单词 | naggle |
释义 | nagglen. rare. Pettiness, nagging. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > paltriness, meanness, or contempt > smallness of mind littlenessa1400 slenderness?1542 pettiness1581 pettiship1581 pusillitya1620 petty-mindedness1853 naggle1865 puniness1871 chickenshit1944 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Apr. 7 In these days of niggle and naggle, its force is apt to be miscalled coarseness by critics of a particular school. 1974 K. Millett Flying (1975) iii. 369 The regulation American mother bullying her two sons with naggle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). nagglev. Chiefly British regional. 1. intransitive. To gnaw, bite. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (intransitive)] > nibble or gnaw gnawa1382 bitec1386 knabble1580 nibble1582 nib1585 knapple1611 nab1630 moup1710 chumble1821 naggle1824 peck1824 1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ 94 Naggles, gnaws. 1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale 58/1 Naggle, to gnaw. 1921 W. de la Mare Mem. of Midget 314 The ill-tempered little beast naggling at its bit. 1988 G. Lamb Orkney Wordbk. Nyaggle, to chew laboriously at something. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 121/2 Gi' them pups a bit uv rag or a dab ter gnaggle at. 2. intransitive. Chiefly English regional. To nag, quarrel, complain, etc., esp. in a petty manner. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > quarrel [verb (intransitive)] > in petty manner squabblea1616 tift1780 flicker1809 tiff1859 naggle1863 frip1921 1863 Yorks. Gaz. 14 Feb. 8/1 Husbands may forget the wives with whom they naggled and wrangled in days gone by. 1884 Manch. Examiner 28 May 5/7 When..Lord Salisbury began to naggle about days [etc.]. 1897 Daily News 5 July 3/4 They seemed to have been quarrelling and naggling a great deal. a1900 J. R. Wise in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1900) II. 656/1 [Warwickshire] Gnaggle [to grumble or fret continually]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1865v.1824 |
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