low-lifedadj.

Brit.

/ˈləʊlʌɪft/, U.S.

/ˈloʊˌlaɪft/

Forms:

α. 1700s– low-lived.

β. 1700s– low-lifed.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: low adj., lived adj.¹, life n., -ed suffix².

Etymology: In α. forms < low adj. + lived adj.¹ In β. forms < low adj. + life n.+ -ed suffix², in later use partly after lowlife n. and adj.

Now chiefly U.S. colloquial (esp. in African-American usage).

1. Of a person: characterized by a lack of good breeding; vulgar, coarse; (later also) despicable, contemptible. Cf. lowlife adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > low or vulgar person > [adjective]

carlisha1240

lewdc1380

carlc1450

villain1483

ruffian1528

shake-ragged1550

porterlike1568

popular1583

ungracious1584

ordinarya1586

tapsterly1589

mechanic1598

round-headed1598

base-like1600

strummell-patch1600

porterly1603

scrubbing1603

vernaculous1607

plebeian1615

reptile1653

proletarian1663

mobbish1695

low1725

terraefilial1745

low-lifed1747

Whitechapel1785

lowlife1794

boweryish1846

gutter1849

bowery1852

lowish1886

swab1914

lumpen1944

1747 Free-born Englishman's Unmask'd Battery 12 No People are so apt to learn Mischief as the Mob, and other common low-lived Wretches.

1781 J. Ripley Sel. Orig. Lett. xiv. 77 The low-lifed fellow, who wrote this letter.

1837 B. D. Walsh in tr. Aristophanes Comedies 47 (note) Aristophanes is..unmerciful upon low-lived, vulgar people.

1893 Bk. News (Philadelphia) May 385/1 There are men and women..who were trained at school to believe that Cromwell was a low-lived pirate of the meanest type.

1924 A. D. H. Smith Porto Bello Gold iv. 47 Skulkers, they be—low-lived skulkers as ever was.

1969 Los Angeles Times 24 Nov. ii. 10/3 Maybe even when their children are in school that same, low-lifed pusher will be doing business.

2007 W. D. Myers What they Found 174 Sucker dissed me... Called me a low-lifed, stink breath moron and then had the nerve to pull a gun on me!

2. = lowlife adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > [adjective] > of ill repute

unhonesta1382

ill-famed1483

scoury?a1513

renownless1552

uncredited1586

bankrupt1601

discredited1605

disopinioned1622

creditless1660

unreputable1688

irreputable1709

low-lifed?1750

louche1819

characterless1825

disreputable1828

pikey1838

shady1862

lowlife1939

sleazoid1976

?1750 Conduct & Scandalous Behaviour Porters in Exchange Alley 38 The Reader..will be surpris'd at this uncommon and low lifed Narrative.

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xi. 105 Your Ladyship should except..your own things in the Lady's Magazine. I hope you'll say there's nothing low lived there?

1847 Knickerbocker Jan. 2 The same ready vocabulary of low-lived insult that adorned that period.

1872 G. W. Dasent Three to One III. v. 85 ‘Well, Crump,..did you find Lupus Street?’ ‘Yes, my lady, which it is a very low-lived place.’

1882 F. A. Kemble Rec. Later Life I. 82 An ignoble, low-lived expression occasionally startled..one, on a countenance noble and intellectual.

1920 H. M. Rideout Foot-path Way xliv. 281 A nasty affair over with. I hate these low-lived jobs.

1973 Los Angeles Sentinel 29 Nov. a7/2 It is criminal and downright low-lifed for black leadership figures to help to foster chicano corrosion of major portions of the black job base.

1994 H. Gossett in M. Algarín & B. Holman Aloud ii. 200 People will..do all kinds of lowlifed things to other people in order to get more & more cash.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	low-lifed
释义	low-lifedadj. Brit. /ˈləʊlʌɪft/, U.S. /ˈloʊˌlaɪft/ Forms: α. 1700s– low-lived. β. 1700s– low-lifed. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: low adj., lived adj.¹, life n., -ed suffix². Etymology: In α. forms < low adj. + lived adj.¹ In β. forms < low adj. + life n.+ -ed suffix², in later use partly after lowlife n. and adj. Now chiefly U.S. colloquial (esp. in African-American usage). 1. Of a person: characterized by a lack of good breeding; vulgar, coarse; (later also) despicable, contemptible. Cf. lowlife adj. 1. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > low or vulgar person > [adjective] carlisha1240 lewdc1380 carlc1450 villain1483 ruffian1528 shake-ragged1550 porterlike1568 popular1583 ungracious1584 ordinarya1586 tapsterly1589 mechanic1598 round-headed1598 base-like1600 strummell-patch1600 porterly1603 scrubbing1603 vernaculous1607 plebeian1615 reptile1653 proletarian1663 mobbish1695 low1725 terraefilial1745 low-lifed1747 Whitechapel1785 lowlife1794 boweryish1846 gutter1849 bowery1852 lowish1886 swab1914 lumpen1944 1747 Free-born Englishman's Unmask'd Battery 12 No People are so apt to learn Mischief as the Mob, and other common low-lived Wretches. 1781 J. Ripley Sel. Orig. Lett. xiv. 77 The low-lifed fellow, who wrote this letter. 1837 B. D. Walsh in tr. Aristophanes Comedies 47 (note) Aristophanes is..unmerciful upon low-lived, vulgar people. 1893 Bk. News (Philadelphia) May 385/1 There are men and women..who were trained at school to believe that Cromwell was a low-lived pirate of the meanest type. 1924 A. D. H. Smith Porto Bello Gold iv. 47 Skulkers, they be—low-lived skulkers as ever was. 1969 Los Angeles Times 24 Nov. ii. 10/3 Maybe even when their children are in school that same, low-lifed pusher will be doing business. 2007 W. D. Myers What they Found 174 Sucker dissed me... Called me a low-lifed, stink breath moron and then had the nerve to pull a gun on me! 2. = lowlife adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > [adjective] > of ill repute unhonesta1382 ill-famed1483 scoury?a1513 renownless1552 uncredited1586 bankrupt1601 discredited1605 disopinioned1622 creditless1660 unreputable1688 irreputable1709 low-lifed?1750 louche1819 characterless1825 disreputable1828 pikey1838 shady1862 lowlife1939 sleazoid1976 ?1750 Conduct & Scandalous Behaviour Porters in Exchange Alley 38 The Reader..will be surpris'd at this uncommon and low lifed Narrative. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xi. 105 Your Ladyship should except..your own things in the Lady's Magazine. I hope you'll say there's nothing low lived there? 1847 Knickerbocker Jan. 2 The same ready vocabulary of low-lived insult that adorned that period. 1872 G. W. Dasent Three to One III. v. 85 ‘Well, Crump,..did you find Lupus Street?’ ‘Yes, my lady, which it is a very low-lived place.’ 1882 F. A. Kemble Rec. Later Life I. 82 An ignoble, low-lived expression occasionally startled..one, on a countenance noble and intellectual. 1920 H. M. Rideout Foot-path Way xliv. 281 A nasty affair over with. I hate these low-lived jobs. 1973 Los Angeles Sentinel 29 Nov. a7/2 It is criminal and downright low-lifed for black leadership figures to help to foster chicano corrosion of major portions of the black job base. 1994 H. Gossett in M. Algarín & B. Holman Aloud ii. 200 People will..do all kinds of lowlifed things to other people in order to get more & more cash. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1747
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