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单词 vengible
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vengibleadj.adv.

Etymology: variant of vengeable adj. and adv.
Obsolete.
1.
a. Vengeful, vindictive.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [adjective] > inclined to or eager for revenge
wrechefulc1290
wrakefula1300
vengeablec1380
revengeablea1522
vindicative1521
wreakful1531
vengible1548
revengeful?1560
avengeful1591
vengefula1599
vindictive1616
vindicable1632
1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Dirus,..vengible, cruell, terrible.
1595 W. S. Lamentable Trag. Locrine i. ii. 16 The desperate god Cuprit, with one of his vengible birdbolts, hath shot me vnto the heele.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 461 These also are the Epethites of the Lionesse..bold, stony-harted, vengible.
1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. 321 A vengible wayt-layer,..by bloudie grudges and displeasures doing much mischief.
b. Grievous, severe.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > severity > [adjective]
heavyc825
grimc900
strongeOE
hardeOE
drearyOE
eileOE
sweerOE
deara1000
bitterOE
tartc1000
smartOE
unridec1175
sharp?c1225
straitc1275
grievousc1290
fellc1330
shrewda1387
snella1400
unsterna1400
vilea1400
importunea1425
ungainc1425
thrallc1430
peisant1483
sore?a1513
weighty1540
heinous?1541
urgent?1542
asperous?1567
dure1567
spiny1586
searching1590
hoara1600
vengible1601
flinty1613
tugging1642
atrocious1733
uncannya1774
severe1774
stern1830
punishing1833
hefty1867
solid1916
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 4 Impose they doe upon them hard and vengible charges to execute.
2. Remarkable, extraordinary. Also as adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adjective] > with quality of strangeness
selcouthc888
uncouthc900
sellya1000
ferly?c1225
strangec1374
nicec1395
ferlifula1400
monsterfulc1460
portentous1553
miraculous1569
vengible1594
strangefula1618
phenomenous1743
phenomenala1850
very like a whale1859
weird and wonderful1859
fourth-dimensional1902
out of this world1941
unreal1965
1594 J. Lyly Mother Bombie iii. ii. sig. Ev He spake nothing but sentences, but they were vengible long ones.
1602 Contention Liberalitie & Prodigalitie iv. ii. sig. D3v Thornes, thistles, and nettles most horrible stingers, Rauens, grypes, and gryphons, oh vengible wringers.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 78 Hee was a vengible fellow in linking matters together, whereupon he came to be surnamed Catena, that is, a Chain.

Derivatives

ˈvengibly adv. Obsolete
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [adverb]
wrakefullya1225
wrackfullyc1230
vengeably1412
revengefully1579
vengibly1580
revenginglya1616
vindictively1727
avengingly1824
vengefully1830
1580 G. Harvey Three Proper Lett. in Wks. (1884) I. 40 Some as vengibly and frowardly bent, as for Example, Woormes, and Moules, and Cunnyes.
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