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engrained, ingrained, ppl. a.|ɛn-, ɪnˈgreɪnd|
[f. engrain v.1 + -ed1. In the ppl. adj. used attrib., though not in the vb., the form with in- is more common than that with en-. In sense 2 the word is often heard with secondary (sometimes even with primary) stress on the prefix in-.]
†1. Dyed in grain: see engrain v.1
1599Marston Sco. Villanie i. iv. 189 Ingrain'd Habits, died with often dips, Are not so soone discoloured.
b. fig. with ns. characterizing persons: Thoroughly permeated with the characteristic qualities; thoroughgoing, incorrigible. Cf. ‘a rogue in grain’.
1630Rutherford Lett. xii. (1862) I. 62 The bloody tongues, crafty foxes, double ingrained hypocrites shall appear as they are. 1715Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 53 Multitudes of engrained enemies of the succession, under the cloak of the Abjuration, served the interests of the Pretender. 1857Mayhew Lond. Labour I. 329 Many ingrained beggars certainly use the street trade as a cloak for alms-seeking. 1870Lowell Among my Bks. Ser. i. (1873) 277 He is an ingrained sceptic.
2. Of a dye, or foreign matter of any sort: Wrought into the inmost texture of something. Chiefly fig. of habits, sentiments, prejudices: Deeply rooted, inveterate.
1843Gladstone in For. & Col. Q. Rev. II. 567 Deeply engrained mischiefs and corruptions. 1855Bain Senses & Int. ii. i. §22 (1864) 109 A receiver of posted letters acquires an engrained sensibility to half an ounce. 1867Smiles Huguenots Eng. viii (1880) 140 The engrained absolutism and egotism of Louis XIV..were at their acme from his earliest years. 1855Singleton Virgil II. 142 From others, underneath the wasteful gulf, Their ingrained wickedness is washed away, Or is burnt out by fire. 1866Kingsley Herew. vii. 129 It had its usual ingrained element of cant. 1869Echo 20 Mar., His sinewy hands have got an odd, grimy appearance, as of ingrained coal-dust.
Hence enˈgrainedly adv.
1869Athenæum 16 Oct. 495 She is a liar by instinct and by principle—designedly and undesignedly a liar; an utterly, ingrainedly untrue creature. |