单词 | bigot |
释义 | bigotn.adj. A. n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > superstition > [noun] > person superstitious1548 bigot1598 superstitionist1651 1598 T. Speght Wks. G. Chaucer sig. Aaaa.ii Bigin, bigot, superstitious hypocrite [1602 adds or hypocriticall woman]. 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xl. 181 He is no bigot or hypocrite. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Bigot (Fr.), an hypocrite, or one that seems much more holy then he is, also a scrupulous or Superstitious fellow. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 436 One part of their Church becomes Sotts and Bigots. a1721 J. Sheffield Wks. (1740) 201 Yet some thought the Vacancy open was kept, Concluding the Bigot would never accept: But the Hypocrite told them, he well understood, Tho' the Function was wicked, the Stipend was good. 1787 W. Beckford Portuguese Jrnl. 18 June (1954) 88 I should never finish were I to tell you all the nonsense trumpeted about in my favour by nuns, friars, and bigots of every rank and denomination. 2. a. A person considered to adhere unreasonably or obstinately to a particular religious belief, practice, etc. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > sectarianism > bigotry > [noun] > person bigot1661 1661 A. Cowley Vision Cromwell 52 He was rather a well meaning and deluding Bigot, than a crafty and malicious Impostor. 1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. i. 21 A Dogmatist in Religion is not a long way off from a Bigot. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature (1777) I. i. 312 [The freethinker] is not so prone to anger as the bigot, except now and then when gravelled in argument. 1844 A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold II. viii. 13 [Dr. Arnold] was almost equally condemned, in London as a bigot, and in Oxford as a latitudinarian. 1892 Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. 7 77 He singled out the most aggressive of his opponents, Pastor Goeze, in whom he saw the type of a religious bigot. 1938 P. Kavanagh Green Fool (1971) vi. 66 The Protestant Rector..was a bit of a bigot. 2007 Calgary (Alberta) Sun (Nexis) 3 Feb. 15 This was intolerable to Sunni bigots and Shiite fanatics alike. b. In extended use: a fanatical adherent or believer; a person characterized by obstinate, intolerant, or strongly partisan beliefs. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > bigotry, intolerance > [noun] > person bigot1683 intolerant1765 fascist1958 Archie Bunker1971 chauvinist1977 fascista1987 1683 R. Dixon Canidia i. iv. 26 A Bigot, to revenge his Brothers death Arms Cap-a-pee. 1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour i. i. 8 Yet is ador'd by that Biggot Sr. Joseph Wittoll, as the image of Valour. 1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. vii. 539 Lord Bacon, certainly no bigot to Aristotle. 1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies vii. 290 The children of Prometheus are..the bigots, and the bores. 1952 Daily Times-News (Burlington, N. Carolina) 30 Jan. 8 b/3 It was political bigots who opened the gates to Russian communism. 1992 Face June 5/2 The way to defeat the bigots is to not let them create hate inside you. B. adj. (attributive). Of or characteristic of a bigot; bigoted. Also figurative. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > bigotry, intolerance > [adjective] hidebound1603 bigot1623 bigotish1652 bigoted1660 bigoticala1670 bigotic1678 intolerating1711 intolerant1765 chauvinist1877 redneck1938 chauvinistic1975 shut-minded1977 1623 Ld. Herbert in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 164 The most common censure, even of the bigot party. 1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper Ep. Ded. sig. A4 In a Country [sc. France] more Bigot than ours. 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle II. lxxvii. 316 The crazed tory, the bigot whig. 1787 J. Barlow Vision of Columbus iv. 135 The deep veil, that bigot zeal has thrown O'er pagan books, and science long unknown. 1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen xxvii. 388 Old bigot zeal against Christians. 1903 E. Fawcett Voices & Visions 108 The mob has gone..into the shambles of gross bigot faiths. 2001 C. Mancari Walking on Grass viii. 71 Carla's urge to puke was successfully repressed, as her silence approved his bigot opinions. CompoundsΚΠ a1720 J. Sheffield Wks. (1753) II. 155 The best of all the Bigot-makers that ever I read of. 1863 B. F. Barrett Catholicity of New Church i. xvi. 163 The bigot-maker's trade, since there would no longer be a demand for his wares, would be given up. DerivativesΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > sectarianism > bigotry > [adjective] bigotish1652 bigoted1660 bigoticala1670 narrow throated1673 the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > bigotry, intolerance > [adjective] hidebound1603 bigot1623 bigotish1652 bigoted1660 bigoticala1670 bigotic1678 intolerating1711 intolerant1765 chauvinist1877 redneck1938 chauvinistic1975 shut-minded1977 1652 J. Evelyn State of France 80 The Roman Catholicks of France are nothing so..bigotish as are..the Recusants of England. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1598 |
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