单词 | uncomplaisant |
释义 | uncomplaisantadj. (un- prefix1 2.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adjective] > ungracious or disobliging uneasya1387 malgracious?1473 mensklessa1522 disgracious1598 ingracious1600 unobliging1645 disobliging1652 uncondescending1660 uncomplaisant1693 ungracious1745 unaccommodating1790 the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > types of hardness > [adjective] > implastic > not malleable unfadging?1630 immalleable1650 incompliant1663 uncomplaisant1802 1693 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. §143 A natural Roughness, which makes a Man uncomplaisant to others. 1705 C. Cibber Careless Husband iv. i. 42 This is very Uncomplaisant to Engross so Agreeable a Part of the Company to your self. a1734 R. North Lives of Norths I. 93 His lordship, of one that was not morose and uncomplaisant, was the most sober that [etc.]. 1802 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 91 154 This metal is so uncomplaisant as to retain the white colour. Derivatives unˈcomplaisantly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adverb] > disobligingly disobligingly1667 uncomplaisantly1766 1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. xiv. 213 Thus sons shall be admitted before daughters; or, as our male lawgivers have somewhat uncomplaisantly expressed it, the worthiest of blood shall be preferred. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1693 |
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