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单词 carping
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carpingn.1

/ˈkɑːpɪŋ/
The action of carp v.1:
a. Speaking or saying; speech, talk; faculty of speech. Obsolete.
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.

Forms: 1500s carpying, 1500s– carping.
Origin: Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: carp v.1, -ing suffix2.
Etymology: In sense a < carp v.1 + -ing suffix2. In sense b resulting from folk-etymological association of carking adj. with this word (compare carking adj. 1).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcarping.
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 lemmas

carping
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.
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n.1a1400n.2adj.1577
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