单词 | illiberal |
释义 | illiberaladj.n. A. adj. 1. Not befitting or of the nature of a free man; not pertaining to or acquainted with the liberal arts (see liberal adj. and n.), without liberal culture, unscholarly; ill-bred, ungentlemanly, unrefined; base, mean, vulgar, rude, sordid. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > cultural ignorance > [adjective] rudea1382 roida1400 borel1513 rustical?1532 illiberal1535 waste?1541 rusticc1550 illiterate1556 ruggedc1565 profane1568 unskilful1572 raw?1573 clownish1581 home-born1589 rough-hewn1593 unpolished1594 artless1598 home-bred1602 unbevelled1602 incult1628 museless1644 uncultivated1646 incultivateda1657 uncultivate1659 incultivate1661 unpolite1674 uncult1675 repent1684 uncultivated1725 uncultured1777 unenlightened1792 cultureless1824 sloven1856 philistinic1869 undoctrined1869 Philistine1871 Philistinish1871 roughneck1906 lowbrow1907 low-level1916 no-brow1922 bohunk1957 bakya1960 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 42 Ane Planctius, quhilk wes ane rycht soft man, Without ingyne or jeopardie in weir..Illiberall, and richt seindell wes trew. a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1604) sig. A3 His study fittes a mercenary drudge,..The deuill and illiberal for me. 1599 R. Hakluyt tr. E. de Sande in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. ii. 92 Mechanicall & illiberall crafts. a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. i. §1. 172 No Art, neither liberall, nor illiberall. a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) xxxviii. 120 To celebrate their Festivals with such illiberall plays and sports. 1648 Bp. J. Wilkins Math. Magick i. ii. 8 In propriety of speech those employments alone may be styled lliberal, which require only some bodily exercise, as manufactures, trades, &c. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1680 (1955) IV. 199 A painting..of Signor Virrios, Apollo & the Illiberal Arts. 1748 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 27 Sept. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1230 Every word or phrase you..cannot find in Cæsar, Cicero, Livy, Horace, Virgil, and Ovid, is bad, illiberal Latin. 1751 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 18 Mar. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1701 Your handwriting is one, which is indeed shamefully bad, and illiberal. 1837 Dr. Warton in H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. v. 479 Most of the youth..betook themselves to mechanical or other illiberal employments. 1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice II. vi. 169 There should not..be a trenchant distinction of employment, as between..men of liberal and illiberal professions. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 79 No man will be allowed to exercise any illiberal occupation. 2. Not generous in respect to the opinions, rights, or liberty of others; narrow-minded, bigoted; opposed to liberal principles in ecclesiastical, political, or commercial relations. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > narrow-mindedness > [adjective] narrowed1599 narrow-minded1611 narrow1612 small1619 narrow1622 tub-brained1634 narrow-souled1641 narrow-spirited1645 narrow-compassed1647 illiberal1649 cat-witted1672 stingy1694 little-minded1707 straitened1712 unenlarged1741 contracted1765 one-eyed1779 unliberalized1793 nippit1808 small-minded1811 narrow-brained1835 narrow visioned1853 thin-minded1862 narrow-gauge1872 one-track1900 narrow-gutted1903 tunnel-visioned1968 society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > groups or attitudes right to left > [adjective] > right illiberal1649 white?1740 right1794 conservative1802 centre-right1822 agricolous1825 hunkerish1857 right wing1857 rightward1887 rightist1894 rightwards1931 right-of-centre1937 establishmentarian1962 righty1970 neo-con1979 New Rightist1981 1649 Εἰκων Βασιλικη xiv. 121 The Charity of most men is growne so cold, and their Religion so illiberall. 1713 R. Steele in Guardian 12 Mar. 2/1 The Affinity between all Works which are beneficial to Mankind is much nearer, than the illiberal Arrogance of Scholars will..allow. 1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. ii. I. 120 Popery..of the most bigotted and illiberal kind. 1867 Felton's Greece, Anc. & Mod. II. 459 The unwise and illiberal policy of the great powers [towards Greece]. 1885 Law Times 10 Jan. 181/2 We cannot..think that any court would put so illiberal a construction upon sect. 7. 3. Not free or generous in giving; stingy. