单词 | foreigneering |
释义 | foreigneeringadj. British colloquial (often depreciative). Now rare. From, characteristic of, or involving a foreign country; foreign. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [adjective] > foreign (of country or place) or situated abroad > of or relating to a foreign land un-i-cundeeOE althedisheOE althedyOE elelendisha1000 fremda1000 outlandishOE strange1297 outenc1300 unkindc1300 outlandsc1330 foreign?1435 outland1488 peregrine1532 uncouth1533 forinsecal1539 exterior1540 extern1543 unnative1568 uplandish1586 external1587 tramontane1596 exotical1601 estranged1614 undenizened1635 extra-marine1639 outlanding1643 ultramarine1656 transmontane1727 forinsec service1728 foreigneering1806 trans-oceanic1827 vilayati1843 alienized1860 oversea1881 overwater1889 overseas1892 furrin1895 non-native1932 1806 R. Southey Let. 1 Jan. in New Lett. (1965) I. 414 A cowardly damned sneaking foreigneering Influenza. 1827 Sporting Mag. 19 194 Since I sent you a despatch on foreigneering business. 1841 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 501 There is no teaching these foreigneering fellows the proper usage of their parts of speech. 1890 H. Caine Bondman I. iv. 65 The sailor was like..a foreigneering sort of man in a skin cap and long stockings. 1952 G. Raverat Period Piece viii. 152 There would be no nonsense about any new-fangled foreigneering dishes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < |
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