单词 | perditious |
释义 | perditiousadj. Damnable, pernicious. Also in weakened sense: harmful, undesirable. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [adjective] > reprobate ungracious?c1225 gracelessc1400 reprobate1557 abrupt1583 perditious1600 perdite1625 deperdit1641 castaway1818 1600 R. Kittowe Loues Load-starre sig. H2v Why seeke you to ensnare me with your poysoning baites, on guilded hookes? I am not yet prouided for the draught of your perditious nettes. 1609 T. Dekker Rauens Almanacke sig. D3v The faster that fire-works are throwne amongst these perdicious children, the lowder will grow their rage. 1850 W. G. Simms Lily & Totem 233 He paid a terrible price to the eternal hater of human souls, when he gat from him his perditious privilege! 1973 Times 4 July 6/8 This had ‘the most perditious repercussions on life here’. 2002 Irish Times (Nexis) 9 Sept. 31 The ever-encroaching tentacles of the perditious European Union. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1600 |
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