单词 | the rust of |
释义 | > as lemmasthe rust of —— b. With defining word or phrase indicating the cause of moral corruption, chiefly in the rust of ——. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > [noun] > corruption > a morbid moral condition rusteOE maladyc1385 disease1509 lepry1526 boil1537 leprosy?1555 imposthume1565 gangrene1588 ulcer1592 diseasedness1614 lesion1640 unwholesomeness1881 eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) xxxvii. 269 He wolde from us adon ðone rust urra unðeawa, ac we ðeah for ðæm broce ðæs fyres nyllað alætan from us ðæt rust ðara unnyttra weorca. OE tr. Defensor Liber Scintillarum (1969) i. 8 Item dicit tanto namque amplius peccati rubigo confunditur quanto peccatoris cor magno caritatis igne crematur : eft he segð swa micele witodlice swyþor synne rust byð gescynd swa micele swa synfulles heorte mid micelum soðre lufe fyre byð bærned. a1400 Ancrene Riwle (Pepys) (1976) 66 Vche goode Man & womman takeþ rust of synne, ȝif þat hij ben in feble compaignye. c1430 N. Love Mirror Blessed Life (Brasenose e.9) (1908) 274 (MED) He..enflawmeth her hertes goostly, consumynge al the rouste of mysbyleue. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 234 (MED) Do oute þe ruste of ydell thouȝtys fro ȝoure herte & it schal be a clene vessel of god. a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 132 (MED) Thou knowist..hov muche tribulacion deseruiþ to purge þe rust of my vices. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid iv. Prol. 166 Out on the, ald trat,..Eschamis na thing in roust of syn to ly! 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) ii. 117 Their mindes..are thereby..eaten as it were with the rust of idlenesse. 1621 R. Brathwait Natures Embassie 126 Worse to the State then rust of flatterie. 1665 J. Quarles Londons Dis. & Cure (single sheet) It must be laid, where neither Aire of Lust, Nor Heat of Envy, nor th'injurious Rust Of Malice can come near it. 1746 P. Francis tr. Horace Art of Poetry 369 When the rust of wealth pollutes the soul. 1761 Genius 19 Nov. in G. Colman Prose Several Occasions (1787) I. 120 The thoughts of interest frequently proves a growing rust and canker in the mind. 1864 H. R. Cutler Jottings from Life xi. iv. 203 (title) Tarnished by the rust of gain. 1881 J. Bascom Sci. of Mind ii. ii. 336 Contempt is the rust of the soul, which eats it up with increasing pain. 1912 W. D. C. Wagiswara & K. J. Saunders tr. Buddha's Way of Virtue xviii. 58 More corrosive..is the rust of ignorance, the greatest of taints. < as lemmas |
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