Middle English Dictionary Entry
injūriǒus adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | injūriǒus adj. |
| Etymology | OF injurïos and L injuriosus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Of words: abusive, reproachful, insulting; (b) of intentions: malicious, harmful; (c) of actions: wrongful.
Associated quotations
a
- c1425 Bible SNT(1) (Cmb Dd.12.39)Deeds 14.5 : Þe gentyles assentud..forto punysche þo apostuls wiþ iniuryos wordes [L contumeliis] ande forto stone hem.
- a1450 St.Kath.(3) (Richardson 44)52 : Not oonly þou horrest þe worschep of oure vndeedly goddes, but also þou repreuest hem wyth iniurious wordes.
b
- a1500(a1470) Let.Marg.Anjou in Camd.86 (Add 46846)108 : They..have enfeffed you in the said manoir, uppon hope..to be supported by you in thaire injurious entencion.
c
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)75.120 (v.2:p.62) : Our doctours seyn that no oonly for his [viz., James'] deth, but principally for Cristis iniurious deth, was the destruccion of Ierusalem.