单词 | over-daring |
释义 | over-daringn. Now archaic and rare. The action of daring too much or being too rash; excessive daring or boldness. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > daring > reckless daring > [noun] > rashness folly?c1225 reighshipc1275 temerity?a1475 rashnessa1500 audacity1531 overhardiness1594 over-daring1595 temerousness1598 daringness1622 temerariousness1711 1595 H. Chettle Piers Plainnes Prentiship sig. F For thy ouerdaring she wil cause thy Plumes to be puld, and thou maist appear naked. 1614 R. Tailor Hogge hath lost Pearle ii. sig. D2 That pride cost them the losse of a limbe or two, by ouer-daring. 1631 B. Jonson New Inne iv. iv. 120 Ouer-daring is as great a vice, As ouer-fearing. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso i. lxxviii. 163 To quell the over-daring of those Courtiers. 1840 C. Guest tr. Mabinogion (1849) iii. 83 ‘Of a truth,’ said he, ‘I relinquish my overdaring and my pride in craving thy mercy.’ 1887 R. Browning Parleyings 179 E'en of peaks Which still presume there, plain each pale point speaks In wan transparency of waste incurred By over-daring: far from me be such! 1931 T. S. Moore Variation on Fletcher in Poems 198 Hark, how they groan that died despairing, Oh, take heed then! Hark, how they howl for over-daring. 1951 L. MacNeice tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust ii. 243 But caution! Caution! Not over-daring! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). over-daringadj. Too daring; unduly or imprudently bold; foolhardy. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > daring > reckless daring > [adjective] > rash or overbold hardy?c1225 over-hardyc1225 temeraryc1410 overbolda1425 temerous1461 temerarious1532 fool-bold1549 over-daringa1593 fool-heady1611 temeritous1892 a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. B3v Meete you for this, proud ouerdaring peeres. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. iv. 5 The ouer-daring Talbot Hath sullied all his glosse of former Honor By this vnheedfull, desperate, wilde aduenture. View more context for this quotation 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso i. lii. 102 The overdaring boldness of dissemblers. 1844 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Sept. 306/1 This scourge of the borders was at last entrapped—had in his over-daring recklessness thrown himself alone amidst swarms of enemies. 1887 R. Kipling Lett. of Marque (1891) I. vii. 45 Over-daring amateurs..had striven to reproduce scenes such as these. 1970 Internat. Jrnl. Middle East Stud. 1 112 (note) The several works of H. Lammens..are full of over-daring suggestions and have been justly criticized. 1980 Newsweek (Nexis) 17 Mar. 85 In some ways it's a crazy and overdaring gamble. Derivatives over-ˈdaringly adv. rare ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > daring > reckless daring > [adverb] sturdilyc1374 bandonly1488 over-boldly1547 over-daringly1652 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 129 Yea, have not their Astrologicall falsehoods too often prevailed both to instigate over daringly? 1800 A. Henry Jrnl. 17 Aug. (1988) I. 18 We overdairingly proceeded along a fine sandy beech. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1595adj.a1593 |
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