单词 | rejectitious |
释义 | rejectitiousadj. Now rare. Deserving of rejection; that rejects or discards; (also) rejected. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > refusal > [adjective] > rejecting > deserving rejection refusablec1454 rejectitious1615 rejectaneous1627 disacceptable1653 rejectible1702 society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > exclusion from society > [adjective] > deserving rejection rejectitious1615 1615 W. Hull Mirrour of Majestie 60 The refuse and reiectitious people of Israel. 1642 R. Cudworth Disc. Lords Supper iii. 43 Those other Feria's, which have beene made Rejectitious since, by that Calendar. 1653 E. Waterhouse Humble Apol. Learning 151 Persons spurious and rejectitious, whom their Families and Allies have disowned. 1676 J. Owens Exercitations Hebr. 4 Some [books] commonly read, that are certainly..rejectitious. 1838 Ess. on Populousness v. 44 Too much is that portion of rejectitious infants, that we are forced to rear. 1921 J. G. B. Lynch Max Beerbohn in Perspective (1922) 138 This is just one of those cases where a good piece of work is marred by lack of the rejectitious faculty. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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