单词 | reprobrious |
释义 | † reprobriousadj. Obsolete. rare. Reproachful, abusive. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [adjective] > ribald or scurrilous foulOE ribaldya1438 ribaldousc1440 villainous1470 ribald?a1500 ribaldious?1518 ribaldry1519 ribaldish?1533 rabulous1538 reprobriousa1539 ribaldrous1565 scurrile1567 profane1568 swearing1569 ribaldly1570 scurrilous1576 tarry1579 Fescennine verses1601 scogginly1620 ribaldrious1633 rotten in one's head1640 Billingsgate1652 promiscuous1753 blackguarding1789 blue1832 a1539 A. Fortescue in B. Camm Lives Eng. Martyrs (1904) I. 458 (modernized text) Show thyself a sore enemy to vice, and sharply reproving all vile and reprobrious words and deeds that be not honest. 1585 in G. Tolstoy 40 Yrs. Intercourse Eng. & Russ. (1875) 266 One of your people..wrote letters to his countrie with many reprobrious inventions to the infamy of our kingdome. 1585 R. P. tr. D. Ortúñez de Calahorra Second Pt. First Bk. Myrrour of Knighthood xl. f. 149v If it were not for the great valour of theyr hearts and courage, and agayne the losse of victorie so shamefull and reprobrious [Sp. y el vencimiento tan afrontoso], ther was neyther of them, but with a verie good will wold haue throwen himselfe along vppon the grounde to haue taken some rest. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < adj.a1539 |
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