单词 | candour |
释义 | candourcandorn.ΘΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [noun] > brilliant whiteness candour1634 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. xi. 1285 Candor is passyng whitnesse, and haþ in hitself moche light in forme and moche purenesse and clerenesse in matiere.] 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 91 This nights trauaile was bettered by Cynthia's candor. 1692 T. Tryon Good House-wife (ed. 2) ii. 25 Milk..the Emblem of Innocence, deriving that aimable and pleasant Candor from a Gleam of the divine Light. ΘΠ society > morality > virtue > purity > [noun] cleannessc890 unwemmednessc1175 purity?c1225 shireness?c1225 cleanshipc1230 uncorruptionc1384 purenessa1398 undefoulingnessc1400 whitenessc1400 cleanliness1430 immaculation1509 clearness1526 undefiledness1571 uncorruptness1583 unspottedness1598 intemerateness1607 uncorruptedness1611 candour1612 spotlessness1619 immaculateness1641 candidness1654 unblemishedness1656 intemeration1660 unstainedness1685 pearliness1760 taintlessness1811 stainlessness1862 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist v. v. sig. M4v Help his fortune, though with some small straine Of his owne candor . View more context for this quotation a1674 T. Traherne Christian Ethicks (1675) 388 If afterwards he comes to see the Candor of his abused Friend. 1703 N. Rowe Fair Penitent i. i. 376 Pure native Truth And Candour of the Mind. a1704 T. Brown Ess. Eng. Satyr in Wks. (1707) I. i. 38 My lord Dorset's Morals and Integrity, his Candor and his Honour. 3. Freedom from mental bias, openness of mind; fairness, impartiality, justice. ΘΠ society > morality > rightness or justice > [noun] > fairness or equity evennessOE rightOE equityc1315 evenheadc1350 charityc1430 evenhood1496 consciencea1538 equalness1548 equality1556 equanimity1607 candour1616 equitableness1648 candidness1661 just1667 both-sidedness1845 1616 B. Jonson Epigrammes cxxiii, in Wks. I. 810 Writing thy selfe, or iudging others writ, I know not which th' hast most, candor, or wit. 1653 tr. S. Przypkowski Dissertatio de Pace Postscr. 65 If thou hast but a grain of candor in thy heart, and wilt pass sentence according to the prescript of truth. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. Pref. p. ii The candor, and impartiality of what he relates. 1795 W. Paley View Evidences Christianity (ed. 3) II. iii. ii. 297 A Species of candour which is shewn towards every other book, is sometimes refused to the Scriptures. 1836 R. Whately Christian Evid. v To exercise candour in judging fairly of the evidences. a1854 H. Reed Lect. Brit. Poets (1857) xv. 202 In criticism candour with its comprehensive sympathies, is as rare, as bigotry is frequent. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] goodshipOE goodnessOE well-willingnessOE goodlaikc1175 charity?c1225 courtesy1297 kindnessc1300 meeknessc1300 kindheada1325 benignityc1374 benevolencec1384 kindshipa1393 betternessa1400 homeliness1402 goodliness1405 courteousnessc1430 kindliness1440 kindlaikc1450 beneficialness1528 beneficence1531 benevolency1545 beneficency1576 kindheartedness1583 benefiting1594 candidness1643 benefacture1651 geniality1652 candour1653 hearta1656 obliging1676 benevolentness1736 affectionateness1751 warm-heartedness1808 Samaritanism1843 sweet-heartedness1865 benignancy1876 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler To Rdr. If he [the Reader] bring not candor to the reading of this Discourse, he shall..injure me..by too many Criticisms. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Dryden Let. to Sir R. Howard in Annus Mirabilis 1666 Pref. Your candour in pardoning my errors. 1751 S. Johnson Cheynel in Student 2 No. 7. 266 He shews himself sincere, but without candour. 1765 S. Johnson Pref. to Shakespear's Plays p. xix That bigotry which sets candour higher than truth. 1802 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 8 226 A gentleman of unbounded candor, and a most benevolent disposition. 5. Freedom from reserve in one's statements; openness, frankness, ingenuousness, outspokenness. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [noun] > frankness, straightforwardness > specifically in speech frankness1553 freedom1585 apertness1604 ingenuity1614 unreservedness1713 unreserve1717 candour1769 free-spokenness1858 1769 W. Draper in ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. ii. 18 This writer, with all his boasted candour, has not told us the real cause of the evils. 1836 H. Smith Tin Trumpet I. 97 Candour—In some people may be compared to barley-sugar drops, in which the acid preponderates over the sweetness. 1876 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches I. ii. iv. 257 Openness and candour are rare qualities in a statesman. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1612 |
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