negligentadj.n.adv.

Brit.

/ˈnɛɡlᵻdʒ(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ˈnɛɡlədʒ(ə)nt/

Forms: Middle English neccligent, Middle English necclygent, Middle English necgligent, Middle English necligentt, Middle English 1600s neclegent, Middle English–1500s neclygent, Middle English–1500s neglygent, Middle English–1600s necligent, Middle English– negligent, 1500s necligente, 1500s neglegent, 1500s negligente; Scottish pre-1700 neclegent, pre-1700 necligent, pre-1700 neglegent, pre-1700 neglygent, pre-1700 neklegent, pre-1700 1700s– negligent.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French necligent; Latin negligent-, negligēns, negligere.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French necligent, negligent (late 12th cent. in Old French; also in Anglo-Norman as necgligent ; French négligent ) or their etymon classical Latin negligent-, negligēns (also neglegēns , neclegēns : see note) careless, heedless, neglectful, a negligent person, uses as adjective and noun respectively of present participle of negligere, neglegere (see neglect v.). Compare Spanish negligente (13th cent.), Catalan negligent (1272), Italian negligente (a1294), Portuguese negligente (1361).The classical Latin form negligere reflected in the Romance forms appears to be somewhat less common than neglegere. The reason for preference for -ligere or -legere in compounds of legere is not always apparent. According to A. Ernout and A. Meillet Dict. Étym. de la Langue Latine (1959) at legō, the predominance of the form neglegere is due to the fact that it represents a relatively recent compound, although the verb, along with neglegēns and neglegentia, is recorded from Plautus and Terence (2nd cent. b.c.).

A. adj.

a. Of persons: inattentive to duty; not attending to, or doing, what ought to be done; neglectful. Also (now rare) with in, of.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > negligent

yemelesc897

recklesseOE

unshrivel1340

lashc1374

negligenta1382

laches1418

lachous1484

forgetful1526

neglect1603

wreaklessa1616

slighty1658

relasch1663

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Gen. xlii. 1 Why ben ȝe necgligent?..descende ȝe & biggeþ to vs nedfull þingez.

c1390 G. Chaucer Physician's Tale 101 Vnder a shepherde softe and necligent, The wolf hath many a sheep and lamb to rent.

?c1430 (?1383) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 312 O worldly prest necligent and unkunnynge.

1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. bj^v/2 Salamon sayth yf the kyng be neclygent the peple wote not what to doo.

a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 37 The negligent religiose & þe leuke haþ tribulacion.

1551 R. Crowley Pleasure & Payne sig. Bii I found you negligent In fedynge my family.

1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxix. 193 To better him if he be negligent, to be like him, if he be diligent.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. xv. 79 The most part are too busie in getting food, and the rest too negligent to understand.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1675 (1955) IV. 60 He was very negligent himselfe & of a Philosophic temper..& was indeede rather negligent of his person.

1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 103 He's nothing of a Soldier, (Thanks to his negligent Officers).

1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 276 The proud, uncandid, insincere, Or negligent inquirer.

1847 E. Brontë Wuthering Heights II. ix. 184 The boy, mistaking our approach for that of his negligent attendant.

1879 G. W. Cable Old Creole Days 124 He was a great student and rather negligent of his business.

1961 S. J. Perelman Rising Gorge (1987) 27 Under the trig and forceful exterior..it was clear to the most negligent reader that there dwelt a visionary.

1985 J. McDougall Theatres of Mind (1986) i. 18 She begins to worry about his health and the fact that she has been negligent in asking for news of him.

†b. Heedless, careless, indifferent. Chiefly with of. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > indifference > [adjective]

