单词 | grandpappy |
释义 | grandpappyn. colloquial and regional. = grandpa n. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > grandparent > [noun] > grandfather mother-fathereOE eldfatherOE grandsirec1300 aiela1325 belsirea1325 grandfather1424 belfatherc1440 goodsire?c1450 fore-grandsire1513 gutcher1523 granfer1564 granddaddy1648 grandpapa1680 grandada1699 grandad1764 grandpa?1785 grandpappy1857 grandpop1860 abuelo1876 dada1888 gramp1890 grampy1904 lolo1934 gramps1935 zayde1946 opa1948 opi1988 1799 Will Whimsical's Misc. 80 Great, three times Great, Grand Pappy Jove!] 1857 D. Taggart Let. in E. S. Dixon Ornamental & Domest. Poultry (ed. 4) xiii. 268 I would like to hand them down to posterity, that my grandchildren might know what fine Chickens their grandpappy raised. 1891 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 4 314 A dweller in one of these gulches..being invited to give his opinion as to whether this tract of land had ever been at the bottom of the sea, answered that, ‘Ef it twar so, twar before his pappy's or his granpappy's time.’ 1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling x. 92 Now Grandpappy, I kin see you settin' there on your stoop. 1946 M. Lowry Let. 26 Dec. (1967) 134 Just like the old days of my grandpappy. 1959 Manch. Guardian 11 Aug. 4/5 The only reason grandpappy hasn't been on television is that he never could learn to wait for the natural breaks. 1996 Big Issue 26 Aug. 10/2 Melvin Van Peebles positively revels in his role as the grandpappy of Afro-American cinema. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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