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单词 proterve
释义

proterveadj.

Forms: Middle English proterf, Middle English–1500s proterue; Scottish pre-1700 proterue, pre-1700 proterve.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French proterve; Latin protervus.
Etymology: < Middle French proterve (13th cent. in Old French; French †proterve) and its etymon classical Latin protervus forward, bold, reckless, impudent, shameless, of uncertain origin (see note). Compare Catalan proterv (1523), Spanish protervo (15th cent.), Italian protervo (a1303).It has been suggested that classical Latin protervus derives < pro- pro- prefix1 + a second element < the same Indo-European base as ancient Greek πτέρυξ wing (see pterygo- comb. form).
Obsolete.
Wayward, stubborn; impudent; petulant.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > peevishness > [adjective]
protervec1384
teethya1500
peevishc1530
protervous1547
pettish1552
tatter1579
fretting1587
teeny1594
frampold1599
treaf1601
fretful1603
teety1621
frappish1631
froppish1659
huffy1680
toothy1691
peenging1724
fractious1725
crossish1740
huffish1755
petulant1755
refractious1761
pouty1799
pensy1803
fudgy1819
twiney1824
rammista1838
fretty1844
petful1852
patchy1862
fretsome1870
grizzly1900
anfractuous1923
the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > perverse
wharfedc1175
thwart-over?c1225
fromwardc1275
thwarta1325
wilgernc1325
contrariousa1340
froward1340
rebours1340
awaywarda1375
overthwartc1384
protervec1384
waywardc1384
arsewardc1386
wrawc1386
wrawfulc1386
crabbeda1400
ungraitha1400
wraweda1400
awklyc1400
perversec1425
awkc1440
perversiosec1475
crooked1508
wrayward1516
awkward1530
difficilec1533
peevish1539
protervous1547
overthwarting1552
untowardly1561
difficult1589
cross1594
cama1600
frowish1601
awkwardish1613
haggardly1635
pigheadeda1637
cross-grained1647
wry1649
crossfulc1680
thwarting1718
kim-kama1734
wronghead1737
piggish1742
witherly1790
top-thrawn1808
contrary1850
cussed1858
three-cornered1863
thwarteous1890
bloody-minded1935
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Tim. iii. 4 In the laste dayes, men schulen be louynge hem silf, coueitous..withoute benygnyte, traitours, proterue [L. protervi] or ouerthwert, bollun with proude thouȝtis.
c1550 Clariodus (1830) i. 33 I have, alleace, done evill abone measoure, Bot now my fault most wickit and proterve All finishit is.
1560 in D. H. Fleming Reg. Christian Congregation St. Andrews (1889) I. 63 He..wald say, with ane proterve and severe visage..with his hand upoun his quhingar, that he wiste quhat held his hand bot [etc.]
1567 R. Sempill in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. 53 Man of his awin nature is so proterue.

Derivatives

protervely adv. Obsolete
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > peevishness > [adverb]
protervely1447
peevisha1529
pettishlya1625
peevishlya1638
frettinglya1649
crossly1736
fractiously1736
huffishly1755
fretfully1789
petulantly1838
pettedly1858
huffily1860
huffingly1864
teethily1879
the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adverb] > perversely
witherc1200
contrariouslyc1380
waywardly1395
frowardlya1400
overthwartlya1425
wrawlyc1440
protervely1447
perverselya1513
thrawnlya1522
perversedlya1525
thrawartly1533
thwartly1558
backwardlya1586
unreclaimablya1616
peevishlya1680
untowardly1682
bloody-mindedly1716
wrong-headedly1737
thrawart-like1768
cross-grained1825
pigheadedly1836
cussedly1868
contrariwise1873
1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) 4355 (MED) Thys Anneys, þis wyche, proterfly Oure goddys skornyng, wych doth blaspheme, To þe comoun bordel I iudycyally deme.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. MMvi Who soeuer by his owne reason or sentence, wyll defende proteruely or styfly, yt thyng yt he loueth.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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