maltreatv.²

Brit.

/malˈtriːt/, U.S.

/mælˈtrit/

Forms: 1600s– maltreat, 1700s maletreat, 1700s maltrait.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: mal- prefix, treat v.

Etymology: < mal- prefix + treat v., after French maltraiter (late 13th cent. in Old French as mal trester ) < mal (see mal- prefix) + traiter (see treat v.), after classical Latin male tractāre. Compare ill-treat v.An example of this word in a letter dated 1533 in M. St. C. Byrne Lisle Lett. (1981) I. 592 is a modern translation of a French original.

transitive. To abuse, ill-use; to handle roughly; to ill-treat. Chiefly with person as object. Cf. mistreat v.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harshness > [verb (transitive)]

misbedeOE

wait1303

beshrewc1325

misusea1382

mistreat1453

mishandle1530

misorder1550

mumble1588

maltreat1681

ill-treat1794

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > ill-treat [verb (transitive)]

tuckc888

tawc893

misbedeOE

graithc1330

to fare fair or foul with1340

misusea1382

outrayc1390

beshrewc1430

huspelc1440

misentreat1450

mistreat1453

abuse?1473

to mayne evil1481

demean1483

to put (a person) to villainya1513

harry1530

mishandle1530

touse1531

misorder1550

worrya1556

yark1565

mumble1588

buse1589

crow-tread1593

disabuse1607

maltreat1681

squeeze1691

ill-treat1794

punish1801

tousle1826

ill-use1841

razoo1890

mess1896

to play horse with1896

to bugger about1921

slug1925

to give (a person) the works1927

to kick about or around1938

mess1963

1681 J. Innes tr. M. de Scudéry Femmes Illustres ii. 20 I see them alreadie Maltreated by that slave, who was your first wife.

1708 J. Collier Further Vind. Short View 32 The Doctor [sc. Filmer] agrees..the Clergy ought by no means to be maltraited [Dr. Filmer had used the word ‘abus'd’] and ridicul'd on the Stage.

1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber iii. 49 This indignity cast upon a Gentleman, only for having maltreated a Player, was [etc.].

1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy II. xvii. 154 Yorick, indeed, was never better served in his life!—but it was a little hard to male-treat him after, and plunder him after he was laid in his grave.

1856 C. M. Yonge Cameos xxxvi, in Monthly Packet May 327 The jurymen..were often liable to be beaten and maltreated in revenge.

1859 J. G. Holland Gold Foil iv. 49 It is against the law that she turn them out of doors, or kill them, or maltreat them in any way.

1881 G. Saintsbury Dryden 172 The metre, though a well-known English critic has maltreated it of late, is a very fine one.

1906 B. Capes Loaves & Fishes 165 And any shaver [will tell you], that his razor, after maltreating..one side of his face, will repent.

1940 C. Stead Man who loved Children iv. 142 You took me and maltreated me and starved me half to death.

1970 C. Rayner Meddlers (1991) (BNC) 42 I do not intend to beat, starve, or in any way maltreat this child.

Derivatives

malˈtreated adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > [adjective]

misdighta1225

worried1559

ill-used1609

mishandleda1617

well-abused1648

spited1705

mistreated1799

misused1823

abused1826

maltreated1829

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harshness > [adjective] > treated thus

