单词 | unpersuaded |
释义 | unpersuadedadj. Not persuaded or won over; unswayed. Formerly spec.: unconvinced by or unconverted to Christian beliefs. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > [adjective] orrathc1175 unsicker?c1225 doubtousc1374 doubtive1393 unsurec1412 uncertained1470 doubtful1509 unassured1528 scriple?a1534 unpersuadeda1535 uncertainc1540 scrupulous1559 unsatisfied1575 unresolved1587 incertaina1616 dubious1632 scrupling1641 hesitant1647 insecure1649 hesitatious1657 uncleara1658 groping1691 doubting1715 dubitative1728 gingerish1764 vague1806 duberous1818 dubitant1821 undecided1828 inconclusive1836 foreheadless1844 titubant1880 convictionless1882 swithering1917 a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) iii. xix. sig. R.viv If you hadde assented in wordes, and in your minde departed vnperswaded. 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. iiijv Who can remaine..vnpersuaded, to loue..the excellent Science of Arithmetike? 1655 S. Gorton Saltmarsh 194 The proper spirit of Python, that unperswaded or unfaithed one. 1709 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels IV. 62 The present stupidity of this unpersuaded Man. 1777 Dr. Dodd Let. 23 May in J. Boswell Life Johnson (1791) II. 137 Not a soul could be left unconvinced and unpersuaded. 1819 P. B. Shelley Rosalind & Helen 36 His very gestures touched to tears The unpersuaded tyrant, never So moved before. 1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity I. 540 Myriads of Jewish Christians remained secretly unpersuaded. 1973 P. O'Brian HMS Surprise i. 5 The right words had escaped him, and he was conscious of a certain negative, unpersuaded quality in the air. 2011 R. Masello Medusa Amulet 206 Olivia sat back, with an unpersuaded expression on her face. Derivatives unperˈsuadedness n. the state of being unpersuaded. [In quot. 1612 with reference to a speculative etymology of Hebrew peṯen venomous serpent, (perhaps) cobra (only in Psalm 68:5; of uncertain and disputed origin, and etymologically unrelated to python n.1).] ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > [noun] studyinglOE orrathnessc1175 doubta1225 balance1297 were1303 doubtancec1325 unsickernessc1340 wilsomenessa1400 wonda1400 scriple?a1425 ambiguityc1425 diswerec1440 dubitationc1450 variation?1473 incertainty1483 doubting1486 doubtfulness1526 scrupulousness1526 scruple1548 uncertainty1548 disputation1549 irresolution1592 swithering1597 hesitance1601 incertitude1601 unpersuadedness1612 inassurance1614 hesitancy1617 unsettledness1619 hesitation1622 unsatisfaction1643 unsatisfiedness1646 dubitancy1649 insecurity1649 dispersuasion1653 unassuredness1660 scrupling1665 unconfidencea1670 swither1719 dubietyc1750 mank1808 suspense1816 dubitating1837 doubtingness1840 1612 H. Ainsworth Bk. Psalmes Englished with Annot. lviii. 150 The serpent Python, called in Hebrew Pethen, which name noteth..the unperswadednes which this Psalm sheweth to be naturally in that beast. 1677 F. Bampfield Seventh-day-sabbath 69 If they did live and die in such a state, of unbelief and of unperswadedness..they would be shut out of that Spiritual, Heavenly, Eternal Rest of God in Christ. 1742 C. Owen Ess. Nat. Hist. Serpents ii. 62 The word in the Original is..Unpersuadedness; hence, wicked Men are called..unpersuadable. 1901 Methodist Rev. Mar. 231 This difference between unbelief and unpersuadedness must not be pressed too far. 1999 K. Cragg Weight in Word iv. 49 Rhetoric is well aware of unpersuadedness and is set to overcome it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1535 |
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