animadversion
noun/ˌænɪmædˈvɜːʒən/UK/ˌænɪmædˈvɝːʒən /US
Etymology
From Middle French animadversion and its etymon Latin animadversiō (“observation, criticism”), from animadvertō (“to pay attention”), from animus (“mind”) + advertō (“to turn to”).
- borrowed from animadversiō
- borrowed from animadversion
Definitions
A criticism, a critical remark.
- [A] misconstruction or misinterpretation, nay, the misplacing of a comma, was in Gifford's eyes a crime worthy of the most severe animadversion.
The state or characteristic of being animadversive.
- He was deceived; for justice hath also knowledge and animadversion over such as gather stubble (as the common saying is) or looke about for grape-seed.
- Nor have I scrupled, in so flagrant a case, to allow myself a severity of animadversion little congenial with the general spirit of these papers.
- In a government like ours more especially should all public acts be, as far as practicable, simple, undisguised, and intelligible, that they may become fit subjects for the approbation to animadversion of the people.
The neighborhood
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA