suspiciousadj.

Brit.

/səˈspɪʃəs/, U.S.

/səˈspɪʃəs/

Forms: α. Middle English–1500s suspecious, (Middle English, suspecieuse, Middle English–1500s suspecyous, 1500s suspecius), Middle English susspecious. β. Middle English– suspicious, (Middle English suspicyows, suspycyowse, 1500s suspycyous, suspiciouse, suspyciouse, 1600s suspycious); 1500s–1600s suspitious, (1500s suspitius).

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman, Old French suspecious, suspicious, -eus, < Latin suspīciōsus , < suspīcio suspicion n.: see -ous suffix. For the change of spelling compare suspicion n.

a. Open to, deserving of, or exciting suspicion; that is or should be an object of suspicion; suspected, or to be suspected; of questionable character.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > [adjective] > arousing or deserving of suspicion

suspecta1300

of suspicion1340

suspect1340

suspicious1340

untrusted1552

suspectiousa1558

suspected1559

suspected to1571

mistrusted1592

mistrustful1593

suspectful1603

slight1607

suspicable1614

distrustful1618

suspicionable1692

jealoused1695

suspectable1748

untrustable1862

funny1903

sus1958

hinky1961

sussy1965

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 226 Þe uerste [þing] is him-zelue kepe and priueliche bi ine his house, naȝt uor to uolȝy þe uelaȝredes suspiciouses.

c1386 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale 540 Suspecious was the diffame of this man, Suspect his face, suspect his word also.

1435 Rolls of Parl. IV. 490/1 In crikes, and oyer suspecious places.

1477 Cov. Leet Bk. 421 If eny suspect persone..may be founde within this Cite hauyng suspecious langage.

c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. xxxiij^v/1 Good and honest persones and trewe and not suspecious.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Thess. v. 22 Abstayne from all suspicious thynge.

1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night G iv b The abrupt falling into his sicknesse was suspitious, proceeding from no apparant surfet or misdiet.

1634 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman (new ed.) xii. 114 All Hebrew Coynes that Antiquaries shew us are suspicious.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. viii. 34 Authors are also suspicious, nor greedily to be swallowed, who pretend to write of secrets.

1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xliv. 152 This sudden alteration of their sentiments..carries with it a suspicious appearance.

1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xii. 130 His respiration was interrupted, suspicious, and irregular.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xxi. 551 Some most suspicious entries had been discovered, under the head of special service.

1889 J. Gairdner Henry VII (1899) vii. 111 This Ludovico had become Duke of Milan himself by the very suspicious death of his nephew.

†b. with subordinate clause, infinitive, or of. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

c1400 Rom. Rose 6110 He wole hym silf suspecious make That he his lyf let couertly..in Ipocrisie.

1527 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 166 All the Barnes..and other suspecyous places..to have hydde corne.

1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage f. 11 Cittizens..that they finde..suspicious of the like fault.

1623 J. Mede in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 150 The news of the Prince..was suspicious not to be good.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. v. 376 'Tis suspicious..that these things might be done by confederacie.

1765 T. Hutchinson Hist. Colony Massachusets-Bay, 1628–91 (ed. 2) v. 436 The wife of Richard Cornish was found suspicious of incontinency.

1788 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 552 Symptoms which render it suspicious that the two empires may make their peace with the Turks.

a. Full of, inclined to, or feeling suspicion; disposed to suspect; suspecting; esp. disposed to suspect evil, mistrustful.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > [adjective] > inclined to suspicion

suspiciousa1400

suspectuous?1553

misdeemfulc1750

minimifidian1825

misdainful1879

a1400 Cato's Distichs (Fairf.) l. 307 in R. Morris Cursor Mundi (1878) III. App. iv. 1673 Fle to be susspecious atte þou be noȝt doutous.

c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 162 No man of kynde is moore suspecious, Than he that is moost vicious and coupable.

1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. iii. sig. I2 The world is suspitious, And men may think what we imagine not.

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. v. 417 Such Circumstances, as should administer no occasion of Jealousy to the most Suspicious.

1734 A. Pope Epist. to Arbuthnot 206 A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.

1842 W. MacGillivray Man. Brit. Ornithol. II. 244 This species [of gull]..is vigilant, shy, and suspicious.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xv. 164 I had earned character with these people, at first so suspicious and distrustful.

b. with subordinate clause, or of.

ΚΠ

1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iv. vii. 180 The aduersaries ben suspecyous that the comyn peple lye In a wayte to Robbe her goodes.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. i. 153 I see no reason if I weare this Rose, That any one should therefore be suspitious I more incline to Somerset, than Yorke.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iv. xlvi. 379 The best men are the least suspicious of fraudulent purposes.

a1721 M. Prior Cromwell & Porter in Dialogues of Dead in Wks. (1907) 264 You were a Slave to your own Apprehensions, suspicious of every body that came near you.

1783 S. Johnson Let. 24 July (1994) IV. 179 I was suspicious that You were ill.

1834 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. (1837) I. v. 70 I am suspicious of any religion that is a people's religion.

1861 W. M. Thackeray Four Georges iii. 134 Like other dull men, the king [sc. George III] was all his life suspicious of superior people.

c. transferred. Expressing, indicating, or characterized by suspicion.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > [adjective] > characterized by suspicion

suspicious1478

sinistrous1566

suspicional1890

1478 Earl Rivers Crystyne's Mor. Prov. (1859) 3 Woman & man to guider muche Rownyng May often cause suspecieuse slandryng.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Ri Whose hertes be full of ypocrisy..and suspicious iudgementes.

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xxxv. 158 b [They] condemned the wise Socrates, for the suspitious opinion they had in him.

1635 F. Quarles Emblemes v. xii. 289 How often has Thy Hope-reviving Grace Woo'd my suspitious eyes to seek Thy face!

1745 T. Randall in Transl. & Paraphr. Sc. Ch. xlix. vi Love harbours no suspicious thought.

1797 H. Lee Canterbury Tales I. iv. 358 [His conduct] tinctured the mind of his companion with suspicious and black ideas.

†d. Showing a suspicion or inkling of. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > [adjective]

glancing1596

allusive1607

indicative1624

suggestive1631

insinuative1649

suspicious1663

hinting1820

subindicative1822

subtextual1950

1663 Marquis of Worcester Cent. Names & Scantlings Inventions §75 A..Ribbon weaver may set down a whole discourse..without knowing a letter or interweaving anything suspicious of other secret than a new-fashioned Ribbon.

Compounds

(in sense 1) suspicious-looking adj.; (in sense 2) suspicious-mindedness.

ΚΠ

1843 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 25 Feb. 46/1 A wiry, crop-eared terrier..; one of those suspicious-looking brutes whom an honest man would shrink from claiming.

1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey I. 101 A suspicious-looking mess of fish and vegetables.

