单词 | unrefinement |
释义 | unrefinementn. Lack of refinement. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [noun] simplessea1393 roughnessa1398 rudenessc1405 unrefinedness1607 simpleness1648 unpolishedness1652 unpoliteness1700 sordidness1704 ungenteelness1706 indelicacy1712 unrefinement1769 ungentility1822 unprinceliness1855 outbackery1961 1769 Another Estimate Manners & Princ. Present Times 29 The Clergy..force their doctrine upon us with a brutal bluntness of voice, and a savage unrefinement of air. 1840 J. S. Polack Manners & Customs New Zealanders II. xiv. 147 Few people in a similar state of unrefinement feel greater delight or persist more in travelling than the New Zealanders. 1886 M. Linskill Haven under Hill i. 3 Nor did [her speech]..strike you with any jarring sense of unrefinement. 1913 P. H. Boynton London in Eng. Lit. iv. 109 The age was crude, too, in the unrefinement of its manners... Pepys was one time annoyed at the theater because his coat was soiled by a lady in front of him who spat over her shoulder, but he was consoled on seeing that she was pretty. 1951 Tucson (Arizona) Daily Citizen 9 Jan. 6/4 What the average young state departmenter needs is some good, wholesome unrefinement. The chances are he has become so detached from us ordinary mortals he can't follow the average low-minded American conversation without an interpreter. 2002 Victorian Stud. 44 199 The unmentionable unrefinement of poverty. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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