单词 | perfunctorious |
释义 | † perfunctoriousadj. Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete. = perfunctory adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > indifference > [adjective] > specifically of things or tasks perfunctory1592 perfunctorious1599 supine of1724 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > careless, not thorough overlyc1450 superficialc1456 sloven1532 sloven-like1569 perfunctory1592 slovenly1592 perfunctorious1599 cursory1601 cursorarya1616 slighty1619 cursitory1632 touch and go1682 passant1685 skimming1728 slapdashc1792 lax1812 slap-bang1815 slummocking1825 slobbery1832 percursory1837 slipshod1845 slip-string1854 slummocky1855 free and easy1864 unthorough1868 slurring1880 slummy1881 sploshy1881 skimmy1893 surfacy1975 drive-through1994 1599 A. Hume Poems (1902) 181 In executing your particular charges then, thair is a gryt negligence, a lothing, a perfunctorius doing. 1644 in J. Stuart Extracts Presbytery Bk. Strathbogie (1843) 46 In so light and perfunctorious a vay. a1653 H. Binning Serm. (1845) 297 It must be a perfunctorious superficial and empty joy. 1705 A. Brown Second Ess. conc. Land Mint Introd. The sincerely religious, are of farr more use to government, than the perfunctorious and the Hypocriticall pretenders. 1752 H. Fielding Covent-Garden Jrnl. 28 Mar. 3/1 The Aunt..brought her Niece..before the Justice for beating her; which indeed she had done in no perfunctorious Manner. 1819 T. McCrie Life Melville I. iii. 97 The perfunctorious performance of their official task. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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