单词 | insurrectionary |
释义 | insurrectionaryadj.n. A. adj. 1. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of insurrection; addicted to insurrection. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > insurrection > [adjective] insurrectionarya1797 insurrectional1801 a1797 E. Burke Fourth Let. Peace Regicide Directory France in Writings & Speeches (1991) IX. 71 On their murderous insurrectionary system their own lives are not sure for an hour. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. iii. i. 159 This huge Insurrectionary Movement,..has swept away Royalty, Aristocracy, and a King's life. 1891 Spectator 13 June As a..fact, London is the least insurrectionary of cities. 2. humorous. Tending to raise itself. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [adjective] > moving upwards uprisinga1300 risingc1450 ascensial?1504 mountant1525 mounting1550 orienta1560 ascendant1591 surgenta1592 stying1593 ambitiousc1595 arising1605 ascensive1646 subliming1666 ascending1667 ascensional1753 upmounting1794 rearing1816 upcoming1835 aspirant1845 insurrectionary1864 upgoing1896 1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 28 A sign-board presented at either end an insurrectionary bottle. 1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 211 His trousers working up..above his knees, an insurrectionary movement which I also was unable to suppress in my own. B. n. A person who engages in insurrection. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > insurrection > [noun] > insurgent inriser1382 rebeller1398 riser1422 rebelc1425 rebelliona1460 rioter1543 revolter1576 outbreakerc1650 upriser1656 surgent1657 insurrector1667 insurrectionera1734 insurgent1766 insurrectionist1845 reb1861 insurrectionary1893 insurrecto1907 1893 Nation (N.Y.) 9 Feb. 95/3 All Spanish traditions of law and order are so bound up with Catholicism that religious innovators, like the Protestant missionaries, necessarily seem insurrectionaries. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < adj.n.a1797 |
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