| 单词 |
malcontented |
| 释义 |
† malconˈtented, (pa. pple. and) a. Obs.
Also male-.
[Partly f. prec. adj. + -ed1; partly f. mal- + contented a.]
1. As pa. pple. Made malcontent. rare—1.
1584Leycesters Commw. (1641) 150 Noble men of the Realm, who live abroad..much iniured and malcontented by his insolencie.
2. = malcontent a.
c1586C'tess Pembroke Ps. lxxiii. vi, For what purpose was it..For me to fume with malecontented heart? 1593–4Sylvester Profit Imprisonm. 541 Murmuring 'gainst the Lord, with male-contented voyce. 1600Heywood 1st Pt. Edw. IV (1613) A 4, To him the malcontented commons flocke, From euery part of Sussex. 1614Jackson Creed iii. xxxii. §3 If men male-contented with this present, may haue sweete promises of euerlasting happinesse in the life to come. 1622Bacon Hen. VII 39 For the better securing of his estate, against mutinous and malcontented Subiects. 1696Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) IV. 119 The restlesse attempts of the malecontented party. a1716South Serm. Sev. Occas. (1744) VII. 289 To satisfy or silence this malecontented Enquiry.
Hence † malconˈtentedly adv.
1630R. Johnson's Kingd. & Commw. 231 The Portugals..live male-contentedly under his obedience and government. 1755Johnson, Malecontentedly. |
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