单词 | hardish |
释义 | hardishadj. 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. 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). < adj.1571v.c1325 |
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