单词 | beshrew |
释义 | beshrewv. archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > [verb (transitive)] waryc725 accurselOE for-waryc1175 cursec1200 bana1275 beshrewc1325 shrew1338 maledighta1400 destinyc1400 damn1477 detest1533 beshrompa1549 widdle1552 becurse1570 malison1588 execrate1612 imprecate1613 maledict1780 the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [verb (transitive)] forbraidc888 besmiteeOE awemOE filec1175 soila1250 envenomc1300 beshrewc1325 shrew1338 corrumpa1340 corrupt1382 subvertc1384 tache1390 poison1395 infect?c1400 intoxicatec1450 deprave1482 corrup1483 rust1493 turkess?1521 vitiate1534 prevary?1541 depravate1548 fester?1548 turkish1560 wry1563 taint1573 disalter1579 prevaricate1595 sophisticate1597 invitiate1598 fashion1600 tack1601 debauch1603 deturpate1623 disaltern1635 ulcer1642 deboise1654 Neronize1673 demoralize1794 bedevil1800 the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harshness > [verb (transitive)] misbedeOE wait1303 beshrewc1325 misusea1382 mistreat1453 mishandle1530 misorder1550 mumble1588 maltreat1681 ill-treat1794 society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > degrade or impair morally [verb (transitive)] > make wicked or evil beshrewc1325 shrewc1440 c1325 Poem temp. Edw. II 45 Þis world is al beshrewed. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. x. 9 Who forsothe beshrewith [a1425 L.V. makith schrewid; L. depravat] his weies, shal be maad opene. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 1 Kings xi. 4 The herte of hym is beshrewid bi wymmen. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 63 His herte is all beshrewed. ?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter lvi. 161 What flesh can do: though all beshrowd, I feare no whit at all. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > ill-treat [verb (transitive)] tuckc888 tawc893 misbedeOE graithc1330 to fare fair or foul with1340 misusea1382 outrayc1390 beshrewc1430 huspelc1440 misentreat1450 mistreat1453 abuse?1473 to mayne evil1481 demean1483 to put (a person) to villainya1513 harry1530 mishandle1530 touse1531 misorder1550 worrya1556 yark1565 mumble1588 buse1589 crow-tread1593 disabuse1607 maltreat1681 squeeze1691 ill-treat1794 punish1801 tousle1826 ill-use1841 razoo1890 mess1896 to play horse with1896 to bugger about1921 slug1925 to give (a person) the works1927 to kick about or around1938 mess1963 c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems 115 Thus they went from the game begylyd and beglued Nether on other wyst hom they went beshrewyd. a. To invoke evil upon, to wish (one) all that is bad, to invoke a curse on; to curse, objurgate, or blame greatly, as the cause of misfortune. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [verb (transitive)] waryc725 accurselOE forcurse1154 cursec1175 for-waryc1175 bana1275 ashend1297 to bid (something) misadventurec1330 shrew1338 beshrew1377 maledighta1400 to fare (also go, come) to mischancec1400 defyc1430 destinya1450 condemn1489 detest1533 adjure1539 beshrompa1549 widdle1552 becurse1570 malison1588 consecrate1589 exaugurate1600 execrate1612 imprecate1616 blasta1634 damna1640 vote1644 to swear at ——1680 devote1749 maledict1780 comminate1801 bless1814 peste1824 cuss1863 bedamn1875 mugger1951 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. iv. 168 A schireues clerke byschrewed al þe route. c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Prol. 844 Now elles, frere, I bishrewe thy face. Quod this Somonour, and I bishrewe me But if I telle tales two or thre Of freres. c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) ii. 88 Hye the faster, I beshrew thi skynne. 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance i. viii. f. lvi I durste well in the same worde (Some saye) beshrowe hym, and beshrowe hym agayne. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. ix. 280 He hath just cause to beshrew his fingers. 1682 N. O. tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin ii. 106 Trembling she lay, and in her heart beshrewed him. b. Now only in imprecatory expressions (beshrew me, thee, etc.): ‘Evil befall, mischief take, devil take, curse, hang!’; also, with weakened force, ‘plague on,’ and often humorous or playful. archaic. [Perhaps not imperative, but an elliptical form like (I) thank you! (I) pray! (I) prithee!] ΚΠ 1566 T. Stapleton Returne Vntruthes Jewelles Replie iii. 63 Then beshrowe the lyar. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. i. 55 Mary beshrew my hand, If it should giue your age such cause of feare. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. iii. 77 Beshrew me, if I would doe such a wrong, For the whole world. View more context for this quotation 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey II. 23 Beshrew the sombre pencil! said I. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 47 Beshrew me if thou passest this door with dry lips. 1853 W. C. Bryant Poems (new ed.) 292 Beshrew my erring bow! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.c1325 |
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