单词 | remissful |
释义 | remissfuladj.ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > [adjective] > merciful mild-hearteOE orefulOE mild-hearteda1200 merciablec1225 milcefulc1225 mildfulc1225 mildheartfulc1225 milthc1300 merciful1340 milfulc1425 sparingc1480 clement1483 misericordious1483 misericordc1485 undispiteous1598 misericorsa1600 remissful1603 clementious1632 1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars i. xi. 5 As though the heauens in their remisful doome, Tooke those best lou'd from worser dayes to come. 2. Careless, negligent. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > indiligent or remiss nesheOE slackc897 undreigha1350 dissolutea1382 defaultyc1390 defaultive1398 remissivec1487 remissa1500 slakea1538 undiligent1564 unindustrious1599 discinct1604 unofficious1611 inindustriousa1631 indiligent1633 lax1812 remissful1836 1836 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 3 569 Taking up a vial of physic from the table, he tapped his remissful patient on the shoulder. 1892 Field 3 Dec. 880/1 The outlay for road repair under such remissful management. 1926 C. Hamilton His Majesty King vii. 42 The plain truth is that my nimble-fingered Darcy, who undertook to put a patch upon my worn-out sole, is a remissful cobbler. 1964 Lebanon (Pa.) Daily News 9 May 15/6 Even a single drink..can weaken a motorist's safe-driving capability, transforming him into a careless, remissful operator. 2006 R. L. Bowie tr. I. A. Bunin Night of Denial 205 She changed,..and shucked off completely..all the soulless ways of high society, started acting remissful of her courtesan's duties. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1603 |
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