单词 | unrepining |
释义 | unrepiningadj. Not repining; expressing no discontent or complaint. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [adjective] paidc1225 well-queemc1225 well-paidc1230 apaid1297 well-apaidc1300 setea1350 pleaseda1382 contentc1400 agreed1417 well-pleased1423 well begonea1425 well-contenta1438 well-contented1461 satisfied1477 contentful1542 unrepining1559 satisfied1566 sufficed1590 contented1597 undispleased1598 perfecta1616 complacential1658 in humour1673 beneplacit1678 comfortable1770 gratified1818 wishless1820 like a possum up a gum tree1840 chuffc1860 all right1882 gruntled1938 chuffed1957 1559 J. Heywood tr. Seneca Troas i. ii. sig. B.i From whence he brought, his vnrepyning pray, the cause alas, of all this dyre debate. [No corresponding sentence in the Latin original.] 1637 Bp. J. Hall Remedy Prophanenesse ii. xi. 155 What unrepining subjection to the rod? 1654 E. Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 118 That I may be able to keepe him in the present free and unrepyning humor. 1740 R. Glover Hosier's Ghost ix. 65 Unrepining at thy Glory, Thy successful arms we hail. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 126 She would sit up..to nurse me with the most unrepining patience. 1850 A. Jameson Legends Monastic Orders 402 She endured all unrepining. 1970 P. Buck China as I see It vii. 114 Japanese women..accept their limits with graceful, unrepining resignation. 2006 H. Jacobson Kalooki Nights 127 An inane grin of what I took to be unrepining heathenishness. Derivatives ˌunreˈpiningly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [adverb] contentedly1556 comfortably1563 satisfiedly1593 contentlya1625 unrepiningly1626 complacentially1671 contentfully1685 1626 H. Wotton Let. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1651) 507 His indisputable will must be done, and unrepiningly received by his own Creatures. 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa II. xxxv. 237 [As] the will of Providence..leads, let me patiently, and unrepiningly, follow! 1850 Amer. Rev. Apr. 394 He resigns his claims, not only unrepiningly, but with a kind of triumph. 1920 Biblical World 54 87/2 The doctrine of karma is that men should unrepiningly accept the status in which they were born. 1999 Independent (Nexis) 3 Mar. (Features section) 11 Holman was unrepiningly pessimistic about the chances of the RSC staging this long work. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1559 |
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