Messern.¹

Brit.

/ˈmɛsə/, U.S.

/ˈmɛsər/

Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymons: Italian messere, messer.

Etymology: < Italian messere, (before a title) messer, title of respect given to persons of importance, especially jurors, notaries, etc. (a1250; now only used humorously) < French mes sire (see messire n.).

Now archaic.

A title of courtesy prefixed to the first name (sometimes with the surname also) of an Italian man (equivalent to the English Mr).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous forms of address or title > [noun] > for a man > in languages other than English

Messer1566

signory1585

signor1592

signore1594

mynheer1605

signorship1633

tuan1779

Bwana1860

meneer1899

oga1917

Thakin1920

sayyid1964

1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. xxxvi. f. 82^v The daie before was buried, one Messer Philippo Minutulo, an Archebishoppe of Naples.

1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron I. iv. viii. f. 170^v One beeing named Messer Guiglielmo de Rossiglione.

1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) ii. 229 This Pasquin is an old broken statue..ieering wits set vp here, and father vpon poore Messer Pasquino, their Satyrical ieasts. called from him, Pasquinades.

1837 D. Grigi Pentameron v. 271 The clergy..had never been cordial with Messer Giovanni.

1903 S. J. Weyman Long Night i. 8 Messer Grio here has served the State.

1989 D. Dunnett Race of Scorpions 410 This Messer Girolamo has escaped from Constantinople, with terrible news about Trebizond.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

messern.²

Brit.

/ˈmɛsə/, U.S.

/ˈmɛsər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mess v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < mess v. + -er suffix¹.

†1. Probably: a supplier of meat to ships. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1645 Will of William Cruse (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/193) f. 299^v W. Cruse of co. Somerset, Messer.

1746 in W. Thompson Royal Navy-men's Advocate (1757) 24 Though strongly opposed by Messers and Salters, they were obliged to..salt them [sc. the hogs].

2. colloquial.

a. A person who makes a mess, or who messes about (in various senses); a muddler, a bungler.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > confused, muddled person > [noun]

mafflardc1450

juffler15..

dromedary1567

madbrain1570

batie buma1586

addle-head1592

blunderkin1596

nit1598

addle-pate1601

hash1655

blunderbuss1692

blunderhead1692

shaffles1703

fog-pate1732

blunderer1741

puzzle-pate1761

slouch1767

étourdi1768

botch1769

puddle1782

bumble1789

scatter-brain1790

addle-brain1799

puzzle-head1815

shaffler1828

chowderhead1833

muddlehead1833

muddler1833

flounderer1836

duffer1842

muddle-pate1844

plug1848

incompetent1866

schlemiel1868

dinlo1873

drumble-dore1881

hodmandod1881

dub1887

prune1895

foozler1896

bollock1916

messer1926

Pilot Officer (also P.O.) Prune1942

spaz1965

spastic1981

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > unchaste behaviour of woman > unchaste or loose woman

queanOE

whorec1175

malkinc1275

wenchelc1300

ribalda1350

strumpeta1350

wench1362

filtha1375

parnelc1390

sinner14..

callet1415

slut?c1425

tickle-tailc1430

harlot?a1475

mignote1489

kittock?a1500

mulea1513

trulla1516

trully?1515

danta1529

miswoman1528

stewed whore1532

Tib1533

unchaghe1534

flag1535

Katy1535

jillet1541

yaud1545

housewife1546

trinkletc1550

whippet1550

Canace1551

filthy1553

Jezebel1558

kittyc1560

loonc1560

laced mutton1563

nymph1563

limmer1566

tomboy1566

Marian1567

mort1567

cockatrice1568

franion1571

blowze1573

rannell1573

rig1575

Kita1577

poplet1577

light-skirts1578

pucelle1578

harlotry1584

light o' lovea1586

driggle-draggle1588

wagtail1592

tub-tail1595

flirt-gill1597

minx1598

hilding1599

short-heels1599

bona-roba1600

flirt1600

Hiren1600

light-heels1602

roba1602

baggage1603

cousin1604

fricatrice1607

rumbelow1611

amorosa1615

jaya1616

open-taila1618

succubus1622

snaphancea1625

flap1631

buttered bun1638

puffkin1639

vizard1652

fallen woman1659

tomrigg1662

cunt1663

quaedama1670

jilt1672

crack1677

grass-girl1691

sporting girl1694

sportswoman1705

mobbed hood1707

brim1736

trollop1742

trub1746

demi-rep1749

gillyflower1757

lady of easy virtue1766

mot1773

chicken1782

gammerstang1788

buer1807

scarlet woman1816

blowen1819

fie-fie1820

shickster?1834

streel1842

charver1846

trolly1854

bad girl1855

amateur1862

anonyma1862

demi-virgin1864

pickup1871

chippy1885

wish-wife1886

tart1887

tartleta1890

flossy1893

fly girl1893

demi-mondaine1894

floozy1899

slattern1899

scrub1900

demi-vierge1908

cake1909

coozie1912

muff1914

tarty1918

yes-girl1920

radge1923

bike1945

puta1948

messer1951

cooze1955

jamette1965

skeezer1986

slutbag1987

chickenhead1988

ho1988

1926 Wireless World 24 Mar. 476/2 Round Manchester the transmitters are simply messers.

1949 F. Sargeson I saw in my Dream xiii. 131 Though of course he's an old messer.

1951 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 4) 1108/2 Messer,..a ‘near’ prostitute; an amateur not above taking money or a present... A man, or a woman, that does not keep to one lover.

