单词 | all and sundries |
释义 | > as lemmasall and sundries (b) In pronominal use: every single one, one and all; everybody of all classes. Formerly also occasionally †all and sundries. [Compare post-classical Latin omnes et singuli (see all and singular at Phrases 5f).] ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [noun] > the generality > each and every one thing each oneOE everya1250 still and boldc1300 all and somea1350 all and somea1350 one and all (also all and one)a1400 all and sundry1428 all the sort of1535 every or each several?a1562 first and last1582 each and singular1668 all and singular1669 every man jack1807 1428 in C. Innes Liber Sancte Marie de Melros (1837) 519 Till all & syndry to quham þe knawlage of þir presentz lettris sall to cum. 1442 in Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 63/2 Till al and sindri that thir presentez lettrez sall here or see. 1550 J. Knox Let. Mary Dowagire 4 Apr. (1556) sig. f.vi Ye should haue power to appli..the merites of Christes passion, to all & sondry, who tolde or numbred money to you for yt purpose. 1665 Acts Sederunt 1661–81 7 in J. Dalrymple Decisions Lords of Council & Session (1683) In time coming, no Charges, nor Letters of Horning shall be direct Generally, against all and sundrie. 1783 W. Gordon tr. Livy Rom. Hist. iv. ii. 310 Sedition never failed to procure honour and respect to all and sundries, its authors and abettors. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xiv*, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 366 Join wi' Rob Roy..and revenge Donacha's death on all and sundry. 1835 N. Hawthorne Rill from Town Pump in Twice-told Tales (1837) 202 I cry aloud to all and sundry, in my plainest accents. 1901 Scotsman 13 Mar. 12/2 The city must advertise for estimates from all and sundry. 1967 F. Hardy Billy Borker yarns Again 135 Some half-shrewd mug, usually a barber, would set himself up to advise all and sundry. 2005 Cycling Plus Apr. 24/3 There was no way I would leave my road bike outside for all and sundry to dismantle! < as lemmas |
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