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单词 Hoberdidance
释义 Hobbididance, Hoberdidance Obs.
[The first element seems to be Hobby or Hobert, perh. in same sense as Hob n.1 2, 4 (cf. hobby-lantern), but perh. associated with hobby-horse n. 2; the rest seems to be F. de danse ‘of the dance’ sc. morris.]
The name of a malevolent sprite or fiend, one of those introduced in the morris-dance.
1603Harsnet Pop. Impost. x. 49 Frateretto, Fliberdigibbet, Hoberdidance, Tocobatto were foure deuils of the round, or Morrice.1605Shakes. Lear iv. i. 62 Five fiends have been in Poor Tom at once; of lust, as Obidicat; Hobbididance [Qo.1 Hobbididence], prince of dumbness..Flibbertigibbet of mopping and mowing.
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