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单词 lightfoot
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lightfootn.adj.

Brit. /ˈlʌɪtfʊt/, U.S. /ˈlaɪtˌfʊt/
Forms: see light adj.1 and n.2 and foot n. and int.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: light adj.1, foot n.
Etymology: < light adj.1 + foot n., after classical Latin levipēs, used by Latin authors to explain the etymology of lepus hare (see Lepus n.). Compare light-footed adj.Attested earlier as a surname or nickname for a fleet-footed person, e.g. William Lihfot (a1189), Hugo Lihtfott (1206), Simon Lihfot (1221), (Adam) Lythfote pagio celerarii, i.e. ‘the cellarer's page’ (1299), etc. Compare similar use of Old Frisian lichtfōt as a byname.
A. n. In later use poetic.
A hare; (also) a deer.With reference to the speed or agility of these animals; see also etymology and cf. sense B. 1.Often used as a name or form of address.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Lepus (hares) > lepus europaeus (hare)
harea700
wimountc1280
wood-catc1280
babbart?a1300
ballart?a1300
bigge?a1300
goibert?a1300
grasshopper?a1300
lightfoot?a1300
long-ear?a1300
make-fare?a1300
pintail?a1300
pollart?a1300
purblind?a1300
roulekere?a1300
scot?a1300
scotewine?a1300
side-looker?a1300
sitter?a1300
westlooker?a1300
wort-cropper?a1300
break-forwardc1300
broom-catc1300
swikebertc1300
cawel-herta1325
deuberta1325
deudinga1325
fern-sittera1325
fitelfoota1325
foldsittera1325
furze cata1325
scutardea1325
skikarta1325
stobherta1325
straw deera1325
turpina1325
skulker1387
chavarta1400
soillarta1400
waldeneiea1400
scutc1440
coward1486
wata1500
bawtiec1536
puss1575
watkin1585
malkin1706
pussy1715
bawd1785
lion1825
dew-hopper-
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Cervidae (deer) > [noun]
deera1131
venison1338
wild fee?a1500
lightfoot?1640
cervine1832
cervid1889
nubbin1978
?a1300 Names Hare (Digby 86) in Proc. Leeds Philos. & Lit. Soc. (1935) 6 350 (MED) Þe hare..Þe liȝtt-fot, þe fernsittere.
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. lxviii. 1220 The hare hatte lepus, as it were leuipeslight foot’, for he renneth swiftliche.
?1640 Pleasant Ballad Miller of Mansfield & King Henry II (new ed.) i. Wife (quoth the Miller) fetch me forth light-foot, That we of his sweetnesse a little may taste, A faire Venison pasty then brought she forth presently.
1659 J. Gamble Ayres & Dial. 67 No need of Dog to fetch our stray, our Lightfoot we may give away.
1815 Sporting Mag. 45 169 If light-foot elude the snare, not less than half a dozen of Chanticleer's family can compensate for the disappointment.
1903 B. Carman Poems II. 11 Tawny light-foot, sleepy bruin, Bright-eyes in the orchard ruin.
1993 B. Cox Mesa Verde in Coll. Poems 12 I watch you, lightfoot, downtrail through pinyon pine.
B. adj. poetic.
1. Treading lightly; swift, fleet, nimble; = light-footed adj.Particularly common in the 16th and 17th centuries.Sometimes used spec. as an epithet for a deer; cf. sense A.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > having specific manner of walking > light-footed
lightOE
light-footeda1425
lightfoot1440
feather-footed1565
tripping1567
nimble-footed1592
soft-foot1598
light-heeled1600
soft-footed1603
soft-footed1607
nimble-heeled1656
quick-foot1658
feather-heeleda1674
tickle-heeled1740
nimble-stepping1832
tripsome1846
twinkle-toed1960
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 304 Lyghte foote [a1500 King's Cambr. liht fotyd], levipes.
1566 T. Nuce tr. Octavia ii. i. sig. D.iijv Light foote deere, for lyfe that fling amaine In tangling gins entrapt, that safely holde.
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. June 26 And lightfoote Nymphes can chace the lingring night.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. iv. 371 Some light foote friend, post to the Duke of Norff. View more context for this quotation
1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne vi. xxxvi. 100 The victor spurr'd againe his light-foot stead.
1649 T. Wincoll Plantagenets Tragicall Story 8 The rich caparison'd courser dreads no foes, But chaseth Foxes, or the lightfoot Does.
1783 J. Hoole tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso III. xxiv. 174 Through the deep covert of the tangled wood The nimble goat or light-foot deer pursu'd.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Œnone (rev. ed.) in Poems (new ed.) I. 122 Light-foot Iris.
1896 A. E. Housman Shropshire Lad liv. 83 By brooks too broad for leaping The lightfoot boys are laid.
1912 M. J. Cawein Poet, Fool & Faeries 134 The light-foot maiden, with her eyes so vision-laden.
1993 C. Revard Eagle Nation 87 Sewed it tight with sinews taken From lightfoot deer who leaped this stream.
2. figurative. Passing or moving quickly or lightly.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [adjective] > passing rapidly from place to place
runninga1382
lightfoot1591
1591 Honorable Entertainem. Queenes Maiestie at Eluetham sig. B3v Lightfoote Howrs, the guardians of heau'ns gate.
1624 F. Quarles Sions Elegies sig. D4v Howres, chac'd with light foot minutes, end.
1871 A. C. Swinburne Prelude in Songs before Sunrise 185 By rose-hung river and light-foot rill.
1880 R. Broughton Second Thoughts II. iii. x. 275 The lightfoot hours dance by.
1962 S. Kunitz After last Dynasty in Poetry 101 62 Thanks to your lightfoot genius no Eighth Route Army kept its lines more fluid.
1986 A. D. Melville tr. Ovid Metamorphoses (1998) 16 But she Flies swifter than the lightfoot wind nor stops To hear him calling.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

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