contemptibleadj.n.

Brit.

/kənˈtɛm(p)tᵻbl/, U.S.

/kənˈtɛm(p)təb(ə)l/

Forms:

α. Middle English contemtyble, Middle English contemtybyll, Middle English–1500s contemptyble, Middle English– contemptible, 1500s contemtible.

β. 1600s– contemptable (now nonstandard).

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French contemptible; Latin contemptibilis.

Etymology: < (i) Middle French contemptible (French contemptible ; rare after the 17th cent.) deserving of contempt, despicable (late 13th cent. in Old French as contentible ), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin contemptibilis deserving of contempt, worthless (2nd cent. a.d. in legal context), in post-classical Latin also contemptuous (from 14th cent. in British sources) < contempt- , past participial stem of contemnere contemn v. + -ibilis -ible suffix.With the β. forms compare -able suffix.

A. adj.

1. Deserving of contempt; despicable.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [adjective] > contemptible

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c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Obad. i. 2 Thou art ful myche contemptible [L. contemptibilis], or worthi to be dispisid.

1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. H4^v A minde..that could neuer so muche as thinke or imagine of thinges contemptible.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. iii. 54 Heauen and our Lady gracious hath it pleas'd To shine on my contemptible estate.

1718 Free-thinker No. 59. 2 Let him live, till he grows Contemptible even to Himself.

1874 J. S. Blackie On Self-culture 75 There are few things in social life more contemptible than a rich man who stands upon his riches.

1906 Nat. Rev. Oct. 181 It is always easy to find ‘reasons’ for contemptible behaviour.

2014 Daily Mail (Nexis) 24 July That the current crisis is giving rise to some ugly displays of anti-semitism in parts of Europe is utterly contemptible.

†2. Lowly, humble. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > [adjective]

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c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Cor. vi. 4 Ordeyne ȝe tho contemptyble men, or of litil reputacioun, that ben in the chirche, for to deme.

a1425 (a1400) Northern Pauline Epist. (1916) 1 Cor. i. 28 (MED) Þe vnnoble thynges of þe worlde and contemptible cheess god.

1584 E. Bunny Bk. Christian Exercise i. ix. 103 Saint Iohn Baptist, although he came in a simple and contemptible maner, yet preaching unto the people The terror of vengeance to come.

1646 G. Buck Hist. Life Richard III i. 5 Which Pilgrimage the Earle performed in all lowly and contemptible manner, passing as a private and unworthy person, without traine or followers.

3. Esp. of an opinion, idea, etc.: showing or expressing contempt; full of contempt; scornful, disdainful; contemptuous.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [adjective] > contemptuous

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1594 O. B. Questions Profitable Concernings f. 23 The same easie and contemptible opinion he held of all creatures; the like also he did of God himselfe.

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. iii. 174 Tis very possible heele scorne it, for the man..hath a contemptible spirite.

1697 J. Collier Ess. Moral Subj. (ed. 2) i. iv. 168 To entertain a contemptible Opinion of any Person, cramps his Power.

1747 T. Hare Advantages & Abuses of Learning 17 These sacred Triflers..have been justly look'd on in a very abject and contemptible View.

1816 G. S. Faber Origin Pagan Idolatry I. 64 [It] gives one such a thoroughly contemptible idea of the manhood of all the other descendants of Noah.

1930 Montana Standard 3 Nov. 6/2 Senator Tom Heflin declared in a recent speech that he still had a contemptible opinion of Al Smith.

2016 K. Synodinou in P. Kyriakou & A. Rengakos Wisdom & Folly in Euripides ii. 167 His praise of Amphiaraus revises the Theban's contemptible view of him.

B. n.

1. A contemptible person or (occasionally) thing. Usually in plural.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [noun] > state or quality of being contemptible > object of contempt

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1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 11 We bestow wonder on Contemptibles, and value Toyes.

1672 D. T. Hieragonisticon or Corah's Doom 79 This you know is performable by the meanest Desk-Man (one of your Contemptibles).

1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xxxi. 199 The poor contemptible she calls her sister.

1909 Bull. Amer. Acad. Med. Aug. 282 He finds very ordinary men, even incapables and contemptibles, in office.

2018 Sun (Nexis) 18 June 10 They have been..bound and gagged by a richly funded, highly motivated mob of undemocratic contemptibles.

2. In plural. A popular name for: the British army of regulars and special reserves (as distinguished from conscripts) which made up the expeditionary force sent to France in the autumn of 1914.Short for Old Contemptibles n. at old adj. Compounds 4. For the reason for the name, see etymology at that entry.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > named companies, regiments, etc. > [noun] > British

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1917 Living Church 30 June 279/1 Who can see any difference in courage between French's ‘contemptibles’ and Haig's conscripts?

1917 Sat. Evening Post 3 Nov. 57/1 At Ypres the ‘Contemptibles’—who wear that as a name of honor forever—stood their ground.

