| 释义 |
nominy north. dial.|ˈnɒmɪnɪ|
[perh. ad. L. nomine in the formula in nomine patris, etc.]
A rhyming formula; a set or form of words in popular use; a rigmarole, long story. Also Comb.
1814Costume of Yorks. 63 in Brand Pop. Antiq. (1849) II. 188 He..repeats a speech, or what they term a nominy, which..is here subjoined. 1846M. A. Richardson's Historian's Table-bk., Leg. Div. III. 160 It was formerly the custom, in the more remote parts of the county of Durham, to address complimentary verses to a newly married couple... This was called ‘saying the Nominy’. Ibid., Pray remember the Nominy sayer! 1889Nicholson Folk-Sp. Yorksh. 8 Should the boy be unable to recite this rhyme, he would be told ‘he didn't knaw his nominy’. 1892G. F. Northall Folk-Rhymes 319 Nominies or Formulas. |