† delavydeslavydilavydislavyadj.

Forms: Also delavee, delavé.

Etymology: < Old French deslavé washed away, overflowed, like a flood or inundation, < des- < Latin dis- + lavé washed. The Old French word had also the sense ‘un washed (de- prefix 1f), befouled, dirty’, retained in Swiss Romance; and perhaps this was present in some of the English examples under sense 2.

Obsolete.

1. Of floods: Overflowing, abundant.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > [adjective] > flooding or overflowing

delavya1400

floating1578

swimmingc1595

overfloten1601

gulf-eating?1611

overflowing1611

overrunning1611

tideful1622

inundant1629

diluvial1656

exuberant1678

diluviana1684

overflown1818

deluging1824

deluginous1835

insurgent1849

flooding1850

overstreaming1860

a1400–50 Alexander 1351 (MS. D.) Þar flowe owt of fresh wynne flodez enowe, So largly & so delavy [MS. A. delauyly].

2. Of speech or behaviour: Going beyond bounds, immoderate, unbridled, dissolute.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > lack of moderation or restraint > [adjective]

outragea1325

unskilwisea1340

unskilfulc1370

delavyc1380

unordinatea1398

excess?a1400

untemperatea1425

unmannered1435

immoderate1497

insolent?a1500

surfeitc1500

intemperate1508

exceedinga1513

unsober1535

intemperant1542

distemperate1557

distempered1587

intemperous1614

acrasial1845

c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 306 Þise freris ben doumbe..when þei shulde speke..but þei ben dilauy in heere tungis, in gabbyngis & other iapis.

c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 388 [Freris] ben moste dislavy of hor veyn speche and worldly.

c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale 555 As seith Salamon, The amyable tonge is the tree of lyf..and soothly a deslauee [v.r. deslaue, dislave, disselaue; Vulg. Prov. xv. 4, immoderata] tonge sleeth the spirites of hym that repreueth and eek of hym that is repreued.

c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale 760 Mesure also, that restreyneth by reson the deslauee [v.r. dislave, delaue, delavy] appetit of etynge.

c1422 T. Hoccleve Jereslaus' Wife 901 A shipman which was a foul lecchour..to his contree Him shoop lede hire this man delauee.

Derivatives

† deˈlavily adv. [see above, sense 1] Obsolete

† deˈlaviness n. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > lack of moderation or restraint > [noun]

unimetec888

unmethelOE

overdeeda1200

unmetheshipa1250

outragec1325

ragec1330

reveriec1350

delavinessc1380

recolagea1400

dissolutionc1400

superfluityc1405

wantonness1448

intemperancy1532

intemperacy?1541

untemperance?1541

intemperance1547

excess1552

immoderateness1569

intemperateness1571

unbridledness1571

inordinateness1577

untemperateness1578

dissoluteness1580

acrasia1590

acrasy1590

intemperature1602

inordination1615

inordinancya1617

immoderation1640

extravagancy1651

debauch1672

extravagance1676

incontinency1715

extravaganza1754

incontinence1836

unmeasuredness1864

c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 298 Dilavynesse of tunge in spekinge wordis oþer þan Goddis is passynge fro good religioun.

1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 156 Mary Mawdelyn..hir youthe in dislavynesse Of hir body so unshamefastly She dispendyd.

a1500 Prose Legends in Anglia (1885) 8 168 I shent myselfe wiþ so grete delauynesse, turnynge to my-selfe after þe sermon.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	delavy
释义	† delavydeslavydilavydislavyadj. Forms: Also delavee, delavé. Etymology: < Old French deslavé washed away, overflowed, like a flood or inundation, < des- < Latin dis- + lavé washed. The Old French word had also the sense ‘un washed (de- prefix 1f), befouled, dirty’, retained in Swiss Romance; and perhaps this was present in some of the English examples under sense 2. Obsolete. 1. Of floods: Overflowing, abundant. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > [adjective] > flooding or overflowing delavya1400 floating1578 swimmingc1595 overfloten1601 gulf-eating?1611 overflowing1611 overrunning1611 tideful1622 inundant1629 diluvial1656 exuberant1678 diluviana1684 overflown1818 deluging1824 deluginous1835 insurgent1849 flooding1850 overstreaming1860 a1400–50 Alexander 1351 (MS. D.) Þar flowe owt of fresh wynne flodez enowe, So largly & so delavy [MS. A. delauyly]. 2. Of speech or behaviour: Going beyond bounds, immoderate, unbridled, dissolute. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > lack of moderation or restraint > [adjective] outragea1325 unskilwisea1340 unskilfulc1370 delavyc1380 unordinatea1398 excess?a1400 untemperatea1425 unmannered1435 immoderate1497 insolent?a1500 surfeitc1500 intemperate1508 exceedinga1513 unsober1535 intemperant1542 distemperate1557 distempered1587 intemperous1614 acrasial1845 c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 306 Þise freris ben doumbe..when þei shulde speke..but þei ben dilauy in heere tungis, in gabbyngis & other iapis. c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 388 [Freris] ben moste dislavy of hor veyn speche and worldly. c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale 555 As seith Salamon, The amyable tonge is the tree of lyf..and soothly a deslauee [v.r. deslaue, dislave, disselaue; Vulg. Prov. xv. 4, immoderata] tonge sleeth the spirites of hym that repreueth and eek of hym that is repreued. c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale 760 Mesure also, that restreyneth by reson the deslauee [v.r. dislave, delaue, delavy] appetit of etynge. c1422 T. Hoccleve Jereslaus' Wife 901 A shipman which was a foul lecchour..to his contree Him shoop lede hire this man delauee. Derivatives † deˈlavily adv. [see above, sense 1] Obsolete † deˈlaviness n. Obsolete ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > lack of moderation or restraint > [noun] unimetec888 unmethelOE overdeeda1200 unmetheshipa1250 outragec1325 ragec1330 reveriec1350 delavinessc1380 recolagea1400 dissolutionc1400 superfluityc1405 wantonness1448 intemperancy1532 intemperacy?1541 untemperance?1541 intemperance1547 excess1552 immoderateness1569 intemperateness1571 unbridledness1571 inordinateness1577 untemperateness1578 dissoluteness1580 acrasia1590 acrasy1590 intemperature1602 inordination1615 inordinancya1617 immoderation1640 extravagancy1651 debauch1672 extravagance1676 incontinency1715 extravaganza1754 incontinence1836 unmeasuredness1864 c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 298 Dilavynesse of tunge in spekinge wordis oþer þan Goddis is passynge fro good religioun. 1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 156 Mary Mawdelyn..hir youthe in dislavynesse Of hir body so unshamefastly She dispendyd. a1500 Prose Legends in Anglia (1885) 8 168 I shent myselfe wiþ so grete delauynesse, turnynge to my-selfe after þe sermon. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.c1380
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