单词 | backbite |
释义 | † backbiten. Obsolete. Backbiting. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [noun] > secret slander or calumny backbitingc1175 whisperingc1384 backbite1602 blastinga1628 1602 Epitaph in J. Stow Suruay of London (1633) 316/1 A stay to weake, a staffe to poore, Without back-bite or pride. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021). backbitev. To detract from the character of, to slander, traduce, speak ill of: a. a person absent. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > slander or calumniate [verb (transitive)] > secretly backbitec1175 maledict1623 c1175 [implied in: Cott. Hom. 205 Cursunge, bacbitunge and fike~lunge. (at backbiting n.)]. a1300 E.E. Psalter xxxviii. 20 Þat yheldes ivels for godes bac-bate [L. detrahebant] me. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 411 Is none so good, that he ne passeth Betwene his teeth and is backbited. 1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) vii. ii. 278/2 Mary the syster of Moses backbyted her brother. 1516 Lyfe St. Birgette in Kalendre Newe Legende Eng. (Pynson) f. cxxv Why hast thou bakbyten my handemayde adiugynge hir to be proude? 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xvii. ix. 91 With contumelious tearmes traduced and back-bitten. a1791 J. Wesley Husbands & Wives iii. 7, in Wks. (1811) IX. 67 To backbite an enemy is sin; how much more to back-bite one's own yoke-fellow. 1851 A. Helps Compan. Solitude iii. 35 People will backbite one another to any extent rather than not be amused. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > slander or calumniate [verb (transitive)] to say or speak shame of, on, byc950 teleeOE sayOE to speak evil (Old English be) ofc1000 belie?c1225 betell?c1225 missayc1225 skandera1300 disclanderc1300 wrenchc1300 bewrayc1330 bite1330 gothele1340 slanderc1340 deprave1362 hinderc1375 backbite1382 blasphemec1386 afamec1390 fame1393 to blow up?a1400 defamea1400 noise1425 to say well (also evil, ill, etc.) of (also by)1445 malignc1450 to speak villainy of1470 infame1483 injury1484 painta1522 malicea1526 denigrate1526 disfamea1533 misreporta1535 sugill?1539 dishonest?c1550 calumniate1554 scandalize1566 ill1577 blaze1579 traduce1581 misspeak1582 blot1583 abuse1592 wronga1596 infamonize1598 vilify1598 injure?a1600 forspeak1601 libel1602 infamize1605 belibel1606 calumnize1606 besquirt1611 colly1615 scandala1616 bedirt1622 soil1641 disfigurea1643 sycophant1642 spatter1645 sugillate1647 bespattera1652 bedung1655 asperse1656 mischieve1656 opprobriatea1657 reflect1661 dehonestate1663 carbonify1792 defamate1810 mouth1810 foul-mouth1822 lynch1836 rot1890 calumny1895 ding1903 bad-talk1938 norate1938 bad-mouth1941 monster1967 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) James iv. 11 He that bakbitith his brother bakbitith the lawe. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iv. sig. D4v The verse of famous Poets witt He does backebite. 1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. Ev Doe not back-bite her beauties. c. absolutely or intransitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > utter slander or calumny [verb (intransitive)] > secretly backbite1377 whisperc1530 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. ii. 80 To bakbite and to bosten and bere fals witnesse. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. i. 28 Vse his men wel Dauy, for they are arrant knaues, and will backbite . View more context for this quotation 1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights III. 613 Backbite not, lest thou be backbitten. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1602v.c1175 |
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