abandonedadj.

Brit.

/əˈband(ə)nd/, U.S.

/əˈbænd(ə)nd/

Forms: Middle English abandonned, Middle English abandouned, Middle English habaundonede, 1500s– abandoned, 1700s abandond.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: abandon v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < abandon v. + -ed suffix¹.

a. In predicative use: devoted or given up to an influence, passion, pursuit, etc.; (now esp.) devoted to something evil or immoral.

ΚΠ

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. l. 1596 Moris hir Sone..so ferforth was abandouned [rhyme corouned] To Cristes feith.

c1450 (c1440) S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (Longleat) (1904) 38 On the same wyse shuld a good knygh be habaundonede to all personys and [ought] to gyffe..comfort aftyr hys power.

1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. v. 122 Lecherye corrupted and apayred the corages of tho men that ben abandonned to that same delyte.

1543 T. Chaloner tr. G. Cousin Office of Seruauntes sig. Avii^v Suppose nat that seruaunt to be trustye, who either is abandoned to thine ennemies, or (that worse is) to thy faigned frendes.

1575 G. Fenton Golden Epist. f. 90^v I beseeche you may warne you hereafter not to be so rashe and abandoned to wordes.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. iv. 19 If she be so abandon'd to her sorrow.

1693 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. i. 13 Abandon'd to a callousness and numness of Soul.

1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 196 The people sat still..quite abandon'd to Despair.

1794 Monthly Rev. Mar. 333 They have become unjust, ferocious, and blood-thirsty; and so abandoned to wickedness.

1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft Let. x. Profligate, worthless, sharking cheats, abandoned to vice.

1875 Universalist Q. & Gen. Rev. July 354 Sometimes king and people were utterly abandoned to idolatry.

1911 G. C. Shedd Incorrigible Dukane ix. 203 Jimmy..grinned as if he were wholly abandoned to joy.

1939 F. M. Keesing Menomini Indians of Wisconsin vi. 145 He was given to understand by local whites that the Menomini were..quite incapable of transacting business, and abandoned to drink.

1993 H. L. Spencer Eng. Preaching in Late Middle Ages ii. iv. 65 Those abandoned to wickedness did not, as a rule, frequent churches.

b. Chiefly attributive (without to). Uninhibited, unconstrained; devoted to an influence, passion, etc., esp. one which is evil or immoral; profligate.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > dissolute conduct > [adjective]

unkind1340

desolatec1386

unthrifty1388

virtueless1402

unvirtuous1432

dissolutec1475

castaway?1542

bastardlyc1567

regenerate1596

perdite1625

profligate1627

deperdit1641

profligated1652

abandoned1690

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > profligacy, dissoluteness, or debauchery > [adjective]

wild13..

desolatec1386

unthrifty1388

riotousc1405

resolute?a1475

palliard1484

dissolutea1513

royetous1526

sluttishc1555

rakehell1556

dissolutious1560

rakehelly1579

hell-raking1593

sportive1597

low1599

lavish1600

rakellyc1600

profligate1627

profligated1652

rantipole1660

abandoned1690

raking1696

rakish1696

dissipated1744

dissipating1818

outward1875

1690 W. Temple Miscellanea II. iv.58 There are..no where more Abandoned Libertines, more Refined Luxurists.

1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels II. 476 That treacherous Kiss of an abandoned Disciple.

1711 R. Steele Spectator vi. 1 Abandoned writings of men of wit.

1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxiv. 26 Have you a single friend..so shameless, so thoroughly abandoned, as to undertake your defence?

1834 S. T. Coleridge Table-talk 316 An abandoned woman who had been notoriously treacherous to us.

1880 T. A. Spalding Elizabethan Demonol. 39 The abandoned impudence of the man!

1904 J. Izett Maori Lore 174 Assuming an air of the most abandoned grief, he lamented and sorrowed and wept.

1935 M. Summers Playhouse of Pepys iv. 322 The bold abandoned woman seeks for the immaturity and softness of a bashful boy.

1980 Washington Post (Nexis) 23 Nov. e 1 What abandoned wickedness.

2. Forsaken, deserted; relinquished, cast off.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [adjective] > forsaken

forsakenc1305

abandoned1477

desert1480

forlorn1535

waived1577

forlorn1579

deserted1629

relinquished1635

derelict1649

desolated1803

1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 122 I pray you that ye wil haue regarde to myn offre abandonned [Fr. mon offre habandonnee].

1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. v. f. 17 Rome was like a forlorne and abandoned place.

1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin Contents The Pope being abandoned of all hope, accordeth with the Imperialls.

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) v. iv. 194 Ile stay to know, at your abandon'd caue.

1697 D. Jones Secret Hist. White-Hall xxii. 22 The now almost abandoned City of Antwerp, once the most..flourishing City in Trade, of this part of Europe.

1706 N. Rowe Ulysses iii. i. 1093 A poor, forlorn, abandon'd woman.

1774 London Chron. 22–5 Jan. 86/1 The abandoned towns of Belgie, Cavaroe, and Manguelia.

1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound i. i. 29 As rainy wind thro' the abandoned gate Of a fallen palace.

1843 C. J. Lever Jack Hinton 49 A waiting-maid in the abandoned finery of her mistress.

1911 D. H. Lawrence White Peacock ii. ii. 173 The church is abandoned.

1941 E. Bowen Look at All Those Roses 84 The countryside looked abandoned; they passed dropping gates, rusty cattle-troughs and..neglected farms.

