| 单词 | had-i-wist | 
| 释义 | † had-I-wisthadiwistn. Obsolete.   A phrase (= ‘if I had known’), expressing regret for something done in ignorance of circumstances now known; hence, as n. A vain regret, or the heedlessness or loss of opportunity which leads to it. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > regret > 			[noun]		 > vain regret had-I-wist1390 1390    J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 105  				Upon his fortune and his grace Cometh had I wist full ofte a place. c1450    Urbanitatis 		(Calig. A.ii)	 in  Babees Bk. 		(2002)	  i. 15  				And kepe þe welle from hadde-y-wyste. 1526    W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection  iii. sig. Qvii  				To eschewe..all slouthfulnesse, all neglygence, all rasshnesse..all had I wyst, all dulnesse of parceyuing our dueties. 1581    T. Howell His Deuises sig. M.vv  				Till midst the waues of had I wist we floate. 1600    S. Nicholson Acolastus his After-witte sig. H2v  				Till womens hopes doe end in Had I wist. 1613    W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I.  ii. 43  				His late wisht had-I-wists, remorcefull bitings. 1876    R. C. Trench Synonyms New Test. lxix. 250  				What our fathers were wont to call ‘hadiwist’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < | 
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