单词 | perjurious |
释义 | perjuriousadj. 1. Of a person, etc.: = perjured adj. 1. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [adjective] > perjury > that has sworn falsely forswornOE mansworna1400 perjurea1450 perjuriousa1460 perjurousa1460 perjured1495 a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) 74 What is this oost, aduerse, rebelliouns Presumptuous, periurious, mischevous, [etc.]? 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 297 Shew thy power vpon thy perjurious people, who in their deeds denie thee their God. 1699 J. Pomfret Love Triumphant 197 Trusting to perjurious woman's truth. 1797 T. B. Pettyfogger Dramatized i. i. 11 They are..felonious and perjurious fellows. 1829 J. Donovan tr. Catech. Council Trent iii. ix. Quest. 6 To the witness himself it is also most irksome to be known as false and perjurious. 1855 U.S. Rev. Apr. 317 Barnum has..vouched it by perjurious witnesses. 1959 Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.) 22 June 17/2 Greedy, self-righteous, perjurious people. 1998 Anchorage (Alaska) Daily News (Nexis) 22 Dec. (Metro section) 6 c A majority of GOP voters/members want this perjurious leader to resign or be impeached. 2. Of a thing or †action (obsolete): = perjured adj. 2. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [adjective] > perjury perjured1550 perjurous1600 perjurious1602 1602 W. Warner Epitome Hist. Eng. in Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) 376 His [sc. Harold's] pariurious appropriating to himselfe of the kingdome. 1695 J. Sage Article in Wks. (1844) I. 373 The Presbyterian preachers condemned the undertaking as unlawful and perjurious. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) ii. iv. §84. 272 This perjurious Scandal. 1791 C. H. Elliot Republican Refuted 3 His perjurious infidelity in office. 1872 J. C. Jeaffreson Brides & Bridals II. xxiii. 317 The old corrupt and perjurious suits for nullification of marriage. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 28 July 7/2 Mrs. Hamilton..had continued her perjurious career from the year 1898. 1991 A. M. Dershowitz Chutzpah iii. 89 He helped his father construct a perjurious and unsuccessful defense before the Nuremberg Tribunal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1460 |
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