| 单词 | to say or speak villainy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto say or speak (a, no, etc.) villainy a. to say or speak (a, no, etc.) villainy, to speak evil, to use wicked, low, obscene, or opprobrious language. Obsolete.After Old French dire vilonie (Du Cange at Villania). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [verb (intransitive)] > abuse, scold, or wrangle chidec1175 to say or speak (a, no, etc.) villainy1303 scold1377 revilea1460 raila1470 fare1603 extirp1605 camp1606 callet1620 oblatrate1623 cample1628 objurgate1642 reprobate1698 slang1828 vituperate1856 to shoot one's mouth off1864 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 1549 A nunne..Þat ȝede to helle for no þyng ellys But for she spake euer vyleyny. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7832 For qua lais hand in feloni O king, or sais him vilani,..wit-vten grith, He dei. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 70 Ne neuere yet no vileynye ne sayde In al his lyf vn to no manere wight. 1419 in S. Bentley Excerpta Historica (1831) 38 That no man saye no vilony to non other, throughe the whiche vilony saynge, may falle sodenly man slaughter, or risinge of people. 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. i. 20 This prince had also a frende that..sayd on a tyme as moche villonye unto the prynce as ony man miht saye. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 424/1 She..said many Iniuryes & vylonyes to fyacre contumeleyng & blasphemyng hym. 1611 Bible (King James) Isa. xxxii. 6 The vile person wil speake villenie, and his heart will worke iniquitie. View more context for this quotation < as lemmas |
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