单词 | unperfection |
释义 | unperfectionn. rare after 16th cent. Imperfection. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [noun] unperfectnessc1350 imperfectnessa1382 imperfectiona1398 unfullmakinga1400 unperfectionc1400 failing1590 c1400 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 402 When unperfeccioun is putt upon God. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Ecclus. xxxviii. 31 He schal ȝyue his herte in to the perfourmyng of werkis; and bi his wakyng he schal ourne vnperfeccioun [L. et vigilia sua ornabit in perfectionem]. c1460 Tree & 12 Frutes (McClean) (1960) 122 Yif þou can not suffre þe unperfeccioun of a noþer, þou schewist well þat þou art not perfight. c1535 M. Nisbet New Test. in Scots (1905) III. Prol. to Rom. 344 Christ..now dealiss with us daylye, sufferyng our vnperfectiounn. 1591 T. Lodge Famous Life Duke of Normandy f. 30v His soule bemoned that so perfect a person should haue so palpable an vnperfection. 1856 Westm. Rev. Oct. 349 The mere unperfection of developing and consummating good. 1970 Guardian Weekly 28 Feb. 18/3 There are degrees of unperfection. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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