单词 | unpedestal |
释义 | unpedestalv. transitive. To remove from a pedestal. Chiefly figurative: to remove from a position of being (unduly) admired or exalted. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > make humble [verb (transitive)] edmodienc1175 lowc1175 meekc1175 lessa1382 abatec1390 abasea1393 belowc1400 meekenc1400 disadvance?c1425 simplec1450 lowlyc1485 humilea1492 chasten1526 to pare the nails ofa1549 lessen1579 vail1582 to take (something) a hole lower1591 destate1615 humblea1616 thorough-humblea1617 humiliate1656 level1712 unnichea1751 to level up, down1791 unpedestal1821 to take the starch out of1830 1821 Fair Witch of Glas Llyn in Tales of my Landlord New Ser. II. 38 Force me not to unpedestal you from the proud height to which my adoring fancy has raised you. 1832 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 247/1 Will another hundred years..unpedestal the poets from their great niches in Fame's Temple? 1839 Lady Lytton Cheveley I. xii. 278 He did not think..there was any danger of George Sand's un-pedestaling the Cotins, Sevignes.., and Despinasses of the olden time. 1915 Lebanon (Pa.) Daily News 23 Nov. 4/1 We Americans..can pedestal and unpedestal men of the hour with startling rapidity. 1998 R. Coover Ghost Town 29 He would like to unpedestal himself out of their regard. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1821 |
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