单词 | volens nolens |
释义 | † volens nolensadv. Obsolete. = nolens volens adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > [adverb] > whether one will or not would…nouldOE whether he (etc.) will or nillOE will I (or) nill I (he, they, etc.)OE maugre1340 nill he, will hea1400 who(ever) will or nillc1449 bongre maugrec1450 whether‥yea or no (also nay)1515 nolens volens1547 willing or nilling1578 volens nolens1602 willy-nilly1608 nilling, willing1657 nilly-willy1662 bon gré mal gré1818 wilta shalta1824 william-nilliam1907 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 58 Yet must they keepe such a..strait watch..continually, as volens nolens their will must not be theirs, but their superiors. 1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote ii. lx. 404 If I should whip Sancho, volens nolens. 1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect i. xii. 53 A wronged servant shall have right volens nolens from his injurious master. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adv.1602 |
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