单词 | remonstratory |
释义 | remonstratoryadj. Now rare. = remonstrative adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > [adjective] > remonstrating expostulatory1592 expostulating1637 remonstrating1660 deprecatory1704 remonstrant1773 remonstratory1823 expostulative1837 Protestant1844 deprecating1871 expostulant1880 deprecative1884 1823 Examiner 790/2 It is right to listen..to all contending and remonstratory interests. 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. 267 ‘Come, come, Sikes,’ said the Jew, appealing to him in a remonstratory tone. 1866 J. Ruskin Ethics of Dust ii. 23 Remonstratory whispers, expressive of opinion that the Lecturer is becoming too personal. 1991 H. Bolitho in J. W. Hall & J. L. McClain Cambr. Hist. Japan IV. v. 229 The last sometimes embodied in appeals to the daimyo's good sense and better nature or, should these prove unsuccessful, in an occasional case of remonstratory suicide. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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