| 释义 |
mawky, a. dial.|ˈmɔːkɪ|
[f. mawk + -y.]
1. a. Maggoty. b. Full of ‘maggots’ or whims; crotchety.
1790Grose Prov. Gloss. (ed. 2), Mawky, magotty, N. 1837Whittock, etc. Bk. Trades (1842) 466 We can neither understand, nor relish, this ‘mauky’ affectation of candour on the part of our former friend. 1855Robinson Whitby Gloss., Mawky, maggoty, whimsical, hypochondriac.
2. = mawkish.
1830‘Jon Bee’ Ess. in Foote's Wks. I. p. xxiii, Even John Dryden penned none but mawky plays, nor did Byron succeed at all as a dramatist. 1881Oxfordsh. Gloss. Suppl., Mawky, over-sweet. |