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单词 prejudicial
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prejudicialadj.1

Brit. /ˌprɛdʒᵿˈdɪʃl/, U.S. /ˌprɛdʒəˈdɪʃ(ə)l/
Forms: Middle English preiudiciel, Middle English prejudiceele, Middle English prejudiciell, Middle English prejudycyall, Middle English–1600s preiudicial, Middle English–1700s prejudiciall, Middle English– prejudicial, 1500s predyduciall (probably transmission error), 1500s preiudicyall, 1500s preiudyciall, 1500s–1600s preiudiciall, 1600s preiuditiall, 1600s prejuditiall; Scottish pre-1700 preiudiciall, pre-1700 preiuditiall, pre-1700 prejudicall, pre-1700 prejudiciale, pre-1700 prejudiciall, pre-1700 prejuditial, pre-1700 prejudusiall, pre-1700 prejwdycyale, pre-1700 1700s– prejudicial.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French prejudiciel, prejudicial; Latin praeiūdiciālis.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French prejudiciel harmful, damaging (a1282 in Old French; French préjudiciel preceding judgement (1752)), Anglo-Norman and Middle French prejudicial harmful, damaging (1299 in Old French) and their etymon classical Latin praeiūdiciālis of or concerned with a preliminary enquiry (2nd cent. a.d.), in post-classical Latin also unjust (6th cent.), injurious (frequently 1266–1450 in British sources), biased in favour (1336 in a British source) < praeiūdicium prejudice n. + -ālis -al suffix1. Compare Portuguese prejudicial (15th cent. as prejudiçial ). Compare slightly later prejudiciable adj.
1.
a. Causing prejudice; of a harmful tendency; detrimental or damaging (to rights, interests, etc.).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > [adjective]
litherc893
scathefulc900
balefulOE
orneOE
teenfulOE
evilc1175
venomousc1290
scathela1300
prejudiciala1325
fell?c1335
harmfula1340
grievous1340
ill1340
wicked1340
noisomea1382
venomed1382
noyfulc1384
damageousc1386
mischievousc1390
unwholesomea1400
undisposingc1400
damnablec1420
prejudiciable1429
contagiousc1440
damagefulc1449
pestiferous1458
damageable1474
pestilent?a1475
nuisable1483
nocible1490
nuisible1490
nuisant1494
noxiousa1500
nocent?c1500
pestilential1531
tortious1532
pestilentious1533
nocive1538
offensivea1548
vitiating1547
dangerous1548
offending1552
dispendious1557
injurious1559
offensible1575
offensant1578
baneful1579
incommodious1579
prejudicious1579
prejudical1595
inimicous1598
damnifiable1604
taking1608
obnoxious1612
nocivousc1616
mischieving1621
nocuous1627
nocumentous1644
disserviceable1645
inimical1645
detrimentous1648
injuring1651
detrimental1656
inimicitial1656
nocumental1657
incommodous1677
fatal1681
inimic1696
nociferous1706
damnific1727
inimicable1805
violational1821
insalutary1836
detrimentary1841
wronging1845
unsalvatory1850
damaging1856
damnous1870
wack1986
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [adjective] > prejudicial
prejudiciala1325
prejudiciable1429
prejudicious1579
prejudical1595
prejudicing1635
a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) vii. 33 Ipurueid is fram nou forthward þat hoere defautes ne ben noȝt so preiudiciales, so warefore þa't' heo ne mowen hoere stat recoueren, ȝif heo habbez riȝt.
1418 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 292 (MED) [Master Henry Ware]..haþ maad renunciacion of alle the Wordes contened in þe said bulles of prouision þat myghte be preiudiciel vnto vs and to oure corowne.
1433 Rolls of Parl. IV. 472/1 The Kyng wille that the Grante..be not prejudiciell nor hurt to the seide John.
c1475 Mankind (1969) 170 (MED) Thys condycyon of leuyng, yt ys prejudycyall; Be ware þerof; yt ys wers þan ony felony or treson.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xliiijv Certein thinges were enacted, which they sawe should be preiudiciall to them.
1630 in R. S. France Thieveley Lead Mines (1951) 74 You have enterteyned and imployed all workemen in such a course..as is likely to prove most preiuditiall and disadvantageous to his Majesties proffitt.
1661 R. Sanderson (title) Episcopacy..not prejudicial to regal power.
a1704 T. Brown Declam. Praise Wealth in Wks. (1707) I. i. 122 Nothing more prejudicial to great Power, than to own it self in the Wrong.