carelessOE

negligentc1390

recklessc1425

neutral1494

indifferent?1520

undifferentc1540

uncareful1560

unmindful1560

unaddicted1583

unmindful1585

perfunctory1602

disinteressed1603

come day, go day (God send Sunday)1616

disinteresteda1631

Laodicean1633

vacanta1639

unconcerned1645

easy1649

mawkish1679

indifferinga1694

concernless1706

unminding1714

nonchalanta1734

coolrife1768

uninterested1772

uncaring1786

tooth-picking1814

pococurante1815

pococurantish1821

insouciant1829

non-committal1829

don't-care1830

promiscuous1837

don't-carish1838

unpartial1840

noncurantist1882

noncuranta1913

casual1916

Gallionic1920

disengaged1958

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > careless or heedless

getelessc1175

untimingc1350

unmindfula1382

negligentc1390

unminda1400

roughtlessa1500

respectlessa1542

indiligent1549

unheedful1570

regardless1578

heedless1579

unheedy1579

unregarding?1585

unrespective1594

neglectful1595

unregardful1598

unobservinga1628

tentless1636

disregardfula1641

unregardant1652

inadvertent1653

disregarding1659

unaspective1661

inobservant1663

unheeding1770

unobservant1775

inattentive1785

disregardant1816

unrecking1824

unminded1831

unchary1856

amelectic1879

irregardless1912

blithe1922

slap-happy1937

c1390 G. Chaucer Melibeus 2513 Be nat necligent to kepe thy persone nat oonly fro thy grettest enemys but fro thy leeste enemy.

c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 416 Negligent of þe said perels,..he wold hafe þis drope of honye.

1651 A. Weamys Contin. Sydney's Arcadia 34 Let me counsel you as a faithfull friend, not to engage your affections to one that is so negligent of it, but rather bestow it upon me that will accept of it.

1697 R. Blackmore King Arthur xii. 329 With Danger pleas'd, and negligent of Death.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 61. ⁋4 They carry it so far, as to be negligent, whether they offend or not.

1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. iii. 54 Some neighbouring baron, whose consciousness of strength made him equally negligent of the laws of property.

1841 R. W. Emerson Ess. 1st Ser. (Boston ed.) viii. 208 The unschooled man..finds a quality in him [sc. the hero] that is negligent of expense, of health, of life, of danger [etc.].

c. Law. Of a person or body of people: failing to show reasonable care; not conforming to reasonable standards of behaviour, workmanship, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > negligent > specifically in legal matters

negligent1862

1862 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 25 41 It is no exaggeration to describe the excessive pauper-rate, fostered by the mal-administration of negligent unions, as a public scandal.

1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) Introd. 13 An actor is negligent when he is ignorant of the consequences of his act.

1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 174/1 The liability of the latter was not, before 1880, extended to make the master responsible in damages if the person injured and the negligent servant were both in his service.

1901 Dict. National Biogr. Suppl. I. 89/2 He..treated Alfred Stevens..as a negligent contractor, and..would have forced him to surrender his models.

1971 Reader's Digest Family Guide Law 214/2 In deciding whether a minor has been ‘negligent’, the standard applied is that of a reasonably careful minor of that age.

1995 Which? Oct. 9/2 Mrs S believed that her solicitor had been negligent in not checking this out.

a. Of actions, conduct, etc.: characterized by, or displaying, negligence or carelessness; reckless.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > negligent > characterized by negligence

negligentc1475

neglectful1595

c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 798 (MED) Many a lady and princesse..Tonges haue brought in heuynesse..where the venym doth abreid Of recles tonges necligent.

a1513 W. Dunbar Tabill of Confessioun in Poems (1998) I. 271 Fals vanglore and deidis necligent.

a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 10 Theyr maner of lyfyng wych they by necligente incontynence suffur to be corrupt.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. ii. 44 O negligent and heedlesse Discipline.

1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. iv. 73 You might with a negligent or unlucky knock with the Mallet drive the edge..under the work.

1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels I. 12 A sordid or negligent Temper.

1784 T. Astle Origin & Progress Writing 79 The Rustic capitals were bold, negligent, unequal, composed of strokes, generally oblique, sometimes extravagant, and always inelegant.

1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel i. x. 15 All loose her negligent attire, All loose her golden hair.

1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxxiii. 195 The person..with a haughty, negligent air, delivered her basket.

1897 J. Conrad Nigger of ‘Narcissus’ iv. 88 Men sprawled about on the deck, sat in negligent poses, or..drooped with one shoulder against a bulkhead.

1922 ‘R. Crompton’ More William (1924) x. 162 Blake and Johnson were standing in negligent attitudes against the wall.

1991 M. Gullan-Whur Discover Graphol. ii. 114 Look at other samples before deciding that negligent punctuation is habitual.

b. Due to negligence. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > negligent > due to negligence

negligenta1616

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. vi. 81 Till we perceiu'd both how you were wrong led, And we in negligent danger.

1643 W. Young Vade Mecum 93 Negligent escape, is where one is arrested and afterwards escapes against the will of him that arrested him.

1856 J. Bouvier Law Dict. U.S.A. (ed. 6) (at cited word) For a negligent escape, the sheriff or keeper of the prison is liable to punishment in a criminal case.

