recreancyn.

Brit.

/ˈrɛkrɪənsi/, U.S.

/ˈrɛkriənsi/

Forms: 1600s recreancie, 1700s– recreancy.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: recreant adj., -ancy suffix.

Etymology: < recreant adj.: see -ancy suffix. Compare post-classical Latin recreantia acknowledgement of (or fine for) defeat in judicial combat (c1258 in a British source), Anglo-Norman recreaunce recreancy, defeat (14th cent. or earlier), Middle French recreance cowardice (1564; earlier in sans recreances relentlessly (13th cent. in Old French)). Compare recreance n.²

The quality of being recreant; apostasy, treachery; mean-spiritedness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unfaithfulness > [noun]

untruthc893

untruenessOE

falsehood1297

falsenessc1330

untrothc1374

mistruthc1480

disloyalty1481

unfaithfulness?a1505

untrustiness1526

infidelity1529

deloyalty1571

disloyalness1586

faithlessness1598

recreancy1602

infaithfulness1685

trustlessness1828

disfaith1881

the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > yielding to the enemy

recreancy1602

unheroism1845

defeatism1917

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [noun] > desertion of one's party or principles

recreandisea1425

declining1526

declination1533

back-turning1535

defect1540

revoltc1576

falling off1577

apostasy1578

tergiversation1583

declension1597

recreancy1602

starting1602

recreantness1611

recession1614

turncoating1624

recreancea1632

diffidation1640

withdrawment1640

tergiversating1654

turning1665

ratting1789

renegadism1823

turncoatery1841

defection1884

turncoatism1889

society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > [noun] > falling away from duty

fallingOE

departing1526

defection1532

prevarication1541

recreancy1602

1602 W. Warner Epitome Hist. Eng. in Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) 376 For his Recreancie [printed Receancie, corrected in 1612 ed.] in a marriage contracted betwixt him and Williams Daughter.

1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 391 If a Felon be conuicted by Uerdict, Confession, or Recreancie, he doth forfeit his goods and Chattels.

1711 T. Madox Hist. & Antiq. Exchequer xiv. 377 Let them, for Methods sake, be reduced to the Heads following: Amercements, for or by reason of Murders and Manslaughters, For Misdemeaners, For Disseisines, For Recreancy, For Breach of Assise.

1797 E. Marshall Edmund & Eleonora II. lxx. 144 Their precious scheme, of the success of which they had made themselves so certain, had been frustrated by what they were pleased to term, the recreancy of Lord W——.

1851 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. I. 577 Whenever they could, [they] displayed their incorrigible recreancy.

1859 National Rev. Apr. 500 France, on pain of recreancy and dishonour, must come to the rescue.

1897 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 3 333 Occasional recreancy to settled principles of choice under special temptation is usually the crack in the levee that ends in ruin.

1931 T. S. Moore Poems 211 When I trod down my motherhood, thou couldst Not even protest one word; to-day, thy mother Begs but one word to salve her recreancy.

1977 R. Coover Public Burning 133 Even Justice Douglas in his eccentric recreancy admits that ‘we are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being’.

2001 New Statesman (Nexis) 16 Apr. It was also an act of recreancy, because..it disavowed any possibility of ever recasting the British state in non-monarchical terms.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	recreancy
释义	recreancyn. Brit. /ˈrɛkrɪənsi/, U.S. /ˈrɛkriənsi/ Forms: 1600s recreancie, 1700s– recreancy. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: recreant adj., -ancy suffix. Etymology: < recreant adj.: see -ancy suffix. Compare post-classical Latin recreantia acknowledgement of (or fine for) defeat in judicial combat (c1258 in a British source), Anglo-Norman recreaunce recreancy, defeat (14th cent. or earlier), Middle French recreance cowardice (1564; earlier in sans recreances relentlessly (13th cent. in Old French)). Compare recreance n.² The quality of being recreant; apostasy, treachery; mean-spiritedness. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unfaithfulness > [noun] untruthc893 untruenessOE falsehood1297 falsenessc1330 untrothc1374 mistruthc1480 disloyalty1481 unfaithfulness?a1505 untrustiness1526 infidelity1529 deloyalty1571 disloyalness1586 faithlessness1598 recreancy1602 infaithfulness1685 trustlessness1828 disfaith1881 the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > yielding to the enemy recreancy1602 unheroism1845 defeatism1917 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [noun] > desertion of one's party or principles recreandisea1425 declining1526 declination1533 back-turning1535 defect1540 revoltc1576 falling off1577 apostasy1578 tergiversation1583 declension1597 recreancy1602 starting1602 recreantness1611 recession1614 turncoating1624 recreancea1632 diffidation1640 withdrawment1640 tergiversating1654 turning1665 ratting1789 renegadism1823 turncoatery1841 defection1884 turncoatism1889 society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > [noun] > falling away from duty fallingOE departing1526 defection1532 prevarication1541 recreancy1602 1602 W. Warner Epitome Hist. Eng. in Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) 376 For his Recreancie [printed Receancie, corrected in 1612 ed.] in a marriage contracted betwixt him and Williams Daughter. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 391 If a Felon be conuicted by Uerdict, Confession, or Recreancie, he doth forfeit his goods and Chattels. 1711 T. Madox Hist. & Antiq. Exchequer xiv. 377 Let them, for Methods sake, be reduced to the Heads following: Amercements, for or by reason of Murders and Manslaughters, For Misdemeaners, For Disseisines, For Recreancy, For Breach of Assise. 1797 E. Marshall Edmund & Eleonora II. lxx. 144 Their precious scheme, of the success of which they had made themselves so certain, had been frustrated by what they were pleased to term, the recreancy of Lord W——. 1851 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. I. 577 Whenever they could, [they] displayed their incorrigible recreancy. 1859 National Rev. Apr. 500 France, on pain of recreancy and dishonour, must come to the rescue. 1897 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 3 333 Occasional recreancy to settled principles of choice under special temptation is usually the crack in the levee that ends in ruin. 1931 T. S. Moore Poems 211 When I trod down my motherhood, thou couldst Not even protest one word; to-day, thy mother Begs but one word to salve her recreancy. 1977 R. Coover Public Burning 133 Even Justice Douglas in his eccentric recreancy admits that ‘we are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being’. 2001 New Statesman (Nexis) 16 Apr. It was also an act of recreancy, because..it disavowed any possibility of ever recasting the British state in non-monarchical terms. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1602
随便看	luffas luffed luffing luffing crane luffing-in luffing-match luffing-out luffingin luffingmatch luffingout lufflaw lufflow luffpiece luffrope luffs lufftackle luftmensch luftmenschen luftwaffe lug lug box lug forth lug out lug sole lug-acre