| 单词 | as digne as ditch-water |
| 释义 | > as lemmasas digne as ditch-water 4. Having a great opinion of one's own worth; proud, haughty, disdainful; esp. in as digne as ditch-water (cf. ‘stinking with pride’), as digne as the devil. Cf. dain adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > haughtiness or disdainfulness > [adjective] overmoodeOE highlyOE overmoodOE overmoodyOE orgelc1175 dangerous?c1225 orgula1275 orgulousc1275 fiercec1290 hautain1297 highfulc1325 squeamousc1325 deignousc1330 digne1340 disdainousc1374 sirlya1375 lordlyc1390 high-hearteda1398 haught1430 haut1430 coppedc1449 excellentc1450 fastidious?a1475 loftyc1485 dain?1507 hichty1513 stiff-necked1526 supercilious1528 haughty1530 taunt?a1534 disdainfula1542 high in the instep1555 skeighc1560 queen-like?1571 surlyc1572 stately1579 coy1581 paughtya1586 steya1586 disdained1598 dortya1605 lordlike1605 overly1606 magnatical1608 stiff1608 surly-borne1609 high-sighted1610 lofty-minded1611 sublimed1611 patronizing1619 lording1629 sublimated1634 cavaliering1642 uncondescending1660 nose-in-the-air1673 sidy1673 fastuose1674 uncondescensive1681 condescending1707 stiff-rumped1728 fastidiose1730 cavalier1751 ogertful1754 pawky1809 supercilian1825 splendid1833 touch-me-not1852 pincé1858 high-stepping1867 eyeglassy1871 sniffy1871 cavalierly1876 snifty1889 Olympian1900 ritzy1920 mugwumpish1923 blasé1930 stiff-arsed1937 nose-high1939 1340–70 Alisaunder 313 Þe menne of þat marche..were so ding of þeir deede, dedain þat they had þat any gome under God gouern hem sholde. c1394 P. Pl. Crede 355 For wiþ þe princes of pride þe prechours dwellen; þei ben digne as þe devel þat droppeþ fro heuene. c1394 P. Pl. Crede 375 Þer is more pryue pride in prechours hertes þan þer lefte in Lucyfer er he were lowe fallen; þey ben digne as dich water. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 44 She was as digne [Harl. Lansd. deyne] And water in a dich as ful of hoker and of bismare. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 519 He [sc. the parson] was noght to synful men despitous Ne of his speche daungerous ne digne. as digne as ditch-water The stagnant, stale, or foul water which collects in a ditch. Chiefly in the phrases: †as digne as ditch-water (see digne adj. 4); †as light (i.e. easy) as ditch-water.; as dull as ditch-water. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > body of water > still or standing water > [noun] > in ditch ditch-waterc1394 the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > extremely over-tedious1483 as dull as ditch-water1844 Dryasdustic1862 Dryasdust1872 Dryasdustish1890 c1394 P. Pt. Crede 375 Þey ben digne as dich water þat dogges in bayteþ. ?c1425 Crafte Nombrynge in R. Steele Earliest Arithm. in Eng. (1922) 8 Þen worch forth in þe oþer figurys till þou come to þe ende, for it is lyght as dyche water. 1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci ii. i. 24 Ditch water, and the fever-stricken flesh Of buffaloes. 1844 W. H. Maxwell Wanderings in Highlands & Islands I. Introd. Ep. 26 The people..are as ‘dull as ditch-water’. 1892 ‘G. Travers’ Mona Maclean I. xiv. 203 I find them as dull as ditch-water! < as lemmas |
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