单词 | foul-minded |
释义 | foul-mindedadj. That entertains unpleasant, obscene, or evil thoughts. ΚΠ 1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. ix. xxiv. 851/1 So were there many foule minded Proselites, that reputed her bloud as an acceptable sacrifice, which many times they sought to offer vnto their God. 1834 Johnstone's Edinb. Mag. May 538/1 Rank and foul-minded persons who, affecting delicacy and gloating on impurity, find its image in every thing presented to them. 1901 Manch. Courier 7 Sept. 6/3 It is to be hoped that drastic measures will be dealt out to the foul-minded scoundrel. 2003 N.Y. Mag. 8 Dec. 87/3 He is either a little boy lost..or a scheming, foul-minded adult preying on little boys lost. Derivatives ˌfoul-ˈmindedness n. the quality or fact of being foul-minded. ΚΠ 1839 National: Libr. for the People 348 Men of talent spend their lives in the production of these proofs of foul-mindedness and worse than bestiality, for the especial delight of the refined and intellectual, the aristocracy. 2009 Weekender (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 28 Feb. An anti-everything comedy about two misfits who must become role models to younger misfits that, despite its foul-mindedness, generates plenty of laughter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1612 |
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