单词 | protervity |
释义 | protervityn. 1. Waywardness, stubbornness; impudence; petulance; an instance of this. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun] hardiessec1300 boldness1377 malapertness?a1439 over-boldnessc1450 insolencya1513 protervitya1527 impudency1529 sauce malapert1529 petulancy1537 procacitya1538 audacity1545 sauceliness1552 forehead1564 hardihead1579 hardihood1594 outfacing1598 audaciousness1599 impudentness1599 petulancea1600 impertinency1609 impertinence1612 impudencea1616 procacya1620 affrontedness1640 brow1642 front1653 insolence1668 affrontery1679 assurance1699 effrontery1715 affrontiveness1721 swagger1725 imperence1765 cheek1823 sassiness1834 cheekiness1838 pawk1855 gall1882 chutzpah1886 face1890 mouth1891 crust1900 rind1901 smarting1902 hide1916 brass neck1937 the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > peevishness > [noun] crabbingc1450 protervitya1527 peevishness1561 pettishness1603 fretfulness1615 huffiness1678 froppishness1688 petulancy1712 fractiousness1727 crossness1740 petulance1785 bile1836 huffishness1841 biliousness1856 pettedness1860 strop1970 the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > perverseness frowardnessa1300 waywardnessc1384 wrawnessc1386 frowardship14.. perversity?a1425 frowardheadc1470 overthwartnessc1475 adversity1489 perversednessa1500 thrawnness1499 untowardnessa1525 protervitya1527 repugnancy1557 thrawardness1567 contrariousness1571 crookedness1576 thwartness1577 pervertness1581 peevishness1582 awkness1587 crabbedness1598 untowardliness1598 crossness1600 difficileness1612 contrariness1642 perverseness1644 cross-grainedness1652 wrong-headedness1740 pigheadedness1801 cussedness1852 orneriness1880 bloody-mindedness1910 difficultness1934 the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > perverseness > instance of frowardnessa1300 wrong-headedness1748 throw1788 protervity1882 a1527 W. Peeris Prov. in Anglia (1892) 14 480 They that of protervite will not tewne well Ve. Ve. Ve. theyre songe shalbe in hell. 1615 J. Day Festivals 233 If..we adde Protervitie, Stubbornnesse, and rude Behaviour. 1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 59 The queen, who formerly showed so much waspish protervity and waywardnesse. 1726 C. D'Anvers Craftsman (1727) i. 10 The peevishness and protervity of Age. 1751 tr. G. Bianchi Catherine Vizzani 41 I urged that her making Love, and with uncommon Protervity, to Women..were flagrant Instances of libidinous Disposition. 1838 G. S. Faber Inq. Hist. & Theol. Anc. Vallenses & Albigenses 516 The protervity of heretics in the very efforts of their falsehood. 1882 R. L. Stevenson Familiar Stud. Men & Bks. 36 In his [sc. Hugo's] poems and plays there are the same unaccountable protervities. 1894 G. B. Shaw Let. 6 Dec. (1965) I. 469 The point at which your petulances and protervities are clearly spoiling good business. 1936 Speculum 11 56 Between the protervity of Berach and that of Mac Creiche there is little to choose. 1954 H. Nicolson Evol. Diplomatic Method i. 14 The Greeks failed owing to natural protervity and inefficient institutions. ΚΠ 1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 183 Some deformity in the mind..(as in certain naturall protervities in the body) they are seldome taking, but often begett a dislike. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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