单词 | bankruptly |
释义 | † bankruptlyadj. Obsolete. Resembling or befitting a bankrupt (bankrupt n. 1a).Chiefly in discussions of slanderous terms, echoing quot. 1647. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > [adjective] bankruptly1613 insolvent1837 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage iv. vii. 330 Bankruptly shifts, beseeming only the Merchants of Babylon. 1647 J. March Actions for Slaunder 43 If a man say of a Merchant, that hee is a Bankruptly Knave, or a Bankrupt Knave, these words will beare an action. ?1710 Short State Case J. Billers 13 Words as do slander a Man in his Trade, as to say of a Tradeseman, He is a Bankrupt [or a Bankruptly] Fellow. 1840 Treat. Analogy between Legal & Gen. Composition iv. 37 The reproaching another with being a ‘traitorly or traiterous knave,’ or ‘a bankruptly rogue,’ was actionable. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < |
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