单词 | amarulent |
释义 | amarulentadj. Now somewhat rare. Full of bitterness; spiteful, malicious.In quot. ?1719: (of a substance) bitter. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > bitterness > [adjective] bitter971 festereda1398 sourc1450 rancorous1566 infestered1570 amarulent1583 stomachous1590 enfested1591 fellifluous1656 vitriolic1841 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > bitterness > [adjective] bitterc1175 stomaching1579 amarulent1583 stomachous1590 gall-ful1596 gall-wet1597 virulent1607 stomachful1610 rancorousa1616 gallsome1633 bitter-hearted1775 vitriolic1841 1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Mviiiv All other pleasures & delights of this lyfe set a parte, as amarulent and bitter. a1679 J. Brown Expos. Epist. to Romans (1766) iii. 97/2 Such as..by their amarulent, bitter speeches, hurt the credit and esteem of their neighbours. ?1719 M. Davies Present State Physick ii. 39 in Athenæ Britannicæ (new ed.) VI. iii, Flatulent and amarulent Fermentations. 1866 J. Morison Crit. Expos. Third Chapter Paul's Epist. Romans 129 Words which are intended to wound and give pain are ‘amarulent’, as Brown of Wamphray calls them. 1922 W. Hurt Truth about Jews 45 Jews excel in music, which accounts for Wagner's amarulent attack on them. 1987 Liberty Bell Jan. 2 Many of my readers will think of Goldsmith's amarulent or cynical paraphrase. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1583 |
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