| 单词 | john indifferent |
| 释义 | > as lemmasJohn Indifferent 2. One who is neutral or unconcerned, esp. in religion or politics; a neutral; an apathetic person. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > absence of prejudice > [noun] > absence of definite stance > person characterized by neutralc1449 indifferent1556 neuter1556 neutralist1623 neutralizer1628 interpendent1647 lie-by1675 fence-man1828 straddler1863 non-partisan1868 fence-sitter1905 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lxiii. Dd vij b These indiffrentes (or newters) that part most take That strongest is, or strongest like to be. 1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. B3 If I vse indifferency, call me not Iohn Indifferent. 1624 Earl of Strafford Let. 14 Aug. (1739) I. 23 I was best pleased to hear of that Commodity, being for all the rest John Indifferent. 1633 G. Herbert Method in Temple v Should Gods eare To such indifferents chained be, Who do not their own motions heare? 1703 Secr. Policy Jansenists 119 Why then did not the pretended Indifferents side with the Clergy, the King, the Pope, the whole Church to defend the Faith? 1742 London Mag. 614 Indifferents and Absentees are equally abhorrent to our Constitution. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond III. x. 240 The indifferents might be counted on to cry King George or King James, according as either should prevail. 1894 Westm. Gaz. 20 Nov. 1/2 It is the indifferents, the abstainers, the waverers, and the wobblers who decide elections. John Indifferent ΚΠ 1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. B3 If I vse indifferency, call me not Iohn Indifferent. 1614 T. Freeman Rubbe & Great Cast ii. sig. K2 Thy wit hath beene an honest Innocent, A Naturall, a Iohn-Indifferent. 1642 T. Jordan Rules to know Royall King 3 He must needs be a coward that is a Neuter, (a Iohn-indifferent). < as lemmas |
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