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单词 thievish
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thievishadj.

Brit. /ˈθiːvɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈθivɪʃ/
Forms: α. Middle English thef-, 1500s theaffish. β. Middle English–1500s theu-, 1500s thev-, 1500s–1600s theeu-, 1500s–1700s theev-, 1500s– thievish.
Etymology: < thief n., thiev- (see note in etymology s.v.) + -ish suffix1.
1. Infested or frequented by thieves. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [adjective] > infested by thieves
thievish1483
1483 Cath. Angl. 382/2 Thefyische (A. A Thefis place), crebrifurus, spoliatorium.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Macc. i. 35 Thus became it a theuysh castell.
1541 Bible (Great) Psalms x. 8 He syteth lurkyng in ye theuish corners of the stretes.
1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iv. i. 79 Or walke in theeuish wayes. View more context for this quotation
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vii. 335 Three French murderers set vppon me in a theeuish Wood.
2. Inclined or given to thieving; dishonest.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [adjective] > stealing or inclined to
bribering?1529
picking1535
thievish1538
prigging1567
felonous1570
thieving1598
Hungarian1608
theftuous1632
felonious1637
predacious1665
furacious1676
priggish1699
furtive1816
kleptic1865
1538 T. Elyot Dict. Furax, acis, theuyshe, a great picker.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Theaffyshe and thieuyshe, furax, cis.
1555 R. Eden tr. S. von Herberstein Rerum moscouiticarum commentarii in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 300v A theeuysshe kynd of men.
1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle v. ii. sig. Ei A theeuisher knaue is not on liue.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile Alphabet. Table sig. Hh2v/1 Rashboots a theeuish but valiant people in India vnder the Mogul.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. x. 414 Their Magistrates are corrupt, their people thievish.
1883 J. Gilmour Among Mongols xxxi. 363 The Mongol is despised as ignorant, dirty, stupid, and thievish.
3. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a thief or thieves; thief-like; furtive, stealthy.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adjective]
privyc1230
thiefly1395
stalkinga1400
slyc1440
insidious1545
clanculary1563
hedge-creeping1579
thievish1587
sneaking1590
tiptoe1593
peaking1595
underworking1605
stealthya1616
subtlea1616
surreptitious?1615
clancular1621
stealthful?1624
insidiary1625
worming1631
subterranean1643
clancularious1656
hugger-mugger1692
slink1792
slinking1841
instealing1844
thief-like1847
furtive1859
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [adjective] > like a thief
thievish1587
thief-like1847
c1450 [implied in: c1450 in Aungier Syon (1840) 265 Any instrumente,..by the whiche sche myghte escape theueschely oute of pryson. (at thievishly adv.)].
c1460 [implied in: J. Metham Wks. 94 Yt sygnyfyith onstabylnes and ontrwth and theuyschnes. (at thievishness n.)].
1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 77 Yet wrought it not so well, For all their theeuish pace.
1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets lxxvii. sig. F Times theeuish progresse to eternitie. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. iii. 34 Enforce A theeuish liuing on the common rode. View more context for this quotation
1691 J. Hartcliffe Treat. Virtues 95 According to the manner of Thievish War, the Conqueror by Proclamation gave away the Houses and Possessions of such as were vanquished.
1735 J. Thomson Rome: 3rd Pt. Liberty 399 Corruption's Thievish Arts.
1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville III. 8 Their extortion, and their thievish propensities.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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