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单词 whiggish
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whiggishadj.1

Brit. /ˈwɪɡɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wɪɡɪʃ/
Forms: In 1500s whighish.
Etymology: < whig n.1 + -ish suffix1.
rare.
Pale as whey.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > paleness > [adjective]
blatec1000
whiteOE
greena1275
blakec1275
bleykea1300
wana1300
palec1330
bleach1340
pale and wan (wan and pale)c1374
colourlessc1380
deadlyc1385
deadc1386
bloodlessc1450
earthlyc1460
ruddylessc1460
wan visaged?a1513
wanny1555
as pale or white as a clout1557
bleak1566
mealy1566
pale-faced1570
ghastly1574
white-faced1577
bleakish1581
pallid1590
whiggish1590
tallow-faced1592
maid-pale1597
lily1600
whey-colour1602
lew1611
roseless1611
Hippocratical1615
cadaverousa1661
Hippocratic1681
smock-faced1684
white-looked1690
livid1728
as white (or pale) as a sheet1752
squalid1753
deathly1791
etiolated1791
light-skinned1802
suety1803
shilpit1813
blanched1828
tallowy1830
suet-faced1834
pasty1836
tallowish1838
whey-faced1847
pasty-faced1848
aghast1850
waxen1853
complexionless1863
light-skin1877
lily-cheeked1877
lardy1879
wan-faced1881
exsanguinous1889
wheatish1950
1590 T. Fenne Hecubaes Mishaps in Frutes sig. Cc4 Whose whighish skin the muddy mire with filthy spots had hild.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

Whiggishadj.2

Brit. /ˈwɪɡɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wɪɡɪʃ/
Forms: 1600s– Whiggish, 1600s– Whigish (now rare), 1600s– Wiggish (now rare).
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Whig n.2, -ish suffix1.
Etymology: < Whig n.2 + -ish suffix1. Compare earlier Whig adj. Compare slightly later Toryish adj.
Usually somewhat depreciative.
1.
a. Characteristic of the principles, policies, or practices of the Whigs (in various senses), esp. the Whig Party in Britain or the United States; supporting or inclined to Whiggism or (sometimes) political liberalism. Also occasionally: reminiscent of or resembling the Whigs in principles, outlook, etc. Cf. Whig adj. 1.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [adjective] > of or relating to Whigs
Whig1661
true blue1663
Whiggish1680
low-flying1706
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > absence of prejudice > [adjective]
unpossesseda1586
affectionless1595
respectless1598
unprejudicating1602
spacious1609
unprejudicate1609
unprejudicated1609
undifferencing?1624
unprepossessed1629
imprejudicate1640
unprejudiced1641
unprejudicial1641
unpreoccupated1641
unsuperstitious1652
moderate1654
unforestalled1657
unengaged1659
equipondious1661
uncaptivated1678
unbiased1686
unbigoted1711
Whiggish1715
open-minded1748
progressive1780
liberal1781
prejudiceless1830
broad1832
great-eyed1850
synoptic1852
undogmatic1857
undogmatical1863
superstitionless1879
race-blind1900
personless1932
verlig1968
1680 Loyal Tories Delight (single sheet) Great York in favour does remain, In spight of all the Whigish train.
1705 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus I. ii. 20 Mix'd with some High Church Vindications Against false Whiggish Defamations.
1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ Pref. 17 In the same fourth Century there were some Whiggish Pamphlets publish'd by some Moderate Heathens.
1779 E. Burke Corr. (1844) II. 270 Your liberal, wise, and truly whiggish principles.
1793 R. Burns Poems (ed. 2) II. 176 If ony whiggish whingin sot, To blame poor Matthew dare, man.
1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. v. 108 The whiggish and perverse opposition to established rank and privilege.
1875 N. Amer. Rev. July 224 His politics were probably originally Whiggish, after the Webster-Clay type.
1907 P. T. Forsyth Positive Preaching iv. 120 They gave the gnostics a huge advantage over the whiggish apologists and their liberal Christianity.
2016 Key Words No. 14 132 Thompson did much to substantiate the Popular Front intuition that popular radicalism had often involved the creative adaptation of Whiggish notions of individual liberty.
b. Characteristic or reminiscent of the Whig interpretation of history; designating history written with this perspective. See Whig adj. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the past > history or knowledge about the past > [adjective] > of types of history > of historians, theories, or styles
Whig1729
Whiggish1890
revisionist1926
Toynbeean1935
1890 Academy 15 Nov. 441/1 His view of history and of the progress of civilisation is essentially Whiggish.
1975 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Nov. 1404/3 The danger, ever-present in women's history (as in labour history) of whiggish perspectives: of self-indulgently allowing enthusiasm for the women's cause today to obstruct sensitive understanding of women's situation yesterday.
2006 P. Woit Not even Wrong iii. 38 This is also Whiggish history; everything that didn't end up part of the current picture of things has been ruthlessly suppressed.
2009 P. Glennie & N. Thrift Shaping Day ii. 52 Current versions of this narrative emphasize a Whiggish progression of events.
2. slang. Rebellious, seditious; troublesome. Obsolete.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > [adjective]
wilda1300
rebel1340
rebellious?c1450
rebellant?a1475
mutinous1564
mutine1584
Whiggish1699
rebelly1705
yoof1986
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Whiggish, Factious, Seditious, Restless, Uneasy.

Derivatives

ˈWhiggishness n. the quality or state of being Whiggish.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [noun] > Whiggism > a Whig > quality or personality of
Whiggishness1819
Whigship1826
1819 Liverpool Mercury 19 Feb. 272/2 [Quoting J. C. Hobhouse] I suppose, Mr. Lamb, you thank God for your whiggishness.
1920 Blackwood's Mag. Mar. 402/2 Johnson would have tolerated his coxcombry as little as he would have borne with his inveterate Whiggishness.
1997 Independent on Sunday 1 June (Review Suppl.) 32/1 He is well placed to present the case for his subject's essential Whiggishness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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