单词 | uncourteous |
释义 | uncourteousadj. Wanting in courtesy; discourteous: a. Of persons. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adjective] > specifically of persons unhendc1275 uncourteous1303 rudec1425 bardish1641 unpolite1693 gobby1843 α. β. c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 303 I halde þat iueler lyttel to prayse,..& much to blame & vn-cortoyse.1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 328 Uncourtoyse, ingrat.1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Vncurtoyse, illiberalis.γ. c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 13 He is vnkynd and vncurtes.c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 208 Quhasa did the contrair, he war vngentill vncurtas and vnconnand.?a1500 Chester Pl. II. 105 God forbyde that we were So uncurtise to you heare.1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 264v Hymselfe remained prisoner emong the most uncourtise Silicians.?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 41 Yoor only prezens shallbe matter sufficient of abandoning this vncurtess knight.δ. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Baruch iv. C An vncurteous people, and of a straunge language.1551 R. Record Pathway to Knowl. Pref. If I were as vncurteous as you vnkind, I shuld vtterly refuse to do them any good.1653 J. Taylor Short Relation Long Journey 23 Then most uncurteous Mistris, quoth I, I doubt I must bee necessitated to take up my lodging in the Field.1801 Lusignan II. 49 Strangers, you seem not uncourteous.1858 A. Trollope Dr. Thorne III. iii. 47 She was more than ordinarily anxious not to appear uncourteous or unkind to him.1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 6798 Þys ryche man, as þe gospel seys, Was but to o man vncurteys. a1352 Minot in Pol. Poems (Rolls) I. 79 Unkind he was and uncurtayse. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur iv. xxiii. 151 Yf syre Pelleas had ben as vncurteis to yow as ye haue ben to hym ye hadde bene a dede knyghte. a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 128 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 303 Dip not þi thombe þy drynke into, Þou art vncurtayse yf þou hit do. 1533 T. More Apol. ix, in Wks. 865/2 Were not a manne..worthye to bee compted vncourteyse, that woulde [etc.]. 1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Inclemens,..vngentil: vncurteis. b. Of actions, speech, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adjective] > specifically of conduct uncourteous1548 unpolite1693 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xix He beyng netteled with these vncurteous ye vnuertuous prickes & thornes, serched out the authours. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie iv. xiii. 204 They ease vs of that vncourteous burden. c1613 (c1490) in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 71 I besech you speake to my master, that no uncurtes dealing be had with none of his servants. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) v. i. 358 Vpon some stubborne and vncourteous parts We had conceiu'd against him. View more context for this quotation 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth i, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 4 It would be, therefore, uncourteous to leave my readers under any doubt concerning the agency. 1875 W. S. Hayward Love against World 11 ‘I know what I am doing,’ was the uncourteous reply. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < adj.1303 |
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