单词 | gillian |
释义 | † gilliann. 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 muggle1608 gixy1611 infanta1611 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1573 |
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