单词 | defaulty |
释义 | defaultyadj. Now rare. Defective, flawed, faulty. Of a person: at fault; guilty, esp. of failure in the performance of a duty or obligation.In quot. c1390: (of a meal) meagre, scanty; cf. default n. 8. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > indiligent or remiss nesheOE slackc897 undreigha1350 dissolutea1382 defaultyc1390 defaultive1398 remissivec1487 remissa1500 slakea1538 undiligent1564 unindustrious1599 discinct1604 unofficious1611 inindustriousa1631 indiligent1633 lax1812 remissful1836 the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [adjective] > in specific way: defective or faulty defaultyc1390 defectivea1398 defaultive1398 imperfectc1400 faultive1496 defectuous1550 defectious?1566 defaulted1580 defectual1582 defected1589 defectible1612 vicious1638 unfixed1643 hip-shotten1648 defectuose1677 flawy1712 off-colour1876 flawful1881 faultsome1891 trick1961 rogue1962 c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. xi. l. 52 (MED) Neore Merci In Mene Men More þen in Riche, Wiþ Mony defauti Meeles Mihte þei go to bedde. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 115 Defawty, defectivus. c1440 S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 38 A good knyght..scholde be no iuge of so defauty a sentence. 1462 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 280 He..swore sor þat he was nevyr defawty in þat ye haue thowte hym defawty in. a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. CCxiiii In the whiche werkes who so be founde defauty, it shall be layde to his charge. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 309/2 Defaulty, in blame for a matter, fauteux, fauteuse. 1638 G. Langbaine tr. G. Ranchin Rev. Councell Trent i. x. 51 Certaine schismaticall Bishops fell off there and were defaulty, because they sided with the factions of the two schismaticall Popes. 1674 J. Patrick Refl. Devotions Rom. Church 192 If the King's Officer be defaulty, he shall fall into the King's mercy. 1870 Evening Gaz. (Middlesbrough) 6 Aug. 4/1 A rumour that the case against Messrs. Sharwell and Bruce,..the sureties of Mr Bowes, the defaulty rate collector, would be heard, is not true. 1889 F. Davenport-Hill Children of State (ed. 2) viii. 271 Though the authorities in New Zealand are thorough in the discharge of parental duties towards their State children, they do not assume these lightly, but are strict in looking up defaulty parents. 1904 Amer. Poultry Advocate Jan. 3437/2 You are sure to bring about defective coloring and to strengthen the tendency of the defaulty wing. 1957 Michigan Technic Apr. 66/3 It was found to be defaulty in construction, evidently padded by the constructors back in 1908. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1390 |
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