单词 | mischiefful |
释义 | mischieffuladj. Now rare. Full of mischief. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [adjective] > calamitous or disastrous unholda1350 blacka1387 unhappyc1386 mischievousc1390 mischieffula1400 tragicalc1525 tragic1533 calamitous1545 mistempered1570 disadventurous1590 ominous1594 dismal1599 disastrous1601 ill-starredc1704 disventurousa1739 catastrophal1842 a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 4622 (MED) Y telle by iustyng, Þer-of cumþ myschefful þyng. ?c1450 Trivet's Life of Constance in F. J. Furnivall Originals & Analogues Canterbury Tales (1876) 234 (MED) But Olda..defendyd that myschefulle dede..on the maydons behalfe. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iii. l. 410 Thar selff was caus of this myschefull chance. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 752 O waryit witt, wykkyt and wariance, That me has brocht in-to this myschefull chance. 2. Of a person, etc.: full of or prone to do mischief; mischievous. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [adjective] > harmful or injurious > specifically of persons freckc950 mischievousc1438 mischiefful1541 the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harmful mischievousness > harmfully mischievous person > [adjective] mischiefful1541 1541 T. Paynell tr. Felicius Conspiracie of Catiline xlii. f. 69 The common weale, through the cursed counsell of mischiefull cytesyns is brought into so great daunger. 1834 W. S. Landor Citation & Exam. Shakespere in Wks. (1853) II. 284/2 This is the mischief-fullest of all the devil's imps. 1878 Scribner's Monthly May 26/2 He caught the third paper missile full on his nose, and got sight of the mischief-full face of Twonnet just as it was disappearing. 1956 G. E. Evans Ask Fellows who cut Hay xii. 100 Boys..were not as popular on the gleaning fields as girls: they were too mischieful. ΚΠ a1777 S. Foote Nabob (1778) iii. 59 For mischiefful matters there wasn't a more ingenous..lad in the school. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1400 |
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