单词 | bastardlike |
释义 | bastardlikeadv.adj. In an illegitimate or debased manner. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [adverb] worseeOE waurc1175 downhilla1398 downwarda1400 worser1547 bastardlike1563 degenerously1627 degenerately1645 witheringly1815 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [adverb] > illegitimately unlawfullya1425 bastardlike1563 spuriously1755 on the wrong side of the blanket1771 1563 W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Wudvile sig. M.3v Eyther prooue them base, of raskall race engendred Or from hault lynage bastardlyke degendred. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 80 They [sc. Drones] first proceede of Bees, and..afterwards they degenerate bastardlike from them. B. adj. Illegitimate; adulterated, debased. Cf. bastardly adj. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [adjective] > declining or deteriorating > in character or quality infecta1387 palledc1390 rustyc1390 degeneratea1513 withered1561 bastardlike1577 degenerated1581 degenerous1600 bastardized1611 degenerating1611 wormy1611 autumnal1616 blood-shrunk1634 degenered1637 reduced1689 lowered1730 eviscerated1858 labefact1874 disbloomed- 1577 J. Field tr. J. de L'Espine Excellent Treat. Christian Righteousnes 41 These then be not those humilities, (being counterfait and bastardlike). 1655 S. Gorton Saltmarsh 114 How it comes to passe, that men make a law to execute death upon that fact of adultery,..that so they make prevent a Bastard-like brood. 1862 Tri-weekly Miner's Reg. 24 Sept. All the timber is of a bastard like species, not the old eastern pine, hemlock, &c. 2004 R. L. Davis in tr. O. Xiu Hist. Rec. Five Dynasties 624 The two characters in combination have the additional meaning of someone vulgar or bastardlike. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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