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单词 uncountenanced
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uncountenancedadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, countenanced adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + countenanced adj. (compare sense 2 at that entry). Compare discountenanced adj. at discountenance v. Derivatives.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈcountenanced.
(un- prefix1 2.)
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [adjective] > disapproved > not approved
unapproved1667
unendorsed1682
uncountenanced1776
1776 W. J. Mickle in tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad Introd. p. cxxix Fanshaw's Lusiad, where..there are puns, conceits, and low quaint expressions, uncountenanced by the original.
1820 T. Mitchell tr. Aristophanes Knights in tr. Aristophanes Comedies I. 159 Desertion, uncountenanced as yet by the example of the unprincipled Alcibiades, was held in strong and merited abhorrence.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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