单词 | offensible |
释义 | offensible, a.|əˈfɛnsɪb(ə)l| Also 7 -cible. [a. obs. F. offensible, -cible (16th c. in Godef.), ad. L. offensibilis liable to stumble, f. offens-, ppl. stem of offendĕre to offend.] †1. Of the nature of an offence, fault, or crime; hurtful, harmful, injurious; offensive. Obs.
1574Hellowes Gueuara's Fam. Ep. 239 Those yt wil take in hand any enterprise that naturaly is seditious or offensible. 1575Brieff Disc. (1846) 52 Hurtefull and offensible ceremonies. 1601Breton Ravisht Soule, That Glorie might not be offensible That in a Shadowe onely, should be showne. 1611Cotgr., Offensible, offencible, hurtfull. 2. Liable to take offence, easily offended. rare—1.
18..Mrs. Browning Lett. R. H. Horne (1877) I. xxix. 192 From my own proper consciousness of offensible self-love. |

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