单词 | michery |
释义 | micheryn. Now rare (archaic). Pilfering, thievishness; cheating, deception. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > petty theft or pilfering > [noun] micherya1393 mitchinga1393 picking1402 purloining1417 pilferc1425 pickery1460 pilfering1548 filching1567 lurching1570 pilfery1573 petty larceny1578 filching-tradea1592 prigging1591 filchery1607 nimming1607 sneaking-budge1699 pilferage1732 cabbaging1774 weeding1819 pilferment1823 crib1855 filch1877 souveniring1919 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 6495 (MED) With Covoitise yit I finde A Servant..Which Stelthe is hote, and Mecherie With him is evere in compainie. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 6754 For Venus, which was enemie Of thilke loves micherie Discovereth al..To Clymene. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 337 Mychery, capacitas, manticulatus, furtulum. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 196 (MED) Þou hast get good in raueyn, thefte, & mycherye. 1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) vii. iv. 279/2 Somtyme a thynge is stolen preuely without wetynge of the lorde or of the keper and ayenst ther wyll, & it is called mycherye. 1565–73 in J. Raine Depositions Courts Durham (1847) 251 He was suspect of michery and untreweth. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1147 Base avarice and micherie [1657 michery] waxeth soft, and melteth by love. 1658 R. Brathwait Honest Ghost 77 A Taylor, who upon his stall Scarce could sustaine his wife and family With stealing shreads, and other michery. 1935 E. R. Eddison Mistress xi. 204 I'll none of your michery; you shall lay yourself open to me, my pug, lest I open you indeed, see what colour your guts are of. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1393 |
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