is not euery thing good that is contrariant and distroieng yuel?
II. As adjective.
2. Opposed, repugnant, contrary to.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adjective]
contrarious1340
contraryc1340
contrairc1400
repugnant1425
reverse1481
contrariant1530
cross1565
obversant1579
thwart1601
retrogradea1616
pugnant1645
antipathic1830
antithetical1848
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [adjective] > directly opposed
repugnantc1443
oppugnanta1513
contrariant1530
alienate1533
alien1563
incidenta1575
contradicting1610
pugnant1645
obverse1840
1530 J. Rastell New Bk. Purgatory i. iii. sig. a4 Be all contraryaunt to not beynge.
1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII c. 14 Lawes.. repugnant, or contrariant to the..statutes of this realme.
1647 Bp. J. Taylor Θεολογία Ἐκλεκτική xx. 252 Doctrines..such as are contrariant to Faith.
1747 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. I. 353 A message so contrariant to his views and wishes.
1842 H. E. Manning Serm. v. 64 Other lawful affections are not contrariant to this, but contained in it.
3. Mutually opposed or antagonistic.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [adjective] > mutually opposed
contrarious1340
contrariant1560
interfering1580
warrant1606
contrarying1628
antipathizinga1640
clashing1660
jarring1661
conflicting1749
colliding1768
conflictive1846
conflictory1859
1560 A. L. tr. J. Calvin Foure Serm. Song Ezechias (1574) iii These two things are not contrariant.
1649 J. Howell Δενδρολογια (rev. ed.) 17 Being principles it is no wonder that they are so contrareant.
1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 255 The very Depositions of Witnesses..being false, various, contrariant, etc.
1751 S. Richardson Clarissa (ed. 3) VI. lxxiii. 312 The satisfaction we should otherwise take in contrariant overtures.
1874 F. Seebohm Protestant Revol. (1887) 21 Classes so contrarient as the feudal lords, the townspeople, and the peasantry.
4. Opposed to one's wishes or well-being; unfavourable, prejudicial; adverse; = contrary adj. 4.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [adjective] > unfavourable
contrariousc1320
bada1325
contraryinga1340
adversea1393
frowarda1400
contrairc1400
fremd1423
adversant?a1425
sinister1432
perversea1450
undisposed1456
sinistral?a1475
contrary1477
favourless1509
unfriendlya1513
thwarting1530
wayward?1544
contrariant1548
disfavourable1561
cross1565
unindifferent1565
sinistrous1566
haggard1578
unkindly1579
backward1582
awkward1587
improsperous1598
thwart1610
unpropitious1613
averted1619
untoward1621
averse1623
impropitious1638
sinister1726
unfavourable1748
untowardly1756
unfavouring1835
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxvij The ayre of Paris, was somwhat contrariaunt to his pure complexion.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxi The wynde so contrariant, that she was fain to take lande again.
1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar i. i. 3 The contrariant designes of malice.
5. Opposite in direction. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > direction > [adjective] > having opposite direction
opposite1594
contrary1605
contrariant1644
controversal1644
countercurrent1799
1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 136 If the gainsaying Hand should have a contrarient motion.
B. n.
a. One who or that which is opposed in purpose or nature; a contrary.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > opposite position > [noun] > that which or one who is opposite in position
contraryc1400
contrariant1657
vis-à-visc1757
the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > opponent
adversaryc1350
contraryc1405
overthwarter?c1450
party1488
opposant1489
oppositec1500
encounterer1523
oppugner1535
header1537
opponent1553
antagonist1555
crosser1565
adverse1593
oppositor1598
oppugnator1611
stickler1612
opposera1616
antipos1631
thwarter1633
Antarctic1637
contrariant1657
foe1697
oppositionist1786
oppugnanta1834
counterworker1867
contester1884
the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [noun] > the opposite of something
contraryc1386
reversec1405
the contraverse1480
nothing less?1520
contrariety1532
negative1532
oppositive1561
different1571
diameter1579
contrariwise1588
opposition1594
counterpoint1599
oppositea1616
other thing1628
antipodes1641
inverse1645
contra1648
contrast1754
converse1786
contrariant1848
antipole1856
obverse1862
antithetic1863
contradictory1874
antipathy-
1657 T. Burton Diary (1828) II. 4 Which did strongly build up the faith of the Contrariants.
1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 105 All dark things brightened, all contrariants blent.
1880 T. E. Webb tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust 64 And with strange recipes compounded contrariants in his crucible.
b. spec. in English History. ‘A name heretofore given to the Barons that took part with Thomas Earl of Lancaster, against K. Edward II’ (Phillips 1706).
ΚΠ
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Rotulus It was not thought fit, in respect of their Power, to call them Rebels or Traytors, but only Contrarients.
1867 Hales in Percy Folio I. 5 The theory that Robin Hood was..one of the Contrariantes (the Lancastrians) of Edward II's time.]
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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