prevaricatingadj.

Brit.

/prᵻˈvarᵻkeɪtɪŋ/, U.S.

/priˈvɛrəˌkeɪdɪŋ/,

/prəˈvɛrəˌkeɪdɪŋ/

Forms: see prevaricate v. and -ing suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prevaricate v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < prevaricate v. + -ing suffix².

1. That prevaricates (in senses of the verb); characterized by prevarication; swerving from the proper course, or from straightforward statement; quibbling, evasive, procrastinating.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [adjective] > evading truth

prevaricating1608

prevaricatory1645

elusory1646

prevaricative1657

equivocating1707

paltering1821

understated1937

1608 M. Fotherby Foure Sermons iv. 95 Many..abuse the speaking of the truth, but onely to the venting of some priuate affection: which preuaricating kind of speaking of the truth, is..nothing els but a resisting of the truth.

1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd iv. 45 Like a prevaricating Sophistresse..playing the traitour on both sides.

1641 R. Brathwait Mercurius Britanicus B j b Pious bashfulnesse is unusuall to prevaricating transgressors.

1713 J. Addison Late Tryal Count Tariff ⁋12 The Court found him such a False, Shuffling, Prevaricating Rascal.

1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality II. viii. 22 I see, exclaimed the Judge, you are a prevaricating Villain; but, I shall trounce you before we part.

1833 J. H. Newman Arians 4th Cent. iv. 329 Creeds, which were..intolerable only because the badges of a prevaricating party.

1856 Alton (Illinois) Weekly Courier 17 July 2/5 If I am to be brow-beaten, badgered and dragooned into submission it will not be while I am pursuing what will be called a shuffling and prevaricating line of notion.

1936 W. R. Hearst in Helena (Montana) Independent 21 Sept. 2/4 I am not a shifty, prevaricating politician, but for over 50 years have endeavored to serve my country as an honorable and patriotic journalist.

1989 L. Deighton Spy Line iii. 35 ‘What did you see? A car you recognize?’ I made a prevaricating noise.

2004 Houston Chron. (Nexis) 7 Mar. ii. 21 Scenes like the rain-drenched street deep in Chicago's gangland where Truman lies dead attended by prevaricating fellow cops.

†2. Deflecting light irregularly. Obsolete. rare.Cf. prevarication n. 1c, though the similarity of sense would appear to be coincidence.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > diffraction > [adjective]

inflecting1666

diffracting1829

prevaricating1870

1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 237 Flowers..made of French cambric spangled with dewdrops of prevaricating glass.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prevaricating
释义	prevaricatingadj. Brit. /prᵻˈvarᵻkeɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /priˈvɛrəˌkeɪdɪŋ/, /prəˈvɛrəˌkeɪdɪŋ/ Forms: see prevaricate v. and -ing suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prevaricate v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < prevaricate v. + -ing suffix². 1. That prevaricates (in senses of the verb); characterized by prevarication; swerving from the proper course, or from straightforward statement; quibbling, evasive, procrastinating. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [adjective] > evading truth prevaricating1608 prevaricatory1645 elusory1646 prevaricative1657 equivocating1707 paltering1821 understated1937 1608 M. Fotherby Foure Sermons iv. 95 Many..abuse the speaking of the truth, but onely to the venting of some priuate affection: which preuaricating kind of speaking of the truth, is..nothing els but a resisting of the truth. 1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd iv. 45 Like a prevaricating Sophistresse..playing the traitour on both sides. 1641 R. Brathwait Mercurius Britanicus B j b Pious bashfulnesse is unusuall to prevaricating transgressors. 1713 J. Addison Late Tryal Count Tariff ⁋12 The Court found him such a False, Shuffling, Prevaricating Rascal. 1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality II. viii. 22 I see, exclaimed the Judge, you are a prevaricating Villain; but, I shall trounce you before we part. 1833 J. H. Newman Arians 4th Cent. iv. 329 Creeds, which were..intolerable only because the badges of a prevaricating party. 1856 Alton (Illinois) Weekly Courier 17 July 2/5 If I am to be brow-beaten, badgered and dragooned into submission it will not be while I am pursuing what will be called a shuffling and prevaricating line of notion. 1936 W. R. Hearst in Helena (Montana) Independent 21 Sept. 2/4 I am not a shifty, prevaricating politician, but for over 50 years have endeavored to serve my country as an honorable and patriotic journalist. 1989 L. Deighton Spy Line iii. 35 ‘What did you see? A car you recognize?’ I made a prevaricating noise. 2004 Houston Chron. (Nexis) 7 Mar. ii. 21 Scenes like the rain-drenched street deep in Chicago's gangland where Truman lies dead attended by prevaricating fellow cops. †2. Deflecting light irregularly. Obsolete. rare.Cf. prevarication n. 1c, though the similarity of sense would appear to be coincidence. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > diffraction > [adjective] inflecting1666 diffracting1829 prevaricating1870 1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 237 Flowers..made of French cambric spangled with dewdrops of prevaricating glass. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1608
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