misusedc1480

mishandleda1617

mistreated1799

maltreated1829

1829 T. Carlyle in Foreign Rev. Jan. 447 The cheerful thraldom of this maltreated philosopher.

1864 Reader 4 477/2 We cannot take leave of this maltreated book without [etc.].

1901 Spectator 20 July 94/2 An unskilful physician was imprisoned by the family of a maltreated patient.

1987 D. Morris Catlore (1989) (BNC) 107 Maltreated cats, finding themselves in a similar plight, often approached such women, who befriended them as substitutes for human companionship and love.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	maltreat
释义	† maltreatv.¹ Forms: 1500s maletrait. Origin: Perhaps a borrowing from French. Etymon: French maltrait. Etymology: Perhaps < Middle French maltrait ill-treated (13th cent. in Old French; see maltreat v.²). However, the syntax of the quotation is puzzling, and the text may be corrupt. Obsolete. rare. Meaning uncertain: perhaps intended as past participle, ‘suffered’, following had. ΚΠ 1592 W. Wyrley Lord Chandos in True Vse Armorie 36 Newes him was brought..How Lord Clisson had lost his head they told, And maletrait, the French kings ire t'apease. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2021). maltreatv.² Brit. /malˈtriːt/, U.S. /mælˈtrit/ Forms: 1600s– maltreat, 1700s maletreat, 1700s maltrait. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: mal- prefix, treat v. Etymology: < mal- prefix + treat v., after French maltraiter (late 13th cent. in Old French as mal trester ) < mal (see mal- prefix) + traiter (see treat v.), after classical Latin male tractāre. Compare ill-treat v.An example of this word in a letter dated 1533 in M. St. C. Byrne Lisle Lett. (1981) I. 592 is a modern translation of a French original. transitive. To abuse, ill-use; to handle roughly; to ill-treat. Chiefly with person as object. Cf. mistreat v. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harshness > [verb (transitive)] misbedeOE wait1303 beshrewc1325 misusea1382 mistreat1453 mishandle1530 misorder1550 mumble1588 maltreat1681 ill-treat1794 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > ill-treat [verb (transitive)] tuckc888 tawc893 misbedeOE graithc1330 to fare fair or foul with1340 misusea1382 outrayc1390 beshrewc1430 huspelc1440 misentreat1450 mistreat1453 abuse?1473 to mayne evil1481 demean1483 to put (a person) to villainya1513 harry1530 mishandle1530 touse1531 misorder1550 worrya1556 yark1565 mumble1588 buse1589 crow-tread1593 disabuse1607 maltreat1681 squeeze1691 ill-treat1794 punish1801 tousle1826 ill-use1841 razoo1890 mess1896 to play horse with1896 to bugger about1921 slug1925 to give (a person) the works1927 to kick about or around1938 mess1963 1681 J. Innes tr. M. de Scudéry Femmes Illustres ii. 20 I see them alreadie Maltreated by that slave, who was your first wife. 1708 J. Collier Further Vind. Short View 32 The Doctor [sc. Filmer] agrees..the Clergy ought by no means to be maltraited [Dr. Filmer had used the word ‘abus'd’] and ridicul'd on the Stage. 1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber iii. 49 This indignity cast upon a Gentleman, only for having maltreated a Player, was [etc.]. 1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy II. xvii. 154 Yorick, indeed, was never better served in his life!—but it was a little hard to male-treat him after, and plunder him after he was laid in his grave. 1856 C. M. Yonge Cameos xxxvi, in Monthly Packet May 327 The jurymen..were often liable to be beaten and maltreated in revenge. 1859 J. G. Holland Gold Foil iv. 49 It is against the law that she turn them out of doors, or kill them, or maltreat them in any way. 1881 G. Saintsbury Dryden 172 The metre, though a well-known English critic has maltreated it of late, is a very fine one. 1906 B. Capes Loaves & Fishes 165 And any shaver [will tell you], that his razor, after maltreating..one side of his face, will repent. 1940 C. Stead Man who loved Children iv. 142 You took me and maltreated me and starved me half to death. 1970 C. Rayner Meddlers (1991) (BNC) 42 I do not intend to beat, starve, or in any way maltreat this child. Derivatives malˈtreated adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > [adjective] misdighta1225 worried1559 ill-used1609 mishandleda1617 well-abused1648 spited1705 mistreated1799 misused1823 abused1826 maltreated1829 the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harshness > [adjective] > treated thus misusedc1480 mishandleda1617 mistreated1799 maltreated1829 1829 T. Carlyle in Foreign Rev. Jan. 447 The cheerful thraldom of this maltreated philosopher. 1864 Reader 4 477/2 We cannot take leave of this maltreated book without [etc.]. 1901 Spectator 20 July 94/2 An unskilful physician was imprisoned by the family of a maltreated patient. 1987 D. Morris Catlore (1989) (BNC) 107 Maltreated cats, finding themselves in a similar plight, often approached such women, who befriended them as substitutes for human companionship and love. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.¹1592v.²1681
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† maltreatv.1

maltreatv.2

Derivatives

† maltreatv.¹

maltreatv.²