单词 | metheless |
释义 | † methelessadj. Obsolete. That goes beyond due measure; greedy; immoderate, intemperate; unrestrained. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [adjective] outragea1325 violentc1384 boistousa1387 outrageousc1390 outraiousc1390 harageous?a1400 hetera1400 methelessc1400 ruffian1528 termagant1546 sore1565 ruffianly1570 boisterous1581 violousa1626 tory-rory1678 plug-ugly1857 radge1857 amok1868 tough1884 roughhouse1896 butch1939 shit-kicking1953 hard-ass1967 tasty1974 OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxxiv. 296 Ða het martinus ða mæðleasan fugelas, ðæs fixnoðes geswican. c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 211 Þer nere nan oðer uuel bute hare meadlese nurð [a1250 Nero meðlease muð; ?c1225 Cleo. medlaseschipe] hit walde letten oðerhwile heouenliche þohtes. c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 51 Ȝef he is meðleas, leueð him þe wurse. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) 273 Þose wern men meþelez & maȝty on urþe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.OE |
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