单词 | misbeholden |
释义 | misbeholdenadj. Chiefly British regional (Scottish, northern, and eastern English). Now rare. Esp. of a word: disrespectful, indiscreet; disobliging, impolite. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > undutifulness > [adjective] undutiful1582 misbeholden1599 dutilessa1603 inofficious1604 unduteousa1616 1599 T. Heywood 2nd Pt. King Edward IV sig. M2v We shew thee not one discontented looke, Nor render him one misbeholden word. 1822 J. Hogg Three Perils of Man I. 76 The first side that lifts a sword, or says a misbehadden word. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) II. Dialogues 294 Bud thou minds I nivver gav him another misbehodden word. 1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Misbehodden, disobliging, offensive. ‘I nivver gav her a misbehodden word’. 1881 Atlantic Monthly July 25/1 Andrer [sic] never give him a misbeholden word,—I can answer for that. 1898 Shetland News 29 Jan. 7/5 Der no a misbehadden yackle in her mooth. 1900 in Sc. National Dict. at Misbehaden ppl. a. I ne'er mowban'd a misbehauden word that could hae ruffled her birses. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1599 |
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