Esp. as an intensifier, in depreciative or derogatory contexts: answering fully to the description; thorough, complete; perfect. Now colloquial.
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释义 | the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > utter or absolute > of something bad or reprobated (18) properc1430 Esp. as an intensifier, in depreciative or derogatory contexts: answering fully to the description; thorough, complete; perfect. Now colloquial. arrant1639 transferred of things, i.e. opprobrious deeds and qualities, theft, presumption, lie, device, etc. erranta1720 Used as an intensive with nouns of reproachful sense: Thoroughgoing, ‘unmitigated’: see arrant, adj. 3a 3b. defecated1796 Of evil or vice: not tempered by any good quality or feature; unmitigated, utter. Obsolete. unredeemed1799 Unmitigated; unalleviated; not tempered by any good quality or feature. blank1854 gen. Pure, unmixed, utter, downright, sheer, absolute (with a negative or privative force). first class1868 ironic. Of the worst or most extreme kind. prize1903 Excellent or outstanding, so as to merit a prize; best. Now chiefly in ironic use, with reference to undesirable qualities: complete, utter, or… mucking1917 = fucking, adj. Subcategories:— of a person (9) |
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