crapaudn.

Forms: Middle English crapault, crapauld, crapaut, crapald, crepaud(e, -pawd, 1500s crapaude, crapawd, ( crapeaux, cropolte, crapal), 1600s crapaud; Middle English crapawnde, crepawnde, 1500s crapon.

Etymology: < French crapaud, in Old French crapaut, -ot, for earlier -ault, = Provençal crapaut, grapaut, Old Catalan grapaut, grapalt, medieval Latin crapaldus, crapollus: see Diez, Littré, Hatzfeld.

†1. A toad. Obsolete.

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the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [noun] > toad

pad?a1160

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podea1325

boterel1340

paddocka1425

frog1440

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gangrel?a1513

hedge-frog1580

frog-paddock1651

hop-toad1827

1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. xv. 99 Yf the tode, Crapault, or spyncop, byte a man or woman, they be in daunger for to dye.

1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. eiij/1 Serpentes, crapauldes, and other beestes venemous and detestable.

1634 H. Peacham Gentlemans Exercise (new ed.) iii. 152 The old Armes of France were the three Toades or Crapauds.

†2. (More fully crapaud-stone.) A precious stone formerly believed to be produced in the head of the toad: cf. Shakespeare As You Like It ii. i. 13; a toadstone n.¹ (The stones so named were of many kinds.) Obsolete.

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > stones associated with animals > [noun] > toad-stone

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grapoud?a1500

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toadstone1558

crawpock1584

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 101 Crepawnde, or crapawnde, precyous stone [ Pynson crepaud], smaragdus.

1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 3 No man whyhs [= wys] The verteuous crepaude despyse lest, Thow [= though] a todys crowne wer' hys fyrst nest.

1465 Will of Kateryn Peke (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/5) f. 94^v My crepaude stone.

1557 Will of George Amyas (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/39) f. 382^v A stone called a Cropolte.

1558 Gifts to Q. Eliz. in J. Nichols Progresses Queen Elizabeth II. 539 A jewell, contayning a crapon or toade-stone set in golde.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. iii. sig. C4^v Her haire like Crapal-stone.

Draft additions June 2019

slang (chiefly derogatory). Frequently with capital initial. A French person or a person of French descent. Cf. Johnny Crapaud n. [Compare earlier frog n.¹ 10a.]

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > French nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of France

FrenchmanOE

monsieur?a1513

Gaul1630

frog1657

Gallic1755

mounseer1755

parleyvoo1755

frog-eater1766

Galloman1787

mossoo1809

Frencher1826

Frenchy1829

parley1831

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wi-wi1841

froggy1853

?c1834 J. Wetherell Adventures (1953) iv. 88 What the devil were you all about to let the damn'd Croppoes give you such an infernal drubbing?

1835 C. J. Latrobe Rambler in N. Amer. II. xv. 277 If one or another of us approached, one or two of the Crapauds would turn to us with an air of..the greatest tribulation.

1901 ‘R. Connor’ Man from Glengarry i. 27 ‘'Tis more than she will do to you whatever, if you cannot keep off that crapeau yonder a little better,’ said Big Mack, reaching for a Frenchman who kept dodging in upon him with annoying persistence.

2016 @AthertonStevea 24 July in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Krauts have a guilt complex and the Crapauds have no clue.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	crapaud
释义	crapaudn. Forms: Middle English crapault, crapauld, crapaut, crapald, crepaud(e, -pawd, 1500s crapaude, crapawd, ( crapeaux, cropolte, crapal), 1600s crapaud; Middle English crapawnde, crepawnde, 1500s crapon. Etymology: < French crapaud, in Old French crapaut, -ot, for earlier -ault, = Provençal crapaut, grapaut, Old Catalan grapaut, grapalt, medieval Latin crapaldus, crapollus: see Diez, Littré, Hatzfeld. †1. A toad. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [noun] > toad pad?a1160 frouda1200 podea1325 boterel1340 paddocka1425 frog1440 paddoc1480 crapaud1481 gangrel?a1513 hedge-frog1580 frog-paddock1651 hop-toad1827 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. xv. 99 Yf the tode, Crapault, or spyncop, byte a man or woman, they be in daunger for to dye. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. eiij/1 Serpentes, crapauldes, and other beestes venemous and detestable. 1634 H. Peacham Gentlemans Exercise (new ed.) iii. 152 The old Armes of France were the three Toades or Crapauds. †2. (More fully crapaud-stone.) A precious stone formerly believed to be produced in the head of the toad: cf. Shakespeare As You Like It ii. i. 13; a toadstone n.¹ (The stones so named were of many kinds.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > stones associated with animals > [noun] > toad-stone crapauteea1440 crapaudc1440 paddock-stone1488 grapoud?a1500 crapaudine1558 toadstone1558 crawpock1584 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 101 Crepawnde, or crapawnde, precyous stone [ Pynson crepaud], smaragdus. 1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 3 No man whyhs [= wys] The verteuous crepaude despyse lest, Thow [= though] a todys crowne wer' hys fyrst nest. 1465 Will of Kateryn Peke (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/5) f. 94^v My crepaude stone. 1557 Will of George Amyas (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/39) f. 382^v A stone called a Cropolte. 1558 Gifts to Q. Eliz. in J. Nichols Progresses Queen Elizabeth II. 539 A jewell, contayning a crapon or toade-stone set in golde. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. iii. sig. C4^v Her haire like Crapal-stone. Draft additions June 2019 slang (chiefly derogatory). Frequently with capital initial. A French person or a person of French descent. Cf. Johnny Crapaud n. [Compare earlier frog n.¹ 10a.] ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > French nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of France FrenchmanOE monsieur?a1513 Gaul1630 frog1657 Gallic1755 mounseer1755 parleyvoo1755 frog-eater1766 Galloman1787 mossoo1809 Frencher1826 Frenchy1829 parley1831 crapaud?c1834 wi-wi1841 froggy1853 ?c1834 J. Wetherell Adventures (1953) iv. 88 What the devil were you all about to let the damn'd Croppoes give you such an infernal drubbing? 1835 C. J. Latrobe Rambler in N. Amer. II. xv. 277 If one or another of us approached, one or two of the Crapauds would turn to us with an air of..the greatest tribulation. 1901 ‘R. Connor’ Man from Glengarry i. 27 ‘'Tis more than she will do to you whatever, if you cannot keep off that crapeau yonder a little better,’ said Big Mack, reaching for a Frenchman who kept dodging in upon him with annoying persistence. 2016 @AthertonStevea 24 July in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Krauts have a guilt complex and the Crapauds have no clue. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1440
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