单词 | mutinying |
释义 | mutinyingn. The action of mutiny v. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > mutiny > [noun] mutining1555 mutinery1563 mutiny1579 mutineering1684 mutinyinga1716 c1602 F. Davison Poet. Rhapsody (1826) II. 341 Leave mutinying and rest secure. 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 321 This mad mutinying frenzy was..among all the Garrisons of Germany. a1716 R. South 12 Serm. (1717) VI. 31 The mutinying of the Army about St. Albans. 1865 J. Pope Let. 5 Aug. in War of Rebellion (U.S. War Dept.) (1896) 1st Ser. XLVIII. ii. 1166 Proceedings of courts-martial, sentencing several privates..to death for mutinying, &c. 1986 Manch. Guardian Weekly (Nexis) 13 Apr. 11 The accused men will stand trial on charges of mutinying, homicide, arson and attacking public property. 2006 R. Brookhiser What would Founders Do? vi. 125 He talked his unpaid officers out of mutinying..in the last days of the Revolution. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mutinyingadj. That mutinies or rebels against authority. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > mutiny > [adjective] > mutinying mutining1577 mutinying1647 mutineering1709 1647 Kingdomes Weekly Intelligencer No. 203. 482 Some hurt done by mutinying Souldiers at Wrexham, Lantham, and other places in the northwest of this Kingdome. 1693 J. Bancroft Henry II ii. i. 12 He has a damnable Spirit, and values Hanging a Church-man no more than a mutinying Soldier. 1766 E. Lloyd Curate 7 Passions rose, a mutinying crew, And the fair order of the world o'erthrew. 1867 C. A. Bloss & J. J. Anderson Anc. Hist. iv. 186 Proud as he was, he [sc. Alcibiades] wished to return under happier auspices than from a mutinying army to a seditious city. 1950 Amer. Lit. 22 132 (note) Melville reworked his background source..into a defense of the mutinying sailors at Spithead and Nore. 2000 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 6 July 24 A deal between mutinying soldiers and Ivory Coast's military junta appeared to be lowering tensions in the capital. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1602adj.1647 |
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