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单词 gillian
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gilliann.

Forms: 1500s–1700s gillian, 1600s gillion, 1600s jilian.
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Gillian.
Etymology: < the female forename Gillian < Anglo-Norman Giliane , variant of Juliane < classical Latin Iūliāna < Iūlius , a Roman gentile name (see Julian adj.) + -āna , feminine of -ānus -an suffix. Compare earlier jill n., gillie n.1, and jillet n. 2.
Obsolete.
A woman; esp. a young woman; a flirtatious or sexually promiscuous woman. Also: a prostitute. Cf. jill n. 1b.Recorded earliest in gillian spend-all n. at Compounds.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > person > young person > young woman > [noun]
daughterOE
maidenOE
young womanOE
mayc1175
burdc1225
maidc1275
wenchc1290
file1303
virginc1330
girla1375
damselc1380
young ladya1393
jilla1425
juvenclec1430
young person1438
domicellea1464
quean1488
trull1525
pulleta1533
Tib1533
kittyc1560
dell1567
gillian1573
nymph1584
winklota1586
frotion1587
yuffrouw1589
pigeon1592
tit1599
nannicock1600
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gixy1611
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dilla1627
tittiea1628
whimsy1631
ladykin1632
stammel1639
moggie1648
zitellaa1660
baggagea1668
miss1668
baby1684
burdie1718
demoiselle1720
queanie?1800
intombi1809
muchacha1811
jilt1816
titter1819
ragazza1827
gouge1828
craft1829
meisie1838
sheila1839
sixteenc1840
chica1843
femme1846
muffin1854
gel1857
quail1859
kitten1870
bud1880
fräulein1883
sub-debutante1887
sweet-and-twenty1887
flapper1888
jelly1889
queen1894
chick1899
pusher1902
bit of fluff1903
chicklet1905
twist and twirl1905
twist1906
head1913
sub-deb1916
tabby1916
mouse1917
tittie1918
chickie1919
wren1920
bim1922
nifty1923
quiff1923
wimp1923
bride1924
job1927
junior miss1927
hag1932
tab1932
sort1933
palone1934
brush1941
knitting1943
teenybopper1966
weeny-bopper1972
Valley Girl1982
1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 26v Some gillian spendall, so often doth go, for hogs meate & hennes meate [etc.].
1607 R. C. tr. H. Estienne World of Wonders xvii. 133 And what say these gentle Gillians and chast Penelopes [Fr. ces honnestes damoiselles]..when they see their husbands aduanced by their meanes.
a1625 J. Fletcher Chances iii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Bbbv/2 As I had been a Mawkin, a flurt Gillian.
c1685 Bagford Ball. (1878) App. Seeing this Al-a-mode wear of the Town, by Gillians is practis'd so common, It is high time that it now was laid down by every Honest Woman.
1707 in H. Playford Wit & Mirth (new ed.) II. 203 For when Country Gillians do play with their Dicks, Then London must Father their Bastards.
1774 E. Capell Notes & Var. Readings Shakespeare I. Gloss. 26/1 Flirt-gills, (R & J. 45, I.) flirting Hussies, flirting Gillians.

Compounds

gillian flirt n. a fickle, flirtatious, or sexually promiscuous woman or girl; cf. jill-flirt n., flirt-gillian at flirt-gill n. Forms.
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the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [noun] > person > female
gig?c1225
gigleta1340
halok?1507
fizgiga1529
gilliea1529
flirt1562
peat1566
sluta1592
gillian flirt1593
giggle1611
filly1616
jill-flirt1627
flibbertigibbet1640
flirtigig1683
flip-flap1702
gamine1848
kitten1870
sillypop1894
frippet1908
1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 146 Yet was she not such a roinish rannell, or such a dissolute gillian-flurtes, as this wainscot-faced Tomboy.
1675 T. Duffett Mock-tempest iii. i. 23 Mous. Well Mrs. Beantosser, I hant stood three years at Livery, and been hyr'd for 6d. a side on Holy daies by Chimny-Sweepers, and Coblers 'Prentices..Bean. Who has Mrs. Gillian flirt! Mrs. To and agen, who has?
gillian spend-all n. a woman who is a spendthrift.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > [noun] > spendthrift
spender1393
fool-large?c1425
neve1440
scapethrifta1500
nephew1532
bankrupt1533
scatterer1535
spend-all1553
dingthrift1566
gillian spend-all1573
scattergood1577
slip-thrift1579
waste-good1585
slide-thrifta1591
spendthrift1601
spend-good1605
wastethrift1608
extravagant1745
dissipater1799
1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 26v Some gillian spendall, so often doth go, for hogs meate & hennes meate [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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