deviousadj.

Brit.

/ˈdiːvɪəs/, U.S.

/ˈdiviəs/

Etymology: < Latin dēvius out of the way ( < dē = de- prefix 1b + via way) + -ous suffix.

1. Lying out of the way; off the high or main road; remote, distant, retired, sequestered.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adjective] > remote or inaccessible

outc1425

inaccessible?a1475

out-way1532

deviate1575

unaccessible1596

reachless1597

devious1599

wandering1600

untouchable1622

outlying1651

back1683

no-nationa1756

out-of-the-way1756

outlandish1792

eccentric1800

outworld1808

out-by1816

outside1847

off-lying1859

unget-at-able1862

far-out1887

far-back1900

1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner sig. i7 They [wild swine] pigge, in desart, streyte, craggie and devious places.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 489 A violent cross wind..Blows them transverse ten thousand Leagues awry Into the devious Air.

1771 E. Griffith tr. ‘P. Viaud’ Shipwreck 256 Where I thought..to provide myself..better than in so devious and desolate a place as St. Marks.

1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. xi. 283 Showing..upon how many devious coasts human nature may make shipwreck.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xx. 250 These devious and untrodden ice-fields.

a. Departing from the direct way; pursuing a winding or straying course; circuitous.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > [adjective] > indirect

abouta1460

indirect1474

devious1628

far-fetcheda1656

roundabout1684

circumflex1707

ungain1824

circuitous1868

1628 T. May tr. J. Barclay in R. Le Grys tr. J. Barclay Argenis iii. 181 The foes disranked fled Through deuious paths.

a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 61 Neither had they, so devious a Journey, nor so long a time, to travell in.

1727 J. Thomson Summer 14 The wildly-devious morning Walk.

1817 Coleridge Poems, ‘The Picture’ Alone, I rise and trace its devious course.

1874 L. Morris To Unknown Poet i Along thy devious Usk's untroubled flow.

1887 R. L. Stevenson Underwoods i. xx. 42 The river of your life I trace Up the sun-chequered, devious bed To the far-distant fountain-head.

b. Of persons or moving bodies: Following a winding or erratic course; rambling, roving.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [adjective] > moving without fixed course

vaganta1382

scatteringc1450

stragglinga1560

wandering1590

undirecteda1599

wayless1605

planetary1607

rambling?1609

exorbitant1613

exorbitating1632

random1655

unconducteda1677

devious1735

truant1791

wild1810

erratic1841

directionless1860

scrolloping1923

1735 W. Somervile Chace iii. 344 But whither roves my devious Muse?

1744 M. Akenside Pleasures Imagination i. 197 The long career Of devious comets.

1868 J. R. Lowell Under Willows v A shoal Of devious minnows wheel from where a pike Lurks balanced.

3. figurative. Deviating or swerving from the straight way; erring, straying.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > erring > [adjective]

scrithingOE

aberrantc1536

tripping1577

devious1633

sinuous1850

society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [adjective] > going astray

scrithingOE

sinister1526

aberrantc1536

strayed1544

straying1553

exorbitant1556

erroneous1595

wandering1606

devious1633

theat1682

1633 W. Prynne Histrio-mastix i. vi. xii. (R.) Whose heart is so estranged from reason, so devious from the truth through perverse error.

1638 A. Cowley Loves Riddle iv. sig. E3^v Yet still this devious error drawes me backward.

1650 tr. N. Caussin Angel of Peace 53 Those men..precipitate themselves into devious enormities.

1847 H. W. Longfellow Evangeline ii. iii. 143 Like the sweet thoughts of love on a darkened and devious spirit.

4. quasi-adv. With wandering or straying course.

ΚΠ

1782 W. Cowper Progress of Error in Poems 60 Seek to..lead him devious from the path of truth.

1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 309 To pitch the ball into the grounded hat, Or drive it devious with a dext'rous pat.

1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre III. i. 26 I sought the Continent, and went devious through all its lands.

Derivatives

ˈdeviously adv. in a devious manner or course, with deviation.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > erring > [adverb]

acrooka1387

astray1535

foul1683

deviously1742

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [adverb] > without fixed course

mislicheOE

around1596

erratically1613

random1619

deviously1742

randomly1765

society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [adverb] > in the wrong way or into error

unrightOE

willa1300

astray1535

awkwardlyc1540

byway1549

seducedly1642

deviously1842

wrongways1922

1742 W. Warburton Note Pope's Ess. Man in Wks. (1811) XI. 34 God..deviously turns the natural bias of its malignity to the advancement of human happiness.

1842 C. Whitehead Richard Savage (1845) II. ix. 288 Money that comes deviously into a man's pocket goes crookedly out of it.

1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows (1871) 40 A nuthatch scaling deviously the trunk of some hard-wood tree.

ˈdeviousness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > dishonesty > [noun]

falseshipc1230

foulnessa1470

dishonesty1600

falsity1603

unparliamentariness1628

sinisterity1629

deviousness1727

society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [noun] > lack of straightforwardness or uprightness

crookednessc1380

turningnessa1586

indirectiona1616

obliquitya1620

curvity1620

tortuosity1621

indirectness1628

unuprightnessa1680

unstraightness1693

deviousness1727

tortuousness1824

obliqueness1877

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Deviousness, swervingness, or going out of the way.

