单词 | ungentlemanly |
释义 | ungentlemanlyadj. (un- prefix1 1.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > unseemly > for specific people unprincely1536 ungentlemanly1562 unprincelike1579 unroyala1586 knightless1590 ungentlemanlike1592 unknightly1596 unkingly1606 unregal1611 ungentlemanny1667 unqueenlike1679 unofficerlike1746 unladylike1766 unquality-like1784 ungentlewomanlike1789 unqueenly1819 unpatriarchal1836 1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory 122 There are nyne rebatings of armes, which for nyne sondry vngentilmanly dedes done, are resembled as hereafter followeth. 1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre i. iii. 4 in Wks. II What an vnmercifull companion art thou, to quit thy lodging, at such vngentle manly houres? 1684 T. Otway Atheist v. 56 It is an Opportunity I should make no Ungentlemanly use of. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxvi* 84 I can stoop to the ordinary'st Work of your Scullions,..sooner than bear such ungentlemanly Imputations. 1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. III. 340 This letter produced an abusive, vulgar, and ungentlemanly answer. 1881 W. G. Ward Ess. Philos. Theism (1884) II. 286 They thought it thoroughly ungentlemanly so to speak in the presence of ladies. Derivatives unˈgentelmanly v. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > raising to noble rank > divesting of rank or title > deprive of rank or character [verb (reflexive)] > of gentleman ungentelmanly1834 1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales II. 117 There were some ungentlemanlying themselves, by giving it against the horse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2020). ungentlemanlyadv. (un- prefix1 5.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adverb] > unmannerly > in ill-bred manner ungentlemanly1572 ungentlemanlike1664 ungenteelly1666 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie 12 b The rebatinge of Armes for diverse vngentle deedes vngentlemanly donne. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 179 They..so defraud and cousin them ungentlemanly of their parents love. 1713 S. Sewall Diary 24 Apr. (1973) II. 711 [She] said Mr. Alford had done ungentlemanly by her. 1819 Metropolis (ed. 2) II. 207 He speaks ungentlemanly loud, as all sailors do. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1562adv.1572 |
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