| 单词 | out of rule |
| 释义 | > as lemmasout of rule (a) In sense 11: in an irregular or disordered state; out of line or order. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > in disorder [phrase] at or on six and sevenOE out of kinda1375 out of rulea1387 out of tonea1400 out of joint1415 out of nockc1520 out of tracea1529 out of order1530 out of tune1535 out of square1555 out of kilter1582 off the hinges?1608 out of (the) hinges?1608 in, out of gear1814 out of gearing1833 off the rails1848 on the bumc1870 society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > unruly [phrase] > out of control out of ward?c1225 out of rulea1387 out of order1530 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 191 (MED) He torned to þe citee þat hatte ciuitas Crotoniorum, þat was al out of rule [L. moribus omnino resolutam]..and tauȝte þere vertues. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) Prol. 803 Thei hemself divide And stonden out of reule unevene. a1450 ( in J. Kail 26 Polit. Poems (1904) 71 (MED) By þese poyntes fflaundres was lest; Now is it out of rule and of rest. a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 56 (MED) Disordinaunce hath suche a wise putt polecy owt of reule that princes take their preve eases..wheras thei shulde travaile for the comon wele. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 5678 Out of rule or aray raungit on lenght. 1572 J. Higgins Huloets Dict. (rev. ed.) at Line Line crokedly wrytten, and out of rule. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iv. iii. 41 So long as out of limit and true rule You stand against annointed Maiestie. View more context for this quotation a1633 Visct. Falkland Hist. Edward II (1680) 39 All things at home, under his Government, were out of rule and order. (b) In sense 3a: contrary to custom or convention. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > standard of conduct [phrase] > not out of rule1685 off the wall1966 1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. III. ix. 333 I never stick at giving, or taking place out of Rule [Fr. iniquement], to avoid the trouble of Ceremony. 1758 Coll. Poems Several Hands VI. 230 Good madam, when ladies are willing, A man must needs look like a fool; For me I wou'd not give a shilling For one that is kind out of rule. 1796 C. Smith Marchmont I. 141 Lady Dacres either did not or would not see how very much the conduct of her visitor was out of rule. a1817 J. Austen Watsons in Wks. (1954) VI. 340 As to Mrs. Edwardes' carriage being used the day after a Ball, it is a thing quite out of rule, I assure you. 1831 W. Scott Count Robert iv, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. III. 77 More modern taste.., by mixing the various orders, had produced such as were either composite, or totally out of rule. 1852 A. Boyd Delameres of Delamere Court II. xvii. 307 An English woman would never do any thing so out of rule. 1890 G. Meredith Let. 1 Jan. (1912) II. 433 Would it be out of rule and blushless for me to write to the Committee? < as lemmas |
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