单词 | crimeful |
释义 | crimefuladj. Characterized by crime; criminal. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > criminality > [adjective] criminalc1400 criminous1484 crimeful1594 erroneous1595 society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [adjective] > relating to crime > of the nature of or involving crime criminalc1400 criminous1484 crimeful1594 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. G4 This cursed crimefull night. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Hamlet (1623) iv. vii. 7 These feates, So crimefull [1604 criminall], and so Capitall in Nature. 1715 H. Mestayer & L. Theobald Perfidious Brother ii. 19 To censure Her too rashly; and misconstrue Th'allow'd, and common Gallantries of Nature For crimeful Levity. 1785 ‘Titus’ Caps Well Fit 131 Tho' some checker'd scenes arise, 'Tis crimeful, to complain. 1859 Reynolds's Newsp. 6 Nov. 1/1 This crimeful perversion of the powers of civilization. 1876 Ld. Tennyson Harold v. i. 147 Bolts that fall on crimeful heads. 1938 Corpus Christi (Texas) Times 25 Apr. 2/6 The highly important work of making America crimeless instead of crimeful. 1964 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 15 July a6/5 Mute testimony of man's crimeful carelessness with or about the land. 2003 Argus (Fremont, Calif.) 1 Jan. (Living section) 9/1 A mother refuses to leave her crimeful neighborhood. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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