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- inhumanity (n.)[inhumanity 词源字典]
- late 15c., from French inhumanité (14c.) or directly from Latin inhumanitatem (nominative inhumanitas) "inhuman conduct, savageness," noun of quality from inhumanus (see inhuman).
And Man, whose heav'n-erected face
The smiles of love adorn,--
Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!
[Robert Burns, "Man was Made to Mourn," 1784]
[inhumanity etymology, inhumanity origin, 英语词源] - truculence (n.)
- 1727, from Latin truculentia "savageness, cruelty," from truculentus (see truculent). Related: Truculency (1560s).