单词 | criminous |
释义 | criminousadj.n. 1. Of a person: guilty of a crime; criminal; (also) accused of a crime. Also as n.: (with the) guilty or criminal people as a class.Frequently used with reference to a member of the clergy; see also criminous clerk n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > guilt > [adjective] shildyOE sakeda1300 sakfula1300 culpable1303 faulty1380 plightya1400 defective1423 criminousa1460 criminal1489 wity1530 nocent1559 delinquent1584 faultful1591 obnoxious1604 noxiousa1618 guiltful1655 society > morality > moral evil > guilt > [adjective] guiltyc1000 sakeda1300 sakfula1300 culpable1303 faulty1380 plightfula1400 plightya1400 defective1423 criminousa1460 criminal1489 nocent1559 delinquent1584 faultful1591 obnoxious1604 noxiousa1618 guiltful1655 a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) l. 1246 (MED) Vse not the medycyne extreme Save in thin vtterest necessitee, That is, the crymynous to deth to deme. 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xvi. f. xciiiiv There was not onely forboden to bere wytnesse, he that appered to be ones forsworen, but also many other maner of cryminouse [1557 crimynous] persons. 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. O6v To giue sentence..vpon any criminous person. 1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (li. 4 Paraphr.) 262 The most criminous rebell. 1682 A. Dopping Let. 3 Aug. in R. Boyle Corr. (2001) V. 319 I should think my selfe very criminous, if you were not made acquainted with all the hazards that faetus must run through. 1722 Bp. T. Wilson Let. 27 Apr. in J. Keble Life T. Wilson: Pt. II (1863) ii. xvi. 497 Tending to the encouragement of the criminous and refractory. 1774 S. Hallifax Anal. Rom. Civil Law ii. iii. 35 Certain Criminous persons are incapable of making a Testament, in England. 1840 Times 6 Mar. 5/6 For the purpose of punishing criminous priests. 1862 Ecclesiologist Oct. 268 Bishops..ever at hand to stir up the sluggish, to remove the criminous, to comfort the weak-hearted. 1886 Ipswich Jrnl. 9 Dec. 6/2 There are criminous and negligent laymen who sin against the laws of God. 1902 Education June 597 Most men are as lazy as they dare to be. The criminous are especially brave in this regard. 1948 D. D. Knowles Relig. Orders in Eng. ix. 92 In 1287 Romeyn sent a criminous monk back to Rouen. 2001 Guardian 28 Dec. i. 17/7 The basics of fair trial are about sorting the innocent minority from the criminous majority. 2. Of a thing: characterized by crime or grave offence; criminal. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > criminality > [adjective] criminalc1400 criminous1484 crimeful1594 erroneous1595 society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [adjective] > relating to crime > of the nature of or involving crime criminalc1400 criminous1484 crimeful1594 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [adjective] > transgressing or offending > of the nature of a fault or offence > grave criminalc1400 criminous1484 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope iii. i. f. liv The sayd shepeherd commysed a crymynous dede. 1562 Act 5 Eliz. c. 23 §1 To continue their sinful and criminous Life. 1593 J. Norden Speculum Brit.: Middlesex i. 8 Carping at euerie fault, holding the smallest errour..verie criminous. 1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. ii. 14 Schisme signifies a criminous scissure, rent, or division in the Church. 1674 P. du Moulin Papal Tyranny 47 A deeply criminous forgery. 1725 R. Burrow Meletemata Darringtoniana 4 God does animadvert on Mens criminous Behaviour in this World. 1817 C. Hutton Welsh Mountaineer I. vi. 94 I never was guilty of such a criminous fault before. 1858 Sat. Rev. 6 204/1 My criminous iambics. 1872 Birmingham Daily Post 29 Oct. 6/3 One would imagine that Manchester was one of the most criminous places in the world. 1935 Fresno (Calif.) Bee Republican 3 Mar. (Mag. section) 4/3 She was at long last absolved of criminous intent. 2002 Times (Nexis) 22 July 28 Allowing high levels of bell ringing that might constitute a nuisance was not criminous. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > [adjective] > involved in accusing plainand1397 impugningc1450 plainant1467 criminousc1485 surmising1535 accusing1548 accusant1604 appeaching1637 decriminating1670 inculpative1802 imputative1824 inculpatory1837 inculpating1892 c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 270 And the wordis be jniurious.., crimynous or defamatoiris. 1583 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (ed. 4) I. 305/2 He sendeth foure Legates to the Byshop of Rome which should aunswere vnto and refute, those criminous obiections whiche he layd vnto him. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. ii. vii. 48 Exposed unto criminous slanders. 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 124 Some..dare to make this criminous proposition against very Nature. 1714 J. Johnson Unbloody Sacrifice I. Pref. p. ix 'Tis one thing for Men to answer and confute any Criminous Objection laid against them; and it is another thing to free themselves from all Suspicions of it. 1787 T. Swift Temple of Folly 40 Anger that wantonly throws out criminous reproaches..shall suffer more exquisite punishment. 4. Of or relating to crime. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [adjective] > relating to crime criminal?a1439 criminosec1475 criminous1706 society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [adjective] > charging with or involving in crime criminatory1576 criminous1706 criminativea1734 incriminatory1861 incriminating1863 1706 J. Johnson Clergy-man's Vade Mecum iv. 47 The Archdeacon, of common right, could..enquire into Criminous Matters. 1878 Times 9 Aug. 11/2 There is no analogy in the law in criminous matters. 1959 Times 20 Mar. 13/4 This may account for the collection of the..criminous curiousities being sold in less than no time. 2007 Harper's Mag. (Nexis) Jan. 83 Criminous literature..was more concerned with society's flaws (which helped produce the criminal) than with the criminal's own flaws. Compounds criminous clerk n. now historical a member of the clergy who is accused of a crime. ΚΠ 1610 G. Carleton Iurisdict. 93 This exemption of criminous Clarkes from their Kings Courts, was a thing vnknowen in the world in those dayes. 1743 G. Reynolds Hist. Ess. Govt. Church of Eng. ii. 43 These Disorders were not a little aggravated, by the Disputes between Ecclesiastics and the Crown, about..Jurisdiction over criminous Clerks, &c. 1892 Times 29 Apr. 9/2 Bishops at present have to get rid of criminous clerks at a cost which is almost prohibitory. 1996 Church Times 24 May 13/1 Where adult parishioners were involved, charges were levelled against a ‘criminous clerk’ and the matter was treated as a case of adultery. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.a1460 |
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