| 单词 | censorious |
| 释义 | censorious, a.|sɛnˈsɔərɪəs|
[f. L. censōri-us pertaining to a censor (f. censor; see censor) + -ous: cf. OF. censorieux.]
1. Addicted to censure; severely critical; faultfinding. Const. of; † on, upon (obs.).
1536St. Trials, Anne Boleyn (Harl. MS.) (R.), I intreate him to judge favourably..and not rashly to admit any censorious conceit. 1605Camden Rem. 5 Which you must not reade with a censorious eye. 1646Fuller Wounded Consc. (1841) 288 Those who are most indulgent to their own, are most censorious of others' sins. 1672Marvell Reh. Transp. i. 199 'Tis possible that the Nonconformists..may be too censorious of others. 1711Steele Spect. No. 53 ⁋5 At a Loss to acquit themselves to a Censorious World. a1720Sheffield (Dk. Buckhm.) Wks. (1753) I. 133 Such is the mode of these censorious days, The art is lost of knowing how to praise. 1766Anstey Bath Guide xii. 6 Bath is a very censorious Place. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 161 He is not censorious and does not censure him.
†2. Befitting a censor; grave, severe. Obs.
1636B. Jonson Discov. ix. (1692) 183 His [Bacon's] language (where he could spare or pass by a jest) was nobly censorious. a1660Hammond Wks. IV. 614 (R.) To take upon them..a solemn censorious majestick garb. |
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