单词 | unheroic |
释义 | unheroicadj.n. (un- prefix1 1.) ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > ignobleness or baseness > [adjective] theowlikec1175 low?c1225 undignec1315 unfreec1330 base?1518 roynish1570 baseborn1573 base-minded1573 haskardly1576 ignoble1592 unnoble1593 slavish1597 disnoble1609 infimous1613 unhandsome1645 unheroical1656 mean1665 unworthy1694 unheroic1732 raff1761 undignified1782 raffish1795 truculent1825 unpromotable1836 menial1837 low-flung1841 1732 Earl of Peterborough Let. May in A. Pope Corr. (1956) III. 283 If the Translator of Homer find fault with this unheroick disposition. 1745 H. Walpole Let. 27 May in Corr. (1974) XXXVII. 195 This is so un-English, or so unheroic, that I despair of you! 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes v. 284 Hollow Formulism, gross Benthamism, and other unheroic atheistic Insincerity. 1881 P. Brooks Candle of Lord 169 The heroic moments in all of our most unheroic lives. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.1732 |
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