释义 |
† ˈmiting Obs. Forms: 5 mytyng, myghtyng, 5–7 mytting, 6 myten, myting, myteyng. [f. mite2 + -ing3.] A diminutive creature. Often used as a term of endearment or of contempt.
c1440York Myst. xviii. 113 With þat mytyng yf þat we be mette Þer is no salue þat hym may saue. Ibid. xxxi. 305 Þou mummeland myghtyng. c1460Towneley Myst. xii. 477 Hayll, praty mytyng! 1508Kennedie Flyting w. Dunbar 494 A myten [v.r. myting], full of flyting. a1529Skelton E. Rummyng 224 He calleth me his whytyng, His mullyng and his myting. ― Agst. Garnesche iii. 115 For alle ys nat worthe a myteyng, A mekerell nor a wyteyng. a1585Montgomerie Flyting w. Polwart 9 Foule mismade mytting. |