单词 | fegary |
释义 | fegaryn. dialect and colloquial. 1. A vagary, prank, freak; a whim, eccentricity. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > capriciousness > a caprice or whim fantasya1450 wantonness1531 humour1533 worm?a1534 will1542 toy?1545 whey-worm1548 wild worm1548 freak1563 crotchet1573 fancy1579 whim-wham1580 whirligig1589 caper1592 megrim1593 spleen1594 kicksey-winsey1599 fegary1600 humorousness1604 curiosity1605 conundrum1607 whimsy1607 windmill1612 buzza1616 capriccioa1616 quirka1616 flama1625 maggota1625 fantasticality1631 capruch1634 gimcrack1639 whimseycado1654 caprich1656 excursion1662 frisk1665 caprice1673 fita1680 grub1681 fantasque1697 whim1697 frolic1711 flight1717 whigmaleery1730 vagary1753 maddock1787 kink1803 fizgig1824 fad1834 whimmery1837 fantod1839 brain crack1853 whimsy-whamsy1871 tic1896 tick1900 1600 T. Dekker Old Fortunatus sig. D4v Your body is little mended by your fetching fegaries. 1625 J. Shirley Love Tricks iii. v I have a great desire to be taught some of your figaries. 1659 Lady Alimony ii. i. sig. B3v I know all their Fagaries to an hair. 1663 J. Heath Flagellum (1672) 60 Caprichio's of Biennial Parliaments and the like Figaries. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. xi. 105 The world must stand still for their figaries. 1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 23 46 None of your bantering and flagaries; for have him you must. 2. Gewgaws, trifles; fineries in dress. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > fine, splendid, or ornamental quaintise1340 quaintries1484 tricking1549 bravery1563 flaunt1590 puppetry1598 frippery1637 finery1647 gentricec1650 hufty-tuftya1652 prinkum-prankum1683 fegary1724 chiffons1888 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > cheap or gaudy > gewgaw or trinket > collectively trifling?1544 trinklement1582 gallantry1687 fegary1724 knick-knackery1801 trinketry1810 feminality1840 foofaraw1848 baublery1850 pretty-prettya1882 slum1929 1724 A. Ramsay Love inviting Reason iii Dinna prefer your fleegeries to me. 1808 J. Mayne Siller Gun (new ed.) iii. 56 Grave dames in a' their nice feegaries. 1823 W. Tennant Cardinal Beaton i. iii As braw a hizzie, wi' her fardingales and her fleegaries, as ony. Derivatives feˈgary v. (also flagary) (intransitive) to busy oneself about trifles in dress. ΚΠ 1821 H. Duncan Young S. Country Weaver (ed. 2) 45 Did I come hame..to stan' and look at your flagarying there? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1600 |
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