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单词 disingenious
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disingeniousadj.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: disingenuous adj.
Etymology: Alteration of disingenuous adj. as a result of association with ingenious adj. (compare branch II. at that entry).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: disinˈgenious.
frequently error in 17th cent. for disingenuous adj., etc.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > disingenuousness > [adjective]
unwholea1352
unsincere1577
insincere1634
uningenious1638
uningenuous1638
disingenuous1648
disingenious1661
uncandid1771
society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adjective] > disingenuous or insincere
unwholea1352
unsincere1577
insincere1634
uningenious1638
uningenuous1638
disingenuous1648
disingenious1661
uncandid1771
fake1942
1661 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 1st Pt. (new ed.) 160 One is against love, and so dis-ingenious.
1674 Govt. Tongue iii. §6. 110 The disingeniousness of embracing a profession to which their own hearts have an inward reluctance.
1678 Young Man's Calling 161 If duty may be disingeniously put off now.
1707 J. Floyer Physician's Pulse-watch 11 'Tis Disingenious to pretend to know by the Pulse that which cannot be discover'd by it.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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