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单词 proletarious
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proletariousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin prōlētārius , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin prōlētārius proletary adj. + -ous suffix.With proletarious speech (see quot. 1656) compare classical Latin prōlētārius sermō.
Obsolete.
Belonging to or characteristic of the proletariat; (sometimes) spec. poor and having many children (cf. proletariat n. 2).
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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > the lowest class > [adjective]
draffsacked1548
sordid1596
dunghilly1616
proletarious1654
proletaneous1656
proletical1659
raff1761
raffish1795
proletarian1848
riff-raffy1850
proletary1854
low-down1865
underworld1929
lumpenproletarian1936
prole1938
nitty-gritty1948
1654 F. Rous Archaelogiae Atticae (ed. 4) iv. x. 191 She must be no Bastard, unlesse she were intended for a Bastard-maker, and in a Proletarious manner, only for breed, I mean for a Concubine.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Proletarious, of a poor and base condition, that has many children, and little maintenance, or that gives nothing to the Commonwealth, but onely a supply of children. A Proletarious Speech (proletarius sermo) the common and vulgar speech, complement or words of course; As when one says to his friend; Pardon my boldness, and the other answers, You are not so bold as welcome, or the like.
1681 T. Baker Head of Nile 11 The most part are just like ours the Sons of the Proletarious Mechanicks, the highest we can arrive to is the Son of a Shop-keeper.
1841 F. Barham tr. Cicero Treat. on Commonw. ii. in tr. Cicero Polit. Wks. I. 227 As to those whose fortune did not exceed 1500 pence, or those who had nothing but their labour, he called them the proletarious [L. proletarios] classes, as if the state should expect from them a hardy progeny and population.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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