英语词汇“errant thief”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

†6. In phrase thief errant, errant (arrant) thief: in Chaucer, the leader of a band of robbers; subsequently, a notorious, ‘common’ thief. Obsolete except in form arrant adj.

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c1386 G. Chaucer Manciple's Tale 120 An outlawe or a thef erraunt. [See the whole passage.]

1553 J. Bale Vocacyon in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) I. 362 The most errande thefe and mercilesse murtherer.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 407 There is not so ranke a traytor, nor so arrant a thefe.

1637 J. Pocklington Sunday no Sabbath 13 The arrantest Pharisee theefe in Jerusalem.

1724 J. Swift Blunders of Quilca in Wks. (1755) VI. ii. 174 Every servant an arrant [1745: errant] thief as to victuals and drink.

1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall xxvii. 247 Who, like errant thieves, could not hold up their heads in an honest house.

单词	errant thief
释义	> as lemmas errant (arrant) thief †6. In phrase thief errant, errant (arrant) thief: in Chaucer, the leader of a band of robbers; subsequently, a notorious, ‘common’ thief. Obsolete except in form arrant adj. ΚΠ c1386 G. Chaucer Manciple's Tale 120 An outlawe or a thef erraunt. [See the whole passage.] 1553 J. Bale Vocacyon in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) I. 362 The most errande thefe and mercilesse murtherer. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 407 There is not so ranke a traytor, nor so arrant a thefe. 1637 J. Pocklington Sunday no Sabbath 13 The arrantest Pharisee theefe in Jerusalem. 1724 J. Swift Blunders of Quilca in Wks. (1755) VI. ii. 174 Every servant an arrant [1745: errant] thief as to victuals and drink. 1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall xxvii. 247 Who, like errant thieves, could not hold up their heads in an honest house. extracted from errantadj.n. < as lemmas
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