Jerichon.

Brit.

/ˈdʒɛrᵻkəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈdʒɛrəˌkoʊ/

Etymology: Name of a town in Palestine, where David bade his servants tarry until their beards were grown: see 2 Samuel x. 5.

Used in slang or colloquial phrases for a place of retirement or concealment, or a place far distant and out of the way.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > secluded place or place of seclusion > [noun]

wroa1300

recluse1474

reclusage1480

retreatc1500

retire1595

rendezvous1598

retirement1603

recess1611

shadea1616

Jericho1635

privacy1648

sequesterment1778

seclusion1791

retraite1814

backwater1820

hideaway1930

1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells iv. 208 Who would,..I know, Bid such young boyes to stay in Iericho Vntill their Beards were growne, their wits more staid.

1648 Mercurius Aulicus 2–30 Mar. sig. G3 Let them all goe, to Jericho, And ne're be seen againe.

1758 A. Murphy Upholsterer ii. 33 He may go to Jericho for what I cares.

1840 R. H. Barham Grey Dolphin in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 72 His kick was tremendous, and, when he had his boots on, would,—to use an expression of his own,..‘send a man from Jericho to June’.

1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians xvi She may go to Bath, or she may go to Jericho for me.

1898 J. Arch Story of Life xiii. 310 To enable them to do without the strong arm of the labourer and to send them to Jericho, if they had nowhere else to go to.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	jericho
释义	Jerichon. Brit. /ˈdʒɛrᵻkəʊ/, U.S. /ˈdʒɛrəˌkoʊ/ Etymology: Name of a town in Palestine, where David bade his servants tarry until their beards were grown: see 2 Samuel x. 5. Used in slang or colloquial phrases for a place of retirement or concealment, or a place far distant and out of the way. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > secluded place or place of seclusion > [noun] wroa1300 recluse1474 reclusage1480 retreatc1500 retire1595 rendezvous1598 retirement1603 recess1611 shadea1616 Jericho1635 privacy1648 sequesterment1778 seclusion1791 retraite1814 backwater1820 hideaway1930 1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells iv. 208 Who would,..I know, Bid such young boyes to stay in Iericho Vntill their Beards were growne, their wits more staid. 1648 Mercurius Aulicus 2–30 Mar. sig. G3 Let them all goe, to Jericho, And ne're be seen againe. 1758 A. Murphy Upholsterer ii. 33 He may go to Jericho for what I cares. 1840 R. H. Barham Grey Dolphin in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 72 His kick was tremendous, and, when he had his boots on, would,—to use an expression of his own,..‘send a man from Jericho to June’. 1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians xvi She may go to Bath, or she may go to Jericho for me. 1898 J. Arch Story of Life xiii. 310 To enable them to do without the strong arm of the labourer and to send them to Jericho, if they had nowhere else to go to. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1635
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