请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 affrent
释义

affrentv.

Origin: Either (i) borrowing from Spanish. Or (ii) a variant or alteration of another lexical item; modelled on a Spanish lexical item. Etymons: Spanish afrentar ; affront v.
Etymology: Either < Spanish afrentar (see affront v.), or an error for affront v., arising by association with Spanish afrentar in the passage translated in the quot.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To insult, offend; = affront v. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > insult > [verb (transitive)]
heanc950
to say or speak (one) shamec950
to say or speak shame of, on, byc950
affrontc1330
dispersona1400
to say language against1423
insautc1425
contumely1483
cag1504
to put (a person) to villainya1513
fuffle1536
to bring, drive to scorn1569
ascorn1570
affrent1578
injure?a1600
insult1620
to put a scorn on, upon1633
upbraid1665
topa1700
chopse1854
burn1914
rank1934
1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 229 To kill those Spaniardes who have so affrented [Sp. afrenta] the nation of Culhua.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
<
v.1578
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/11/13 13:06:06