| 单词 | soft-spirited |
| 释义 | > as lemmassoft-spirited soft-spirited adj. (of a person) having a modest, gentle, or sentimental nature. ΚΠ 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 324/2 Softespyrited, modeste. 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. James ii. f. xxxv Him, that estemed lesse the soft sprited [L. modestum] pore manne, than the proude stately riche manne. 1641 J. Milton Animadversions Pref. 4 Thus much..in favour of the softer spirited Christian. 1760 E. Goldney Friendly Epist. Deists 99 Soft spirited men..would have found some fine distinctions and nice evasions to have reconciled themselves to the public laws. 1892 ‘M. Twain’ in Idler Feb. 6 Soft-spirited as you are,..I am quite aware that when you have once made up your mind to do a thing.., argument and reason are..wasted upon you. 1958 Nation 22 Nov. 386/1 Brooks was..to lapse into a rosy, soft-spirited outlook upon life and literature. 2008 S. McCoy Lakeview Protector vii. 67 The quiet twin. Soft-spirited and easily wounded. < as lemmas |
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