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单词 unparadise
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unparadisev.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈparədʌɪs/, U.S. /ˌənˈpɛrəˌdaɪs/, /ˌənˈpɛrəˌdaɪz/
Forms: see un- prefix2 and paradise n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix2, paradise n.
Etymology: < un- prefix2 + paradise n. Compare slightly later paradise v.
1. transitive. To banish from Paradise; to force out of an idyllic place or state. Frequently with from.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > expel > specific people from a place, position, or possession > from paradise
unparadise1592
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > expel > specific people from a place, position, or possession > from paradise > from place like
unparadise1592
1592 S. Daniel Complaint Rosamond 456 Now did I finde my selfe vnparadis'd, From those pure fields.
1605 G. Ellis Lament. Lost Sheep sig. Gv With shame-sick Adam haue I hid my head, Vnparadiz'd, from my Angell-like state.
1672 C. Langford Gods Wonderful Mercy 105 What was that which un-Paradiced him [sc. Adam] so soon?
1779 Acct. Life J. Bunyan in J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress (new ed.) 552 He was the son of an honest poor labouring man, who like Adam, unparadised, had all the world before him to get his bread in.
1858 E. Caswall Poems 170 Archangels guard the gates with flaming swords,..who at an earlier day Did man unparadise.
1988 A. D. Nuttall in G. S. Rousseau & P. Rogers Enduring Legacy ix. 152 In Virgil's Aeneid the hero is unparadised from Troy.
2. transitive. To make (a place or state) less of a Paradise; to spoil the idyllic qualities of.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [verb (transitive)]
unperfect1548
imperfecta1555
unparadise1647
1647 T. Fuller Cause Wounded Conscience iv. 28 Thus a wounded conscience is able to unparadise Paradise it selfe.
1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the First 10 That ghastly Thought would drink up all your Joy, And quite unparadise the realms of Light.
1795 V. Knox Spirit of Despotism xli. 337 European despotism has united with oriental, to unparadise the provinces of India.
1827 J. Montgomery Pelican Island vi. 95 The serpent subtlest beast of all the field, Whose guile unparadised the world.
1876 C. M. Davies Unorthodox London (rev. ed.) 370 Were man to enter Heaven as he now is, it would be unparadised for him at once.
1903 H. Johnston Beyond Death xi. 297 The irruption of such a company would quite unparadise the realms of rest.
2006 M. L. Ross Race Riots xi. 264 A feature of colonization dramatized by Kneale's novel, its divisiveness, plays a major role in unparadising the island.

Derivatives

unˈparadised adj.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [adjective] > in specific way: defective or faulty > that falls short
short1390
half-strained1683
unheavenly1752
unsplendid1809
unparadised1829
off-colour1876
sketchy1878
shortcoming1889
not-quite1920
1829 C. Redding Gabrielle 43 She..takes a last leave, Like our unparadised first mother Eve.
1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table i. 25 Nature is never wholly unkind. Economical as she was in my unparadised Eden,..still the damask roses sweetened the June breezes.
1999 M. Bidney in W. Tigges Moments of Moment xviii. 369 Now the unparadised earth seems trying to turn itself into a sort of pure, unsullied moon.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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