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单词 narrow-souled
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narrow-souledadj.n.

Brit. /ˌnarəʊˈsəʊld/, U.S. /ˌnɛroʊˈsoʊld/
Forms: see narrow adj. and souled adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: narrow adj., souled adj.
Etymology: < narrow adj. + souled adj.
A. adj.
a. Lacking in breadth of view or feeling; ungenerous.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > narrow-mindedness > [adjective]
narrowed1599
narrow-minded1611
narrow1612
small1619
narrow1622
tub-brained1634
narrow-souled1641
narrow-spirited1645
narrow-compassed1647
illiberal1649
cat-witted1672
stingy1694
little-minded1707
straitened1712
unenlarged1741
contracted1765
one-eyed1779
unliberalized1793
nippit1808
small-minded1811
narrow-brained1835
narrow visioned1853
thin-minded1862
narrow-gauge1872
one-track1900
narrow-gutted1903
tunnel-visioned1968
1641 J. Milton Animadversions 8 The shallow surview..of some mercenary, narrow Soul'd, and illitterate Chaplain.
1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions p. iii A peevish endeavour of some narrow-soul'd Men.
1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women II. xi. 203 She was none of those narrow-souled women.
1847 Southern Q. Rev. Jan. 117 The promotion of enlarged knowledge is..worthy of the first efforts of a great nation. The remark may excite a smile from the narrow-souled utilitarian.
1888 Scribner's Mag. Nov. 548 The brakeman who is not able to puncture the sophistries of narrow-souled or disingenuous superiors is the exception.
2000 Washington Times (Nexis) 11 Sept. It troubles me that in our inside-out narcissism, we stare at a narrow-faced, narrow-souled image of America.
b. English regional (northern). Mean, stingy. Cf. narrow adj. 5a. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adjective]
gnedec900
gripplea1000
fastOE
narrow-hearteda1200
narrow?c1225
straitc1290
chinchc1300
nithinga1325
scarcec1330
clama1340
hard1340
scantc1366
sparingc1386
niggardc1400
chinchy?1406
retentivea1450
niggardousa1492
niggish1519
unliberal1533
pinching1548
dry1552
nigh1555
niggardly1560
churlish1566
squeamish1566
niggardish1567
niggard-like1567
holding1569
spare1577
handfast1578
envious1580
close-handed1585
hard-handed1587
curmudgeonly1590
parsimonious?1591
costive1594
hidebound1598
penny-pinching1600
penurious1600
strait-handed1600
club-fisted1601
dry-fisted1604
fast-handed1605
fast-fingered1607
close-fisted1608
near1611
scanting1613
carkingc1620
illiberal1623
clutch-fisteda1634
hideboundeda1640
clutch-fista1643
clunch-fisted1644
unbounteous1645
hard-fisted1646
purse-bound1652
close1654
stingy1659
tenacious1676
scanty1692
sneaking1696
gripe-handed1698
narrow-souled1699
niggardling1704
snippy1727
unindulgent1742
shabby1766
neargoinga1774
cheesemongering1781
split-farthing1787
save-all1788
picked1790
iron-fisted1794
unhandsome1800
scaly1803
nearbegoing1805
tight1805
nippit1808
nipcheese1819
cumin-splitting1822
partan-handed1823
scrimping1823
scrumptious1823
scrimpy1825
meanly1827
skinny1833
pinchfisted1837
mean1840
tight-fisted1843
screwy1844
stinty1849
cheeseparing1857
skinflinty1886
mouly1904
mingy1911
cheapskate1912
picey1937
tight-assed1961
chintzy1964
tightwad1976
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew at Narrow A Narrow-soul'd Fellow, poor or Mean-spirited, stingy.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Narrow-souled, parsimonious, ungenerous.
B. n.
With plural agreement. With the. Narrow-souled people as a class. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
1700 J. Dryden tr. G. Boccaccio Cymon & Iphigenia in Fables 542 Love..To lib'ral Acts inlarg'd the narrow-Soul'd.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 119 Discovering daily new sources of solacement..which the selfish and narrow-souled never can discern.
a1862 J. Keble Whitsun Eve in Lyra Innocentium (1862) 204 Behold The dimly eyed and narrow-souled!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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