单词 | contrariant |
释义 | contrariantadj.n. A. adj. 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. 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. 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). < adj.n.c1400 |
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