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单词 misanthropical
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misanthropicaladj.n.

Brit. /ˌmɪs(ə)nˈθrɒpᵻkl/, /ˌmɪz(ə)nˈθrɒpᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌmɪs(ə)nˈθrɑpək(ə)l/
Forms: see misanthrope n. and adj. and -ical suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Misanthropos n., -ical suffix.
Etymology: < Misanthropos n. + -ical suffix. Compare later misanthropic adj.
= misanthropic adj. Also used as n.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social attitudes > misanthropy > [adjective]
misanthropical1621
misanthrope1757
misanthropic1762
Timonian1770
unphilanthropic1802
1621 T. Granger Expos. Eccl. iv. 9 An illustration of the vanities of Misanthropicall couetousnesse.
1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle II. lxxvi. 307 His disposition [was] altogether misanthropical.
1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 102 Old fellows..who..do the misanthropical in chambers, taking great delight in thinking themselves unhappy.
1864 C. Knight Passages Working Life II. 51 No desertion of old friends rendered me misanthropical.
1899 Mod. Lang. Notes 14 341 The poet has been successful in presenting a series of trials for Alcestis which gradually embitter his temper and account for his misanthropical fits.
1936 Jrnl. Educ. Sociol. 10 112 The examiner detected abnormal misanthropical attitudes which demanded psychiatric study.
1965 A. Waugh Mule on Minaret 326 He had returned to the mood of misanthropical discontent in which he had awaited Rachel.
1988 R. Fraser Charlotte Brontë (1989) ii. 22 She would later represent her father..as being solitary and misanthropical in his habits.

Derivatives

misanˈthropically adv.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social attitudes > misanthropy > [adverb]
misanthropically1792
1792 F. Reynolds Notoriety v. 52 I am..out of humour with the world... If you knew how misanthropically I spent my time.
1835 H. Miller Scenes & Legends N. Scotl. xv. 270 Misanthropically accumulating into one gloomy heap, all that is terrible in the judgements of God.
1997 Toronto Star 12 July m3 Mitchum embodied a newer, darker, more misanthropically self-motivated America.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.n.1621
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