单词 | knavish |
释义 | knavishadj. Now somewhat archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [adjective] > vulgar knavishc1405 peoplisha1425 porterlike1568 mechanical1584 souterly1589 tapsterly1589 mechanic1598 porterly1603 tavernly1612 plebeian1615 vulgar1643 mobbish1695 pothouse1780 commonish1792 common1804 vulgarian1833 vulgarish1860 unselect1867 off-colour1875 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > ill-mannered > unrefined boistousc1300 untheweda1325 uplandisha1387 unaffiled1390 rudea1393 knavishc1405 peoplisha1425 clubbedc1440 blunt1477 lob?1507 robust1511 borel1513 carterly1519 clubbish1530 rough?1531 rustical?1532 incondite1539 agrestc1550 rusticc1550 brute1555 lobcocka1556 loutisha1556 carterlike1561 boorish1562 ruggedc1565 lobbish1567 loutlike1567 sowish1570 clownish1581 unrefined1582 impolished1583 homespun1590 transalpinea1592 swaddish1593 unpolished1594 untutored1595 swabberly1596 tartarous1602 porterly1603 lobcocked1606 lob-like1606 cluster-fisted1611 agrestic1617 inurbane1623 unelevated1627 incult1628 unbrushed1640 vulgar1643 unhewed1644 unsmooth1648 hirsute1658 loutardly1658 unhewn1659 roughsome?c1660 sordid1668 inhumanea1680 coarse1699 brutal1709 ramgunshoch1721 tramontane1740 uncouth1740 no-nationa1756 unurbane1760 turnipy1792 rudas1802 common1804 cubbish1819 clodhopping1828 vulgarian1833 cloddish1844 unkempt1846 bush1851 vulgarish1860 rodney1866 crude1876 ignorant1886 yobby1910 nekulturny1932 oikish1959 yobbish1966 ocker1972 down and dirty1977 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [adjective] > lewd, bawdy, or obscene lewdc1386 filthy?c1400 knavishc1405 sensual?a1425 ribaldousc1440 dishonestc1450 bawdya1513 ribald?a1513 ribaldious?1518 slovenly?1518 ribaldry1519 priapish1531 ribaldish?1533 filthous1551 ribaldly1570 obscene1571 bawdisha1586 obscenous1591 greasy1598 dirty1599 fulsome1600 spurcitious1658 lasciviating1660 smutty1668 bawdry1764 ribaldric1796 un-Quakerlike1824 fat1836 ithyphallic1856 hot1892 rorty1898 rude1919 bitchy1928 feelthy1930 raunchy1943 ranchy1959 down and dirty1969 steamy1970 sleazo1972 c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Manciple's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 101 His wyf anon hath for hire lemman sent. Hir lemman, certes this a knauyssh speche. Forȝeueth it me. ?1515 Hyckescorner (de Worde) sig. A.vi That is a knauisshe syght to se them toter on a beme. a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute (?1545) sig. B.viiiv Howe They were wonte to drynke Of a lether botell With a knauysshe stoppell. ?1532 T. Paynell tr. Erasmus De Contemptu Mundi iv. sig. D.iiiv The knauishe and rebaude iestingis. 2. Dishonest, unprincipled; unscrupulous, villainous.Now the most common sense. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [adjective] pautenerc1330 palliard1484 varletc1485 knavisha1492 limmer?a1513 limmerful?a1513 briberous?1536 patchingc1555 rascal1566 roguing1566 roguish1575 arrant1581 skybala1585 rascally1586 land-loping1587 shag-ragc1590 Scanderbegging1593 Scanderbeg1601 rogorous1609 rogueya1627 scoundrel1643 schelmish1654 skelm1673 rapscallionly1699 rapscallion1711 scoundrelly1790 furciferous1823 scapegrace1830 a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. cxl. f. cliiv/2 Knauysshe ypocryte. why amendest not thyselfe of thyne ypocrysie. 1531 G. Joye tr. Prophete Isaye xxxii. sig. H.iiijv The knaue shal thinke knauyshe thinges and his harte shall properly convaye wykednes to playe the hipocryte and to conspyre abhominacion agenste ye lorde. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Miiv/1 Knauish, peruersus. 1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. ii. 229 It is a knauish peece a worke. 1655 Duchess of Newcastle Worlds Olio 45 Those that have..the bold brand of practising dishonesty, or knavish actions. a1704 T. Brown Dialogue Oxf. Schollars in Wks. (1707) I. i. 10 Some..are Poor and cannot Pay, and others Knavish and will not Pay. 1781 W. Cowper Epist. to Lady in France in Poems (1980) I. 443 By Man to Man, or ev'n to Woman paid, Praise is the medium of a knavish trade. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. v. 405 It was a knavish piece of business. a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. 38 He had employed a knavish Jew to forge endorsement of names. 1916 W. G. Aston Hist. Japanese Lit. vi. ii. 251 Taking men in general, a glance at their faces shows that..some are honest-looking, others knavish. 1957 J. Bishop Day Christ Died (1959) 304 Any man who permitted himself to get into this position was either stupid or knavish. 1993 D. C. Reece Rich Broth vi. 44 He was in a mood of vinous venom against the West and its knavish tricks. 3. In weakened use. Mischievous, waggish; roguish. Cf. knave n. 3b. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > roguery > [adjective] pautenerc1330 palliard1484 limmer?a1513 limmerful?a1513 slovenly?1518 knavish1552 patchingc1555 rascal1566 roguing1566 knaifatic1568 roguish1572 rascally1586 land-loping1587 Scanderbegging1593 cullionly1608 rogorous1609 loseling1624 scoundrel1643 schelmish1654 pickled1683 rapscallionly1699 scoundrelish1705 rapscallion1711 pickle1774 scoundrelly1790 picaresque1822 furciferous1823 scapegrace1830 the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > playful mischievousness > [adjective] knavish1552 spritish1566 wickeda1616 monkeyish1621 impish1652 mischievous1675 slya1771 nineteda1798 wansonsy1819 Pucklike1845 picklesome1885 monkey-doodle1886 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Knauishe, proteruus. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie K 78 A Knappish, or knauishe tongue, lingua proterua. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream ii. i. 33 That shrewde and knauish sprite, Call'd Robin goodfellow. View more context for this quotation 1603 T. Dekker et al. Patient Grissill sig. B4 You may be asham'd to lay such knauish burden vppon olde ages shoulders. 1691 W. Mountfort Greenwich-Park iv. ii. 42 Now and then the Knavish Wits at Wills Coffee-house will direct Letters for us as from Women. 1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 228 Two knavish wags came, and, ungirthing his saddle, supported it on either hand. 1823 J. Hogg Three Perils of Woman I. iii. 175 Sir, thou art a most knavish wag. A gentleman of a shrewd wit. 1893 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets (ed. 3) I. xi. 334 Every active brain, or curious eye, or wanton heart, or well-trained limb, or skilful hand, or knavish wit may find its fit employment here. 1929 E. Nungezer Dict. Actors 184 He had amused himself with playing knavish pranks on his tutor Ben Jonson. 2005 J. Weil Service & Dependency in Shakespeare's Plays ii. 24 To mock his opponents and disguise his rage, Hamlet behaves at moments like a particularly knavish young attendant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1405 |
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