| 单词 | make it quaint |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make it coy (also nice, proud, quaint, stout, strange, tough) b. transitive. Similarly to make it with adjective complement. to make it coy (also nice, proud, quaint, stout, strange, tough): to behave in a coy (proud, etc.) manner: see the adjectives. to make it goodly: to give oneself airs. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > be affected or act affectedly [verb (intransitive)] to make it goodlyc1325 bride?1533 affect1600 mimp1673 to give oneself airs1701 fal-lal1818 pose1840 posturize1850 attitudinize1864 primp1875 posture1877 lardy-dardy1887 to put (or pile) on lugs1889 la-di-da1901 profile1970 the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > pretend to superiority [verb (intransitive)] to make it goodlyc1325 usurpc1400 to take state upon one1597 to come over ——1600 to gentilize it1607 to state it1625 to give oneself airs1701 to put on airs1715 to mount (also ride) the high horse1782 to put on (the) dog1865 to get (also have) notions1866 to put on side1870 to have a roll on1881 to put (or pile) on lugs1889 side1890 to put on the Ritz1921 c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 10498 (MED) Þe king glosede her & þer & made it somdel touȝt, Ac þo it com to þe strengþe he nolde it graunti nouȝt. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 3863 Thanne Shame cam forth full symply..Humble of hir port, and made it symple, Weryng a vayle in stide of wymple. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Faire la petite bouche, to mince, or simper it; to make it goodly. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Faire la sadinette, to mince it, nicefie it, make it dainty, to be verie squeamish. to make it quaint † to make it quaint: to behave or speak in an ingenious or elaborate manner esp. in order to mislead; to dissemble; to behave in a courteous or refined manner. Also (frequently with tough): to behave proudly or disdainfully (cf. to make it tough at tough adj. 8). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > think or behave contemptuously [verb (intransitive)] skirpc1175 to make it quainta1393 flout1575 to wipe a person's nose1577 the mind > emotion > pride > haughtiness or disdainfulness > be haughty or disdainful [verb (intransitive)] to make it quainta1393 to have pepper in the nosea1400 lord1548 lord1563 to stand (also be, walk, etc.) upon (one's) pantofles1573 cavalier1594 to stand on (or upon) high terms1611 high-hat1922 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. 283 (MED) Schrifte..mot be plein; It nedeth noght to make it queinte, For trowthe hise wordes wol noght peinte. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 4623 O traiteresse..Thou hast gret peine wel deserved, That thou canst maken it so queinte, Thi slyhe wordes forto peinte Towardes me. ?c1400 Erthe upon Erthe (St. John's Cambr.) st. 8, in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1919) 138 54 Ȝit schal þou..make þou it neuere so queynte and gay, Out of þis erþe in-to erþe. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 2038 I..made it in my port full queynt. ?c1425 T. Hoccleve Jonathas (Durh.) l. 642 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 238 He thoghte nat to make it qweynte and tow. a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) l. 3521 (MED) Make it noght so tow, ffor of thy birthe art þou noght wort a leek..Ne make it nat so qweynte. c1450 ( G. Chaucer Bk. Duchess 531 How goodly spak thys knyght..He made hyt nouther towgh ne queynte. c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) ii. cvi. 115 With alle myne joyntes stiryinge and with alle my sinewes j make it queynte [Fr. tous mes ners fas cointoier.] a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 375 (MED) When she is thus paynt, she makys it so quaynte, She lookys like a saynt, And wars then the deyle. < as lemmas |
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