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单词 iniquity
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iniquityn.

/ɪˈnɪkwɪti/
Etymology: < Old French iniquité (Oxf. Psalter, 12th cent.), < Latin inīquitās , noun of quality < inīquus uneven, unequal, unjust, wrong, wicked, < in- (in- prefix4) + aequus equal, just, fair. Compare equity n.
1.
a. The quality of being unrighteous, or (more often) unrighteous action or conduct; unrighteousness, wickedness, sin; sometimes, esp. in early use, Wrongful or injurious action towards another, infliction of wrong, injury; in modern use generally connoting gross injustice or public wrong.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [noun]
woughc888
naughteOE
manOE
evilness1000
fakenOE
witherfulnessc1200
lithera1225
villainy?c1225
lithernessa1240
unwrastshipa1250
felonyc1290
shrewheadc1290
litherhead1297
illa1300
wicknessa1300
follyc1300
iniquity13..
shrewdom13..
wickhedec1305
shrewdheadc1315
shrewdnessc1315
unwrastnessc1315
wickednessa1340
malicea1382
unequityc1384
lewdnessa1387
mischiefa1387
wickedleka1400
wickedredea1400
badnessc1400
shrewdshipc1400
shrewnessc1425
ungoodlihead1430
wickdomc1440
rudenessc1451
mauvasty1474
unkindliness1488
noughtinessa1500
perversenessa1500
illnessc1500
filthiness?1504
noisomeness1506
naughtiness?1529
noughtihoodc1540
inexcellence1590
improbity1593
flagition1598
meschancy1609
scelerateness1613
pravity1620
meschantnessa1630
flagitiousness1692
flagitiosity1727
nefariousness1727
bale-fire1855
ill-conditionedness1866
iniquitousness1870
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [noun] > iniquity
unrighteousnesseOE
unrightfulnessc1275
iniquity13..
unequityc1384
iniquitousness1870
13.. K. Alis. 132 He thenkith to yeilde him his iniquitè.
c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 82 Creoun..That lord is now of Thebes the Citee Fulfild of Ire and of Iniquitee.
c1480 (a1400) St. Bartholomew 206 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 186 Sa sal þis tempil clengit be of al fylth and Iniquite.
1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. avj/2 Agabondus replenysshed of al inyquyte put to deth..his broder.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke xiii. f. c Departe from me all ye workers off iniquytie.
?a1560 in T. Wright Songs & Ballads Reign Philip & Mary (1860) 5 Hys ryghtyusnes ys owr, owr inequyte ys hys.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. i. sig. M6v Till the world from his perfection fell Into all filth and foule iniquitie . View more context for this quotation
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xviii. 90 They that have Soveraigne power, may commit Iniquity.
1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II I. x. 274 The iniquity and unrelenting cruelty exercised.
1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. v. 245 Leagues, tho' holy termed..made to under-prop Iniquity, and crush the sacred truth.
b. plural. Unrighteous acts or doings, sins; wrongful acts, injuries.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > evil deed > [noun]
unwrenchc897
checkc1330
trippetc1330
wretchednessc1380
iniquities1477
feat1481
dog-trick?c1550
malefice1591
mistreading1598
meschantery1634
dog's trick1742
society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > an evil deed > evil deeds
iniquities1477
malicho1603
1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 1 In satisfaccoun & recompence of myne Inyquytees & fawtes before done.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Heb. viii. 12 I wilbe mercifull over their iniquyties.
1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. ii. xi. sig. Q1v That this early Death may argue the Measure of his Iniquities exceeding great.
a1714 J. Sharp Wks. (1754) II. Serm. i. 7 When their iniquities are at full, he will not fail to repay vengeance into their bosom.