1888 C. M. Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta I. 603 The suspicious-mindedness of the Arabians.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	suspicious
释义	suspiciousadj. Brit. /səˈspɪʃəs/, U.S. /səˈspɪʃəs/ Forms: α. Middle English–1500s suspecious, (Middle English, suspecieuse, Middle English–1500s suspecyous, 1500s suspecius), Middle English susspecious. β. Middle English– suspicious, (Middle English suspicyows, suspycyowse, 1500s suspycyous, suspiciouse, suspyciouse, 1600s suspycious); 1500s–1600s suspitious, (1500s suspitius). Etymology: < Anglo-Norman, Old French suspecious, suspicious, -eus, < Latin suspīciōsus , < suspīcio suspicion n.: see -ous suffix. For the change of spelling compare suspicion n. 1. a. Open to, deserving of, or exciting suspicion; that is or should be an object of suspicion; suspected, or to be suspected; of questionable character. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > [adjective] > arousing or deserving of suspicion suspecta1300 of suspicion1340 suspect1340 suspicious1340 untrusted1552 suspectiousa1558 suspected1559 suspected to1571 mistrusted1592 mistrustful1593 suspectful1603 slight1607 suspicable1614 distrustful1618 suspicionable1692 jealoused1695 suspectable1748 untrustable1862 funny1903 sus1958 hinky1961 sussy1965 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 226 Þe uerste [þing] is him-zelue kepe and priueliche bi ine his house, naȝt uor to uolȝy þe uelaȝredes suspiciouses. c1386 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale 540 Suspecious was the diffame of this man, Suspect his face, suspect his word also. 1435 Rolls of Parl. IV. 490/1 In crikes, and oyer suspecious places. 1477 Cov. Leet Bk. 421 If eny suspect persone..may be founde within this Cite hauyng suspecious langage. c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. xxxiij^v/1 Good and honest persones and trewe and not suspecious. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Thess. v. 22 Abstayne from all suspicious thynge. 1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night G iv b The abrupt falling into his sicknesse was suspitious, proceeding from no apparant surfet or misdiet. 1634 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman (new ed.) xii. 114 All Hebrew Coynes that Antiquaries shew us are suspicious. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. viii. 34 Authors are also suspicious, nor greedily to be swallowed, who pretend to write of secrets. 1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xliv. 152 This sudden alteration of their sentiments..carries with it a suspicious appearance. 1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xii. 130 His respiration was interrupted, suspicious, and irregular. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xxi. 551 Some most suspicious entries had been discovered, under the head of special service. 1889 J. Gairdner Henry VII (1899) vii. 111 This Ludovico had become Duke of Milan himself by the very suspicious death of his nephew. †b. with subordinate clause, infinitive, or of. Obsolete. ΚΠ c1400 Rom. Rose 6110 He wole hym silf suspecious make That he his lyf let couertly..in Ipocrisie. 1527 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 166 All the Barnes..and other suspecyous places..to have hydde corne. 1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage f. 11 Cittizens..that they finde..suspicious of the like fault. 1623 J. Mede in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 150 The news of the Prince..was suspicious not to be good. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. v. 376 'Tis suspicious..that these things might be done by confederacie. 1765 T. Hutchinson Hist. Colony Massachusets-Bay, 1628–91 (ed. 2) v. 436 The wife of Richard Cornish was found suspicious of incontinency. 1788 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 552 Symptoms which render it suspicious that the two empires may make their peace with the Turks. 2. a. Full of, inclined to, or feeling suspicion; disposed to suspect; suspecting; esp. disposed to suspect evil, mistrustful. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > [adjective] > inclined to suspicion suspiciousa1400 suspectuous?1553 misdeemfulc1750 minimifidian1825 misdainful1879 a1400 Cato's Distichs (Fairf.) l. 307 in R. Morris Cursor Mundi (1878) III. App. iv. 1673 Fle to be susspecious atte þou be noȝt doutous. c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 162 No man of kynde is moore suspecious, Than he that is moost vicious and coupable. 1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. iii. sig. I2 The world is suspitious, And men may think what we imagine not. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. v. 417 Such Circumstances, as should administer no occasion of Jealousy to the most Suspicious. 1734 A. Pope Epist. to Arbuthnot 206 A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend. 1842 W. MacGillivray Man. Brit. Ornithol. II. 244 This species [of gull]..is vigilant, shy, and suspicious. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xv. 164 I had earned character with these people, at first so suspicious and distrustful. b. with subordinate clause, or of. ΚΠ 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iv. vii. 180 The aduersaries ben suspecyous that the comyn peple lye In a wayte to Robbe her goodes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. i. 153 I see no reason if I weare this Rose, That any one should therefore be suspitious I more incline to Somerset, than Yorke. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iv. xlvi. 379 The best men are the least suspicious of fraudulent purposes. a1721 M. Prior Cromwell & Porter in Dialogues of Dead in Wks. (1907) 264 You were a Slave to your own Apprehensions, suspicious of every body that came near you. 1783 S. Johnson Let. 24 July (1994) IV. 179 I was suspicious that You were ill. 1834 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. (1837) I. v. 70 I am suspicious of any religion that is a people's religion. 1861 W. M. Thackeray Four Georges iii. 134 Like other dull men, the king [sc. George III] was all his life suspicious of superior people. c. transferred. Expressing, indicating, or characterized by suspicion. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > [adjective] > characterized by suspicion suspicious1478 sinistrous1566 suspicional1890 1478 Earl Rivers Crystyne's Mor. Prov. (1859) 3 Woman & man to guider muche Rownyng May often cause suspecieuse slandryng. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Ri Whose hertes be full of ypocrisy..and suspicious iudgementes. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xxxv. 158 b [They] condemned the wise Socrates, for the suspitious opinion they had in him. 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes v. xii. 289 How often has Thy Hope-reviving Grace Woo'd my suspitious eyes to seek Thy face! 1745 T. Randall in Transl. & Paraphr. Sc. Ch. xlix. vi Love harbours no suspicious thought. 1797 H. Lee Canterbury Tales I. iv. 358 [His conduct] tinctured the mind of his companion with suspicious and black ideas. †d. Showing a suspicion or inkling of. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > [adjective] glancing1596 allusive1607 indicative1624 suggestive1631 insinuative1649 suspicious1663 hinting1820 subindicative1822 subtextual1950 1663 Marquis of Worcester Cent. Names & Scantlings Inventions §75 A..Ribbon weaver may set down a whole discourse..without knowing a letter or interweaving anything suspicious of other secret than a new-fashioned Ribbon. Compounds (in sense 1) suspicious-looking adj.; (in sense 2) suspicious-mindedness. ΚΠ 1843 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 25 Feb. 46/1 A wiry, crop-eared terrier..; one of those suspicious-looking brutes whom an honest man would shrink from claiming. 1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey I. 101 A suspicious-looking mess of fish and vegetables. 1888 C. M. Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta I. 603 The suspicious-mindedness of the Arabians. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1340
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