Middle English Dictionary Entry
oblīviǒus adj.
Entry Info
Forms | oblīviǒus adj. |
Etymology | L oblīviōsus |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Forgetful, heedless; oblivious; ~ of, forgetful of (sth.).
Associated quotations
- c1450 De CMulieribus (Add 10304)466 : Oblyvyous antiquyte Hir odyr dedys saue thies, that wryten be, Hath worn awey without memoryall, As many mo daily it doth and shall.
- c1452 Capgr.Aug.Orders (Add 36704)147/18 : Obliuious be þei cleped be-cause þei must forȝete þe delectable lyf of þis world and but [read: put] her bodies in grete perel for þe honour of Crist.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)62 : This empoure Claudius was so oblivious that, sone aftir he had killid his wyf, he asked why sche came not to soper.
- c1475 Mankind (Folg V.a.354)879 : Mankend, ȝe were obliuyows of my doctrine manyterge.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1484 De Retard.Senect.(Trin-C R.14.52)210/1726 : Whan thov seest a man havyng roughnes of naile and fieble of mocioun and white and hore and oblivious vj shewith and demyth.
Note: Postdates word.