单词 | begrudgery |
释义 | begrudgeryn. Chiefly Irish English. rare before late 20th cent. Envy or resentment of another's success, happiness, wealth, etc.; reluctance to give praise or show admiration. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > jealousy or envy > [noun] > envy evestOE envyc1280 envioustya1382 viea1400 grudgingc1420 invyc1440 emulation1561 enviousness1561 envying1587 grudgement1845 begrudgery1874 1874 Intellect. Repository & New Jerusalem Mag. Apr. 154 The life of continual begrudgery must be a life of constant wretchedness. 1967 Munster (Ireland) Express 18 Aug. 18/2 They..projected ‘begrudgery’ at the throngs who were heading to Tramore. 1991 A. Enright Portable Virgin (1992) 161 The constant, whingeing begrudgery of his fellow workers. 2016 Irish Daily Mail (Nexis) 24 Dec. 54 The usual begrudgery that often follows such success as he has had. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1874 |
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