| 释义 |
misbeˈholden, ppl. a.
Also dial. -behodden, Sc. -behad(d)en.
[f. mis-1 2 + beholden, pa. pple. of behold v. The orig. meaning seems to have been ‘improperly guarded, unguarded’; cf. OE. behealden cautious.]
Unbecoming, indiscreet; disobliging: usually qualifying word.
1600T. Heywood 2nd Pt. Edw. IV, i. ii. (1613) M i b, We shew thee not one discontented looke, Nor render him one misbeholden word. 1828Craven Gloss. (ed. 2) II. 294 Bud thou minds I nivver gav him another misbehodden word. 1837Hogg Siege Roxb. iv. Tales & Sk. VI. 105 The first side that lifts a sword, or says a misbehadden word. 1869Lonsdale Gloss., Misbehodden, disobliging, offensive. ‘I nivver gav her a misbehodden word’. |