单词 | rancorousness |
释义 | rancorousnessn. Rancour; the state or condition of being rancorous. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > bitterness > [noun] > cherishing stomaching1549 rancorousness1727 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > bitterness > [noun] > state of stomaching1549 rancorousness1727 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Rancorousness. 1826 M. Montagu tr. G. B. Casti Trè giuli 68 In ill-will and rancorousness begot' By one that ne'er sucked mercy's milk. 1870 A. Webster Portraits 40 Those shrill carping virtues,..rail at us with such a spiteful scorn and rancourousness. 1923 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 28 682 That dissatisfaction, rancorousness, vulgarity, immorality, and disease prevail to a degree is undeniable. 1957 Monumenta Nipponica 13 369 An attitude so critical that it approaches rancorousness. 1970 Times 19 Dec. 15/8 A sense of progression from choleric rancorousness to jubilant strength and self control. 2006 M. H. Lytle America's Uncivil Wars i. vi. 130 The Times pointedly contrasted the goodwill at the swearing-in ceremony..with the rancorousness of the demonstrations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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