1774 Considerations Legislative Authority Brit. Parl. 7 Every measure, that is prejudicial to the nation, must be prejudicial to them and their posterity.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xix. 360 The existing system, it was said, was prejudicial both to commerce and to learning.
1891 G. Kennan Siberia & Exile System I. 396 It [sc. the exchanging of names] is manifestly unjust, prejudicial to the interests of the state, and detrimental in the highest degree to the welfare of the Siberian people.
1933 Discovery Feb. 64/1 Party-discipline and party-loyalty do sometimes exercise a prejudicial, cramping or numbing effect on the mind and actions of individual members of the House of Commons.
1985 R. C. A. White Admin. of Justice ii. iii. 34 Judges have a discretion to exclude evidence the prejudicial effect of which they believe outweighs its probative value.
2005 AFX News (Nexis) 6 Oct. Shareholders and Noteholders are advised to refrain from taking any action in relation to their Shares or Notes, which may be prejudicial to their interests.
b. Of animals: harmful, noxious. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > by nature > [adjective] > noxious or pestilential
vilea1525
prejudicial1602
verminly1653
vermineous1693
pestilential1697
pestiferous1731
vermine1839
1602 S. Rowlands Greenes Ghost 3 Vipers,..that for their venime and poison are hated and shunned of all men, as most preiudiciall creatures.
c. Liable to be prejudiced or injured. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > exposed to danger > vulnerable
openeOE
subjectc1384
pregnablec1475
opportunea1500
casuala1535
wide open?1544
obnoxious1572
assailable1589
liable1593
abnoxious1611
woundable1611
obnoxious1612
speeding1612
infectible1634
sufferable1651
attackable1656
vulnerable1678
prejudicial1682
threatenable1841
doable1849
infectable1860
1682 London Gaz. 16–20 Mar. (single sheet) There being several great Trusts in his Name, which will be unavoidably prejudicial by his absence.
2. Of the nature of prejudice; full of prejudice; prejudiced (†to), biased.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > [adjective]
prejudicial1535
forestalled1543
forejudging1571
unindifferent1571
apassioned1574
prejudicate1579
prejudiced1579
preoccupate1587
preoccupiedc1598
prejudicious1599
prepossessed1611
prejudicated1633
biased1642
prejudiciary1642
prejudicant1645
prejudicatory1652
parti pris1923
value-laden1936
slanted1959
1535 T. Starkey Let. in Eng. in Reign Henry VIII (1878) i. p. xxx You schold, wythout any preiudicial affectyon taken of any man apon one parte or other..gyue your sentence.
1554 J. Knox Godly Let. sig. C vijv I am not preiudiciall too Gods mercies.
1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 169 The Emperor was..preiudiciall in his opinion, hauing already enacted a Law for the Arrian Doctrine.
1639 B. Holyday Serm. Obed. (1661) 23 To look upon the actions of Princes with a prejudicial eye.
1643 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce 28 It was no time then to contend with their slow and prejudicial belief.
1776 M. Quin Quin's Rudiments Book-keeping p. ix It is chiefly from this reigning prejudicial Opinion, that People in general are deterred..from attempting what I have often witnessed to be the early Conquest of middling Capacities.
1841 Times 4 Feb. 3/4 I count upon your impartiality for the insertion of this letter, which I hope, will remove prejudicial opinions.
1988 Brit. Jrnl. Philos. Sci. 39 350 Segregations..(as in..prejudicial behaviour) are not necessarily to the advantage of the organism.
2002 D. C. Pennington Social Cognition 23 In more extreme cases a causal schema may reflect prejudicial opinions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

prejudicialv.

Forms: 1600s prejudiciall.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: prejudicial adj.1
Etymology: < prejudicial adj.1
Obsolete.
transitive. To prejudice or harm (a person).Apparently an isolated use.
ΚΠ
a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub ii. ii. 168 in Wks. (1640) III Take heed; the busines If you deferre, may prejudiciall you More then you thinke-for, zay I told you so. View more context for this quotation
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

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