单词 | noughting |
释义 | noughtingn.1 Depreciation, scorn; effacement, eradication; an instance of this. Cf. naughting n., self-naughting n.In quot. 1926 with allusion to Hilton's use (see quot. ?a1475) and in quot. 1998 with reference to Julian of Norwich (see quot. c1450). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [noun] > action of treating with contempt noughtingc1225 indignationa1513 lightly1576 indignity1584 avilementa1617 nihilification1678 slight1701 c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) 85 Þu..schatt..se ofte beon imaket earm of an eðlich mon..for nawt oðer fornohtunge. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 313 Þe deouel..bringeð up sum luðer word. oðer sum oðer nochtunge. hwer þurch hato hurren eiðer frommart oðer. c1450 (c1400) Julian of Norwich Revelations Divine Love: Shorter Version (1978) 60 (MED) In this worde, Synne, oure lorde brought to my mynde generallye alle that is nought goode, the schamefulle dyspyte and the vtter noghtynge that he bare for vs in this lyfe and in his dyinge. ?a1475 (a1396) W. Hilton Scale of Perfection (Harl. 6579) ii. xxvi. f. 94v & casten hem self doun vnder god by noȝtynge of hem self. 1926 A. E. Taylor Plato ix. 225 The ‘noughting’ and remaking of the soul is the greatest business of life. 1956 R. G. Olson tr. J.-P. Sartre Being & Nothingness 652 in Ethics 66 181/2 The for-itself comes into being as a noughting of the in-itself, and that noughting must be defined as a project toward the in-itself. 1998 Commonweal (Nexis) 27 Feb. 13 Julian's therapy consists in what she calls ‘noughting’—a term that encompasses both suffering and sin, but also the stripping and purification of our desires. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † noughtingn.2 Obsolete. rare. A worthless or insignificant person. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > worthless chaffc1386 noughta1400 noughtinga1500 trifle?a1500 undought1508 wallydraigle?a1513 jackstraw1565 oatmeal-groat1594 trasha1616 Jack-of-strawa1625 little worth1823 wanworth1832 shicer1846 nowt1847 no good1871 two-spot1885 cannon fodder1917 crumb1918 no-gooder1936 nogoodnik1936 schmatte1967 a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Gough) (1905) 201 Mony a byge and a strong I haue ouercom, and now suche a noȝtyng haþe getyn þe maystry, and putte me vndyr her fote. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1c1225n.2a1500 |
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