单词 | incontemptible |
释义 | incontemptibleadj. Defined by N.E.D. as ‘not to be despised’ and cited from Johnson's Debates in Parliament (1787). The original text, however, reads ‘contemptible’ (see below). ΚΠ 1743 S. Johnson Deb. Senate Lilliput in Gentleman's Mag. June 297 New Arguments equally inconclusive and contemptible. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1743 |
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