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单词 treacherous
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treacherousadj.

/ˈtrɛtʃərəs/
Forms: Middle English tricherous, tricherows; Middle English–1600s trecherous, (Middle English -us, Middle English -owse, treccherous, 1500s trechrous, 1600s tretcherous), 1500s– treacherous, (1500s -ouse).
Etymology: < Old French trecher-, tricheros, -us, -eus (12th cent. in Godefroy), < trecheur , tricheur treacher n.: see -ous suffix.
1. Of persons, their attributes or actions: Characterized by treachery; deceiving, perfidious, false; disloyal, traitorous.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > treachery or treason > [adjective]
lewec1000
culvert?c1225
false?c1225
fokela1275
colwardc1330
treacherousc1330
traitorousc1380
traitora1400
treasonfula1400
traitorfulc1440
treasonousc1450
treasonable1487
proditiousa1500
proditorya1500
unfaithful1530
trustless1554
traitorlya1586
Punic1590
truce-breaking1592
faiterous1600
Iscarioticala1625
betraying1629
infide1663
traditoriana1734
Iscariotic1879
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [adjective]
ficklea1000
hinderyeapc1000
swikelc1000
as right (also stiff, straight, crooked, etc.) as a ram's hornOE
fakenOE
swikefulc1100
frakelc1175
swikec1175
wrenchfulc1225
wielfulc1275
ginfulc1300
guileful13..
treacherousc1330
guilesomea1382
guilousc1384
enginousa1393
deceivant1393
treacherc1400
serpentinec1422
deceivousa1425
guilyc1430
beguilous1483
slapea1500
fallacious1509
treget1519
gaudya1529
beguileful1530
Spanish1530
juggling?1531
snakish1532
prestigious?1534
knack-hardy1549
pratting1570
fogging1585
snakya1586
abusive1595
faithless1597
faiterous1600
guiled1600
trompant1605
amusing1609
braida1616
dodging1625
Ulyssean1639
tricksome1648
knackish1660
hocus-pocus1668
bubbling1675
rusé1689
tricking1697
trickish1705
lurching1728
tricksy1766
trickful1775
tricky1786
slippy1828
shirky1847
dodgy1861
sidewinding1902
slithery1902
hyping1968
deceiteous-
society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > treachery > [adjective]
swikec893
lewec1000
swikelc1000
swikefulc1100
culvert?c1225
fokela1275
colwardc1330
treacherousc1330
traitorousc1380
traitora1400
treacherc1400
traitorfulc1440
proditorious?a1475
fraudfulc1475
proditiousa1500
proditorya1500
perfidiousa1538
snakya1586
traitorlya1586
Punic1590
traitor-wise1598
faiterous1600
Iscarioticala1625
Judaslya1626
fidious1640
traditoriana1734
double-crossing1838
Judasian1855
Iscariotic1879
two-timing1927
two-time1937
quisling1941
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 16519 Þe tricherous Saxons—Þeyr tricherye vs euere mones.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 357 Þe men beeþ variable and vnstedefast, trecherous and gileful.
1483 Cath. Angl. 392/1 Trecherus, vbi fals (A.).
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Siiiv/2 Treacherouse, proditorius.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iv. ii. 319 To write, and read, Be henceforth treacherous . View more context for this quotation
c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 254 After a true tretcherous Italian guize.
1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 98 A fierce, cruel, treacherous, and merciless Crew of humane Devils as any I have met with.
1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 329 A treacherous, thievish, murderous cannibal.
2. figurative. Of things: Deceptive, untrustworthy, unreliable; of ground, ice, etc., unstable, insecure.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [adjective]
unsicker?c1225
uncertaina1382
unsadc1384
untristya1387
untrustya1387
unsurec1412
falliblec1425
slipperc1430
ficklea1450
frivol1488
slidder?a1500
casuala1535
slippery1548
slippy1548
failable1561
doubtful1562
lubricious1584
slope1587
queasy1589
unconfirmedc1592
nice1598
catching1603
loose1603
precary1606
ambiguous1612
treacherous1612
unsafe1615
unsureda1616
precarious1626
lubric1631
dubious1635
lubricous1646
unestablished1646
unfixed1654
unsecure?a1685
unreliable1810
unproven1836
untrustworthy1846
shady1848
wobbly1877
Kaffir1899
independable1921
dodgy1961
temperamental1962
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > insecure > treacherous
ficklea1398
unfaithfula1586
false1590
treacherous1612
tricksing1681
1612 B. Jonson Alchemist ii. iii. sig. E3 O yes, but I forgot. I haue..One o' the treacherou'st memories, I doe thinke, Of all mankinde. View more context for this quotation
1711 A. Pope Ess. Crit. 29 The treach'rous Colours in few Years decay, And all the bright Creation fades away.
1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. ii. 25 The ice proving treacherous.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiii. 335 Up steep crags, and over treacherous morasses, he moved as easily [etc.].
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xv. 102 Over other [crevasses] a thin and treacherous roof was thrown.
1901 T. J. Alldridge Sherbro xxvi. 288 We scrambled over a treacherous-looking bamboo bridge.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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