1993 D. A. Smith In Cube i. 15 Would Ahumada uncover his death and charge me with negligent senticide?

c. Law. Characterized by failure to take reasonable care or fulfil a legal duty of care, unreasonable (see negligence n. 1b). Frequently (U.S.) negligent driving.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > negligent > characterized by negligence > specifically in legal matters

negligent1738

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > movement of vehicles > [adjective] > driving negligently, without care

negligent driving1861

1738 Cases King's Bench William III 152 It was moved in Arrest of Judgment, that such an Action on the Case lies only for a negligent keeping his Fire in his House.

1861 B. C. Howard Rep. Supreme Court U.S. 24 124 The stable-keeper provided the driver through whose negligent driving an injury was done to the horse of a third person.

1920 Northeastern Reporter 126 73/1 On the ground that the city was not liable for the negligent driving of the hose truck operated by a member of the city fire department while in the performance of his duties.

1973 Daily Tel. 21 Aug. 15 Joseph Kennedy, 21-year-old son of the late Senator Robert Kennedy, was fined $100 (£40) for negligent driving in Nantucket yesterday.

2001 Sports Illustr. 5 Mar. 45/2 Dillon was arrested in Seattle for driving under the influence. He pleaded guilty to negligent driving and received two years' probation.

d. Chiefly Military. negligent discharge n. unauthorized or carelessly accidental firing of a firearm.

ΚΠ

1981 A. Judd Breed of Heroes ii. vi. 116 It was the first negligent discharge [of a pistol] in the battalion and the CO..had fined him heavily.

1990 C. Allen Savage Wars of Peace (1991) 30 Suicides, like negligent discharges and accidental shootings.., were taboo subjects.

2001 Irish News (Nexis) 16 Nov. 36 The soldier was fined for negligent discharge of the weapon.

B. n.

1. A negligent person. Also: (frequently with the and plural agreement) negligent people as a class. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > negligence > negligent person

negligenta1460

a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) 1142 (MED) And mak an oye That euery man to strengthes ha ther goodis..And negligentys to compelle, it good is.

a1500 Foly of Fulys & Thewis of Wysmen 236 in R. Girvan Ratis Raving & Other Early Scots Poems (1939) 58 And dedly hatis al neglygent.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. vii. 23 Celerity is neuer more admir'd, Then by the negligent .

a1627 W. Sclater Serm. Experimentall (1638) 129 Taxed here are..Negligents in this duty.

1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture II. 99/1 Faults which the negligent and unadvised easily fall into.

1853 W. Whewell tr. H. Grotius De Jure Belli II. 192 It often happens in agents or negligents of the secondary order.

1892 Star 14 Dec. 2/5 [A] congenial company of negligents.

1950 Studia Serica 9 1 (title) The punishment of lunatics and negligents according to classical Chinese law.

1971 Jrnl. Asian Stud. 30 259 19th century sinologists were misled by incorrect translations into thinking Chinese legal practice regarding negligents, lunatics and invalids was much crueler than it was in fact.

2. A type of man's wig fashionable in the second quarter of the 18th cent. Now historical.The original of N.E.D.'s quot. 1753 in fact shows the form neglegee (see negligée n. 1).

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > wig > types of > other

Rogerian1597

Gregorian1598

Chedreux1678

vallancy1684

spencer17..

nightcap wig1709

Adonis1734

pigeon wing1753

grizzle1755

tête1756

bag-wig1760

negligent1762

jasey1789

bushel-wig1794

Brutus1798

scalp1802

Brown Georgea1845

sheitel1890

fright wig1904

katsura1908

neck-roll1920

1762 O. Goldsmith Life R. Nash 74 Nash..had seen flaxen bobs succeeded by majors, which in their turn gave way to negligents.

1971 J. Woodforde Strange Story False Hair vii. 46 Men's—eighteenth century..Negligent.

†C. adv.