1791 J. Whitaker Rev. Gibbon's Decline & Fall 252 (R.) No words can fully expose the astonishing deviousness of such a digression as this.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	devious
释义	deviousadj. Brit. /ˈdiːvɪəs/, U.S. /ˈdiviəs/ Etymology: < Latin dēvius out of the way ( < dē = de- prefix 1b + via way) + -ous suffix. 1. Lying out of the way; off the high or main road; remote, distant, retired, sequestered. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adjective] > remote or inaccessible outc1425 inaccessible?a1475 out-way1532 deviate1575 unaccessible1596 reachless1597 devious1599 wandering1600 untouchable1622 outlying1651 back1683 no-nationa1756 out-of-the-way1756 outlandish1792 eccentric1800 outworld1808 out-by1816 outside1847 off-lying1859 unget-at-able1862 far-out1887 far-back1900 1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner sig. i7 They [wild swine] pigge, in desart, streyte, craggie and devious places. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 489 A violent cross wind..Blows them transverse ten thousand Leagues awry Into the devious Air. View more context for this quotation 1771 E. Griffith tr. ‘P. Viaud’ Shipwreck 256 Where I thought..to provide myself..better than in so devious and desolate a place as St. Marks. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. xi. 283 Showing..upon how many devious coasts human nature may make shipwreck. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xx. 250 These devious and untrodden ice-fields. 2. a. Departing from the direct way; pursuing a winding or straying course; circuitous. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > [adjective] > indirect abouta1460 indirect1474 devious1628 far-fetcheda1656 roundabout1684 circumflex1707 ungain1824 circuitous1868 1628 T. May tr. J. Barclay in R. Le Grys tr. J. Barclay Argenis iii. 181 The foes disranked fled Through deuious paths. a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 61 Neither had they, so devious a Journey, nor so long a time, to travell in. 1727 J. Thomson Summer 14 The wildly-devious morning Walk. 1817 Coleridge Poems, ‘The Picture’ Alone, I rise and trace its devious course. 1874 L. Morris To Unknown Poet i Along thy devious Usk's untroubled flow. 1887 R. L. Stevenson Underwoods i. xx. 42 The river of your life I trace Up the sun-chequered, devious bed To the far-distant fountain-head. b. Of persons or moving bodies: Following a winding or erratic course; rambling, roving. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [adjective] > moving without fixed course vaganta1382 scatteringc1450 stragglinga1560 wandering1590 undirecteda1599 wayless1605 planetary1607 rambling?1609 exorbitant1613 exorbitating1632 random1655 unconducteda1677 devious1735 truant1791 wild1810 erratic1841 directionless1860 scrolloping1923 1735 W. Somervile Chace iii. 344 But whither roves my devious Muse? 1744 M. Akenside Pleasures Imagination i. 197 The long career Of devious comets. 1868 J. R. Lowell Under Willows v A shoal Of devious minnows wheel from where a pike Lurks balanced. 3. figurative. Deviating or swerving from the straight way; erring, straying. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > erring > [adjective] scrithingOE aberrantc1536 tripping1577 devious1633 sinuous1850 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [adjective] > going astray scrithingOE sinister1526 aberrantc1536 strayed1544 straying1553 exorbitant1556 erroneous1595 wandering1606 devious1633 theat1682 1633 W. Prynne Histrio-mastix i. vi. xii. (R.) Whose heart is so estranged from reason, so devious from the truth through perverse error. 1638 A. Cowley Loves Riddle iv. sig. E3^v Yet still this devious error drawes me backward. 1650 tr. N. Caussin Angel of Peace 53 Those men..precipitate themselves into devious enormities. 1847 H. W. Longfellow Evangeline ii. iii. 143 Like the sweet thoughts of love on a darkened and devious spirit. 4. quasi-adv. With wandering or straying course. ΚΠ 1782 W. Cowper Progress of Error in Poems 60 Seek to..lead him devious from the path of truth. 1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 309 To pitch the ball into the grounded hat, Or drive it devious with a dext'rous pat. View more context for this quotation 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre III. i. 26 I sought the Continent, and went devious through all its lands. Derivatives ˈdeviously adv. in a devious manner or course, with deviation. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > erring > [adverb] acrooka1387 astray1535 foul1683 deviously1742 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [adverb] > without fixed course mislicheOE around1596 erratically1613 random1619 deviously1742 randomly1765 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [adverb] > in the wrong way or into error unrightOE willa1300 astray1535 awkwardlyc1540 byway1549 seducedly1642 deviously1842 wrongways1922 1742 W. Warburton Note Pope's Ess. Man in Wks. (1811) XI. 34 God..deviously turns the natural bias of its malignity to the advancement of human happiness. 1842 C. Whitehead Richard Savage (1845) II. ix. 288 Money that comes deviously into a man's pocket goes crookedly out of it. 1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows (1871) 40 A nuthatch scaling deviously the trunk of some hard-wood tree. ˈdeviousness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > dishonesty > [noun] falseshipc1230 foulnessa1470 dishonesty1600 falsity1603 unparliamentariness1628 sinisterity1629 deviousness1727 society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [noun] > lack of straightforwardness or uprightness crookednessc1380 turningnessa1586 indirectiona1616 obliquitya1620 curvity1620 tortuosity1621 indirectness1628 unuprightnessa1680 unstraightness1693 deviousness1727 tortuousness1824 obliqueness1877 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Deviousness, swervingness, or going out of the way. 1791 J. Whitaker Rev. Gibbon's Decline & Fall 252 (R.) No words can fully expose the astonishing deviousness of such a digression as this. 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