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单词 uncharity
释义

uncharityn.

Forms: see un- prefix1 and charity n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, charity n.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + charity n. Compare earlier uncharitable adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈcharity.
(un- prefix1 6.)
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society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun]
littlenessa1400
unkindnessc1400
uncharitableness1544
uncharity1548
incharity1586
poorness1625
strait-heartedness1646
meanness1660
incharitableness1679
ungenerosity1757
ungenerousness1757
smallness1813
1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. cc The mother of this pernicious commocion, was vncharitie, or very impietie.
1598 E. Guilpin Skialetheia sig. A5 It is a strange seeld seene vncharitie, To make fooles of themselues to hinder thee.
1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) i. §56 Thus we,..with as much uncharity as ignorance, doe erre..in points, not onely of our own, but on[e] anothers salvation. View more context for this quotation
1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 53 I might without any danger of Censoriousness or Uncharity, write Mystery upon the Triple Crown.
1722 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 655 Forgive the seeming uncharity in the supposition; I shall be glad it be groundless.
1837 Jeffrey in Ld. Cockburn Life (1852) II. 293 But I will have no uncharity. They too should have been richer.
1874 F. W. Farrar Life Christ (ed. 2) II. xliv. 118 The frenzy which filled them when He set at naught their Sabbatarian uncharities.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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