单词 | ill-grounded |
释义 | > as lemmasill-grounded b. with adverbs; esp. ill-grounded. Cf. well-grounded adj. ΚΠ 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. iv. sig. D2v Friendship..Without regard of good, dyes like ill grounded seeds. View more context for this quotation 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 92 The King caused a..large and deepe grounded Causey be built. 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xx. 160 A good and well grounded knowledge of the tongues. 1662 B. Gerbier Brief Disc. Princ. Building 14 Leaving to their Posterity to prop and redresse their ill grounded Buildings. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 214 Had our Counsels been..ready and well grounded. 1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II II. xiii. 443 A well grounded apprehension. ill-grounded ill-grounded adj. Brit. /ˌɪlˈɡraʊndᵻd/ , U.S. /ˌɪlˈɡraʊndəd/ Π 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. xx. 207 Overhot ill-grounded Zeal. < as lemmas |
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