1995 R. Barker Royal Flying Corps in France: from Bloody April 1917 to Final Victory ii. 24 Of the original ‘contemptibles’, two were commanding squadrons in the front line.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	contemptible
释义	contemptibleadj.n. Brit. /kənˈtɛm(p)tᵻbl/, U.S. /kənˈtɛm(p)təb(ə)l/ Forms: α. Middle English contemtyble, Middle English contemtybyll, Middle English–1500s contemptyble, Middle English– contemptible, 1500s contemtible. β. 1600s– contemptable (now nonstandard). Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French contemptible; Latin contemptibilis. Etymology: < (i) Middle French contemptible (French contemptible ; rare after the 17th cent.) deserving of contempt, despicable (late 13th cent. in Old French as contentible ), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin contemptibilis deserving of contempt, worthless (2nd cent. a.d. in legal context), in post-classical Latin also contemptuous (from 14th cent. in British sources) < contempt- , past participial stem of contemnere contemn v. + -ibilis -ible suffix.With the β. forms compare -able suffix. A. adj. 1. Deserving of contempt; despicable. 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(Douce 369(2)) (1850) Obad. i. 2 Thou art ful myche contemptible [L. contemptibilis], or worthi to be dispisid. 1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. H4^v A minde..that could neuer so muche as thinke or imagine of thinges contemptible. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. iii. 54 Heauen and our Lady gracious hath it pleas'd To shine on my contemptible estate. View more context for this quotation 1718 Free-thinker No. 59. 2 Let him live, till he grows Contemptible even to Himself. 1874 J. S. Blackie On Self-culture 75 There are few things in social life more contemptible than a rich man who stands upon his riches. 1906 Nat. Rev. Oct. 181 It is always easy to find ‘reasons’ for contemptible behaviour. 2014 Daily Mail (Nexis) 24 July That the current crisis is giving rise to some ugly displays of anti-semitism in parts of Europe is utterly contemptible. †2. Lowly, humble. Obsolete. 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Life Richard III i. 5 Which Pilgrimage the Earle performed in all lowly and contemptible manner, passing as a private and unworthy person, without traine or followers. 3. Esp. of an opinion, idea, etc.: showing or expressing contempt; full of contempt; scornful, disdainful; contemptuous. 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Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. iii. 174 Tis very possible heele scorne it, for the man..hath a contemptible spirite. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Collier Ess. Moral Subj. (ed. 2) i. iv. 168 To entertain a contemptible Opinion of any Person, cramps his Power. 1747 T. Hare Advantages & Abuses of Learning 17 These sacred Triflers..have been justly look'd on in a very abject and contemptible View. 1816 G. S. Faber Origin Pagan Idolatry I. 64 [It] gives one such a thoroughly contemptible idea of the manhood of all the other descendants of Noah. 1930 Montana Standard 3 Nov. 6/2 Senator Tom Heflin declared in a recent speech that he still had a contemptible opinion of Al Smith. 2016 K. Synodinou in P. Kyriakou & A. Rengakos Wisdom & Folly in Euripides ii. 167 His praise of Amphiaraus revises the Theban's contemptible view of him. B. n. 1. A contemptible person or (occasionally) thing. Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [noun] > state or quality of being contemptible > object of contempt despitea1340 parablec1350 reproofa1382 scorn1535 reproach1560 scorning-stocka1586 contempt1589 taunt1611 contemptible1654 Aunt Sally1859 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 11 We bestow wonder on Contemptibles, and value Toyes. 1672 D. T. Hieragonisticon or Corah's Doom 79 This you know is performable by the meanest Desk-Man (one of your Contemptibles). 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xxxi. 199 The poor contemptible she calls her sister. 1909 Bull. Amer. Acad. Med. Aug. 282 He finds very ordinary men, even incapables and contemptibles, in office. 2018 Sun (Nexis) 18 June 10 They have been..bound and gagged by a richly funded, highly motivated mob of undemocratic contemptibles. 2. In plural. A popular name for: the British army of regulars and special reserves (as distinguished from conscripts) which made up the expeditionary force sent to France in the autumn of 1914.Short for Old Contemptibles n. at old adj. Compounds 4. For the reason for the name, see etymology at that entry. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > named companies, regiments, etc. > [noun] > British Ulsters1649 Scots Guardsa1675 fusilier1680 guards1682 Scots Dragoons1689 Scots Fusiliers1689 Inniskilling1715 Scots Greys1728 blue1737 Black Watch1739 Oxford blues1766 green linnets1793 Grenadiers1800 slashers1802 the Buffs1806 tartan1817 Gay Gordons1823 cheesemongers1824 Green Jacket1824 The Bays1837 RHA1837 dirty half-hundred1841 die-hard1844 lifeguard1849 cherry-picker1865 lancer-regiment1868 cheeses1877 Territorial Regiment1877 the Sweeps1879 dirty shirts1887 Scottish Rifles1888 shiner1891 Yorkshire1898 imperials1899 Irish guards1902 Hampshires1904 BEF1914 Old Contemptibles1915 contemptibles1917 Tank Corps1917 the Tins1918 skins1928 pioneer corps1939 red devils1943 Blues and Royals1968 U.D.R.1969 1917 Living Church 30 June 279/1 Who can see any difference in courage between French's ‘contemptibles’ and Haig's conscripts? 1917 Sat. Evening Post 3 Nov. 57/1 At Ypres the ‘Contemptibles’—who wear that as a name of honor forever—stood their ground. 1995 R. Barker Royal Flying Corps in France: from Bloody April 1917 to Final Victory ii. 24 Of the original ‘contemptibles’, two were commanding squadrons in the front line. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.c1384
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