单词 | ipse |
释义 | ipsepron.n. Now somewhat literary. A. pron. Himself (in various emphatic uses); (also) itself, myself, etc.; the very person or thing. Formerly sometimes more fully †ipse he. In modern use frequently after its noun referent. †to be ipse he: to be in one's normal state of body and mind (usually in negative contexts) (obsolete). ΚΠ 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 38v Though Curio bee olde huddle and twange, ipse, hee. a1611 F. Marbury Marriage Wit & Wisdom (1971) i. ii. 12 In faith I am Ipse he euen the very same. 1621 G. Langford Manassehs Miraculous Metamorph. 5 It is ipse, hee, hee it is that prayed. 1636 R. N. in Ann. Dubrensia sig. I3v And as for Robin-Hoode; thou'rt ipse hee. 1661 Tom Tyler & his Wife sig. B This drink is ipse, to make us all tipse. 1765 G. A. Stevens Celebrated Lect. on Heads (new ed.) i. 13 Plaintiff Daniel had been drinking..; he was not as he should be, ipse he; but as he should not be, Tipse he. 1787 ‘G. Gambado’ Acad. Horsemen 12 (note) Our author could not be, ipse, he, when he wrote this! 1818 E. C. Everard Mem. Son of Thespis 160 I was not ‘Ipse he’, but ‘tipsey he’, and more than so. 1823 Somerset House 11 Oct. 4/2 He one night was smoking before the parlour fire, long after ipse he himself became the master of the school. 1855 F. M. Grote Let. 16 June in Lewin Lett. (1909) II. v. 160 Out started Clockmaker ipse with feelings of ever more intensity, and the Pursuit commenced. 1863 C. Reade Hard Cash II. xvi. 245 He whipped off the red hair, and wiped off the black eye, and lo Green ipse. 1906 J. Johnson George MacDonald 129 The Diary of an Old Soul..is the religious autobiography of the author's whole nature... It is the man ipse, the best that work can express of the workman. 1959 E. Pound Cantos (1972) xcix. 701 Buddha ipse is said to have been annoyed with such hoakum. 2011 A. N. Williams Archit. of Theol. i. 31 The notion that what is true is so because of its relation to that divine truth that is God ipse. slang. A kind of strong drink (not identified). Also more fully ipse he. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [noun] > strong strong drinkc1405 ipse1634 knock-down1698 hogan1702 knock-me-down1756 milk1784 hot stuff1823 chain lightning1825 sudden death1834 hardware1835 stagger-juice1905 sting1929 strongers1939 screech1944 rocket fuel1958 1634 M. Parker Good Fellowes Best Beloved (single sheet) Now if you will know what that should bee, Ile tell you 'tis called good Ipse hee... Both marryd and simple doe joyntly agree, To fuddle ther noses with good ipse he. 1707 in H. Playford Wit & Mirth (new ed.) II. 106 I have drank Wine and Beer of the best, And Liquor that Men call Ipse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < pron.n.1578 |
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