Negligently. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adverb]

recklesslyeOE

lighteOE

yemeleslichec1000

lightlyOE

recklessa1450

slightlya1557

uncaredly?1590

wretchlessly?16..

incuriously1603

uncarefully1655

carelessly1667

slightily1679

slapdash1680

lashly1691

cavalierly1718

negligent1738

1738 J. Wesley My Drowsy Powers (hymn) ii Yet we who have a Heav'n t'obtain How negligent we live!

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

单词	negligent
释义	negligentadj.n.adv. Brit. /ˈnɛɡlᵻdʒ(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈnɛɡlədʒ(ə)nt/ Forms: Middle English neccligent, Middle English necclygent, Middle English necgligent, Middle English necligentt, Middle English 1600s neclegent, Middle English–1500s neclygent, Middle English–1500s neglygent, Middle English–1600s necligent, Middle English– negligent, 1500s necligente, 1500s neglegent, 1500s negligente; Scottish pre-1700 neclegent, pre-1700 necligent, pre-1700 neglegent, pre-1700 neglygent, pre-1700 neklegent, pre-1700 1700s– negligent. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French necligent; Latin negligent-, negligēns, negligere. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French necligent, negligent (late 12th cent. in Old French; also in Anglo-Norman as necgligent ; French négligent ) or their etymon classical Latin negligent-, negligēns (also neglegēns , neclegēns : see note) careless, heedless, neglectful, a negligent person, uses as adjective and noun respectively of present participle of negligere, neglegere (see neglect v.). Compare Spanish negligente (13th cent.), Catalan negligent (1272), Italian negligente (a1294), Portuguese negligente (1361).The classical Latin form negligere reflected in the Romance forms appears to be somewhat less common than neglegere. The reason for preference for -ligere or -legere in compounds of legere is not always apparent. According to A. Ernout and A. Meillet Dict. Étym. de la Langue Latine (1959) at legō, the predominance of the form neglegere is due to the fact that it represents a relatively recent compound, although the verb, along with neglegēns and neglegentia, is recorded from Plautus and Terence (2nd cent. b.c.). A. adj. 1. a. Of persons: inattentive to duty; not attending to, or doing, what ought to be done; neglectful. Also (now rare) with in, of. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > negligent yemelesc897 recklesseOE unshrivel1340 lashc1374 negligenta1382 laches1418 lachous1484 forgetful1526 neglect1603 wreaklessa1616 slighty1658 relasch1663 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Gen. xlii. 1 Why ben ȝe necgligent?..descende ȝe & biggeþ to vs nedfull þingez. c1390 G. Chaucer Physician's Tale 101 Vnder a shepherde softe and necligent, The wolf hath many a sheep and lamb to rent. ?c1430 (?1383) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 312 O worldly prest necligent and unkunnynge. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. bj^v/2 Salamon sayth yf the kyng be neclygent the peple wote not what to doo. a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 37 The negligent religiose & þe leuke haþ tribulacion. 1551 R. Crowley Pleasure & Payne sig. Bii I found you negligent In fedynge my family. 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxix. 193 To better him if he be negligent, to be like him, if he be diligent. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. xv. 79 The most part are too busie in getting food, and the rest too negligent to understand. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1675 (1955) IV. 60 He was very negligent himselfe & of a Philosophic temper..& was indeede rather negligent of his person. 1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 103 He's nothing of a Soldier, (Thanks to his negligent Officers). 1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 276 The proud, uncandid, insincere, Or negligent inquirer. 1847 E. Brontë Wuthering Heights II. ix. 184 The boy, mistaking our approach for that of his negligent attendant. 1879 G. W. Cable Old Creole Days 124 He was a great student and rather negligent of his business. 1961 S. J. Perelman Rising Gorge (1987) 27 Under the trig and forceful exterior..it was clear to the most negligent reader that there dwelt a visionary. 1985 J. McDougall Theatres of Mind (1986) i. 18 She begins to worry about his health and the fact that she has been negligent in asking for news of him. †b. Heedless, careless, indifferent. Chiefly with of. