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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)

  1. 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.

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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)

  1. (now rare, poetic) Having admitted defeat and surrendered; defeated. [from 13th c.]
  2. (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)

  1. Somebody who is recreant, who yields in combat; a coward or traitor.

Synonyms

Anagrams

  • Terrance, canterer, recanter

Catalan

Verb

recreant

  1. 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)

  1. 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

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of recre?

Old French

Adjective

recreant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular recreant or recreante)

  1. 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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