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short shrift
short shriftn.1. Summary, careless treatment; scant attention: These annoying memos will get short shrift from the boss.2. Quick work.3. a. A short respite, as from death.b. The brief time before execution granted a condemned prisoner for confession and absolution.Word History: To be given short shrift is not the blessing it once was. The source of our verb shrive (shrove, shriven) and noun shrift, which have technical meanings from ecclesiastical Latin, is Classical Latin scrībere, "to write." Shrive comes from the Old English verb scrīfan, "to decree, decree after judgment, impose a penance upon (a penitent), hear the confession of." The past participle of scrīfan is scrifen, our shriven. The noun shrift, "penance; absolution," comes from Old English scrift with the same meaning, which comes from scrīptus, the perfect passive participle of scrībere, and means "what is written," or, to use the Latin word, "what is prescribed." Theologians and confessors viewed the sacrament of penance as a prescription that cured a moral illness. In early medieval times penances were long and arduous—lengthy pilgrimages and even lifelong exile were not uncommon—and had to be performed before absolution, not after as today. However, less demanding penances could be given in extreme situations; short shrift was a brief penance given to a person condemned to death so that absolution could be granted before execution.short shrift n 1. brief and unsympathetic treatment 2. (Historical Terms) (formerly) a brief period allowed to a condemned prisoner to make confession 3. make short shrift of to dispose of quickly and unsympathetically short′ shrift′
n. 1. a brief time for confession or absolution given to a condemned prisoner before his or her execution. 2. little attention or consideration in dealing with a person or matter. [1585–95] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | short shrift - a brief and unsympathetic rejection; "they made short shrift of my request"summary treatmentrejection - the speech act of rejecting |
Translationsshort shrift
short shriftA minimal amount of time, attention, or consideration given to someone. (Typically used in the phrases "give/get short shrift.") Despite the urgency of the problem, the minister's proposed solutions are getting short shrift in parliament. As the middle child with a troublesome older brother and a needy younger sister, I felt like I was given short shrift growing up.See also: short, shriftshort shrifta brief period of consideration of a person's ideas or explanations. They gave the reporter short shrift and got him out of the office. My plan got short shrift from the board—a ten-minute presentation; they then voted it down.See also: short, shriftshort shrift rapid and unsympathetic dismissal; curt treatment. Shrift literally denotes penance imposed after confession to a priest, and historically short shrift referred to a very brief allowance of time between condemnation and execution or other punishment. 2002 Art in America Edward Strickland's Minimalism: Origins , published in 1993 , gives surprisingly short shrift to the Minimalists of the 1960s. See also: short, shriftshort shrift, to get/giveTo spend little time on. The term comes from the days when confessing to a priest was a virtually universal practice. Shrift meant not only the confession but also the penance or absolution given by the priest following confession. In Shakespeare’s Richard III, Ratclif, ordered by Gloucester (later Richard III) to have Hastings beheaded, says to him, “Come, come, dispatch; the duke would be at dinner: make a short shrift, he longs to see your head.” It began to be used more loosely in succeeding centuries, as in the quotation under look daggers at.See also: get, give, shortshort shrift
short shrift (formerly) a brief period allowed to a condemned prisoner to make confession short shrift
Related to short shrift: heads up, get short shrift, give short shriftSynonyms for short shriftnoun a brief and unsympathetic rejectionSynonymsRelated Words |