单词 | judgement-like |
释义 | judgement-likeadj. Scottish. Now rare. So terrible as to be regarded as a sign of God's displeasure. Cf. judgement n. 13. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > [adjective] > of the nature of divine punishment judicial1613 judiciary1630 judgement-like1645 1645 S. Rutherford Tryal & Triumph of Faith 59 These are more dangerous and judgement-like winds. a1684 R. Leighton Pract. Comm. 1st Epist. Peter (1694) II. 200 Were it that we account most judgement like amongst diseases, the plague? 1721 A. Welwood Meditations 235 These have been the sweetest Dispensations, which crossed most my natural Disposition; and which seemed most Judgment-like to carnal Eyes. 1829 G. Alexander My Grandfather's Farm 122 There is its [sc. the sea's] boundless expanse and restlessness,—its judgment-like roar. 1850 M. M. Gordon Kingsconnell III. viii. 156 ‘She hasna' seen the licht o' day sin' the word cam.’ ‘Aye, aye! Lord help us! It's been a judgment-like thing.’ 1914 County Folk-lore VII. 313 Everything was quite withered, and really the thing appeared sae judgment-like, that some fasted, some prayed, and ithers were thrown into a state bordering on despair. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1645 |
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