单词 | fallen angel |
释义 | fallen angeln. 1. In Christian, Jewish, and Islamic theology: an angel who rebelled against God and was cast down from heaven. Cf. rebel angel n. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > a devil > [noun] hell-devileOE shuckc888 ghosteOE devilOE warlockOE angelOE unwighta1200 beastc1225 ragmanc1400 Satanasc1426 diabolic1502 ruffy1502 Satan?1545 Avernal?1548 fallen angel?1587 rebel angel1623 deedle1653 blackamoor1663 the world > the supernatural > deity > angel > [noun] > fallen angel angelOE fallen angel?1587 rebel angel1623 ?1587 R. Southwell Epist. Comfort xiv. 189 You must not thincke that..all the best companye is banished from thence [sc. Heaven], and the remissals of mankinde, onlye lefte; to fill vpp the seates of the falne Aungels. a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) ii. 64 The fallen Angels..having acted their first part in Heaven..more afflictively feel the contrary state of Hell. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 309. ¶1 That superior Greatness and Mock-Majesty, which is ascribed to the Prince of the fallen Angels. 1844 Universalist Q. July 323 We find in St. Jude's epistle a plain reference to the story of fallen angels, as it occurs in the book of Enoch. 1905 G. Le Strange Lands Eastern Caliphate v. 72 The well at the summit of the hill in which the fallen angels Hârût and Mârût were imprisoned until the day of judgement. 2008 B. Lewis & B. E. Churchill Islam (2011) 196 More commonly, he [sc. Iblis] is regarded, in the Islamic as in the Judeo-Christian tradition, as a fallen angel. 2. figurative. A person who resembles a fallen angel in some way, esp. in failing to meet expected standards of morality or good behaviour; a person who has lost social standing or admiration as a result of this. Cf. fallen adj. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > fall from prosperous or thriving condition > one who fallen star?1545 fallen angel1646 declinanta1734 1646 S. Ford Great Interest States & Kingdomes Ep. Ded. sig. A3v Those who have stood to their places and Principles in all this change, have done far better than those fallen Angels among us, who have left their Stations, and run the ring of opinions, and parties. 1868 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. I. 290 A fallen angel [sc. Henry VIII] whose de-nigration is beyond the power of an impartial historian. 1992 Time 20 Apr. 74/1 Celebrity..stumbles..to Betty Ford or some equivalent purgatorial rehab. At last, fallen angel reascends to the upper air, finds new life. 2016 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 18 June d3 International sports have seen enough scandals and fallen angels to turn even Pollyannas into cynics. 3. Stock Market slang (originally U.S.). A formerly strong stock, share, commodity, etc., which has subsequently undergone a rapid or severe decline in value. Cf. fallen adj. 3. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > types of redeemables1720 government bond1737 corporate bond1810 trustee security1859 international1863 foreigners1883 most active list1885 gilt-edge1900 actual1908 heavies1922 toxic waste1922 gilt-edged1930 prior charge1930 short1932 gilt1936 performer1939 tap1948 energy security1960 fallen angel1963 medium1968 physicals1974 underperformer1975 taplet1982 1963 Forbes 1 Mar. 34/2 What you are most unlikely to have in a market of the type I visualize is a general revival of interest in what I call ‘the fallen angels’ of the 1959–61 boom. 1998 Daily Mail (Nexis) 20 Nov. 67 A stunning $114m was slashed from the value of Dialog Corporation as it joined the list of technology's fallen angels. 2010 J. Cashill Popes & Bankers xxvi. 193 He would deal in the bonds issued by shakier outfits—‘fallen angels’, start-ups, and highly leveraged acquisitions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1587 |
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