shamefaced 的詞源
shamefaced(adj.)
"謙虛,害羞",1550年代,是 shamefast 的民間詞源學改編,意爲"謙虛,謙遜,有美德",也指"因自己的行爲而感到羞愧",源自古英語 scamfæst,意爲"害羞",字面意思爲"被羞恥所限制",或者"堅定地保持謙遜",由 shame(n.)和 -fæst,形容詞後綴(參見 fast(adj.))組成。相關詞彙: Shamefacedly; shamefacedness。
shamefaced, -fast. It is true that the second is the original form, that -faced is due to a mistake, & that the notion attached to the word is necessarily affected in some slight degree by the change. But those who, in the flush of this discovery, would revert to -fast in ordinary use are rightly rewarded with the name of pedants .... [Fowler]
shamefaced, -fast。確實,後者是原始形式,而 -faced 是由於錯誤而產生的,而且與該詞相關的概念在某種程度上必然受到這種變化的影響。但是,那些在這一發現的激動中,想在日常使用中恢復 -fast 的人,理所當然地被稱爲學究....[福勒]
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