单词 | morigeration |
释义 | morigerationn. Now rare. ΚΠ ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 21 Som [inflammations] bene made of humours noȝt naturale And..in þam yuel qualitee or yuel morigeracioun, i. maneryng [?c1425 Paris euel manere; L. mala morigeratio], appereþ more þan bolnyng. ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 158v He exemplyfied in 3 maneres strengþ of sikenesez: For principalite of þe particule, as in þe heued or þe wombe ysmyten; For magnitude of disposicoun, as in woundez so grete þat hem nedeþ sewing; And for yuel morigeracioun..as in articulis ybrissed or crusshed. 2. Obedience, compliance; deference to superiors, obsequiousness. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > [noun] > to superiors morigeration1605 morigerousness1681 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. E1v Not that I can taxe or condemne the morigeration or application of learned men to men in fortune. View more context for this quotation 1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell v. 59 For the Spaniards, of all other, love to be respected at their own homes, and cannot abide an insolent cariage in a Stranger; On the other side, Courtesie and Morigeration, will gaine mightily upon them. 1659 J. Evelyn Let. 3 Sept. in Diary & Corr. (1852) III. 116 That fond morigeration to the mistaken customs of the age. 1889 Dict. National Biogr. XVII. 238/1 A large number of letters remain..addressed to her by her son Charles Lewis, but he certainly gave her reason enough for discontent, both in his politic morigeration to the Commonwealth men in England and in his cold-blooded treatment of herself. 1903 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 384 Morigeration served their turn during the first part of their Asiatic journey. 1958 Stud. in Renaissance 5 186 (note) In the many works deriving from Bacon's treatise on fortune, morigeration is perhaps best exemplified in Chesterfield's advice to his son on the necessity of cultivating ‘the art of pleasing’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1425 |
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