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单词 hardish
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hardishadj.

Brit. /ˈhɑːdɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈhɑrdɪʃ/
Forms: see hard adj. and n. and -ish suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: hard adj., -ish suffix1.
Etymology: < hard adj. + -ish suffix1.
Somewhat hard (in various senses).
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > [adjective] > somewhat
hardish1571
society > authority > strictness > [adjective] > severe or stern > of actions or utterances
sharp?c1225
stern?c1225
sore1526
hardish1676
the world > action or operation > difficulty > [adjective] > somewhat
tightish1786
hardish1864
stiffish1890
1571 Dict. French & Eng. Duret, hardishe.
a1592 R. Greene Comicall Hist. Alphonsus (1599) iv. sig. F4 For my pillow..The hardish hillockes haue sufficed my turne.
1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole 317 Each flower consisting of fiue small, round, stiffe or hardish leaues, as if they were made of paper.
1676 W. Temple Let. to Charles II in Wks. (1731) II. 423 You had refused him Leave to go over into England before the Peace, and with Terms something hardish.
1747 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 55/2 In 8 days it grew hardish, and in 14 quite dry.
1831 London Med. & Physical Jrnl. Feb. 104 She had a hardish pulse of 120, and a white tongue, and, in fact, general symptoms of a febrile and inflammatory character.
1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad I. iv. 160 It will require a hardish course of reading.
1896 G. Saintsbury Hist. Nineteenth Cent. Lit. vi. 264 There was a certain hardish mannerism, glittering but cold, about the style.
1963 S. M. Lampson Country Life Bk. Dogs 123/2 The coat..is a mixture of hardish and soft hair, which gives it a pily feeling.
2012 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 25 July 8 The legendary Macgregor's mutton pie in Palmerston with its spicy and greasy filling housed in a hardish casing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

hardishv.

Forms: Middle English hardesch, Middle English hardis, Middle English hardisschi, Middle English hardissi, Middle English hardys, Middle English hardysi, Middle English hardyssy.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French hardiss-, hardir.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French hardiss-, extended stem (compare -ish suffix2) of Anglo-Norman and Middle French hardir to embolden, to give courage to (a person) (13th cent. in Old French as hardier ) < hardi hardy adj. Compare earlier hardy v. and later enhard v., enhardy v.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To encourage, embolden.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > courage > encouragement > encourage or embolden [verb (transitive)]
hearteOE
bieldc897
hardenc1175
elnea1225
hardyc1225
boldc1275
hardishc1325
endurec1384
assurec1386
emboldc1400
recomfortc1405
enharda1450
support1479
enhardy1483
animatec1487
encourage1490
emboldishc1503
hearten1524
bolden1526
spright1531
raise1533
accourage1534
enheart1545
to hearten on1555
hearten?1556
alacriate1560
bespirit1574
bebrave1576
to put in heart1579
to hearten up1580
embolden1583
bravea1593
enhearten1610
inspiritc1610
rehearten1611
blood1622
mana1625
valiant1628
flush1633
firm1639
buoy1645
embrave1648
reinhearten1652
reanimate1655
reinspirit1660
to give mettle to1689
warm1697
to lift (up) a person's spirits1711
reman1715
to make a man of1722
respirit1725
elate1726
to cocker up1762
enharden1779
nerve1799
boost1815
brace1816
high-mettle1831
braven1865
brazen1884
c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 4172 He truste To him sulue & to hardysi [a1400 Trin. Cambr. hardisschi, c1425 Harl. hardyssy] is men wan hii it wuste.
c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 8876 So wel he vaȝt & is men hardissede [a1400 Trin. Cambr. hardissede, c1400 BL Add. hardy sede, ?a1425 Digby hardesched hem, a1450 London Univ. hardisede] echon Þat he drof verst þe king aȝen.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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