infidel

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who does not believe in a certain religion. derogatory,usually
    — The infidel writer is a greater enemy to society.
  2. One who does not believe in a certain principle. derogatory,usually
  3. One with no religious beliefs. derogatory,usually
  4. An openly Islamophobic individual receiving or seeking praise from other Islamophobic people. derogatory,usually
    — I am a proud infidel. I believe in Jesus Chirst, the Son of God who died on the cross for my sins.
形容词 adj.
  1. Rejecting a specific religion.
  2. Of, characteristic of, or relating to unbelievers or unbelief.
    — (...) how it is that to his name who yesterday departed for the other world, we prefix so significant and infidel a word, and yet do not thus entitle him, if he but embarks for the remotest Indies of this living earth;(...)

词形变化

more infidel comparative most infidel superlative infidels plural

词源

词源 1
First attested 1460, from Middle French infidèle, from Latin īnfidēlis (“unfaithful”), from in- (“not”) + fidēlis (“faithful”). See fidelity.
词源 2
First attested 1460, from Middle French infidèle, from Latin īnfidēlis (“unfaithful”), from in- (“not”) + fidēlis (“faithful”). See fidelity.
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