单词 | outfrown |
释义 | outfrownv. Now rare. transitive. To outdo in frowning; to prevail over by frowning. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > expression of ill humour > express ill humour [verb (transitive)] > frown or scowl at > outdo in frowning outfrown1607 society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)] > suppress, repress, or put down > by looks to look down1639 outfrown1807 1607 T. Middleton Phoenix sig. K2 Qui. Beholde my Lord: Phoen. This, why it outfrownes Inke: Quie. Tis the diseases Nature, the Fiends drinke. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xxiv. 6 My selfe could else outfrowne false Fortunes frowne. View more context for this quotation 1632 T. Goffe Couragious Turke iii. vi Meane time, let's looke like men upon our griefe. Out frowne fate, Despot, Bulgaria, come! 1807 W. H. Ireland Stultifera Navis 61 (note) It is only the base-born churl, like Thomas à Becket, that would out-frown the brow of majesty. 1907 F. Manning Vigil of Brunhild 2 She was alone and friendless, but her eyes Held something kingly that could outfrown Fate. 1959 A. Guérard France v. xxvi. 420 Daladier..was a quasi-dictator, and in a well-staged tour of Corsica, Tunis, Algeria, he tried to outfrown Mussolini. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1607 |
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