单词 | malgrace |
释义 | † malgracen. Obsolete. 1. Disfavour. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disfavour > [noun] malgracea1450 disfavoura1533 discountenance1579 misfavoura1660 a1450 Seven Sages (Cambr. Dd.1.17) (1845) 2108 (MED) Maugre have thou and male grace! 1584 in Bannatyne Misc. (1827) I. 119 I was altogether out of credit and was brocht in malgrace of the courteours. a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1677) vi. 326 The Rebels or others known to be in his Majesties mal-grace. 1714 J. Fortescue-Aland Note in Fortescue's Governance of Eng. 75 Magre..signifies the same as mal-grace, disfavour, or ill-will. 2. Something unbecoming. pseudo-archaic. rare. ΚΠ 1882 G. MacDonald Weighed & Wanting I. iv. 57 May these not see in us some malgrace which it needs the gentleness of Christ to get over and forget? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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