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单词 michery
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micheryn.

Brit. /ˈmɪtʃ(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈmɪtʃəri/
Forms: Middle English mecherie, Middle English mycherie, Middle English mychery, Middle English mycherye, Middle English 1600s micherie, 1500s–1600s 1900s– michery.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mitcher n., -y suffix3.
Etymology: < mitcher n. + -y suffix3.With the form mecherie compare meech v., meecher n.
Now rare (archaic).
Pilfering, thievishness; cheating, deception.
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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).
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