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scoundrelism
scoundrelism (ˈskaʊndrəlɪz(ə)m) [f. scoundrel n. + -ism.] The character, conduct, or practices of a scoundrel; also, a piece of scoundrelism, a scoundrelly act or trait.1611 Cotgr., Villaquerie, villanie, roguerie, rascalitie, skowndrellisme. 1773 Johnson in Boswell Tour Hebrides (1785) 111 Why, Sir...
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scoundrelly
scoundrelly, a. (ˈskaʊndrəlɪ) [f. scoundrel n. + -ly1.] Having the character of a scoundrel; of, belonging to, or characteristic of a scoundrel; characterized by scoundrelism.1790 Burns Let. 2 Mar., Mankind are by nature benevolent creatures, except in a few scoundrelly instances. 1816 Scott Antiq. ...
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Julian Sturgis
Sturgis can draw what may be called the minor scoundrel – the scoundrel whose scoundrelism is so successfully concealed from the world and from himself
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scoundrel
scoundrel, n. and a. (ˈskaʊndrəl) Also 6 skown-, skoundrell, scondrell, 7 skundrell, scoundril, 8 scoundrell. [Of unknown origin. Derivation from Sc. scunner n. and v. is inadmissible on phonological grounds; and although scoundrel is now vernacular in Scotland (pronounced (ˈskunrəl) or (ˈskundrəl))...
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vampirism
vampirism (ˈvæmpaɪrɪz(ə)m) Also vampyrism. [f. vampire n.] The collective facts or ideas associated with the supposed existence and habits of vampires.1794–6 E. Darwin Zoon. II. 63 The supposed existence..of witchcraft, vampyrism, animal magnetism and American tractors. 1819 [Polidori] The Vampyre I...
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rattery
rattery (ˈrætərɪ) [f. rat n.1 + -ery.] 1. The qualities or conduct of a ratter; apostasy.1822 Syd. Smith Lett. ccvii. (1855) II. 226 The rattery and scoundrelism of public life. 1832 J. Wilson in Blackw. Mag. XXXII. 717, I can fancy him turning this rattery of your Lordship's to some account. 2. A p...
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-ism
-ism, suffix repr. F. -isme, L. -ismus, a. Gr. -ισµός, forming nouns of action from verbs in -ίζειν, e.g. βαπτίζειν to dip, baptize, βαπτισµός the action of dipping, baptism. An allied suffix was -ισµα(τ-), which more strictly expressed the finished act or thing done, and which in some cases is the ...
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1. They are more likely to have friends of different ages and to be free of the cliquish, exclusive behavior so common in school. 他们 更 容易 和 不同 年龄层次 的 人 成为 朋友 , 而 在校生 更 容易 拉帮结派 或 离群索居 。. 2. A faction to which I am devoted, and against which all the scoundrelism of the day is ...
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strike
▪ I. strike, n. (straɪk) Forms: 4–6 strik, stryk, 4–7 stryke, 4– strike. [f. strike v. (In senses 2–4 perh. a. MLG. derivatives of the same root: cf. strick n.) In early instances it is sometimes doubtful whether the word is this or strick n. or streak n.1, as the spelling strik, stryk, strick does ...
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