单词 | disaffectionate |
释义 | disaffectionateadj. 1. Characterized by disaffection (disaffection n. I.); disaffected; hostile or lacking allegiance to (or towards) an authority, etc. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > disloyalty > [adjective] unleal?a1300 faithlessc1390 disloyal1477 unloyal1576 disleal1590 illoyalc1630 disaffectionate1636 society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > disloyalty > [adjective] unleal?a1300 faithlessc1390 disloyal1477 unloyal1576 disleal1590 illoyalc1630 disaffectionate1636 indevoteda1674 1636 H. Blount Voy. Levant 55 They..were found damnable corrupt, and dis-affectionate to the Turkish affaires. 1665 G. Wither Three Private Medit. 47 I..am as far from a disaffectionate separation on my part, as from separating my self from my self. 1960 North Amer. Rev. Sept. 16 Hippies..are basically disaffectionate towards power structures, federal or civic. 1993 L. A. Pollock in A. Wilson Rethinking Social Hist. iii. 93 Gilbert..was never called to public office under Elizabeth as she believed he was disaffectionate to her. 2. Lacking in affection; unloving. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > [adjective] > devoid of affection unkindlya1400 unlovingc1450 unaffective1689 unadoring1751 unenamoured1791 disaffectionate1796 unaffectionate1815 uncherishing1876 1796 W. Hayley Life Milton 168 A beautiful but disaffectionate and disobedient wife. 1873 Illustr. London News 8 Nov. 446/2 It is not a very noble thing for a husband to call his wife ‘jealous, disaffectionate, calumnious, reproachful, and censorious,’ when she cannot be heard on the other side. 1891 Boston Sunday Globe 20 Mar. 17/4 Those girls who..are awkward and disaffectionate. 1923 Prahran (Melbourne) Tel. 21 Dec. 4/8 A respectable married woman, with a disaffectionate husband. 1999 Afr. News (Nexis) 7 Aug. The hair stylists..were complaining about how disaffectionate parents of ‘old’ were. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1636 |
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