单词 | unlavished |
释义 | unlavishedadj. Not lavishly, extravagantly, or generously bestowed or spent. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [adjective] > limited in quantity or amount narrowOE poor?c1225 scarce1297 straitc1386 feeblea1513 scant1556 niggardly1564 slender1564 limited1590 scanted1594 sparing1602 scantled1604 stinted1629 exiguous1630 unlavished1635 scanty1658 unprofuse1727 costivea1734 incopious1734 niggard1751 jimp1768 skimped1839 stingy1854 restricted1856 niggard-measured1881 1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada ii. 150 Hee left mee..with an intention (I beleeve) to rifle my house, and seize on the few Iewels hee had left mee unlavished. 1743 W. Shenstone Elegies xix. 12 He blam'd..My time, unlavish'd in pursuit of pow'r. 1792 D. Lloyd Voy. Life v. 96 Nor wine and oil more grateful to the taste, Of sensual appetence, than to the wise, Wisdom, and her unlavish'd sweets. 1850 N. P. Willis People I have met 288 To abandon, then, all hope of loving—and with this unlavished wealth too in the heart—was society's bitter exaction. 1923 Sat. Rev. 1 Dec. 589/1 The heroes who had saved us were left to the tender mercies of Government departments that grudged every penny unlavished on their incompetent selves. 2008 Metro (Nexis) 4 July 13 Similar attention goes unlavished on the over-populated story. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1635 |
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