| 单词 | base-witted |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbase-witted C2. Forming parasynthetic adjectives and derived adverbs and nouns, esp. in sense A. 10a, as base-hearted (also base-heartedly), base-mettled, base-spirited (also base-spiritedness), base-witted, etc. See also base-minded adj. Cf. mean adj.1 Compounds 1a(a). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adjective] dizzyc825 unwisec825 redelessOE unwittyc1000 daftlikec1175 witlessc1175 canga1225 adoted?c1225 cangun?c1225 egedec1225 cangeda1250 foola1250 snepea1250 aerwittec1275 sotlyc1275 unslyc1275 unwitterc1275 unwilya1300 nicec1300 goosishc1374 unskilfulc1374 follyc1380 lewdc1380 mis-feelinga1382 dottlec1390 foltedc1390 peevishc1400 fona1425 fonnishc1425 foliousa1450 foolisha1450 daft?c1450 doitedc1450 dotyc1450 daffish1470 insapientc1470 gucked?a1500 wanwittya1500 furious1526 insipient1528 seelya1529 dawish?1529 foolage1545 momish1546 base-wittedc1547 stultitiousa1549 follifulc1550 senseless1565 mopish1568 fondish1579 unsensiblea1586 fondly1587 dizzardly1594 follial1596 featlessc1598 fopperly1599 gowkeda1605 inept1604 simple1604 anserine1607 foppish1608 silly ass1608 unsage1608 wisdomless1608 fool-beggeda1616 Gotham1621 noddy1645 badot1653 dosser-headed1655 infrunite1657 nonsensicalc1661 slight1663 sappy1670 datelessa1686 noddy-peaked1694 nizy1709 dottled1772 gypit1804 shay-brained1806 folly-stricken1807 fool-like1811 goosy1811 spoony1813 niddle-noddle1821 gumptionless1823 daftish1825 anserous1826 as crazy as a loon1830 spoonish1833 cheese-headed1836 dotty1860 fool-fool1868 noodly1870 dilly1873 gormless1883 daffy1884 monkey-doodle1886 mosy1887 jay1891 pithecanthropic1897 peanut-headed1906 dinlo1907 boob1911 goofy1921 ding-a-ling1935 jerky1944 jerk1947 jerkish1948 pointy-headed1950 doofus1967 twitty1967 twittish1969 nerkish1975 numpty1992 the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [adjective] > abjectly cowardly recrayedc1330 recreantc1330 craven?a1400 poor1425 currishc1460 fazart1508 soulless1568 dastardly1576 beastly1584 dastard1595 low-spirited1598 peaking1611 white meata1625 cur-like1627 snivelling1647 cravenly1653 base-mettled1681 niding1755 poltroonish1801 niddering1819 turn-tail1861 turpid1867 cold-footed1944 Charley1954 c1547 H. Latimer Let. in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) 1350/1 But that euery sely soule, and base witted man, mighte easely abuse me. 1599 J. Hayward 1st Pt. Henrie IIII i. 54 The Kings base hearted parasites. 1602 Bp. M. Smith Learned Serm. Worcester 47 It is for base spirited men, for peasantes, for boores, to seeke but their own. 1639 R. Davenport New Tricke to cheat Divell iii. ii. sig. F2 Not ambitious, Nor yet base thoughted, for he kept the meane. 1681 J. Oldham Satyrs upon Jesuits 10 To reign and curb base-mettled Hereticks. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. xxiii. 96 His generous confessions taken for a mark of base-spiritedness. 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present iii. vii. 391 Thy stupidities and grovelling baseheartedness. 1889 J. S. Blackie Sc. Song ii. 136 The offending party, whether from light-heartedness, or base-heartedness, or mere feeble-heartedness, has proved himself altogether unworthy of the confidence so lightly lavished by the offended. 1922 J. J. Chapman Glance toward Shakespeare iv. 26 The commonplace naturalism of the base-hearted old cockney woman is a thing unlooked for in tragedy. 1985 W. Karp in L. H. Lapham Hotel Amer. (1996) 271 Imagine a base-hearted political establishment, ‘liberal’ as well as ‘conservative’, Democratic as well as Republican. < as lemmas |
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