1992 Atlantic Feb. 36/2 In Rome about 300 immigrants were allowed to take over and occupy an abandoned pasta factory.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	abandoned
释义	abandonedadj. Brit. /əˈband(ə)nd/, U.S. /əˈbænd(ə)nd/ Forms: Middle English abandonned, Middle English abandouned, Middle English habaundonede, 1500s– abandoned, 1700s abandond. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: abandon v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < abandon v. + -ed suffix¹. 1. a. In predicative use: devoted or given up to an influence, passion, pursuit, etc.; (now esp.) devoted to something evil or immoral. ΚΠ a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. l. 1596 Moris hir Sone..so ferforth was abandouned [rhyme corouned] To Cristes feith. c1450 (c1440) S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (Longleat) (1904) 38 On the same wyse shuld a good knygh be habaundonede to all personys and [ought] to gyffe..comfort aftyr hys power. 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. v. 122 Lecherye corrupted and apayred the corages of tho men that ben abandonned to that same delyte. 1543 T. Chaloner tr. G. Cousin Office of Seruauntes sig. Avii^v Suppose nat that seruaunt to be trustye, who either is abandoned to thine ennemies, or (that worse is) to thy faigned frendes. 1575 G. Fenton Golden Epist. f. 90^v I beseeche you may warne you hereafter not to be so rashe and abandoned to wordes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. iv. 19 If she be so abandon'd to her sorrow. View more context for this quotation 1693 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. i. 13 Abandon'd to a callousness and numness of Soul. 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 196 The people sat still..quite abandon'd to Despair. 1794 Monthly Rev. Mar. 333 They have become unjust, ferocious, and blood-thirsty; and so abandoned to wickedness. 1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft Let. x. Profligate, worthless, sharking cheats, abandoned to vice. 1875 Universalist Q. & Gen. Rev. July 354 Sometimes king and people were utterly abandoned to idolatry. 1911 G. C. Shedd Incorrigible Dukane ix. 203 Jimmy..grinned as if he were wholly abandoned to joy. 1939 F. M. Keesing Menomini Indians of Wisconsin vi. 145 He was given to understand by local whites that the Menomini were..quite incapable of transacting business, and abandoned to drink. 1993 H. L. Spencer Eng. Preaching in Late Middle Ages ii. iv. 65 Those abandoned to wickedness did not, as a rule, frequent churches. b. Chiefly attributive (without to). Uninhibited, unconstrained; devoted to an influence, passion, etc., esp. one which is evil or immoral; profligate. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > dissolute conduct > [adjective] unkind1340 desolatec1386 unthrifty1388 virtueless1402 unvirtuous1432 dissolutec1475 castaway?1542 bastardlyc1567 regenerate1596 perdite1625 profligate1627 deperdit1641 profligated1652 abandoned1690 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > profligacy, dissoluteness, or debauchery > [adjective] wild13.. desolatec1386 unthrifty1388 riotousc1405 resolute?a1475 palliard1484 dissolutea1513 royetous1526 sluttishc1555 rakehell1556 dissolutious1560 rakehelly1579 hell-raking1593 sportive1597 low1599 lavish1600 rakellyc1600 profligate1627 profligated1652 rantipole1660 abandoned1690 raking1696 rakish1696 dissipated1744 dissipating1818 outward1875 1690 W. Temple Miscellanea II. iv.58 There are..no where more Abandoned Libertines, more Refined Luxurists. 1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels II. 476 That treacherous Kiss of an abandoned Disciple. 1711 R. Steele Spectator vi. 1 Abandoned writings of men of wit. 1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxiv. 26 Have you a single friend..so shameless, so thoroughly abandoned, as to undertake your defence? 1834 S. T. Coleridge Table-talk 316 An abandoned woman who had been notoriously treacherous to us. 1880 T. A. Spalding Elizabethan Demonol. 39 The abandoned impudence of the man! 1904 J. Izett Maori Lore 174 Assuming an air of the most abandoned grief, he lamented and sorrowed and wept. 1935 M. Summers Playhouse of Pepys iv. 322 The bold abandoned woman seeks for the immaturity and softness of a bashful boy. 1980 Washington Post (Nexis) 23 Nov. e 1 What abandoned wickedness. 2. Forsaken, deserted; relinquished, cast off. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [adjective] > forsaken forsakenc1305 abandoned1477 desert1480 forlorn1535 waived1577 forlorn1579 deserted1629 relinquished1635 derelict1649 desolated1803 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 122 I pray you that ye wil haue regarde to myn offre abandonned [Fr. mon offre habandonnee]. 1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. v. f. 17 Rome was like a forlorne and abandoned place. 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin Contents The Pope being abandoned of all hope, accordeth with the Imperialls. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) v. iv. 194 Ile stay to know, at your abandon'd caue. View more context for this quotation 1697 D. Jones Secret Hist. White-Hall xxii. 22 The now almost abandoned City of Antwerp, once the most..flourishing City in Trade, of this part of Europe. 1706 N. Rowe Ulysses iii. i. 1093 A poor, forlorn, abandon'd woman. 1774 London Chron. 22–5 Jan. 86/1 The abandoned towns of Belgie, Cavaroe, and Manguelia. 1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound i. i. 29 As rainy wind thro' the abandoned gate Of a fallen palace. 1843 C. J. Lever Jack Hinton 49 A waiting-maid in the abandoned finery of her mistress. 1911 D. H. Lawrence White Peacock ii. ii. 173 The church is abandoned. 1941 E. Bowen Look at All Those Roses 84 The countryside looked abandoned; they passed dropping gates, rusty cattle-troughs and..neglected farms. 1992 Atlantic Feb. 36/2 In Rome about 300 immigrants were allowed to take over and occupy an abandoned pasta factory. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1393
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