单词 | discommodious |
释义 | discommodiousadj.n. A. adj. Causing inconvenience or trouble; inconvenient; disadvantageous, troublesome.Somewhat archaic and rare in the 18th and 19th centuries. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > disadvantageousness > [adjective] discommodious1540 disprofitable1548 disadvantageous1550 disadvantageable1587 inexpedient1608 disvantageous1622 unbeneficial1626 inconvenient1651 unserviceable1698 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > inconvenience > [adjective] disconvenienta1475 discommodious1540 unmanageable1650 inconvenient1651 ill-convenient1708 unbain1828 1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 44 The..distaunce of the towne from the parishe churches..is veraie discommodious. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 179v The fixed, or standing Hyues, be discommodious, as which you can neyther sell, nor remoue. 1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 88 So discommodious is gluttonie to the proceedings of the Christians. 1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 8 A mariage..totally discommodious, distastfull, dishonest and pernicious to him. 1751 R. Morris Narr. Life John Daniel xvi. 142 This Land..proving so discommodious, I told Jacob, I was sorry we had fallen upon so barren a Spot. 1897 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 593/2 [A fashion] discommodious for warm weather. 1922 H. Lofting Voy. Dr. Dolittle 148 ‘Did you wish to see him?’ ‘I did—if it will not be discommodious.’ 2005 Denver Post (Nexis) 18 Dec. e1 Congress, after postponing the politically discommodious chore until safely after the 2004 election, voted to raise the federal debt limit to $8.1 trillion. That which is discommodious. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > disadvantageousness > [noun] discommoditya1535 inconveniency1552 discommodiousness1579 discommodious1583 inexpedience1608 inexpediency1641 disadvantageousness1650 inconvenience1653 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > inconvenience > [noun] incommodity?a1475 discommoditya1535 inconveniency1552 disconvenience1556 discommodiousness1579 discommodious1583 disconveniency1601 incommodiousnessa1631 ill-conveniency1653 inconvenience1653 disaccommodationa1676 bovver1883 1583 B. Googe Let. 11 Mar. in Notes & Queries (1863) 28 Mar. 242/2 I can verry well away wyth the dyscomodyous off the contrey. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1540 |
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