单词 | base-mindedness |
释义 | base-mindednessn. = baseness n. 4. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [noun] rusteOE vice1297 corrumpciona1340 infectiona1398 corruptiona1400 foulinga1400 viciousness1440 inquination1447 turpitude1490 intoxicationa1513 pravitya1513 bracery1540 insincerity1548 corruptness1561 sophistication1564 faultiness1571 depravation1577 base-mindedness1582 mangling1585 reprobacy1591 uninnocence1593 vitiosity1603 turkessing1612 reprobancea1616 debauchedness1618 tortuosity1621 depravedness1623 deboistness1628 debauchness1640 depravity1646 corruptedness1648 moral turpitude1660 unprincipledness1792 demoralization1797 erosion1804 miscreancy1804 trituration1832 unwholesomeness1881 ne'er-do-wellism1891 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > baseness or moral vileness vilety?c1225 villainy?c1225 vilehead1340 caitiftya1400 vilitya1425 ignoblenessc1450 ignobility?a1475 vileness1526 baseness1537 dunghillry1581 base-mindedness1582 vildness1597 beggarya1616 lowness1652 villainya1719 caddishness1868 bounderishness1899 1582 A. Fleming tr. A. Autpertus Monomachie of Motiues iii. xv. 161 He rideth in a wagon of foure wheels, the first base-mindednes; the second crueltie; the third contempt of God, and the fourth forgetfulnes of death. 1605 E. Sandys Relation State of Relig. sig. P3v A timorous base mindednesse, and abiectnesse. 1606 Bp. J. Hall Heauen vpon Earth iv. 30 To whom repentance seems base-mindednesse. 1617 J. Moore Mappe Mans Mortal. i. x. 68 Repentance to them seemes base mindednesse, vnworthy of him that professeth wisedome and valour. 1654 E. Leigh Syst. Divinity ix. vii. 838 Self-murder..ariseth from an untoward mixture of high-mindednesse and base-mindednesse. a1790 W. Thom Wks. (1799) i. vi. 212 By childish fear, by sloth, by base-mindedness, you are withheld from executing your purpose. 1827 Atheneum: Spirit of Eng. Mags. 15 Dec. 235/2 Oh! shame on my base-mindedness! 1857 Churchman's Monthly Mag. Nov. 661 Contend against the hard-heartedness, base-mindedness, cowardice, deep stupidity, and injustice, of abusing the power over the brutes. 1920 G. M. Overton Mermaid ii. xviii. 167 It would be an idea that would transmute base-mindedness to rare-mindedness, and not base metals to gold. 1994 P. Holbrook Lit. & Degree in Renaissance Eng. i. 57 Contempt for citizen base-mindedness is one way for Nashe to identify with the influential. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1582 |
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