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单词 relusant
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relusantadj.

Forms: Middle English relusaunt, 1500s relusant; Scottish pre-1700 relusand.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French reluisant.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French reluisant, use as adjective of present participle of reluire (see reluyse v.). Compare relucent adj., reluyse v.
Obsolete.
= relucent adj.
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the world > matter > light > reflection > [adjective]
faw?a1400
relusantc1400
relucentc1487
splendent1578
sparkling1590
reflecting1591
speculable1592
reflectent1644
reflective1658
reflexious1659
reflexivea1660
specular1661
reflectant1669
reverberant1733
catoptrica1774
reverberatory1790
c1400 (?c1380) Pearl 159 I seȝ by-ȝonde þat myry mere A crystal clyffe ful relusaunt.
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 5 Quhen he sawe him self, sa faire, sa noble, and sa relusand before all the laue, he miskend him self.
?1549 R. Wyer tr. C. de Pisan C. Hyst. Troye v. sig. C.iii Good renome & fame maketh a man relusant & shining to the worlde.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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