单词 | carping |
释义 | carpingn.1 The action of carp v.1: ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > [noun] speechc725 spellc888 tonguec897 spellingc1000 wordOE mathelingOE redec1275 sermonc1275 leeda1300 gale13.. speakc1300 speaking1303 ledenc1320 talea1325 parliamentc1325 winda1330 sermoningc1330 saying1340 melinga1375 talkingc1386 wordc1390 prolationa1393 carpinga1400 eloquencec1400 utteringc1400 language?c1450 reporturec1475 parleyc1490 locutionc1500 talk1539 discourse1545 report1548 tonguec1550 deliverance1553 oration1555 delivery1577 parling1582 parle1584 conveying1586 passage1598 perlocution1599 wording1604 bursta1616 ventilation1615 loquency1623 voicinga1626 verbocination1653 loquence1677 pronunciation1686 loquel1694 jawinga1731 talkee-talkee?1740 vocification1743 talkation1781 voicing1822 utterancy1827 voicing1831 the spoken word1832 outness1851 verbalization1851 voice1855 outgiving1865 stringing1886 praxis1950 a1400 Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. (1867) 7 Ryghte sayeyng and carpyng of þe wordes. a1400 Cov. Myst. (1841) 166 Suche a carpynge is unknowe. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1550 Sone so þe kynge for his care carping myȝt wynne. b. Censorious speech: cavilling, fault-finding, captious criticism. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > captious plitchinga1400 carpingc1400 cavillation1532 pinching1532 nibbling?1577 Zoilism1609 carp1618 snagging1642 find-faulting1654 word-catching1713 pickthanking1861 kvetchingc1950 nitpicking1951 c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 127 This kene karping of Syr Kay. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. i. 71 Such carping is not commendable. View more context for this quotation 1697–1712 C. Leslie Short Method with Deists iii All those little carpings..that are made as to the passage through the Red Sea. 1868 J. T. Nettleship Ess. Browning's Poetry i. 49 The alloy of harsh criticism, of ungrateful carping. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2020). carpingn.2 The preparing of teasels: see carp v.2 This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2019). carpingadj. a. That carps; fault-finding, censorious, captious. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [adjective] > captiously captiousc1380 pick-fault1544 fastidious?1555 sharp-nosed1561 cavillous?1571 carpacious1574 cavillinga1576 find-fault1576 Zoilous1577 carpinga1586 exceptious1602 quarrellous1610 exceptive1623 Zoilitical1665 nibbling1691 pickthanking1830 Zoilean1846 snippy1848 nitpicking1948 nitpicky1962 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. G1v Their carping disprayse. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. i. 90 With enuious carping tongue. View more context for this quotation 1730 Ld. Lansdowne To Mem. Waller 20 No carping critic interrupts his praise. 1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate I. xi. 266 That carping spirit in which she had been wont to judge of his actions. b. Confused with carking adj. ΚΠ 1580 T. Marshall in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign Elizabeth (1845) II. 312 With carpyng cares did call and crie. 1703 W. Burkitt Expos. Notes New Test. Luke xii. 30 By our carping care. Derivatives ˈcarpingly adv. in a carping way. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [adverb] > captiously captiously1539 cavillously1561 cavillingly1570 carpingly1577 1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande ii. f. 6v/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I Through his procurement carpingly published. 1579 J. Rogers (title) An answer unto a wicked..Libel made by Christopher Vitell..carpingly answering to certain points. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Carpingly, captiously; censoriously. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020). > as lemmascarping carping n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > putting nap on > teazle > preparing carping1835 1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 202 The business to which children are first put in this business is carping; that is, preparing thistle-teasels for the workman, who fits them into the rods and handles for dressing the cloth. The little carpers sit at this easy work. < n.1a1400n.2adj.1577 as lemmas |
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