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adjective] gnedec900 gripplea1000 fastOE narrow-hearteda1200 narrow?c1225 straitc1290 chinchc1300 nithinga1325 scarcec1330 clama1340 hard1340 scantc1366 sparingc1386 niggardc1400 chinchy?1406 retentivea1450 niggardousa1492 niggish1519 unliberal1533 pinching1548 dry1552 nigh1555 niggardly1560 churlish1566 squeamish1566 niggardish1567 niggard-like1567 holding1569 spare1577 handfast1578 envious1580 close-handed1585 hard-handed1587 curmudgeonly1590 parsimonious?1591 costive1594 hidebound1598 penny-pinching1600 penurious1600 strait-handed1600 club-fisted1601 dry-fisted1604 fast-handed1605 fast-fingered1607 close-fisted1608 near1611 scanting1613 carkingc1620 illiberal1623 clutch-fisteda1634 hideboundeda1640 clutch-fista1643 clunch-fisted1644 unbounteous1645 hard-fisted1646 purse-bound1652 close1654 stingy1659 tenacious1676 scanty1692 sneaking1696 gripe-handed1698 narrow-souled1699 niggardling1704 snippy1727 unindulgent1742 shabby1766 neargoinga1774 cheesemongering1781 split-farthing1787 save-all1788 picked1790 iron-fisted1794 unhandsome1800 scaly1803 nearbegoing1805 tight1805 nippit1808 nipcheese1819 cumin-splitting1822 partan-handed1823 scrimping1823 scrumptious1823 scrimpy1825 meanly1827 skinny1833 pinchfisted1837 mean1840 tight-fisted1843 screwy1844 stinty1849 cheeseparing1857 skinflinty1886 mouly1904 mingy1911 cheapskate1912 picey1937 tight-assed1961 chintzy1964 tightwad1976 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Illiberall, couetous, base. 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 258 Earth did not deal out their Nourishment with an over-sparing or illiberal Hand. 1752 W. Mason Elfrida 8 More apt..to err, In giving mercy's tide too free a course, Than with a thrifty and illiberal hand To circumscribe its channel. B. n. (nonce-use from 2.) One who is not liberal in opinions, etc.; one who is opposed to Liberalism in politics. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > narrow-mindedness > [noun] > person square-toes1771 illiberal1818 parvanimity1873 faddist1883 society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > groups or attitudes right to left > [noun] > the right > adherent of praetorian1647 illiberal1818 rightist1894 right-winger1920 fascist1921 righty1961 establishmentarian1962 New Rightist1977 neo-con1979 1818 Lady Morgan in Passages from Autobiogr. (1859) 1 They all turn moi, pauvre chétive, into political capital in the fund of Illiberals. 1827 Hist. Europe in Ann. Reg. 112/1 I may be a Tory, and an illiberal. 1871 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera I. i. 6 I am a violent Illiberal; but it does not follow that I must be a Conservative. Compounds illiberal-minded adj. ΚΠ 1805 Simple Narrative I. 21 His imperious illiberal-minded wife. Derivatives iˈlliberalism n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > narrow-mindedness > [noun] narrow-mindedness1646 parvanimitya1691 narrowness1697 narrow-spiritedness1709 little-mindedness1767 narrow-mindeda1774 contraction1775 illiberality1775 smallness1813 illiberalism1839 narrow-heartedness1850 single-track mind1919 tunnel vision1949 1839 in Spirit Metrop. Conservative Press (1840) II. 370 No real corruption, no real illiberalism, will be tolerated in any administration whatever. 1851 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 197 The now fulfilled prophesies of Illiberalism. 1865 Sat. Rev. 11 Mar. 276/1 This slough of intolerance, and illiberalism, and servility. iˈlliberalness n. illiberality, illiberal principles. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun] fastship?c1225 scarcenessa1300 scarcity1340 niggardyc1390 nithingheada1400 scarcehead1420 nigonryc1430 niggardship?a1439 pinching1440 straitheadc1450 straitnessc1460 niggard cheap1463 niggardnessc1487 nigonshipa1500 niggardise1502 niggishness1519 niggardliness1556 parsimony1561 illiberality1581 nearness1584 tenacity1586 Euclionism1599 paring1607 servilitya1610 niggeralitya1612 scanting1625 scant-handednessa1627 closefistedness1631 niggardess1632 close-handedness1646 strait-handedness1649 penury1651 unbountifulness1660 parsimoniousness1671 penuriousness1672 stinginess1682 closeness1712 illiberalness1727 meanness1755 cheeseparing1834 scrimping1835 churlishness1846 screwing1848 skinflintism1853 screwiness1856 flint-paring1860 skinflintiness1861 scrimp1864 flint-skinning1873 penny-pinching1895 skimping1898 tight-fistedness1975 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Illiberalness, Niggardliness, Unbountifulness, Meanness of Spirit. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1535 |
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