| 单词 | arseward-backwards |
| 释义 | > as lemmasarseward-backwards Backwards, back to front, the wrong way round; in a manner contrary to what is usual, expected, or logical. Also arseward-backwards. Cf. arsewards adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > distortion or perversion of meaning > [adverb] arsewardc1386 corruptlya1387 forcedly1548 strainedly1571 corruptedly1610 depravedly1643 arsewards1648 corruptively1655 depravingly1665 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [adverb] abackOE ruglingc1225 abackwardc1275 backwarda1300 hindwarda1300 arsewardly1530 arseward1553 rearward1604 retrogradea1620 aversively?1624 arsewards1648 retrogradely1658 regressively1755 backlings1786 tailwise1825 rearwards1835 bass-ackwardsa1865 arseling1887 bass-ackward1902 ass-backwards1934 backasswards1951 backassward1961 c1386 Almanac (1812) 13 In the end of ye moneth es goying aisword he turneth hym selfe. c1450 (c1400) Bk. Vices & Virtues (Huntington) (1942) 57 (MED) Þei gon erseward and maken hem so lowe, and seyn þat þei ben so wrecchede. c1450 Jack Upland's Rejoinder (Digby) l. 151 in P. L. Heyworth Jack Upland (1968) 106 If ȝe taken, as ȝe vsen, arseworde þis gospel. 1553 tr. S. Gardiner De Vera Obediencia: Oration f. lixv Whence he can neuer escape, except he com out ersewarde [1553 STC 11587 arsewarde]. 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) vii. f. 87 Cerberus..dragging arsward still. a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Knight of Malta iv. ii, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Mmmmmv/2 Hang arse-ward. 1691 A. D'Anvers Academia 25 They Arse-ward were a mowing. 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Arse-ward, backward. Cumb[erland]. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Arserd, backward. 1896 G. F. Northall Warwickshire Word-bk. 13 He went out assudbackuds. 1995 Irish Times 27 May 30/5 A man claimed to have been assaulted by a neighbour and sent ‘arseward backwards’. < as lemmas |
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