mal élevéadj.

Brit.

/mal ɛləˈveɪ/, U.S.

/mɑl eɪləˈveɪ/

Forms: 1800s– mal élevée (designating a woman, after French feminine form), 1900s– mal élevé.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mal élevé.

Etymology: < French mal élevé (1867 in Littré; feminine mal élevée ) < mal badly (see mal- prefix) + élevé brought up, past participle of élever to bring up, raise (see elevate v.).

Of a person: ill-bred, bad-mannered. Of an object or situation: lacking in refinement.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [adjective]

untheweda1325

unbenec1400

incondite1539

undight1555

ungentle1565

impolished1583

transalpinea1592

impolited1598

uncourtly1598

tartarous1602

impolite1612

unelevated1627

unfashioned1630

unbrushed1640

unhewed1644

hirsute1658

unhewn1659

inelegant1667

sordid1668

ingenteel1694

barbarous1700

ungracefula1732

tramontane1740

uninformed1754

clumsy1758

heavy1817

uncharmed1818

nettle-rough1850

blowzy1851

mal élevé1878

inexquisite1922

pseudo-sophisticated1925

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > ill-mannered > ill-bred

foul-itowenc1225

villain1340

villainous?a1366

lewdc1380

ungentle1398

low-bred1599

ill-bred1622

unbred1622

underbred1650

unjaunty1671

ungenteel1676

half-bred1694

ingenteel1694

cocktail1835

mal élevé1878

hairy at the heel1890

1878 H. James Europeans II. v. 198 Even that mal-élevée little girl..makes him do what she wishes.

1924 A. D. Sedgwick Little French Girl iii. v. 263 It was odd..but not mal élevé.

1949 E. Bowen Encounters p. xi If I was mal élevée..so were my betters.

1964 A. Wilson Late Call 24 She echoed her mother's horror at all things mal élevées.

1974 E. Ambler Dr. Frigo i. 34 The wives of certain French officials have expressed disapproval [of her]. Mal elevée is their verdict.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mal élevé
释义	mal élevéadj. Brit. /mal ɛləˈveɪ/, U.S. /mɑl eɪləˈveɪ/ Forms: 1800s– mal élevée (designating a woman, after French feminine form), 1900s– mal élevé. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mal élevé. Etymology: < French mal élevé (1867 in Littré; feminine mal élevée ) < mal badly (see mal- prefix) + élevé brought up, past participle of élever to bring up, raise (see elevate v.). Of a person: ill-bred, bad-mannered. Of an object or situation: lacking in refinement. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [adjective] untheweda1325 unbenec1400 incondite1539 undight1555 ungentle1565 impolished1583 transalpinea1592 impolited1598 uncourtly1598 tartarous1602 impolite1612 unelevated1627 unfashioned1630 unbrushed1640 unhewed1644 hirsute1658 unhewn1659 inelegant1667 sordid1668 ingenteel1694 barbarous1700 ungracefula1732 tramontane1740 uninformed1754 clumsy1758 heavy1817 uncharmed1818 nettle-rough1850 blowzy1851 mal élevé1878 inexquisite1922 pseudo-sophisticated1925 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > ill-mannered > ill-bred foul-itowenc1225 villain1340 villainous?a1366 lewdc1380 ungentle1398 low-bred1599 ill-bred1622 unbred1622 underbred1650 unjaunty1671 ungenteel1676 half-bred1694 ingenteel1694 cocktail1835 mal élevé1878 hairy at the heel1890 1878 H. James Europeans II. v. 198 Even that mal-élevée little girl..makes him do what she wishes. 1924 A. D. Sedgwick Little French Girl iii. v. 263 It was odd..but not mal élevé. 1949 E. Bowen Encounters p. xi If I was mal élevée..so were my betters. 1964 A. Wilson Late Call 24 She echoed her mother's horror at all things mal élevées. 1974 E. Ambler Dr. Frigo i. 34 The wives of certain French officials have expressed disapproval [of her]. Mal elevée is their verdict. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1878
随便看	to do reverence to to do right to do right by to do right with to do right with a person to do rine to do satisfaction to do scathe to do scorn to do service to do service as to do shame to do sharesies to do shipping to do shond to do shrift to do someone a bad turn to do someone a evil turn to do someone a friendship to do someone a good turn to do someone a ill turn to do someone shond to do someone to know to do something about to do something as one goes