单词 | unmannerliness |
释义 | unmannerlinessn. The condition or fact of being unmannerly; unmannerly speech or conduct; impoliteness, incivility. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun] > unmannerliness unmannerliness1550 misnurturednessa1578 misnurturenessa1599 incivility1603 perperitude1623 good (also bad) form1868 sans-gêne1893 mannerlessness1913 1550 W. Lynne tr. J. Carion Thre Bks. Cronicles ii. f. xlijv The Persians..dalyed wyth the gentle women vncourteously, insomuch that theyr vnmanerelynesse [L. immodestiae] yrked and displesed kyng Amyntas. 1598 R. Hakluyt tr. A. Jónsson in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 586 Moreouer, he noteth much vnmanerlinesse of eating and drinking at bankets. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1959) V. 233 It were unmannerlinesse to hold you longer in the Entry. 1675 Char. Town-gallant 5 Impudence he calls Boon Assurance, and unmannerliness, the Genteel Negligence. 1699 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. (ed. 4) 263 A sort of Unmannerliness very apt to grow up with young People. 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. Pref. p. xvii The..Unmannerliness of this Mam's Loll. a1782 T. Newton Wks. (1782) II. 681 The unmannerliness and unruliness of some of his subjects. 1850 Glasgow Herald 29 July We have repeatedly noticed instances of the unmannerliness and impudence to which our cotemporary refers. 1923 Daily News (Huntingdon, Pa.) 2 May 4/2 Being a boy need not mean boorish unmannerliness. 2012 R. Rigby Careerist v. 73 A major source of unmannerliness in the modern workplace is technology. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1550 |
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