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单词 fegary
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fegaryn.

/fɪˈɡɛːri/
Forms: Also 1600s fagarie, fagary, 1600s–1700s figary, (1600s figuary), 1700s fleegerie, 1800s flagary, 1800s feegary, fleegary.
Etymology: A corruption of vagary n.
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).
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