单词 | nifle |
释义 | niflen. In later use English regional (northern). Now rare. 1. a. Originally: †a trifling or fictitious tale, a jest (obsolete). In later use: a trifle; a thing of little or no value.Common c1550–1650, often in rhyming collocation with trifle. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little worth ivy-leafc1000 needle?c1225 sloec1250 peasea1275 strawc1290 bean1297 nutc1300 buttonc1330 leekc1330 trifle1375 cress1377 goose-wing1377 sop1377 niflec1395 vetcha1400 a pin's head (also point)c1450 trump1513 plack1530 toy1530 blue point1532 grey groat1546 cherry-stone1607 jiggalorum1613 candle-enda1625 peppercorn1638 sponge1671 sneeshing1686 snottera1689 catchpenny1705 potato1757 snuff1809 pinhead1828 traneen1837 a hill of beans1863 gubbins1918 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > a false or foolish tale > [noun] spellc888 triflea1250 talea1325 vanity1340 a tale of waltrot1377 fablec1384 niflec1395 triflerya1400 truffc1430 jest1488 winter's talec1555 winter story1646 galley-packet1786 galley-yarn1874 cuffer1887 ploda1903 scuttlebutt yarn1918 just-so story1922 c1395 G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale 1760 He serued hem with nyfles and with fables. a1450–1500 ( Libel Eng. Policy (1926) 349 Apes and japes and marmusettes taylede, Nifles, trifles, that litelle have availed. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 3807 (MED) Þis solayne sope if I sup, quethire sustene it may Þe menbris of þe Messedones..Or I my-selfe sall be serued, & þai sitt with nyfils? a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Div I am yet..as full of tryfyls Nil nichelum nihil anglice nyfyls. 1533 J. Heywood Mery Play Iohan Iohan sig. B.ii I wolde ye had harde the tryfyls The toys, the mokkes, the fables, and the nyfyls That I made thy husbande to beleue and thynke. 1562 Apol. Priv. Masse (1850) 22 You drive men to these trifles that the world may know you hang in nifels. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 663 Might I not be thought..to catch at clouds, and fish for Nifles. 1631 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlewoman 20 What a shop of guga nifles hang vpon one backe? 1657 J. Watts Of Baptism in Scribe, Pharisee ii. 159 I..will give over spending my precious time about your nifles and trifles. 1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 1258 Nifles and trifles; vain tales of Robin Hood; aniles fabulæ. 1868 E. Waugh Sneck-bant 89 She then took Betty's basket and crammed it with fruit, and with all sorts of sweet ‘nifles’. 1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. 354 Nifle, a trifle, a thing of no worth or importance. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 86/2 It's nobbut a nifle. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [noun] > that which is useless > useless person or thing > thing or object > collectively nifles in a bag1530 lumber1552 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 850/2 Nyfels in a bagge, de tout nifles. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 160 No wise man will aduenture his person for nifles in a bagge. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > light or flimsy nifle1463 1463 in Statutes of Realm (1816) II. 401 (MED) Que nulle persone..vende en ascune part dedeinz cest Roialme ascune lavne, Nifels, umple, ou ascun autre manere dez couverchiefs dount le price dun plite passera x s.] 1463–4 Rolls of Parl. V. 505/2 That noo persone..selle..eny Lawne, Nyfels, Umple, or eny other manere of Kerchiefs. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 377 (MED) Nell With hir nyfyls of crisp and of sylke, Tent well youre twyfyls youre nek abowte as mylke. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant unknownc1390 pawnc1450 semi-cipher?1550 bauble1570 Jack with the feather1581 nobody1583 winterling1585 squash1600 rush candle1628 niflec1635 nullity1657 nonentity1710 featherweight1812 underscrub1822 nyaff1825 small fish1836 no-account1840 little fish1846 peanut1864 commonplacer1874 sparrow-fart1886 Little Willie1901 pipsqueak1905 nebbish1907 pie-biter1911 blob1916 smallie1930 no-count1932 zilch1933 Mickey Mouse1935 muzhik1945 nerd1951 nothingburger1953 nerk1955 non-person1959 no-mark1982 c1635 H. Glapthorne Lady Mother (1959) iii. i. 64 Will you goe... what stayes this nifle for. a1849 E. Elliott in Poet. Wks. (1876) I. 324 Woe to the scrimp that ventures near him, woe! He, she, or it—‘swag's nifle, skink, or trull’, Shall find a bed, or Wakefield's gaol is full! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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