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > indifference > [adjective] carelessOE negligentc1390 recklessc1425 neutral1494 indifferent?1520 undifferentc1540 uncareful1560 unmindful1560 unaddicted1583 unmindful1585 perfunctory1602 disinteressed1603 come day, go day (God send Sunday)1616 disinteresteda1631 Laodicean1633 vacanta1639 unconcerned1645 easy1649 mawkish1679 indifferinga1694 concernless1706 unminding1714 nonchalanta1734 coolrife1768 uninterested1772 uncaring1786 tooth-picking1814 pococurante1815 pococurantish1821 insouciant1829 non-committal1829 don't-care1830 promiscuous1837 don't-carish1838 unpartial1840 noncurantist1882 noncuranta1913 casual1916 Gallionic1920 disengaged1958 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > careless or heedless getelessc1175 untimingc1350 unmindfula1382 negligentc1390 unminda1400 roughtlessa1500 respectlessa1542 indiligent1549 unheedful1570 regardless1578 heedless1579 unheedy1579 unregarding?1585 unrespective1594 neglectful1595 unregardful1598 unobservinga1628 tentless1636 disregardfula1641 unregardant1652 inadvertent1653 disregarding1659 unaspective1661 inobservant1663 unheeding1770 unobservant1775 inattentive1785 disregardant1816 unrecking1824 unminded1831 unchary1856 amelectic1879 irregardless1912 blithe1922 slap-happy1937 c1390 G. Chaucer Melibeus 2513 Be nat necligent to kepe thy persone nat oonly fro thy grettest enemys but fro thy leeste enemy. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 416 Negligent of þe said perels,..he wold hafe þis drope of honye. 1651 A. Weamys Contin. Sydney's Arcadia 34 Let me counsel you as a faithfull friend, not to engage your affections to one that is so negligent of it, but rather bestow it upon me that will accept of it. 1697 R. Blackmore King Arthur xii. 329 With Danger pleas'd, and negligent of Death. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 61. ⁋4 They carry it so far, as to be negligent, whether they offend or not. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. iii. 54 Some neighbouring baron, whose consciousness of strength made him equally negligent of the laws of property. 1841 R. W. Emerson Ess. 1st Ser. (Boston ed.) viii. 208 The unschooled man..finds a quality in him [sc. the hero] that is negligent of expense, of health, of life, of danger [etc.]. c. Law. Of a person or body of people: failing to show reasonable care; not conforming to reasonable standards of behaviour, workmanship, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > negligent > specifically in legal matters negligent1862 1862 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 25 41 It is no exaggeration to describe the excessive pauper-rate, fostered by the mal-administration of negligent unions, as a public scandal. 1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) Introd. 13 An actor is negligent when he is ignorant of the consequences of his act. 1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 174/1 The liability of the latter was not, before 1880, extended to make the master responsible in damages if the person injured and the negligent servant were both in his service. 1901 Dict. National Biogr. Suppl. I. 89/2 He..treated Alfred Stevens..as a negligent contractor, and..would have forced him to surrender his models. 1971 Reader's Digest Family Guide Law 214/2 In deciding whether a minor has been ‘negligent’, the standard applied is that of a reasonably careful minor of that age. 1995 Which? Oct. 9/2 Mrs S believed that her solicitor had been negligent in not checking this out. 2. a. Of actions, conduct, etc.: characterized by, or displaying, negligence or carelessness; reckless. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > negligent > characterized by negligence negligentc1475 neglectful1595 c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 798 (MED) Many a lady and princesse..Tonges haue brought in heuynesse..where the venym doth abreid Of recles tonges necligent. a1513 W. Dunbar Tabill of Confessioun in Poems (1998) I. 271 Fals vanglore and deidis necligent. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 10 Theyr maner of lyfyng wych they by necligente incontynence suffur to be corrupt. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. ii. 44 O negligent and heedlesse Discipline. View more context for this quotation 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. iv. 73 You might with a negligent or unlucky knock with the Mallet drive the edge..under the work. 1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels I. 12 A sordid or negligent Temper. 1784 T. Astle Origin & Progress Writing 79 The Rustic capitals were bold, negligent, unequal, composed of strokes, generally oblique, sometimes extravagant, and always inelegant. 1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel i. x. 15 All loose her negligent attire, All loose her golden hair. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxxiii. 195 The person..with a haughty, negligent air, delivered her basket. 1897 J. Conrad Nigger of ‘Narcissus’ iv. 88 Men sprawled about on the deck, sat in negligent poses, or..drooped with one shoulder against a bulkhead. 1922 ‘R. Crompton’ More William (1924) x. 162 Blake and Johnson were standing in negligent attitudes against the wall. 1991 M. Gullan-Whur Discover Graphol. ii. 114 Look at other samples before deciding that negligent punctuation is habitual. b. Due to negligence. