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Methody|ˈmɛθɒdɪ|
Also 8–9 -dee.
Vulgar or dialectical perversion of Methodist. Also attrib.
1753J. Wesley Jrnl. 8 Aug. (1913) IV. 78 As soon as we entered the town [sc. Mevagissey] many ran together, crying, ‘See, the Methodees are come.’ 1794W. B. Stevens Jrnl. 19 Mar. (1965) 140 A mighty good Methody Parson comes every day. 1834[see battleship c]. 1847W. E. Forster in Reid Life (1888) I. vii. 207 Last evening I deluded them into a Methody meeting-house. Ibid. 208 Said rotten blanket being the Methody garment of the religious idea. 1848Mrs. Gaskell Mary Barton vi, A good fellow, though too much of the Methodee. 1907T. E. Kebbel Lord Beaconsfield xvi. 259 Do I not remember many a sturdy villager who was always ready with a gibe at ‘the Methodies’, as they were called. 1933Bulletin (Sydney) 25 Oct. 20/1 You should have told him Methodies don't dance. 1962G. Lawton John Wesley's English ix. 211 Three other nicknames for ‘Methodist’—‘Culamite’, ‘Macabee’ and ‘Methodee’ may..be considered here. |