单词 | desight |
释义 | desightn. Now rare. Something unsightly; something ugly to look at, an eyesore. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > ugliness > [noun] > ugly thing eyesore1530 blind side1606 dissightc1710 ugly1755 desight1828 eye-sorrow1828 sight1862 a blot (up)on the landscape1912 to be no oil painting1919 1828 [implied in: Farrier & Naturalist June 278 There is an effect produced by the cantharides on the skin of the horse..which sometimes does not subside for many weeks, being a great desightment. (at desightment n.)]. 1829 Gentleman's Mag. May 408/2 The word desight is sometimes heard in conversation, as applied to whatever interferes with the uniformity, symmetry, or beauty, of any object. Thus the spire of St. Ann's, Soho, is a desight to that church. 1859 C. M. Yonge Cameos l, in Monthly Packet May 450 Three emeralds, three pearls, and one large rough pebble, which was such a desight to the others, that [etc.]. 1906 Trans. Manch. Assoc. Engineers Jan. 74 Many attempts have been made to replace the overhead system by one avoiding what is often considered a desight and danger, when conductors, span and guard wires are suspended in the air. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1828 |
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