| 单词 | without stint |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswithout stint b. with reference to amount, quantity, or degree. without stint: with no fixed limit of amount, unstintedly.In this phrase the noun now tends to be interpreted in sense 2c. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > liberally [phrase] without stint1651 the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > in abundance [phrase] > freely or copiously without restraint1443 by the eyea1500 without stint1651 the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > state of being limited in amount > scarcity, dearth, or deficient supply of anything littleOE dear cheapc1325 dearth1340 scanta1350 scantityc1386 scarcenessa1387 scarcitya1400 chertea1420 penury?a1425 poverty?1440 penuritya1500 geason1509 carity1530 scantness1543 famishment1569 fewty1596 famine1611 stint1651 grutch1815 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. xvi. 82 Every man..owning all the actions the Representer doth, in case they give him Authority without stint. 1675 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Odysses x. 120 The Gods do call it Moly, And gather it, who have no stint of might. 1797 E. Burke Lett. Peace Regic. France iii, in Wks. (1808) VIII. 420 Its armies, its navies, are given to them without stint or restriction. 1844 B. Disraeli Coningsby III. vii. ii. 95 Each poured forth his mind without stint. 1876 J. G. Holland Story of Sevenoaks (new ed.) xix His wife and children had money lavished on them without stint. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. xlvii. 212 But in all Congress may exercise without stint its power to override the statutes passed by a Territorial legislature. < as lemmas |
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