单词 | unreformed |
释义 | unreformedadj.ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [adjective] > unreformed > specifically of faults unreformed1398 1398 in J. Slater Early Scots Texts (Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Edinb.) (1952) No. 38 And gif it hapnis as God forbede that ony..attemptatz bene vnrefourmyd or vnredressid in deffaut or negligence of the wardanis. 1528 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) I. 318 I trust that no defaulte..is lefte vnrefourmed. 1542 King Henry VIII Declar. Causes Warre Scottis sig. A.ivv The kyng of Scottis dedes..could not..be passed ouer vnreformed. 1679 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. viii. 145 Upon penalty..for every default Ten Shillings, and Ten Shillings every week it continues unreformed. 1694 S. Bethel Providences of God (new ed.) 94 There being no such Traitors to the Strength of a Land..as are unreformed Provocations. a1768 T. Secker Wks. (1792) II. lxv. 281 In the few that are seriously good, the most superficial observer and most charitable interpreter will discern a great number of faults and imperfections unreformed. 1841 Cottager's Monthly Visitor Apr. 127 The fault will escape altogether uncorrected and unreformed. 1888 Evening News 20 Feb. 2/6 A mere sectional act which would leave those frightful anomalies to be unreformed. 2. Not reformed, restored, or made better; unimproved. a. Of a practice, system, institution, etc. In the 18th and 19th centuries, frequently with reference to parliamentary reform; see reformed adj.1 2d. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > [adjective] > reforming > reformed > not unreformed?1535 irreformed1651 unreconstructed1868 ?1535 Treat. Diuers Constit. Prouync. & Legantines sig. E.ivv I thynke veryly, that if ye rulers wolde take the payne to loke vpon the sayde Constitucions, they wold nat suffre them to stande vnreformed. 1614 Act 12 Jas. I in R. Bolton Statutes Ireland (1621) 425 Your gracious disposition..towards the settling of this unreformed kingdom. 1780 London Courant 5 Apr. I want not a vote to place this man, or that man, in a corrupt House of Commons..while it shall remain unreformed. 1792 E. Burke Let. to Dundas in Wks. (1812) V. 199 It is better to allow the evil, in order to correct it, than..to leave it under an illegal, and therefore an unreformed existence. 1832 Figaro in London 8 Dec. 209/1 The last unreformed Parliament—the last mass of corruption under the assumed name of popular representation is at length finally dissolved. 1848 Observer 21 May 2/1 It had been expected that the grievances which had existed under an unreformed Parliament would have been remedied. 1888 Morning Post 13 June 7/2 The organ grinder of London remains..one of the few unreformed institutions of which we can still boast. 1934 Man 34 59 Apart from one semi-reformed Sākya and one small unreformed Nying-ma-pa monastery, all monastic establishments have accepted the Ge-lug-pa discipline and dress. 1978 Amer. Jrnl. Econ. & Sociol. 37 395 An unreformed property tax system. 2001 New Yorker 9 Apr. 95/3 The exodus of mothers into the workplace has created..a world of free-range children at the mercy of unreformed institutions. b. Of a person, or his or her character, morals, conduct, etc. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [adjective] > unreformed incorrect1435 unamended1549 unreformed1549 unreclaimed1591 unchastened1641 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 3rd Serm. sig. K.iiv They suffer in thys realme an vnpreachynge prelacye vnreformed. 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xxvii. 223 If wee..in the meane while leaue our heartes vnreformed. 1645 H. Hammond Of Conscience (new ed.) §88 Never to lye downe..unhumbled unreformed in any such sinne. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iii. 428 Who freed,..Unhumbl'd, unrepentant, unreform'd, Headlong would follow. View more context for this quotation 1717 D. Defoe Mem. Church of Scotl. ii. 113 The Church formally absolv'd him, and yet secretly believ'd him to be unreformed. a1788 J. Drysdale Serm. (1793) II. xiv. 387 Dost thou set up for a public reformer, when thy own heart is unreformed? 1822 J. Ashmun Mem. Life & Char. Bacon v. 116 We feared to do any thing that might drive him from school, or throw him off our hands unreformed. 1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch III. vi. lxi. 341 The unreformed provincial mind distrusted London. 1965 N.Y. Herald Tribune 19 Jan. 20/1 The difference between the reformed and unreformed Democrat is that the former is more likely to hold out a judgeship as a dignified inducement, while the latter prefers to use the cold cash of a lulu. 1998 Guardian 21 Nov. (Saturday section) 3/3 Card rooms do a steady trade in unreformed gamblers playing to earn the alimony for their ‘poker widows’. 3. Not accepting, espousing, or characterized by the principles of the Reformation (reformation n.1 3b). ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Reformation > [adjective] > not unreformed1571 1571 W. Fulke Confut. Popishe Libelle f. 19v He defended all Popishe religion, whiche remained vnreformed, to bee good, and godlie. 1612 J. Davies Discouerie Causes Ireland 256 Reducing the vnreformed partes of Vlster into seauen shires. 1753 J. Hill Inspector I. 249 I am afraid the very foundations of the Christian faith in the unreformed churches have been undermined. 1788 E. Burke Speech against W. Hastings in Wks. (1822) XIV. 20 [You] have seen in the unreformed countries of Europe churches filled with persons, who take sanctuary in them. 1892 J. B. Mayor Epist. James p. xviii The churches of Western Christendom, reformed and unreformed. 1922 Encycl. Relig, & Ethics XII. 774/1 Fasting..was practised both on appointed fast days (not the traditional ones of unreformed religion) and at times chosen for personal reasons. 2008 A. Forrestal in G. Mannion & L. S. Mudge Routledge Compan. Christian Church v. 85 The point was often explicitly made by Protestant churchmen, the Catholic church remained profane and unreformed, the church of the Anti-Christ. Derivatives unreˈformedness n. now rare ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [noun] > unreformed condition unreformedness1607 unreclaimedness1611 unreformation1648 the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] > reform > condition of not being reformed unreformedness1888 1607 S. Hieron Discouerie of Hypocrisie 61 Denouncing the heauie vengeance of God vpon vnreformednesse. 1733 T. Allen Christian's Sure Guide to Eternal Glory 315 Because you know not me, as appears by your unreformedness and ignorance of my holy ways, therefore you know not my father. 1888 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 345 One who, in that day of its unreformedness, did not regard the constitution of the Royal Academy as absolutely perfect. 1904 M. E. Durham Through Lands of Serb vii. 88 The Albanian's ‘unreformedness’ has always been his chief attraction in Turkish eyes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1398 |
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