| 单词 |
versute |
| 释义 |
versute, a.|vəˈsjuːt, ˈvɜːsjuːt|
[ad. L. versūtus, f. vers-, vertĕre to turn.]
Cunning, crafty, wily.
1616J. Lane Contn. Sqr.'s T. ix. 15 Her artishe liers, wittie versute theeves. Ibid. 73 Ne bee out reachd at versute pollecie, or once out runn at hardie chivalrie. 1659Gauden Tears Ch. i. xiv. 132 A person of very supercilious gravity, also of versute and vertigenous policy. 1790Paley Horæ Paul. i. 6 The second, which is a more versute and specious forgery.
Hence versutely adv.; versuteness.
Also versutiloquent, ‘a crafty talker, one using words craftily’ (Blount Glossogr., 1656), and versutiloquous, ‘talking cunningly or craftily’ (Bailey, vol. II, 1727): both after L. versūtiloquus.
1616J. Lane Contn. Sqr.'s T. x. 128 Now guiltie Horbell, Leifurcke, Gnartolite, castinge on chaunge, the lipp versutlie bite. 1685H. More Cursory Refl. Baxter 29 That he may become really sensible and ashamed of his present Crooked Versuteness and Hypocrisie. 1710R. Ward Life H. More 81 Some Neatness of Stile, Versuteness of Temper, and Hypocrisie in Religion. 1857Maurice Mor. & Met. Philos. IV. vi. §89. 286 An ingenious explanation of astuteness and versuteness. |
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