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单词 mal vu
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mal vuadj.

Brit. /ˌmal ˈvuː/, U.S. /ˌmɑl ˈvu/
Forms: 1900s– mal vu, 1900s– mal vue (irregular).
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mal vu.
Etymology: < French mal vu < mal (see mal- prefix) + vu , past participle of voir to see (see view n.).Not fully naturalized in English.
Held in low esteem, looked down upon.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [adjective]
despect1447
contemned1552
unesteemeda1557
mongrela1594
cheap1597
disdained1598
scorned1598
despised1599
dog cheap1606
dishonourable1611
disprizeda1616
jadeda1616
disesteemed1618
misprized1702
disparaged1802
unappreciated1828
vilipended1836
flouted1859
mal vu1904
1904 H. O. Sturgis Belchamber iii. 42 There is nothing so easy as to get rid of me. I am horribly mal vu by the authorities.
1958 L. Durrell Mountolive ii. 62 He is..rather an old-fashioned reactionary in his outlook, and is consequently rather mal vu by his brother craftsmen.
1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 Nov. 672/3 Her daughter Elsie's marriage to a clever but socially mal vue [sic] research scientist.
1986 New Yorker 13 Oct. 103/1 They thought about love as dirty sex. I mean, just plain love was dirty sex, and no nice young girl should know that about it. It was very mal vu.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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