méchantadj.

Brit.

/ˈmeɪʃɒ̃/, U.S.

/meɪˈʃɑnt/

Forms: 1800s– méchant, 1800s– méchante /meʃɑ̃t/ (chiefly designating a woman, after French feminine form).

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French méchant.

Etymology: < French méchant (see meschant adj.).The same word was earlier borrowed as meschant adj.; the present entry shows later reborrowing as an non-naturalized loan.

Malicious, spiteful; wayward, wicked; vicious.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > spite, malice > [adjective]

loathOE

teenfulOE

nithefulOE

ondfula1200

maliciousa1250

doggedc1300

enviousc1330

venomousa1340

venoma1350

spitous?a1366

despitousc1374

heinous?a1400

unkindlya1400

venomyc1400

sinister1411

sputousc1420

doggish?a1425

cankered?a1439

doggya1450

sinistrous1460

spity1481

despiteful1488

spiteful1490

despiteous?1510

viperious?1510

peevisha1522

envyful1530

viperous1535

viperinec1540

vipered1560

bad-minded1588

uncanny1596

dogged-sprighted1600

toothsome1601

maliced1602

ill-minded1611

virulent1613

ill-hearteda1617

doleful1617

spitish1627

ill-meaning1633

splenial1641

litherlya1643

venomsome1660

slim1668

cat-witted1672

vipereal1750

viperish1755

méchant1813

vicious1825

maliceful1840

mean1841

waspish1855

viperian1866

viperan1877

cattish1883

catty1886

bad mind1904

bitchy1908

1813 M. Berry Let. 25 Nov. (1865) II. 54 She is..always good-natured, and never méchante.

1813 Ld. Byron Let. 26 Nov. (1974) III. 223 She has much beauty,—just enough,—but is, I think, méchante.

1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. vii. 68 Mr. Pendennis was wicked, méchant, perfectly abominable.

1865 ‘Ouida’ Strathmore I. ix. 145 That light, méchante voice that had mocked him from the mask.

1942 W. Lewis Let. 30 Apr. (1963) 321 I am one of those animals who only is méchant when attacked.

1964 E. Bowen Little Girls i. i. 6 She looked so bland, he decided she must be méchante.

1999 Independent (Electronic ed.) 26 Feb. He displayed a certain somewhat méchant pleasure in presenting unpalatable sights and awkward views to politicians, spiced with ‘take it or leave it’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	méchant
释义	méchantadj. Brit. /ˈmeɪʃɒ̃/, U.S. /meɪˈʃɑnt/ Forms: 1800s– méchant, 1800s– méchante /meʃɑ̃t/ (chiefly designating a woman, after French feminine form). Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French méchant. Etymology: < French méchant (see meschant adj.).The same word was earlier borrowed as meschant adj.; the present entry shows later reborrowing as an non-naturalized loan. Malicious, spiteful; wayward, wicked; vicious. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > spite, malice > [adjective] loathOE teenfulOE nithefulOE ondfula1200 maliciousa1250 doggedc1300 enviousc1330 venomousa1340 venoma1350 spitous?a1366 despitousc1374 heinous?a1400 unkindlya1400 venomyc1400 sinister1411 sputousc1420 doggish?a1425 cankered?a1439 doggya1450 sinistrous1460 spity1481 despiteful1488 spiteful1490 despiteous?1510 viperious?1510 peevisha1522 envyful1530 viperous1535 viperinec1540 vipered1560 bad-minded1588 uncanny1596 dogged-sprighted1600 toothsome1601 maliced1602 ill-minded1611 virulent1613 ill-hearteda1617 doleful1617 spitish1627 ill-meaning1633 splenial1641 litherlya1643 venomsome1660 slim1668 cat-witted1672 vipereal1750 viperish1755 méchant1813 vicious1825 maliceful1840 mean1841 waspish1855 viperian1866 viperan1877 cattish1883 catty1886 bad mind1904 bitchy1908 1813 M. Berry Let. 25 Nov. (1865) II. 54 She is..always good-natured, and never méchante. 1813 Ld. Byron Let. 26 Nov. (1974) III. 223 She has much beauty,—just enough,—but is, I think, méchante. 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. vii. 68 Mr. Pendennis was wicked, méchant, perfectly abominable. 1865 ‘Ouida’ Strathmore I. ix. 145 That light, méchante voice that had mocked him from the mask. 1942 W. Lewis Let. 30 Apr. (1963) 321 I am one of those animals who only is méchant when attacked. 1964 E. Bowen Little Girls i. i. 6 She looked so bland, he decided she must be méchante. 1999 Independent (Electronic ed.) 26 Feb. He displayed a certain somewhat méchant pleasure in presenting unpalatable sights and awkward views to politicians, spiced with ‘take it or leave it’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1813
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