单词 | litherly |
释义 | † litherlyadj. Obsolete. a. Spiteful, mischievous. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > spitefulness > [adjective] teenfulOE atteryc1175 ondfula1200 maliciousa1250 doggedc1300 enviousc1330 venoma1350 spitous?a1366 despitousc1374 heinous?a1400 venomyc1400 sinister1411 sputousc1420 doggish?a1425 cankered?a1439 doggya1450 sinistrous1460 spity1481 despiteful1488 spiteful1490 despiteous?1510 viperious?1510 peevisha1522 maliceful1522 envyful1530 viperinec1540 viperous?1542 vipered1560 uncanny1596 dogged-sprighted1600 maliced1602 ill-minded1611 virulent1613 ill-hearteda1617 doleful1617 spitish1627 splenial1641 litherlya1643 venomsome1660 slim1674 viper1721 vipereal1750 viperish1755 vicious1825 waspish1855 viperian1866 viperan1877 cattish1883 catty1886 bitchy1928 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > spite, malice > [adjective] loathOE teenfulOE nithefulOE ondfula1200 maliciousa1250 doggedc1300 enviousc1330 venomousa1340 venoma1350 spitous?a1366 despitousc1374 heinous?a1400 unkindlya1400 venomyc1400 sinister1411 sputousc1420 doggish?a1425 cankered?a1439 doggya1450 sinistrous1460 spity1481 despiteful1488 spiteful1490 despiteous?1510 viperious?1510 peevisha1522 envyful1530 viperous1535 viperinec1540 vipered1560 bad-minded1588 uncanny1596 dogged-sprighted1600 toothsome1601 maliced1602 ill-minded1611 virulent1613 ill-hearteda1617 doleful1617 spitish1627 ill-meaning1633 splenial1641 litherlya1643 venomsome1660 slim1668 cat-witted1672 vipereal1750 viperish1755 méchant1813 vicious1825 maliceful1840 mean1841 waspish1855 viperian1866 viperan1877 cattish1883 catty1886 bad mind1904 bitchy1908 a1643 W. Cartwright Ordinary (1651) ii. ii. 25 What wends against the grain is lytherly. 1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel ii. xxxii. 58 He was waspish, arch, and litherlie. b. Idle, lazy. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [adjective] sweerc725 foridledc1230 idlea1300 faintc1325 recrayed1340 slewful1340 nicea1398 sleuthya1400 delicate?c1400 sleuthfulc1400 slothfulc1400 sloth1412 lurdanc1480 luskinga1500 luskish15.. droning1509 bumbard?a1513 slottery1513 desidiousa1540 lazy1549 slovening1549 truanta1550 sleuth1567 litherly1573 truantly1579 dronish1580 lubberly1580 truant-like1583 shiftless1584 sluggard1594 fat1598 lusky1604 sweatless1606 clumse1611 easeful1611 loselly1611 do-littlea1613 sluggardisha1627 pigritious1638 drony1653 murcid1656 thokisha1682 shammockinga1704 indolent1710 huddroun1721 nothing-doing1724 desidiose1727 lusk1775 slack-twisted1794 sweert1817 bone-lazya1825 lurgy1828 straight-backed1830 do-nothing1832 slobbish1833 bone idle1836 slouch1837 lotophagous1841 shammocky1841 bein1847 thoky1847 lotus-eating1852 fainéant1855 sluggardly1865 lazy-boned1875 do-naught1879 easy-going1879 lazyish1892 slobbed1962 1573 T. Tusser Points Huswifrie (new ed.) f. 9, in Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) Some litherly lubber, more eateth then two, yet leaueth vndone, that a straunger will doe. 1684 S. E. Answer Remarks upon Dr. H. More 24 To awaken them out of their remisness and litherly formalness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2021). † litherlyadv. Obsolete. In a ‘lither’ manner. a. Wickedly, deceitfully, viciously. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adverb] wrothec888 litherlyc1050 foulOE sinfullyc1175 quedelya1250 amissc1275 shrewdly13.. felonly1303 wickedly1303 wickc1330 wickly1338 lewdlyc1384 wickeda1400 mischievouslyc1426 felonously1436 felonmentc1470 wickedfullyc1480 villainously1484 meschantlya1492 sinisterly1491 naughtily?1529 perniciously1533 naughtly1575 unsela1583 nefariously1599 scelerately1632 improbously1657 queerly1699 c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 178/27 Pessime, luþerlice. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1563 Ðin broðer iacob was her nu, And toc ðin bliscing liðer-like. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1231 Leþerly as a lyoun he lepes in-to þe prese. ?a1400 Morte Arth. 1263 To unlordly he wyrkez, Thus letherly agaynes law to lede my pople. b. Badly, meanly, miserably, wretchedly. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [adverb] noughtlyeOE wrothec888 unrighteouslyeOE foullyOE naughtlyOE wrothlyc1200 litherlya1225 unwraste?c1225 illc1275 vilelyc1290 shrewdly13.. felonly1303 unwrastlyc1320 viciouslya1325 diverselyc1325 wickly1338 lewdlyc1384 badlyc1405 foula1425 mischievouslyc1426 felonously1436 felonmentc1470 wickedfullyc1480 villainously1484 meschantlya1492 sinisterly1491 noughtily1528 naughtily?1529 perniciously1533 illy1549 naught1549 bad1575 evilly1581 nefariously1599 scelerately1632 improbously1657 piggishly1756 iniquitously1796 pervertedly1804 the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > wretchedness > [adverb] noughtlyeOE litherOE naughtlyOE litherlya1225 simplya1325 miseaselyc1330 wretchedlyc1340 lewdlyc1386 unhappily1390 miserably?a1425 lodderlyc1425 sorrily1496 singly1548 naughtily1574 sillily1581 lamentably1585 evilly1587 woefully1592 scurvily1616 execrably1633 grievously1742 miscreantly1744 queasily1845 fecklessly1862 God-forsakenly1913 a1225 St. Marher. 4 Thine forðfederes beoð..forloren luðerliche. c1386 G. Chaucer Miller's Tale 113 A clerk hadde litherly biset his whyle, But if he koude a Carpenter bigyle. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 36 What vrþly haþel..Wolde lyke, if a ladde com lyþerly attyred. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xiii. 133 Men say, ‘Lyght chepe Letherly foryeldys’. c. Idly, lazily. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [adverb] slewfully1340 untyȝtelc1400 slothlya1425 nicely1440 idly1487 sleuthfully1488 slothfully?1529 luskishly1530 litherly1550 lazily1587 indolently1707 loungingly1799 truantly1822 loafingly1860 lotophagously1882 1550 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Spyrytuall & Precyouse Pearle xvii. sig. Gvj Earnestly, manfully and not lytherly or fayntly. a1583 Arbuthnot in Pinkerton Anc. Sc. Poems (1786) 144 Men wes sueir, and durst not steir; But lurkit lidderlie. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. ii. lviii. 83 Doing all things that they did, litherly, slowly, rekelesly and stubbornely. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1573adv.c1050 |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。