| 释义 |
Samsonian, n. and a.|sæmˈsəʊnɪən|
[f. Samson + -ian.]
a. n. A strong man.
b. adj. Of or pertaining to Samson; resembling Samson or his attributes.
1654Gayton Pleas. Notes 56 All Foyters, men o' th' sword, Hectors, Herculaneans, Samsonians. 1861Fitzpatrick Bp. Doyle (1880) I. 208 The Samsonian determination with which he grasped the leading pillar of the Irish Church Establishment. 1865W. H. L. Tester Poems (1867) 69 A beard, 'maist Samsonian, sae knottit an' thready. 1884A. A. Putnam 10 Yrs. Police Judge iii. 20 Riddles of the Samsonian type are not easily expounded. |