| 单词 |
confidency |
| 释义 |
confidency rare.|ˈkɒnfɪdənsɪ| [f. as confidence n. and -ency.] †a. Confidence, trust, reliance; †b. Assurance, boldness; c. Confidential intimacy.
1600Holland Livy xxvi. xxiv. 602 Dorimachus..with lesse modestie and greater asseveration and confidencie [majore fide], extolled..the greatnesse..of the people of Rome. 1603Knolles Hist. Turks (1621) 251 Who with great boldnesse and confidencie, published Bedredin his doctrine and authority. 1606Earl of Northampton in True & Perf. Relation G g ij b, Which..implies weake confidencie. 1660Jer. Taylor Duct. Dubit. ii. vi. §41 To produce confidencies in dead substances cloth'd with accidents of art. 1868Browning Ring & Bk. iv. 1014 Had such a confidency sprung to birth With no more fanning from acquaintanceship Than here avowed. |

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