单词 | vengible |
释义 | † vengibleadj.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. DerivativesΘΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.adv.1548 |
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