chicanern.

Brit.

/ʃᵻˈkeɪnə/, U.S.

/ʃəˈkeɪnər/

Forms:

α. 1600s–1700s chicaneur.

β. 1700s chicanner, 1700s– chicaner.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French chicaneur.

Etymology: In α. forms < French chicaneur lawyer, especially one who employs dubious legal practices (late 15th cent. in Middle French) < chicaner chicane v. + -eur -eur suffix. The β. forms show remodelling of the ending after -er suffix¹. Compare earlier chicaneer n., and also earlier chicanery n.

A person who uses deception or subterfuge to achieve his or her purpose, esp. a legal, financial, or political purpose; a person who engages in petty quibbling. Also: spec. a lawyer who employs dubious or underhand legal practices.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > crafty dealing > crafty or misleading > person

chicaneer1653

chicaner1673

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > frivolous, captious objection > [noun] > practitioner of

hafter1519

brabbler1548

caviller1574

chicaneer1653

chicaner1673

contortionist1887

1673 M. Lister Let. 25 Oct. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1975) X. 301 I would not seem to play ye Chicaneur, and carpe at Trifles.

1692 R. L'Estrange Fables ccccxxi. 397 A Quarrelsom Plaintiff and Defendent, and a Brace of Chicaneurs.

1791 E. Burke Corr. (1844) III. 288 All men are not courtiers or chicaners.

1869 Public Opinion 15 May (heading) The Chicaner of the Exchequer.

1948 S. Kutscheroff tr. I. S. Aksakov in Amer. Slavic & East European Rev. 7 130 The old chicaner..is preparing the false basis for the future sentence according to all the formal rules of law.

2016 Washington Post (Nexis) 29 Nov. (Regional ed.) a15 Its sole purpose is to make sure the deck isn't stacked in favor of chicaners and cheats.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	chicaner
释义	chicanern. Brit. /ʃᵻˈkeɪnə/, U.S. /ʃəˈkeɪnər/ Forms: α. 1600s–1700s chicaneur. β. 1700s chicanner, 1700s– chicaner. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French chicaneur. Etymology: In α. forms < French chicaneur lawyer, especially one who employs dubious legal practices (late 15th cent. in Middle French) < chicaner chicane v. + -eur -eur suffix. The β. forms show remodelling of the ending after -er suffix¹. Compare earlier chicaneer n., and also earlier chicanery n. A person who uses deception or subterfuge to achieve his or her purpose, esp. a legal, financial, or political purpose; a person who engages in petty quibbling. Also: spec. a lawyer who employs dubious or underhand legal practices. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > crafty dealing > crafty or misleading > person chicaneer1653 chicaner1673 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > frivolous, captious objection > [noun] > practitioner of hafter1519 brabbler1548 caviller1574 chicaneer1653 chicaner1673 contortionist1887 1673 M. Lister Let. 25 Oct. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1975) X. 301 I would not seem to play ye Chicaneur, and carpe at Trifles. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables ccccxxi. 397 A Quarrelsom Plaintiff and Defendent, and a Brace of Chicaneurs. 1791 E. Burke Corr. (1844) III. 288 All men are not courtiers or chicaners. 1869 Public Opinion 15 May (heading) The Chicaner of the Exchequer. 1948 S. Kutscheroff tr. I. S. Aksakov in Amer. Slavic & East European Rev. 7 130 The old chicaner..is preparing the false basis for the future sentence according to all the formal rules of law. 2016 Washington Post (Nexis) 29 Nov. (Regional ed.) a15 Its sole purpose is to make sure the deck isn't stacked in favor of chicaners and cheats. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1673
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