单词 | foul-stinking |
释义 | foul-stinkingadj. rare after 17th cent. Foul-smelling, stinking. Also figurative, with reference to moral or spiritual corruption.Foul and stinking are commonly found in later English as coordinate adjectives modifying the same noun; examples of this pattern without a comma after foul can sometimes be plausibly interpreted as showing this word, but hyphenated forms are very rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [adjective] foul-stinkingOE poignantc1387 rammishc1395 rank1479 reekya1500 puanta1529 unsavoury1539 uglyc1540 contagious1547 noisome1559 fulsome1576 fetid1599 nasty1601 unsweet1605 rammy1607 stenchful1615 stinkardly1616 rancid1627 reeking1629 pungent1644 olidous1646 stenching1654 graveolent1657 maleolent1657 virous1661 olid1680 ranciduous1688 feculent1703 virose1756 stenchy1757 infragrant1813 inodorous1823 nosy1836 malodorous1850 unfragrant1858 smelly1862 cacodorous1863 stinky1888 funked out1893 niffya1903 whiffy1905 pongy1936 fresh1966 minging1970 bogging1973 bowfing1983 honking1985 society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > [adjective] > corrupted or corrupt foul-stinkingOE unwholesomec1374 corruptc1380 rotten1395 infecta1398 unsound?a1400 rotten-heartedc1405 infectedc1449 fly-blown1528 reprobate1531 corrupped1533 corrupted1563 poisoned1567 abusive?1585 debauched1598 deboshedc1598 deboist1604 debauchc1616 deboise1632 scrofulous1842 OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) clvii. 200 Eac swylce ðeos sylfe wyrt ðone fulstincendan migþan forð gelædeþ. a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 63 Þin lichame lið under ierðe..all-ane, fule stinkende [printed fule, stinkende], full of wermes. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 18147 Þou hell, sua fule stinkand thing. c1400 Prickynge of Love (Harl.) (1983) 62 (MED) Oure foule stynkande hertes he wisshe and clensid with his precious blood. c1525 J. Rastell New Commodye Propertes of Women sig. Cii A pyt of foule stynkyng water. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 41 A foule stinking, glutinous & snivelly matter. 1685 T. Hammond Advt. Virtues & Use Sundry Medicines 4 (margin) Those sophisticated, mungrel, Brandy-like, Dulcified Spirits; which harbour a foul stinking flegm injurious to Nature. 1869 Melbourne Punch 22 July 27/1 The government should buy up the place, and transport to it all the foul-stinking industries which at present poison the Melbourne atmosphere. 2018 @peterrsimms 20 Apr. in twitter.com (accessed 11 Mar. 2021) Her foul-stinking, incompetent, corrupt, cruel, racist minority govt. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.OE |
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