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单词 unniggardly
释义

unniggardlyadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈnɪɡədli/, U.S. /ˌənˈnɪɡərdli/
Forms: see un- prefix1 and niggardly adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, niggardly adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + niggardly adj.
Not niggardly or mean; generous. Cf. unniggard adj.
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the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > [adjective]
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room-handeda1200
largea1225
free?c1225
plenteousc1350
bounteousc1374
liberalc1384
free-hearteda1398
ungnedea1400
royalc1405
opena1425
plentifula1475
profuse?a1475
ungrighta1475
lavishc1475
almifluent1477
prodigous1477
frank1484
bountiful1508
largifluent?a1525
munificent1565
magnificent1577
largeous1583
munifical1583
magnifical1586
free-handed1592
frolic1593
open-handed1593
magnific?1594
prodigal1595
goodwillya1598
communicativea1602
real1602
prodig1605
unniggard1605
generous1615
open-hearteda1617
large-handeda1628
unniggardly1628
fluent1633
profusive1638
numerous1655
largifical1656
insordid1660
unsparing1667
dispensive1677
expensive1678
wasteful1701
flush1703
unboundeda1704
genteel1741
munific1745
magnifique1751
ungrudginga1774
unstinting1845
brickish1860
flaithulach1876
princely1889
outgiving1896
sharing1922
two-handed1929
1628 O. Felltham Resolves (new ed.) liii. 168 Hee has the best Fame, that keepes his estate vnniggardly.
1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. iii. 353 Wherein there appears..no spark of arbitrary or inequitable disposition, but unreserved and unnigardly goodness.
1841 E. S. Wortley Maiden of Moscow i. 5 Their gold had scatter'd fast and free, With heart and hand unniggardly.
1919 Times of India 9 Jan. 7/1 The Commission was..free to discharge the task in an ungrudging and unniggardly spirit.
2002 Morning Star (Wilmington, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 17 Sept. 6 a Your unniggardly waste of valuable lineage causes some to snicker.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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