单词 | parson-like |
释义 | parson-likeadj. = parsonical adj. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > parson > [adjective] parson-like1666 parsonical1679 parsonic1761 parsonly1775 parsonish1824 parsonese1860 1666 S. Pepys Diary 5 Aug. (1972) VII. 235 I find him preaching a very good sermon, and in as right a parson-like manner, and in good manner too, as I have heard anybody. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iii. xii. 164 Charity..is a mean Parson-like Quality. View more context for this quotation 1823 W. Cobbett Rural Rides 2 Aug. (1893) I. 226 The parson-like things [sc. wigs] which the Judges wear. 2002 Village Voice (Nexis) 3 Dec. 67 He cuts a pleasantly contradictory path as the preachy, parson-like figure. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1666 |
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