α. Middle English vncorrigibel, Middle English vncorrigibyll, Middle English–1600s vncorrigible, Middle English–1800s uncorrigible.
β. 1600s uncorrigable.
单词 | uncorrigible |
释义 | † uncorrigibleadj.α. Middle English vncorrigibel, Middle English vncorrigibyll, Middle English–1600s vncorrigible, Middle English–1800s uncorrigible. β. 1600s uncorrigable. Obsolete. (un- prefix1 1.) ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [adjective] > incorrigible incorrigiblea1340 uncorrigiblea1420 unreclaimable1574 a1420 Wycliffite Bible (1850) III. 39 (margin) Stryue thou not..with vncorrigible men bi word of blamyng. c1440 Gesta Romanorum xxxvii. 151 We vncorrigible wrecchis conne not sece of oure synnynge. 1539 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 69 Either for vncorrigible vices, or infortunate chances. 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xiii. 77 To blinde the reprobates and such as are vncorrigible. 1655 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 1st Pt. 165 We wrestle against Providence, when uncorrigible under the..dispensations of God towards us. 1692 R. South 12 Serm. I. 552 Such is the peculiar Insolence of this sort of Men, such the uncorrigible Vileness of all slavish Spirits. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.a1420 |
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