nefastadj.

Brit.

/nᵻˈfɑːst/, U.S.

/nəˈfæst/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nefastus.

Etymology: < classical Latin nefastus contrary to, or forbidden by, divine law < ne- not (see ne adv.¹) + fastus lawful for the transaction of business ( < fās (see nefarious adj.) + -tus , suffix forming adjectives). Compare French néfaste having detrimental or unfortunate consequences (1831; mid 14th cent. in Middle French in phrase jours néfastes in sense ‘days when it is forbidden by religious law to attend to public affairs’). Compare earlier nefastous adj., nefarious adj.

literary and rare.

Nefarious.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [adjective]

woughc888

litherc893

frakeda900

sinnyc950

unrighteouseOE

baleOE

manOE

unfeleOE

ungoodc1000

unwrasta1122

illc1175

nithec1175

wickc1175

hinderfulc1200

quedec1275

wickedc1275

wondlichc1275

unkindc1325

badc1330

divers1340

wrakefula1350

felonousc1374

flagitiousc1384

lewdc1386

noughta1387

ungoodly1390

unquertc1390

diverse1393

felona1400

imperfectc1400

unfairc1400

unfinec1400

unblesseda1425

meschant?c1450

naughtyc1460

feculent1471

sinister1474

noughty?1490

ill-deedya1500

pernicious?1533

scelerous1534

naught1536

goodlyc1560

nefarious1567

iron1574

felly1583

paganish1587

improbate1596

malefactious1607

villain1607

infand1608

scelestious1609

illful1613

scelestic1628

inimicitious1641

infandous1645

iniquous1655

improbous1657

malefactory1667

perta1704

iniquitous1726

unracy1782

unredeemed1799

demoralized1800

fetid1805

scarlet1820

gammy1832

nefast1849

disvaluable1942

badass1955

bad-assed1962

society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective] > iniquitous

hinderfulc1200

unwrast?c1225

nefarious1567

infand1608

infandous1645

iniquous1655

iniquitous1726

nefast1849

1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons x. xlvi, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 149/2 If you really take for truth and life monsters so nefast and flagitious.

1887 R. L. Stevenson Let. Oct. (1899) II. 71 In good case and spirits, as I am now, after a most nefast experience of despondency before I left.

1939 E. St. V. Millay Huntsman, what Quarry? i. 25 My mind,..strong to overflow its banks in spring, carrying away bridges; A bed of pebbles now, through which there trickles one clear narrow stream, following a course henceforth nefast.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nefast
释义	nefastadj. Brit. /nᵻˈfɑːst/, U.S. /nəˈfæst/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nefastus. Etymology: < classical Latin nefastus contrary to, or forbidden by, divine law < ne- not (see ne adv.¹) + fastus lawful for the transaction of business ( < fās (see nefarious adj.) + -tus , suffix forming adjectives). Compare French néfaste having detrimental or unfortunate consequences (1831; mid 14th cent. in Middle French in phrase jours néfastes in sense ‘days when it is forbidden by religious law to attend to public affairs’). Compare earlier nefastous adj., nefarious adj. literary and rare. Nefarious. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [adjective] woughc888 litherc893 frakeda900 sinnyc950 unrighteouseOE baleOE manOE unfeleOE ungoodc1000 unwrasta1122 illc1175 nithec1175 wickc1175 hinderfulc1200 quedec1275 wickedc1275 wondlichc1275 unkindc1325 badc1330 divers1340 wrakefula1350 felonousc1374 flagitiousc1384 lewdc1386 noughta1387 ungoodly1390 unquertc1390 diverse1393 felona1400 imperfectc1400 unfairc1400 unfinec1400 unblesseda1425 meschant?c1450 naughtyc1460 feculent1471 sinister1474 noughty?1490 ill-deedya1500 pernicious?1533 scelerous1534 naught1536 goodlyc1560 nefarious1567 iron1574 felly1583 paganish1587 improbate1596 malefactious1607 villain1607 infand1608 scelestious1609 illful1613 scelestic1628 inimicitious1641 infandous1645 iniquous1655 improbous1657 malefactory1667 perta1704 iniquitous1726 unracy1782 unredeemed1799 demoralized1800 fetid1805 scarlet1820 gammy1832 nefast1849 disvaluable1942 badass1955 bad-assed1962 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective] > iniquitous hinderfulc1200 unwrast?c1225 nefarious1567 infand1608 infandous1645 iniquous1655 iniquitous1726 nefast1849 1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons x. xlvi, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 149/2 If you really take for truth and life monsters so nefast and flagitious. 1887 R. L. Stevenson Let. Oct. (1899) II. 71 In good case and spirits, as I am now, after a most nefast experience of despondency before I left. 1939 E. St. V. Millay Huntsman, what Quarry? i. 25 My mind,..strong to overflow its banks in spring, carrying away bridges; A bed of pebbles now, through which there trickles one clear narrow stream, following a course henceforth nefast. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1849
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