1966 ‘J. Hackston’ Father clears Out 69 Where money and accounts were concerned she was the greatest messer living.

1977 J. Johnston Shadows on our Skin 120 Oh, hell. I am the champion messer of the world.

b. Irish English and U.S. A troublemaker, a thug.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > ruffianly conduct > ruffian > [noun]

routerc1300

tyrant1377

ruffy?a1513

ruffiana1525

kempy1525

cut-throat1535

slasher1559

cutter1569

hackster1574

hacker1576

cuttle1600

ruffiano1611

bully rook1673

thug1838

Apache1902

ned1910

rough-up1911

goonda1926

hoon1938

messer1942

society > society and the community > dissent > lack of peacefulness > [noun] > persons full of strife > one who causes disturbance or trouble

disturberc1290

troublera1382

distroublerc1440

disturblerc1440

shakebucklera1538

hellcat1603

trouble-feast1603

trouble-rest1605

trouble-house1608

trouble-cupa1610

trouble-state1609

seek-trouble1611

trouble-town1619

trouble-world1663

hellion1845

rowdy1859

bad actor1879

ratbag1890

disturbant1894

trouble-maker1923

performer1937

messer1942

shit-stirrer1961

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > violent treatment or force > person

cut-throat1535

club-fist1575

violator1583

club-lawyera1670

thug1838

outrager1840

messer1942

1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §435/6 Enforcer, goon,..messer, muscleman.

