† degenerousadj.

Etymology: < Latin dēgener degenerate, bastard, spurious (see degenerate v.) + -ous suffix, after generous adj. and n., of which it is, in some senses, treated as a derivative: compare ungenerous, degallant.

Obsolete.

1. Fallen from ancestral virtue or excellence, unworthy of one's ancestry or kindred, degenerate.

a. of persons.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [adjective] > declining or deteriorating > in character or quality

infecta1387

palledc1390

rustyc1390

degeneratea1513

withered1561

bastardlike1577

degenerated1581

degenerous1600

bastardized1611

degenerating1611

wormy1611

autumnal1616

blood-shrunk1634

degenered1637

reduced1689

lowered1730

eviscerated1858

labefact1874

disbloomed-

1600 T. Dekker Shomakers Holiday sig. K2 Your grace to doe me honour, Heapt on the head of this degenerous boy, Desertlesse fauours.

1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. iv. 35 Disclaiming them as degenerous Brats, and not their sonnes.

a1734 R. North Lives of Norths I. 199 An upstart and degenerous race.

b. of personal qualities, feelings, actions, etc.

ΚΠ

1609 S. Daniel Civile Wares (rev. ed.) i. lii. 14 The least felt touch of a degenerous feare.

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) ii. v. §41 338 That this Passive-Obedience or Non-Resistance of theirs is a slavish and degenerous Principle.

c. transferred. Characterized by degeneration.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > [adjective] > characterized by degeneracy

degenerous1611

degenerate1638

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. x. 543/1 In our effeminate and degenerous age.

1690 R. Boyle Christian Virtuoso ii. 39 Especially in such a Degenerous age.

d. Const. from. (rare.)

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1657 Bp. H. King Elegies 14 in Poems He n'er had shew'd Himself..So much degen'rous from renowned Vere.

1695 H. Dodwell Def. Vindic. Deprived Bishops 36 The Ages he deals in were very degenerous from the Piety and Skill of their Primitive Ancestors.

2. transferred and figurative of things (esp. organisms or organic products).

ΚΠ

1635 Bp. F. White Treat. Sabbath-day Ded. sig. *4^v A good tree hath some degenerous branches.

1748 Universal Mag. Aug. 65 That..a new born child should..be corrupted by the degenerous and adventitious milk of another.

Derivatives

† deˈgenerously adv. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [adverb]

worseeOE

waurc1175

downhilla1398

downwarda1400

worser1547

bastardlike1563

degenerously1627

degenerately1645

witheringly1815

1627 H. Burton Baiting Popes Bull 94 No true Englishman will be..so vnnaturally and degenerously impious.

1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 177 Naming him so (degenerously) as he did.

† deˈgenerousness n. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > [noun]

degeneration?1481

declining1526

declination1533

depravation1561

villainy1564

declension1597

depravedness1623

decadency1632

degenerateness1640

depravity1643

depravement1645

degradation1663

degeneracy1664

degenerousness1678

marasmus1681

debasednessa1720

decadencea1734

demoralization1797

downgrade1857

decadentism1949

1678 I. Walton Life of Sanderson (1681) 2 All the Rubbish of their Degenerousness ought to fall heavy on such dishonourable heads.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	degenerous
释义	† degenerousadj. Etymology: < Latin dēgener degenerate, bastard, spurious (see degenerate v.) + -ous suffix, after generous adj. and n., of which it is, in some senses, treated as a derivative: compare ungenerous, degallant. Obsolete. 1. Fallen from ancestral virtue or excellence, unworthy of one's ancestry or kindred, degenerate. a. of persons. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [adjective] > declining or deteriorating > in character or quality infecta1387 palledc1390 rustyc1390 degeneratea1513 withered1561 bastardlike1577 degenerated1581 degenerous1600 bastardized1611 degenerating1611 wormy1611 autumnal1616 blood-shrunk1634 degenered1637 reduced1689 lowered1730 eviscerated1858 labefact1874 disbloomed- 1600 T. Dekker Shomakers Holiday sig. K2 Your grace to doe me honour, Heapt on the head of this degenerous boy, Desertlesse fauours. 1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. iv. 35 Disclaiming them as degenerous Brats, and not their sonnes. a1734 R. North Lives of Norths I. 199 An upstart and degenerous race. b. of personal qualities, feelings, actions, etc. ΚΠ 1609 S. Daniel Civile Wares (rev. ed.) i. lii. 14 The least felt touch of a degenerous feare. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) ii. v. §41 338 That this Passive-Obedience or Non-Resistance of theirs is a slavish and degenerous Principle. c. transferred. Characterized by degeneration. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > [adjective] > characterized by degeneracy degenerous1611 degenerate1638 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. x. 543/1 In our effeminate and degenerous age. 1690 R. Boyle Christian Virtuoso ii. 39 Especially in such a Degenerous age. d. Const. from. (rare.) ΚΠ 1657 Bp. H. King Elegies 14 in Poems He n'er had shew'd Himself..So much degen'rous from renowned Vere. 1695 H. Dodwell Def. Vindic. Deprived Bishops 36 The Ages he deals in were very degenerous from the Piety and Skill of their Primitive Ancestors. 2. transferred and figurative of things (esp. organisms or organic products). ΚΠ 1635 Bp. F. White Treat. Sabbath-day Ded. sig. 4^v A good tree hath some degenerous branches. 1748 Universal Mag.* Aug. 65 That..a new born child should..be corrupted by the degenerous and adventitious milk of another. Derivatives † deˈgenerously adv. Obsolete ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [adverb] worseeOE waurc1175 downhilla1398 downwarda1400 worser1547 bastardlike1563 degenerously1627 degenerately1645 witheringly1815 1627 H. Burton Baiting Popes Bull 94 No true Englishman will be..so vnnaturally and degenerously impious. 1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 177 Naming him so (degenerously) as he did. † deˈgenerousness n. Obsolete ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > [noun] degeneration?1481 declining1526 declination1533 depravation1561 villainy1564 declension1597 depravedness1623 decadency1632 degenerateness1640 depravity1643 depravement1645 degradation1663 degeneracy1664 degenerousness1678 marasmus1681 debasednessa1720 decadencea1734 demoralization1797 downgrade1857 decadentism1949 1678 I. Walton Life of Sanderson (1681) 2 All the Rubbish of their Degenerousness ought to fall heavy on such dishonourable heads. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1600
随便看	to plough with a person's ox to plough with one's heifer to pluck a pigeon to pluck a rose to pluck by the ears to pluck live asunder to pluck or pull a crow with one or together to pluck the grass to know where the wind sits to pluck the low-hanging fruit to pluck the lowhanging fruit to pluck the proctor's gown to pluck the ribbon to pluck up to pluck up courage to pluck up etc to pluck up heart to pluck up one's courage to pluck up one's etc to pluck up one's heart to pluck up one's resolution to pluck up one's spirits to pluck up resolution to pluck up spirits to plug and play to plug back