单词 | feigning |
释义 | feigningn. 1. a. The action of feign v. in various senses; an instance of this. without (†but) feigning: unfeignedly, sincerely. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [adverb] utterly?c1225 entirelya1340 faithlyc1350 without (but) feigningc1380 clearly1389 whollyc1390 unfeigninglyc1400 entirec1430 unfeigneda1469 without coloura1513 honestly1526 singly1526 unfeignedly1526 uncolourably1541 bona fide1542 frankly?1553 sincerely1560 squarely1564 uprightly1565 square1577 single-mindedly1579 undissemblinglyc1585 above board1599 fair and square1604 downright1607 downrightly1632 really1641 uncasuistly1649 honest1654 up tro1654 plain-heartedly1675 unaffectedly1677 straightforwardly1839 wholeheartedly1845 unfallaciously1852 up and down1854 single-heartedly1857 unflatteringly1874 uncynically1895 square on1963 c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 341 He was clepid þe pope.. aftirward camen oþer names bi feynyng of ypocritis. c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Hypsipyle. 1556 With feynynge, & with every subtyl dede. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 74 He suld swer yat but fenȝeyng He suld yat arbytre disclar. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xvi. 65 That yf it were aperceyued..men shold wene that it were a manere of a feynynge. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxii. 279 Tryp on thi tose Without any fenyng! 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 186 Craftie and imagined faynings. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. i. 98 'Twas neuer merry world, Since lowly feigning was call'd complement. View more context for this quotation a1637 B. Jonson Timber 2349 in Wks. (1640) III A Poet is..a fainer: His Art, an Art of imitation, or faining. 1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 91 The Lombards..please you without feigning. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 143 Poets are also the representatives of falsehood and feigning. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > personification rhetoric?c1400 prosopopoeia1563 feigning of person1573 personification1728 personifying1728 personization1890 1573 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalipse (rev. ed.) xc. f. 283 S. Iohn by a fayning of person sayth, from whose face fledde away both heauen and earth. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > [noun] > imaginary form, fiction fantasy1362 figurec1384 feigning1388 idol1577 idea1593 nonentity1604 figment1624 spectre1708 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > [noun] > an invention, fiction, story fablec1300 fantasy1362 feigning1388 invention?a1513 story?1531 finctionc1540 figment1577 fingure1593 fiction1599 knavigation1613 flam1632 gun1720 novel1764 fabrication1790 fudge1797 gag1805 myth1840 make-up1844 concoction1885 fictionalization1954 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > a false or foolish tale > [noun] > a fable, myth feigning1388 legend1581 fabulosity1601 myth1849 urban legend1931 urban myth1982 1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) Jer. I. 38 The lond..hath glorie in false feynyngis. c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1544) i. iv. 6 b Of poetes the feigning to unfold. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 205/2 The lyke feynynges and monstrous miracles. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. xii. §4. 414 All which fainings..Iosephus..and Tertullian haue sufficiently answered. 1627 J. Speed Eng. Abridged xxv. §3 Poets in their faynings will haue the Nymphs residence in shady greene groues. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2020). feigningadj. That feigns. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > [adjective] imaginativec1405 inventivec1450 feigning1483 creativea1513 inventative1541 inventious1591 conceitful1594 forgetive1600 productive1612 projecting1614 excogitous1646 plastic1662 ingeniary1664 formful1730 forgeful1751 inventful1797 original-minded1797 original1803 originative1811 vivid1814 fingent1837 constructive1841 right-brained1871 poietic1905 1483 Cath. Angl. 125/1 Feynynge, ficticiosus. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. iii. 17 The truest poetrie is the most faining . View more context for this quotation 2. Dissembling, deceitful. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [adjective] > engaged in pretence pretense1395 would-be?c1400 fictive1493 counterfeitc1515 feigningc1540 sembling1568 personating1612 shamming1682 gammoning1817 possum playing1856 simulating1875 c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 966 He..welcomed hom all With a faynyng fare vnder faire chere. a1569 A. Kingsmill Viewe Mans Estate (1580) i. 8 Those fainyng folke. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. i. 31 Verses of faining loue. View more context for this quotation 1701 N. Rowe Ambitious Step-mother iv. iii. 2002 Suspect this feigning Boy. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [adjective] arghc885 heartlessOE bloodlessc1225 coward1297 faintc1300 nesha1382 comfortless1387 pusillanimousa1425 faint-heartedc1440 unheartyc1440 cowardous1480 hen-hearteda1529 cowardish1530 feigningc1540 white-livered1546 cowardly1551 faceless1567 pusillanime1570 liver-hearted1571 cowish1579 cowardise1582 coward-like1587 faint-heart1590 courageless1593 sheep-like1596 white-hearted1598 milky1602 milk-livered1608 undaring1611 lily-livereda1616 yarrow1616 flightful1626 chicken-hearted1629 poltroon1649 cow-hearted1660 whey-blooded1675 unbravea1681 nimble-heeled1719 dunghill1775 shrimp-hearted1796 chicken-livered1804 white-feathered1816 pluckless1821 chicken-spirited1822 milk-blooded1822 cowardy1836 yellow1856 yellow-livered1857 putty-hearted1872 uncourageous1878 chicken1883 piker1901 yellow-bellied1907 manso1932 scaredy-cat1933 chickenshit1940 cold-footed1944 c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 4576 Þis fenyond fare is forthoryng to hom, To assemble..souldiors ynogh. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adjective] > pleasant > soft or gentle voice stillc1000 smalla1325 lowc1400 submiss1585 feigning1600 submissive1632 summiss1742 submitted1806 cushioned1909 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. i. 31 Thou hast, by moone-light, at her windowe sung, With faining voice. View more context for this quotation 5. quasi-adv. Pretendedly, seemingly. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [adverb] faintlyc1330 feigninglya1387 supposingly?a1450 feignedly1535 counterfeitly1548 dissimulately1556 pretencedly1567 simulately1592 pretensively1607 pretendedly1611 ironically1612 supposedly1618 feigning1620 pretendingly1645 fictitiously1646 fictly1677 simulatively1816 bogusly1862 1620 F. Quarles Jonah (1638) 11 How faining deafe is he? Derivatives ˈfeigningly adv. in a feigning manner; artfully, dissemblingly. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [adverb] faintlyc1330 feigninglya1387 supposingly?a1450 feignedly1535 counterfeitly1548 dissimulately1556 pretencedly1567 simulately1592 pretensively1607 pretendedly1611 ironically1612 supposedly1618 feigning1620 pretendingly1645 fictitiously1646 fictly1677 simulatively1816 bogusly1862 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 375 Þe ordre of tellynge of þe þing..is feynyngliche i-tolde. c1422 T. Hoccleve Learn to Die 359 Whethir he verraily or feynyngly Repente. c1500 Melusine (1895) 28 All this said she feynyngly to thende that the other shuld nat perceyue to what thinge she tended. 1561 T. Hoby Breef Rehersall in tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer sig. Zz.iiiv To sett out her beawtye..as feininglye as she can. 1605 J. Stow Annales West Saxons anno 1011 Peace..to the which they feininglie assented. 1650 S. Clarke Marrow Eccl. Hist. (1654) 542 The King feigningly complained that since the death of Cromwel, England was much troubled with hereticall factions. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1380adj.a1387 |
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