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misbeliever
English
Etymology
From Middle English misbilevere, equivalent to misbelieve +? -er.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /m?sb??liv?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /m?sb??li?v?/
Noun
misbeliever (plural misbelievers)
- Someone who holds a bad or wrong belief; a heretic, an unbeliever.
- , II.12:
- We are placed in the country […] where we feare the menaces wherewith she threatneth all mis-beleevers, or follow her promises.
- , II.12:
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recreant
English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman recreant, Middle French recreant (“defeated”), from recroire (“to yield in a trial by combat, surrender allegiance”). See recray; and compare miscreant.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???k???nt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /???k?i?nt/
Adjective
recreant (comparative more recreant, superlative most recreant)
- (now rare, poetic) Having admitted defeat and surrendered; defeated. [from 13th c.]
- (now poetic, literary) Unfaithful to someone, or to one's duties or honour; disloyal, false. [from 17th c.]
Derived terms
- recreance
- recreancy
- recreantly
Noun
recreant (plural recreants)
- Somebody who is recreant, who yields in combat; a coward or traitor.
Synonyms
Anagrams
- Terrance, canterer, recanter
Catalan
Verb
recreant
- present participle of recrear
Dutch
Etymology
From Latin recreans, present participle of recre? (“I refresh; I invigorate”). Equivalent to recreëren +? -ant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?re?.kre???nt/
- Hyphenation: re?cre?ant
- Rhymes: -?nt
Noun
recreant m (plural recreanten, diminutive recreantje n)
- someone who practices or enjoys recreation
References
- H. H. Mallinckrodt, Latijn Nederlands woordenboek (Aula n° 24), Utrecht-Antwerpen, Spectrum, 1959 [Latin - Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
Anagrams
- traceren
Latin
Verb
recreant
- third-person plural present active indicative of recre?
Old French
Adjective
recreant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular recreant or recreante)
- recreant; defeated
Descendants
- ? English: recreant
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (recreant)
- recreant on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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