单词 | any-lengthian |
释义 | † any-lengthianadj. Obsolete. Unscrupulous; ready to go any lengths (see length n. 5b).Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adjective] > unscrupulous conscienceless?c1425 unconscienced1467 unconscionable1568 inconscionablea1599 conscionless1607 disconscient1641 unconscientious1649 untendera1658 unscrupulous1803 any-lengthian1805 unscrupled1813 scrupleless1823 no good1838 sharky1858 1805 J. H. Tooke Επεα Πτεροεντα (ed. 2) II. viii. 514 Disgust at the any-lengthian Lord with his numerous strings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < adj.1805 |
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