单词 | iniquity |
释义 | iniquityn. 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. 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. 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.13.. |
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