单词 | discommendable |
释义 | discommendableadj. Now rare. 1. To be disapproved of; worthy of censure. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > [adjective] > worthy of dispraise dispraisablec1449 discommendablea1477 dispraiseworthy1556 a1477 Bk. of Curtesye (Oriel 79(2)) (1882) l. 276 Whan Another speketh at the table, Be ware ye interrupte not is tale or langage, For that is a thing discommendable. 1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon Prol. sig. ¶ii It is nat dyscomendable for a man of more base lernynge to put to his helpyng hande. 1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses To Rdr. sig. ¶vii It is an exercise altogether discommendable and vnlawfull. 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 201 Splendid apparel, counterfeit crisped haire is more discommendable then the nakednesse of these Barbarians. 1711 W. King tr. G. Naudé Polit. Considerations Refin'd Politicks ii. 62 An act very discommendable and shameful. 1733 T. Stackhouse New Hist. Bible II. vii. iv. 1141/2 The Motives..are not discommendable. 1823 C. Lamb in London Mag. May 534/2 In a vein of no discommendable vanity. 1883 Isle of Man Times 15 Dec. 3/4 The..modern and discommendable method of giving out pages in the midst of..solemn devotions. 1933 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 June 1/2 There has still been a pensive reluctance, a not altogether discommendable obstinacy. 1987 Washington Post (Nexis) 21 Sept. b1 Self-love is not discommendable when it is not carried to a criminal excess. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > inexpediency > [adjective] unexpedientc1449 discommendable?1537 unpolitic1548 politicless1556 disagreeing1568 impolitica1600 inexpedient1608 unpractical1638 unpolitical1643 unpractic1657 uncounsellablea1674 uneligible1690 unprosperable1690 impolitical1748 unadvisable1758 ineligible1779 inadvisable1782 ?1537 T. Elyot Castell of Helthe ii. xiii. f. 32 To theym, whiche vse moche exercise, it is not discommendable. 1588 B. Dowe Dairie Bk. Good Huswiues sig. C.1, in T. Kyd tr. T. Tasso Housholders Philos. (new ed.) If the Cheese lie so long vnturned, that the forme or print of the Cheese remaineth in the boordes where it did lie, it is much discomendable. 1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xxiv. 231 Rice is..discommendable onely in that it is over-binding. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xviii. 644 The eating of Flesh is not discommendable, especially of Animals. DerivativesΚΠ 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Discommendableness, undeservingness of commendation. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > [adverb] > in manner not worthy of praise > in manner worthy of censure or condemnation damnablyc1386 discommendably1656 condemnedly1661 faulty1762 censurably1828 1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked lxvii. §663 Those that do discommendably, reprove, rebuke, slight them. 1727 A. Buchan Descr. St. Kilda 34 Many..having by the Gospel been taught better Things, yet act far otherwise, and much more discommendably, at such Occasions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1477 |
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