hunksn.

/hʌŋks/

Forms: Also hunx.

Etymology: Known soon after 1600; but not in dictionaries before Kersey's ed. of Phillips, 1706. Origin unknown: it has the appearance of a quasi-proper name or nickname, like Old Grumbles, Bags, Boots, and the like. (An Icelandic hunskur cited by Lye is imaginary.)

A term of obloquy for a surly, crusty, cross-grained old person, a ‘bear’; now, usually, a close-fisted, stingy man; a miser. (Generally with close, covetous, niggardly, or other uncomplimentary epithet.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > [noun] > ill-natured person

crab1574

crab-staffa1603

hunks1602

snarler1634

cross-piecea1652

cross-patch1699

vixen1699

frump1817

catamaran1834

patch1839

crab-stick1840

hunkster1842

grump1900

wampus1912

maltalent1965

the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun] > niggard or mean person > old or churlish

chuffc1440

huddle1578

nabal1586

curmudgeon1587

cormullion1596

hunks1602

nabalite1612

cuffc1616

chuff-cat1653

codger1778

hunkster1842

sore-head1848

1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. D Blun. Come you shall shake —— Tucca. Not handes with great Hunkes there, not hands.

a1627 T. Middleton No Wit (1657) v. 109 Now is Mercury going into the second house near unto Ursa major, that great Huncks.

a1635 T. Randolph Muses Looking-glasse ii. iv. 36 in Poems (1638) 'Twas to blind the eyes of the old Huncks.

1638 R. Brathwait Barnabees Journall (new ed.) ii. sig. L2 There the Beares were come to Town-a; Two rude Hunks, 'tis troth I tell ye.

1676 W. Wycherley Plain-dealer v. ii [He] makes a very pretty show in the World, let me tell you; nay, a better than your close Hunks.

1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar i. i. 13 A jealous. covetous, old Huncks.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Hunks, as a meer Hunks, i.e. a base, covetous Wretch, a pitiful, niggardly Fellow.

1728 E. Young Love of Fame: Universal Passion (ed. 2) iv. 224 The veriest Hunks in Lombard-street.

1730 ‘T. Thumb’ Helter Skelter Way of Writing 2 The Antediluvian Gentry, or the old Hunxes their Descendants.

1756 Connoisseur No. 129. 776 They all think me a close old hunks.

1823 C. Lamb Old Benchers in Elia 199 C. was a close hunks—a hoarder rather than a miser.

1831 E. J. Trelawny Adventures Younger Son I. 53 To say nothing to the old hunkses about the past.

1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago III. 190 One fellow comes and borrows my money, and goes out and calls me a stingy old hunks because I won't let him cheat me.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hunks
释义	hunksn. /hʌŋks/ Forms: Also hunx. Etymology: Known soon after 1600; but not in dictionaries before Kersey's ed. of Phillips, 1706. Origin unknown: it has the appearance of a quasi-proper name or nickname, like Old Grumbles, Bags, Boots, and the like. (An Icelandic hunskur cited by Lye is imaginary.) A term of obloquy for a surly, crusty, cross-grained old person, a ‘bear’; now, usually, a close-fisted, stingy man; a miser. (Generally with close, covetous, niggardly, or other uncomplimentary epithet.) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > [noun] > ill-natured person crab1574 crab-staffa1603 hunks1602 snarler1634 cross-piecea1652 cross-patch1699 vixen1699 frump1817 catamaran1834 patch1839 crab-stick1840 hunkster1842 grump1900 wampus1912 maltalent1965 the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun] > niggard or mean person > old or churlish chuffc1440 huddle1578 nabal1586 curmudgeon1587 cormullion1596 hunks1602 nabalite1612 cuffc1616 chuff-cat1653 codger1778 hunkster1842 sore-head1848 1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. D Blun. Come you shall shake —— Tucca. Not handes with great Hunkes there, not hands. a1627 T. Middleton No Wit (1657) v. 109 Now is Mercury going into the second house near unto Ursa major, that great Huncks. a1635 T. Randolph Muses Looking-glasse ii. iv. 36 in Poems (1638) 'Twas to blind the eyes of the old Huncks. 1638 R. Brathwait Barnabees Journall (new ed.) ii. sig. L2 There the Beares were come to Town-a; Two rude Hunks, 'tis troth I tell ye. 1676 W. Wycherley Plain-dealer v. ii [He] makes a very pretty show in the World, let me tell you; nay, a better than your close Hunks. 1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar i. i. 13 A jealous. covetous, old Huncks. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Hunks, as a meer Hunks, i.e. a base, covetous Wretch, a pitiful, niggardly Fellow. 1728 E. Young Love of Fame: Universal Passion (ed. 2) iv. 224 The veriest Hunks in Lombard-street. 1730 ‘T. Thumb’ Helter Skelter Way of Writing 2 The Antediluvian Gentry, or the old Hunxes their Descendants. 1756 Connoisseur No. 129. 776 They all think me a close old hunks. 1823 C. Lamb Old Benchers in Elia 199 C. was a close hunks—a hoarder rather than a miser. 1831 E. J. Trelawny Adventures Younger Son I. 53 To say nothing to the old hunkses about the past. 1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago III. 190 One fellow comes and borrows my money, and goes out and calls me a stingy old hunks because I won't let him cheat me. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1602
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