1804 W. Tennant Indian Recreat. (ed. 2) II. 386 Removing the oppressions and iniquities of the Oude government.
2. Want or violation of equity; injustice, unfairness. Obsolete except as implied in 1.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unjustness > [noun]
unrighteOE
unrightnessOE
unrightfulnessc1275
wrongousnessc1325
the wrongc1330
unequityc1380
injustice1390
unreasonc1390
wrongfulnessa1400
unskilfulnessc1410
unjustnessc1443
unevennessa1470
unjusticea1475
disreason1480
unreasonablenessc1515
inequity1556
iniquity1587
non-reason1597
unequalness1628
unfairness1713
wrongness1833
society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [noun] > unfairness
unevennessa1470
inequity1556
iniquity1587
unequity1598
unequalness1628
unfairness1713
unsportingness1932
1587 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. xviii. i. 301 In the measuring of ten quarters,..they lose one through the iniquitie of the bushell.
1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. iii. §29. 54 Actions may be so diversified by circumstances, and the Civill Law, that what's done with equity at one time, is guilty of iniquity at another.
1748 G. White Serm. (MS.) This is their Due,..and therefore 'tis great Iniquity to repay them in any other sort.
3. Scots Law. (See quots.)
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > [noun] > failure of > decision contrary to law
iniquity1757
1757 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. (ed. 2) I. i. ii. §20 A judge is said to commit iniquity, when he either delays justice, or pronounces sentence, in the exercise of his jurisdiction, contrary to law.
1861 G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev. ed.) Iniquity,..a technical expression, usually applied to the decision of an inferior judge who has decided contrary to law; he is in that case said to have committed iniquity.
4.
a. The name of a comic character or buffoon in the old morality plays, also called the vice n.1, representing some particular vice, or vice in general.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > part or character > [noun] > specific character
Robin Hood1473
wantonness1507
vice1552
pantaloon1592
iniquity1597
burratinea1637
scaramouch1662
Pierrot1726
gracioso1749
eiron1872
alazon1911
toby1946
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iii. i. 82 Thus like the formall vice iniquity [1623 Iniquitie], I morallize two meanings in one word. View more context for this quotation
1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse i. i. 43 in Wks. II And lend mee but a Vice, to carry with mee..Fraud; Or Couetousnesse; or Lady Vanity; Or old Iniquity: I'll call him hither.
b. As a name for the devil.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > deity > a devil > the Devil or Satan > [noun]
devileOE
Beelzebubc950
the foul ghosteOE
SatanOE
warlockOE
SatanasOE
worsea1200
unwinea1225
wondc1250
quedea1275
pucka1300
serpenta1300
dragon1340
shrew1362
Apollyon1382
the god of this worldc1384
Mahoundc1400
leviathan1412
worsta1425
old enemyc1449
Ruffin1567
dismal1570
Plotcocka1578
the Wicked One1582
goodman1603
Mahu1603
foul thief1609
somebody1609
legiona1616
Lord of Flies1622
walliman1629
shaitan1638
Old Nicka1643
Nick1647
unsel?1675
old gentleman1681
old boy1692
the gentleman in black1693
deuce1694
Black Spy1699
the vicious one1713
worricow1719
Old Roger1725
Lord of the Flies1727
Simmie1728
Old Scratch1734
Old Harry1777
Old Poker1784
Auld Hornie1786
old (auld), ill thief1789
old one1790
little-good1821
Tom Walker1833
bogy1840
diabolarch1845
Old Ned1859
iniquity1899
1899 Chambers's Jrnl. 2 10/2 The evil toon the nine maidens danced to—the very toon that was played by Old Iniquity hisself.
5. Unfavourableness, unfavourable or adverse influence or operation. (A Latinism.) Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [noun] > unfavourable character
contrariositya1340
badness1539
iniquity?c1550
naughtiness1550
thrawardness1567
perverseness1578
crossness1641
awkwardness1674
unhappiness1704
unpropitiousness1756
unfavourableness1765
untowardness1779
contrariousness1853
?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 31 Lest..throwghe the iniquitie of time, forgetfullnes shoulde in that poinct prevayle.
1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. vi. i. 160 The skilfull workeman dooth redeeme the iniquitie of that element [water].
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 4 The very stones..have yeelded long agoe to the iniquitie of time.
a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. vii. §3. 263 They all were destroyed by the iniquitie of Fortune.
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