单词 | in or out of one's wits |
释义 | > as lemmasin or out of one's wits b. plural = sense n. 17: esp. in in or out of one's wits.to be in one's right wits: see right adj. 8a. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > [noun] > power or faculty > in normal sane condition wit1340 sense1536 senses1540 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 785 His wyttes fayles, and he ofte dotes. 1431 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 87 Beyng yn goode heale and yn my full wittes. c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Augustine (1910) 32 For a tyme it had a-wey hir wittis. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Cor. xiv. 23 Will they not saye that ye are out off youre wittes? 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 107 Such a one as lacketh his right wittes. 1604 T. Dekker & T. Middleton Honest Whore v. ii. 173 How fell he from his wits? a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iv. ii. 90 I am as well in my wits (foole) as thou art. View more context for this quotation 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 226 Ioan..was vnable..to beare the Griefe of his Decease, and fell distracted of her Wittes. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) York 228 Seeing his wits is nearer and dearer to any man then his wealth. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. Diss. i. 306 Nor is it possible for a Person in his wits, to alter his Conduct,..from a Suspicion, that [etc.]. 1840 T. B. Macaulay Ld. Clive in Ess. (1880) 518 The governor..was frightened out of his wits. < as lemmas |
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