单词 | man-hater |
释义 | man-hatern.ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > misanthropy > [noun] > misanthrope man-hater1579 Misanthropos1579 Timonist1590 Timon1598 misanthropist1648 misanthrope1683 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 219 Timon, surnamed Misanthropus (as who would say..the manhater). 1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. Concl. 60 What will these man-haters yet with more despight and mischiefe do? 1678 T. Shadwell (title) The History of Timon of Athens, the Man-hater. 1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Moralists i. ii. 16 A compleat Timon, or Manhater. 1759 O. Goldsmith Enq. Present State Polite Learning vi Rousseau, of Geneva, a professed man-hater. 1827 T. Carlyle in Edinb. Rev. Oct. 313 The grimmest man-haters..will be found in abundance. 1885 R. L. Stevenson Prince Otto ii. ii. 85 Essentially he is to be numbered among the man-haters. 2. A hater of the male sex. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > misanthropy > [noun] > hatred of men > one who man-hater1712 1712 T. Cave Let. 6 May in M. M. Verney Verney Lett. (1930) I. xvi. 310 I must now delever my Charge of Service..to you and my Sister. Mr. and Mrs. Pascoll (the Man-Hater), with Jack Knapsack and old Ruler. 1727 P. Longueville Hermit ii. 129 She was a single Woman..thinking herself too good for..any Thing below a Gentleman which seeing no prospect to get..she became a general Man-hater. 1896 Westm. Gaz. 5 Mar. 3/3 It is in no way true that we are man-haters and discontented women. 1972 D. Lessing Golden Notebk. (1974) Pref. 9 Instantly a lot of very ancient weapons were unleashed, the main ones, as usual, being on the theme of..‘She is a man-hater’. 1988 A. Lurie Truth about Lorin Jones ii. 37 Polly was always a man-hater. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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