1986 Evening Press (Dublin) 21 May 8/2 The ‘messers’ in the class single him out and give him a rough time.

1991 R. Doyle Van (1992) 33 He's only there to stop messers from comin' in.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	messer
释义	Messern.¹ Brit. /ˈmɛsə/, U.S. /ˈmɛsər/ Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymons: Italian messere, messer. Etymology: < Italian messere, (before a title) messer, title of respect given to persons of importance, especially jurors, notaries, etc. (a1250; now only used humorously) < French mes sire (see messire n.). Now archaic. A title of courtesy prefixed to the first name (sometimes with the surname also) of an Italian man (equivalent to the English Mr). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous forms of address or title > [noun] > for a man > in languages other than English Messer1566 signory1585 signor1592 signore1594 mynheer1605 signorship1633 tuan1779 Bwana1860 meneer1899 oga1917 Thakin1920 sayyid1964 1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. xxxvi. f. 82^v The daie before was buried, one Messer Philippo Minutulo, an Archebishoppe of Naples. 1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron I. iv. viii. f. 170^v One beeing named Messer Guiglielmo de Rossiglione. 1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) ii. 229 This Pasquin is an old broken statue..ieering wits set vp here, and father vpon poore Messer Pasquino, their Satyrical ieasts. called from him, Pasquinades. 1837 D. Grigi Pentameron v. 271 The clergy..had never been cordial with Messer Giovanni. 1903 S. J. Weyman Long Night i. 8 Messer Grio here has served the State. 1989 D. Dunnett Race of Scorpions 410 This Messer Girolamo has escaped from Constantinople, with terrible news about Trebizond. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). messern.² Brit. /ˈmɛsə/, U.S. /ˈmɛsər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mess v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < mess v. + -er suffix¹. †1. Probably: a supplier of meat to ships. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1645 Will of William Cruse (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/193) f. 299^v W. Cruse of co. Somerset, Messer. 1746 in W. Thompson Royal Navy-men's Advocate (1757) 24 Though strongly opposed by Messers and Salters, they were obliged to..salt them [sc. the hogs]. 2. colloquial. a. A person who makes a mess, or who messes about (in various senses); a muddler, a bungler. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > confused, muddled person > [noun] mafflardc1450 juffler15.. dromedary1567 madbrain1570 batie buma1586 addle-head1592 blunderkin1596 nit1598 addle-pate1601 hash1655 blunderbuss1692 blunderhead1692 shaffles1703 fog-pate1732 blunderer1741 puzzle-pate1761 slouch1767 étourdi1768 botch1769 puddle1782 bumble1789 scatter-brain1790 addle-brain1799 puzzle-head1815 shaffler1828 chowderhead1833 muddlehead1833 muddler1833 flounderer1836 duffer1842 muddle-pate1844 plug1848 incompetent1866 schlemiel1868 dinlo1873 drumble-dore1881 hodmandod1881 dub1887 prune1895 foozler1896 bollock1916 messer1926 Pilot Officer (also P.O.) Prune1942 spaz1965 spastic1981 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > unchaste behaviour of woman > unchaste or loose woman queanOE whorec1175 malkinc1275 wenchelc1300 ribalda1350 strumpeta1350 wench1362 filtha1375 parnelc1390 sinner14.. callet1415 slut?c1425 tickle-tailc1430 harlot?a1475 mignote1489 kittock?a1500 mulea1513 trulla1516 trully?1515 danta1529 miswoman1528 stewed whore1532 Tib1533 unchaghe1534 flag1535 Katy1535 jillet1541 yaud1545 housewife1546 trinkletc1550 whippet1550 Canace1551 filthy1553 Jezebel1558 kittyc1560 loonc1560 laced mutton1563 nymph1563 limmer1566 tomboy1566 Marian1567 mort1567 cockatrice1568 franion1571 blowze1573 rannell1573 rig1575 Kita1577 poplet1577 light-skirts1578 pucelle1578 harlotry1584 light o' lovea1586 driggle-draggle1588 wagtail1592 tub-tail1595 flirt-gill1597 minx1598 hilding1599 short-heels1599 bona-roba1600 flirt1600 Hiren1600 light-heels1602 roba1602 baggage1603 cousin1604 fricatrice1607 rumbelow1611 amorosa1615 jaya1616 open-taila1618 succubus1622 snaphancea1625 flap1631 buttered bun1638 puffkin1639 vizard1652 fallen woman1659 tomrigg1662 cunt1663 quaedama1670 jilt1672 crack1677 grass-girl1691 sporting girl1694 sportswoman1705 mobbed hood1707 brim1736 trollop1742 trub1746 demi-rep1749 gillyflower1757 lady of easy virtue1766 mot1773 chicken1782 gammerstang1788 buer1807 scarlet woman1816 blowen1819 fie-fie1820 shickster?1834 streel1842 charver1846 trolly1854 bad girl1855 amateur1862 anonyma1862 demi-virgin1864 pickup1871 chippy1885 wish-wife1886 tart1887 tartleta1890 flossy1893 fly girl1893 demi-mondaine1894 floozy1899 slattern1899 scrub1900 demi-vierge1908 cake1909 coozie1912 muff1914 tarty1918 yes-girl1920 radge1923 bike1945 puta1948 messer1951 cooze1955 jamette1965 skeezer1986 slutbag1987 chickenhead1988 ho1988 1926 Wireless World 24 Mar. 476/2 Round Manchester the transmitters are simply messers. 1949 F. Sargeson I saw in my Dream xiii. 131 Though of course he's an old messer. 1951 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 4) 1108/2 Messer,..a ‘near’ prostitute; an amateur not above taking money or a present... A man, or a woman, that does not keep to one lover. 1966 ‘J. Hackston’ Father clears Out 69 Where money and accounts were concerned she was the greatest messer living. 1977 J. Johnston Shadows on our Skin 120 Oh, hell. I am the champion messer of the world. b. Irish English and U.S. A troublemaker, a thug. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > ruffianly conduct > ruffian > [noun] routerc1300 tyrant1377 ruffy?a1513 ruffiana1525 kempy1525 cut-throat1535 slasher1559 cutter1569 hackster1574 hacker1576 cuttle1600 ruffiano1611 bully rook1673 thug1838 Apache1902 ned1910 rough-up1911 goonda1926 hoon1938 messer1942 society > society and the community > dissent > lack of peacefulness > [noun] > persons full of strife > one who causes disturbance or trouble disturberc1290 troublera1382 distroublerc1440 disturblerc1440 shakebucklera1538 hellcat1603 trouble-feast1603 trouble-rest1605 trouble-house1608 trouble-cupa1610 trouble-state1609 seek-trouble1611 trouble-town1619 trouble-world1663 hellion1845 rowdy1859 bad actor1879 ratbag1890 disturbant1894 trouble-maker1923 performer1937 messer1942 shit-stirrer1961 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > violent treatment or force > person cut-throat1535 club-fist1575 violator1583 club-lawyera1670 thug1838 outrager1840 messer1942 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §435/6 Enforcer, goon,..messer, muscleman. 1986 Evening Press (Dublin) 21 May 8/2 The ‘messers’ in the class single him out and give him a rough time. 1991 R. Doyle Van (1992) 33 He's only there to stop messers from comin' in. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1566n.²1645
随便看	to comb out to comb the cat to comb the tracks to combine a league to combine efforts to come to come a to come a buster to come a cropper to come a day after the fair to come a house-warming to come a housewarming to come a mucker to come a person thanks to come a person's way to come a purler to come a smeller to come a stinker to come about to come abroad to come across to come across with to come afoul of to expound concerning to expound of

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