单词 | overliberality |
释义 | overliberalityn. Excessive liberality. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > [noun] > liberality > excessive overliberality1672 1672 T. Godden Catholicks No Idolaters II. ii. 250 To these straits hath the Doctor brought himself, by his over-liberality. 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 238 To protect her from the effects of her over-liberality. 1877 Scribner's Monthly Mar. 652/1 There is a medium between over-liberality and over-harshness. 1921 Econ. Jrnl. 31 115 One criticism to which the writer lays himself open is that of over-liberality in bestrewing his text with figures. 1986 N.Y. Times 13 Nov. b9/1 The Archbishop was chastised in five areas, which a Vatican chronology listed as: misuse of marriage annulments, overliberality in the liturgy, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1672 |
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