mischievousとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 myschevous, mischevous, from Anglo-Norman meschevous, from Old French meschever, from mes- (“mis-”) + chever (“come to an end”) (from chef (“head”)). By surface analysis, mischief +‎ -ous.

発音

• (without weak vowel merger) IPA: /ˈmɪs.t͡ʃɪ.vəs/
  • • (weak vowel merger) IPA: /ˈmɪs.t͡ʃə.vəs/
    • (nonstandard; often along with the spellings mischievious and/or mischevious) IPA: /mɪsˈt͡ʃiː.vi.əs/
    • (dated) IPA: /mɪsˈt͡ʃiː.vəs/
• ハイフネーション: mis‧chie‧vous

形容詞

mischievous (comparative more mischievous, superlative most mischievous)

1. Causing mischief; injurious.
   • 1793, Joseph Butler, The Analogy of Religion:

     ...; that good and bad actions at present are naturally rewarded and punished, not only as beneficial and mischievous to society, but also as virtuous and civious; ...

   • 1892, Henry Sidgwick, Outlines of the History of Ethics:

     On the whole, therefore, he concludes that the point of indulgence at which these self-passions or self-affections begin to be mischievous to the individual coincides with that at which they begin to be mischievous to society; ...

2. Troublesome, cheeky, badly behaved, impish, naughty, disobedient; showing a fondness for causing trouble in a playful way and liking to have fun by playing harmless tricks on people or doing things they are not supposed to do.

   Matthew had a twin brother called Edward, who was always mischievous and badly behaved.

使用する際の注意点

• The form "misch(i)evious" is less common in writing, but is found in a wide range of sociolects on both sides of the Atlantic since the 16th century; the corresponding pronunciation is also old. Nonetheless, the forms with -ious are still considered nonstandard or erroneous by some.

同意語

• (causing mischief): harmful, hurtful, detrimental, noxious, pernicious, destructive; see also Thesaurus:harmful
• (badly-behaved): badly-behaved, naughty

派生語

参照

Further reading

• “mischievous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “mischievous”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “mischievous”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

アナグラム

• mischevious