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > negligent > due to negligence negligenta1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. vi. 81 Till we perceiu'd both how you were wrong led, And we in negligent danger. View more context for this quotation 1643 W. Young Vade Mecum 93 Negligent escape, is where one is arrested and afterwards escapes against the will of him that arrested him. 1856 J. Bouvier Law Dict. U.S.A. (ed. 6) (at cited word) For a negligent escape, the sheriff or keeper of the prison is liable to punishment in a criminal case. 1993 D. A. Smith In Cube i. 15 Would Ahumada uncover his death and charge me with negligent senticide? c. Law. Characterized by failure to take reasonable care or fulfil a legal duty of care, unreasonable (see negligence n. 1b). Frequently (U.S.) negligent driving. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > negligent > characterized by negligence > specifically in legal matters negligent1738 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > movement of vehicles > [adjective] > driving negligently, without care negligent driving1861 1738 Cases King's Bench William III 152 It was moved in Arrest of Judgment, that such an Action on the Case lies only for a negligent keeping his Fire in his House. 1861 B. C. Howard Rep. Supreme Court U.S. 24 124 The stable-keeper provided the driver through whose negligent driving an injury was done to the horse of a third person. 1920 Northeastern Reporter 126 73/1 On the ground that the city was not liable for the negligent driving of the hose truck operated by a member of the city fire department while in the performance of his duties. 1973 Daily Tel. 21 Aug. 15 Joseph Kennedy, 21-year-old son of the late Senator Robert Kennedy, was fined $100 (£40) for negligent driving in Nantucket yesterday. 2001 Sports Illustr. 5 Mar. 45/2 Dillon was arrested in Seattle for driving under the influence. He pleaded guilty to negligent driving and received two years' probation. d. Chiefly Military. negligent discharge n. unauthorized or carelessly accidental firing of a firearm. ΚΠ 1981 A. Judd Breed of Heroes ii. vi. 116 It was the first negligent discharge [of a pistol] in the battalion and the CO..had fined him heavily. 1990 C. Allen Savage Wars of Peace (1991) 30 Suicides, like negligent discharges and accidental shootings.., were taboo subjects. 2001 Irish News (Nexis) 16 Nov. 36 The soldier was fined for negligent discharge of the weapon. B. n. 1. A negligent person. Also: (frequently with the and plural agreement) negligent people as a class. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > negligence > negligent person negligenta1460 a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) 1142 (MED) And mak an oye That euery man to strengthes ha ther goodis..And negligentys to compelle, it good is. a1500 Foly of Fulys & Thewis of Wysmen 236 in R. Girvan Ratis Raving & Other Early Scots Poems (1939) 58 And dedly hatis al neglygent. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. vii. 23 Celerity is neuer more admir'd, Then by the negligent . View more context for this quotation a1627 W. Sclater Serm. Experimentall (1638) 129 Taxed here are..Negligents in this duty. 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture II. 99/1 Faults which the negligent and unadvised easily fall into. 1853 W. Whewell tr. H. Grotius De Jure Belli II. 192 It often happens in agents or negligents of the secondary order. 1892 Star 14 Dec. 2/5 [A] congenial company of negligents. 1950 Studia Serica 9 1 (title) The punishment of lunatics and negligents according to classical Chinese law. 1971 Jrnl. Asian Stud. 30 259 19th century sinologists were misled by incorrect translations into thinking Chinese legal practice regarding negligents, lunatics and invalids was much crueler than it was in fact. 2. A type of man's wig fashionable in the second quarter of the 18th cent. Now historical.The original of N.E.D.'s quot. 1753 in fact shows the form neglegee (see negligée n. 1). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > wig > types of > other Rogerian1597 Gregorian1598 Chedreux1678 vallancy1684 spencer17.. nightcap wig1709 Adonis1734 pigeon wing1753 grizzle1755 tête1756 bag-wig1760 negligent1762 jasey1789 bushel-wig1794 Brutus1798 scalp1802 Brown Georgea1845 sheitel1890 fright wig1904 katsura1908 neck-roll1920 1762 O. Goldsmith Life R. Nash 74 Nash..had seen flaxen bobs succeeded by majors, which in their turn gave way to negligents. 1971 J. Woodforde Strange Story False Hair vii. 46 Men's—eighteenth century..Negligent. †C. adv. Negligently. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adverb] recklesslyeOE lighteOE yemeleslichec1000 lightlyOE recklessa1450 slightlya1557 uncaredly?1590 wretchlessly?16.. incuriously1603 uncarefully1655 carelessly1667 slightily1679 slapdash1680 lashly1691 cavalierly1718 negligent1738 1738 J. Wesley My Drowsy Powers (hymn) ii Yet we who have a Heav'n t'obtain How negligent we live! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.adv.a1382
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