resipiscentadj.

Brit.

/ˌrɛsᵻˈpɪsnt/, U.S.

/ˌrɛsəˈpɪs(ə)nt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin resipīscent-, resipīscēns, resipīscere.

Etymology: < classical Latin resipīscent-, resipīscēns, present participle of resipīscere (see resipiscence n.).

Chiefly literary. Now rare.

That returns to sanity, or to one's senses.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > [adjective] > penitent or contrite

rueingOE

repentantc1230

contritea1340

penitent1341

compunctc1384

repentingc1405

compuncteda1425

contrited1483

repentful1561

repentable1571

relenting1576

remorsed1579

remorseful1590

repent1598

remording1614

compunctiousa1616

repentive1620

compunctionate1681

resipiscent1872

1872 F. Hall Rec. Exempl. False Philol. 67 Grammar,..resipiscent and sane as of old.

1880 Sat. Rev. 26 June 821/2 Mr. Martin, at last resipiscent, and even like ‘a prophet new inspired’.

1890 G. Sainstbury Ess. Eng. Lit. (1895) 418 The other War Poems which..the resipiscent Chartist Ernest Jones, and others produced, deserve no stronger epithet.

1981 Historia 30 198 When Tiberius, resipiscent in 35, terminated the sexennia, recourse was made to men whose consulates lay a long way in the past.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	resipiscent
释义	resipiscentadj. Brit. /ˌrɛsᵻˈpɪsnt/, U.S. /ˌrɛsəˈpɪs(ə)nt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin resipīscent-, resipīscēns, resipīscere. Etymology: < classical Latin resipīscent-, resipīscēns, present participle of resipīscere (see resipiscence n.). Chiefly literary. Now rare. That returns to sanity, or to one's senses. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > [adjective] > penitent or contrite rueingOE repentantc1230 contritea1340 penitent1341 compunctc1384 repentingc1405 compuncteda1425 contrited1483 repentful1561 repentable1571 relenting1576 remorsed1579 remorseful1590 repent1598 remording1614 compunctiousa1616 repentive1620 compunctionate1681 resipiscent1872 1872 F. Hall Rec. Exempl. False Philol. 67 Grammar,..resipiscent and sane as of old. 1880 Sat. Rev. 26 June 821/2 Mr. Martin, at last resipiscent, and even like ‘a prophet new inspired’. 1890 G. Sainstbury Ess. Eng. Lit. (1895) 418 The other War Poems which..the resipiscent Chartist Ernest Jones, and others produced, deserve no stronger epithet. 1981 Historia 30 198 When Tiberius, resipiscent in 35, terminated the sexennia, recourse was made to men whose consulates lay a long way in the past. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1872
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