unvirtuousadj.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈvirtuous.

(un- prefix¹ 1.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > dissolute conduct > [adjective]

unkind1340

desolatec1386

unthrifty1388

virtueless1402

unvirtuous1432

dissolutec1475

castaway?1542

bastardlyc1567

regenerate1596

perdite1625

profligate1627

deperdit1641

profligated1652

abandoned1690

society > morality > moral evil > [adjective] > destitute of virtue

unkindc1325

virtueless1402

unvirtuous1432

1432 Paston Lett. I. 32 The whiche lak or defaulte mighte be caused by ungodely or unvertuous men.

c1456 R. Pecock Bk. Faith (Trin. Cambr.) (1909) 149 Forto so bileeve withoute evydence is unresonable, and therfore unvertuose.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xix He beyng netteled with these vncurteous ye vnuertuous prickes..serched out the authours.

1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 16 The coate-armours, and nobilities of the vaine and vnvertuous Gentlemen.

1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 54 An opinion both ungodly, unpolitic, unvertuous, and void of all honesty & civil sense.

1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. x. 44 It must be a very unvirtuous Mind, that can form any other Ideas..than those of..Pity for you.

1867 Month Jan. 17 An unvirtuous Priest..ruins many souls in these days.

1886 A. Weir Hist. Basis Mod. Europe ii. 37 He was [deeply] involved in the unvirtuous statecraft of his time.

Derivatives

unˈvirtuously adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > dissolute conduct > [adverb]

unthriftilyc1386

unvirtuouslya1500

dissolutely1549

deperditely1608

desolately1608

perditlya1632

profligately1676

abandonedly1723

society > morality > moral evil > [adverb] > in an unvirtuous manner

unvirtuouslya1500

a1500 Bernardus de Cura Rei Famuliaris 245 Wyrk thow oder wnwerteusly or vele.

1520 Chron. Eng. iv. f. 32^v/2 Many tymes he regned vnuertuously that is a kynge borne.

1660 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania iv. 186 Love less, and you will love better and longer. You love Arete unvertuously.

1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present iii. ii. 197 It was the terror..of doing unworthily, doing unvirtuously, which was their word for unmanfully.

unˈvirtuousness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > dissolute conduct > [noun]

reveriec1350

wantonnessc1390

recolagea1400

unthriftinessc1450

dissoluteness1549

profligateness1668

profligacy1693

unvirtuousness1865

virtuelessness1891

society > morality > moral evil > [noun] > lack of virtue

ungoodlihead1430

rudenessc1451

unkindliness1587

unvirtuousness1865

unvirtue1869

virtuelessness1891

1865 W. H. Gillespie Argum. Being & Attrib. God iii. iii. §6 The same sort of thing holds with regard to..unvirtuousness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unvirtuous
释义	unvirtuousadj. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈvirtuous. (un- prefix¹ 1.) ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > dissolute conduct > [adjective] unkind1340 desolatec1386 unthrifty1388 virtueless1402 unvirtuous1432 dissolutec1475 castaway?1542 bastardlyc1567 regenerate1596 perdite1625 profligate1627 deperdit1641 profligated1652 abandoned1690 society > morality > moral evil > [adjective] > destitute of virtue unkindc1325 virtueless1402 unvirtuous1432 1432 Paston Lett. I. 32 The whiche lak or defaulte mighte be caused by ungodely or unvertuous men. c1456 R. Pecock Bk. Faith (Trin. Cambr.) (1909) 149 Forto so bileeve withoute evydence is unresonable, and therfore unvertuose. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xix He beyng netteled with these vncurteous ye vnuertuous prickes..serched out the authours. 1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 16 The coate-armours, and nobilities of the vaine and vnvertuous Gentlemen. 1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 54 An opinion both ungodly, unpolitic, unvertuous, and void of all honesty & civil sense. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. x. 44 It must be a very unvirtuous Mind, that can form any other Ideas..than those of..Pity for you. 1867 Month Jan. 17 An unvirtuous Priest..ruins many souls in these days. 1886 A. Weir Hist. Basis Mod. Europe ii. 37 He was [deeply] involved in the unvirtuous statecraft of his time. Derivatives unˈvirtuously adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > dissolute conduct > [adverb] unthriftilyc1386 unvirtuouslya1500 dissolutely1549 deperditely1608 desolately1608 perditlya1632 profligately1676 abandonedly1723 society > morality > moral evil > [adverb] > in an unvirtuous manner unvirtuouslya1500 a1500 Bernardus de Cura Rei Famuliaris 245 Wyrk thow oder wnwerteusly or vele. 1520 Chron. Eng. iv. f. 32^v/2 Many tymes he regned vnuertuously that is a kynge borne. 1660 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania iv. 186 Love less, and you will love better and longer. You love Arete unvertuously. 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present iii. ii. 197 It was the terror..of doing unworthily, doing unvirtuously, which was their word for unmanfully. unˈvirtuousness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > dissolute conduct > [noun] reveriec1350 wantonnessc1390 recolagea1400 unthriftinessc1450 dissoluteness1549 profligateness1668 profligacy1693 unvirtuousness1865 virtuelessness1891 society > morality > moral evil > [noun] > lack of virtue ungoodlihead1430 rudenessc1451 unkindliness1587 unvirtuousness1865 unvirtue1869 virtuelessness1891 1865 W. H. Gillespie Argum. Being & Attrib. God iii. iii. §6 The same sort of thing holds with regard to..unvirtuousness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1432
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