单词 | dilling |
释义 | dillingn. Obsolete exc. dialect. A term of endearment, sometimes equivalent to darling, sometimes, the youngest of a family, the last born. In modern dialects applied to the weakling of a litter. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] > of or to a child chickc1330 dillydowna1500 dilling1584 dotey1663 cherub1680 dilli-darling1693 dilli-minion1693 chickabiddy?1775 chicken1809 dote1809 chick-a-diddle1826 sock-lamb1838 sock1840 childie1848 chickadee1860 doy1862 diddums1893 pumpkin1900 poopsie1937 bubele1959 1547 W. Salesbury Dict. Eng. & Welshe Dillin Mignyon.] 1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. ii. f. 106 After this there befell unto him another mischiefe that sate as neere his skirtes as the death of his dilling. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Mignone, a minion, a fauorit, a dilling, a minikin, a darling. 1607 J. Marston What you Will ii. i Sunne, Moone, and seauen Starres make thee the dilling of Fortune. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Besot, a dilling, or swill-pough; the last, or yongest child one hath. 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion ii. 26 The youngest and the last..Saint Helens name doth beare, the dilling of her mother. 1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas A Dilling or wanton, one borne his father being very old..he is loved more than the rest. a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) ii. xxvi. 76 For Joseph and Benjamin..they were his youngest sons, dillings as we call them. 1674 J. Ray S. & E. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 64 A Dilling; a Darling or best-beloved child. 1890 J. D. Robertson Gloss. Words County of Gloucester Dilling pig or dolly pig, the weakly pig of a litter. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1584 |
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