单词 | compunctive |
释义 | † compunctiveadj. rare. Producing or tending to compunction. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > [adjective] > pricking the conscience compungent1631 compunctive1649 society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > penitence > [adjective] > producing penitence compungent1631 compunctive1649 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar i. 95 Remembrances..highly compunctive. Derivatives compunctively adv. with or by way of compunction. ΚΠ 1837 J. B. Ker Ess. Archaiol. Pop. Eng. Phrases & Nursery Rhymes (new ed.) II. 229 I have little doubt our old to schrive and schriven..are connected with the above rijven, in the sense of to open [to tear open, to open compunctively] the heart or mind. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1649 |
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