Of language, texts, etc.: Destroyed in purity, debased; altered from the original or correct condition by ignorance, carelessness, additions…
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释义 | the mind > language > a language > register > [adjective] > corrupted (10) corruptc1386 Of language, texts, etc.: Destroyed in purity, debased; altered from the original or correct condition by ignorance, carelessness, additions… barbarous1526 Of language: (a) originally not Greek; subsequently not Greek nor Latin; hence, not classical or pure (Latin or Greek), abounding in ‘barbarisms’… bauger1544 Barbarous (or ? vile, beastly). basea1549 Of language: not classical, regarded as less refined than at an earlier stage of development. Also: not elevated, straightforward in expression… skew1607 Distorted, perverted; macaronic. Obsolete. impure1613 Mixed with or containing some extraneous or foreign matter, esp. of an inferior or baser kind… Of a language, style, etc.: Containing foreign… corrupted1699 Made or become corrupt (in various senses); = corrupt, adj. doggy1880 colloquial. Of Latin: debased, corrupted. See dog, n.1 compounds 1f, dog-Latin n. at dog, n.1 compounds 3a. corruptible1887 Liable to verbal, textual, or phonetic corruption. Subcategories:— spoonerized (1) |
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