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单词 less in
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less in
P1. less of (also less on, less in): inferior as regards (a quality). Obsolete.
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OE Ælfric 1st Let. to Wulfstan (Corpus Cambr. 190) in B. Fehr Die Hirtenbriefe Ælfrics (1914) 94 Arrianus..sæde, þæt he nære on godcundnysse his fæder gelic, ac wære læssa on mihte.
a1350 (c1307) in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 24 God lete him ner be worse man þen is fader, ne lasse of myht.
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. l. 1925 (MED) I trowe ther be noman lesse Of eny maner worthinesse That halt him lasse worth thanne I To be beloved.
c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 599 Þe lasse in werke to take more [is] able.
c1480 (a1400) St. Paul 49 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 30 Paule wes lese of dingnite.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Esdras v. 55 Ye are lesse of stature, then those that were before you.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. iii. 15 And hope to ioy is little lesse in ioye, Then hope enioyed. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Richard III (1623) iv. iv. 273 + 12 A Grandams name is little lesse in loue, Then is the doting Title of a Mother.
1654 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. Bentivoglio Compl. Hist. Warrs Flanders 32 By how much the Regent went every day less in her authority.
1767 C. Smart tr. Horace Epistles i. i, in tr. Horace Wks. (new ed.) IV. 11 Silver is less of price than gold, And gold than virtue, thousand fold.
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