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单词 remissful
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remissfuladj.

Brit. /rᵻˈmɪsf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /rəˈmɪsf(ə)l/, /riˈmɪsf(ə)l/
Forms: 1600s remisful, 1800s– remissful.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: remiss v., remiss adj., -ful suffix.
Etymology: < either remiss v. or remiss adj. + -ful suffix.
1. Merciful, compassionate. Obsolete. rare.
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).
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