单词 | narrow-spirited |
释义 | narrow-spiritedadj.n. A. adj. Mean-spirited, wanting in generous or liberal feelings. 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 1645 F. Rous Anc. Bounds 35 What narrow-spirited men are they, that are content with a conformed practise, though there be a contradicting principle. 1661 S. Hartlib Let. Oct. in J. Worthington Diary & Corr. (1855) II. i. 58 Mr. Rulice, who is now one of the public ministers at Amsterdam, a very honest man, but a Presbyterian, somewhat narrow spirited. 1679 Tryall R. Langhorn 14 He said he was a narrow Spirited, and a narrow Sould Physician. 1703 Moderation a Virtue 10 But the narrow-spirited Zealots prevailed. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. x. 241 Qualities..modified by a narrow-spirited, but yet ardent patriotism. 1901 Amer. Hist. Rev. 6 791 It is not..profitable to dwell on the vagaries of this weak-headed and narrow-spirited, though..upright and gallant gentleman. 1986 Dict. National Biogr. 1971–80 171/1 It had its narrow-spirited enemies in the war bureaucracy. 2000 Times (Nexis) 13 Nov. He induced the city's snobbish, narrow-spirited ruling bourgeoisie..into new attitudes. With plural agreement. With the. Narrow-spirited people as a class. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels II. 275 Neither the Peevish,..nor the Selfish and Narrow-Spirited..are any of them charitable. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. i. 244 We..shall find subjects to rejoice at which the selfish and narrow spirited never know. Derivatives narrow-ˈspiritedness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > narrow-mindedness > [noun] narrow-mindedness1646 parvanimitya1691 narrowness1697 narrow-spiritedness1709 little-mindedness1767 narrow-mindeda1774 contraction1775 illiberality1775 smallness1813 illiberalism1839 narrow-heartedness1850 single-track mind1919 tunnel vision1949 1709 H. Chandler Effort against Biggotry (ed. 2) Ded. sig. A2v That narrow Spiritedness that is more or less the Fault of all Parties. a1714 M. Henry Wks. (1853) II. 356 That narrow spiritedness which confines religion and the church to our way and party. 1992 Guardian (Nexis) 15 Sept. This kind of narrow-spiritedness is of no use to anyone except John Major. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1645 |
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