“procacity”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

procacity

释义

procacity Now rare.|prəʊˈkæsɪtɪ|
[ad. F. procacité (15th c. in Godef.), ad. L. procācitās, -ātem impudence, f. procāx, -ācem forward, bold, petulent, insolent, f. proc-āre, -ārī to ask, demand.]
Forwardness, petulance; sauciness, pertness.
1621Bp. R. Montagu Diatribæ 453 Let Scaliger pay for his malapert procacity against Paulus, concerning ignorance.1621Burton Anat. Mel. iii. ii. vi. i. (1676) 333/1 In vain are all your flatteries,..Delights, deceipts, procacities, Sighs, kisses, and conspiracies.a1677Barrow Pope's Suprem. i. xv. (1680) 76 Porphyrius with good colour of reason might have objected procacity to S. Paul in taxing his betters.1859J. Brown Horæ Subs. Ser. ii. Myst. (1861) 360 That mouth,..arch and kind, with a beautiful procacity or petulance about it.1865J. H. Stirling Secret Hegel I. 122 Precipitate procacity and pretentious levity.

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