| 单词 | pass of wit |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspass of wit b. figurative. A witty or cutting remark. Chiefly in pass of pate, pass of wit. rare.In quot. 1915 an allusion to Shakespeare's use. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > be or become mad [verb (intransitive)] dwelec900 wedec900 awedeeOE starea1275 braidc1275 ravea1325 to be out of mindc1325 woodc1374 to lose one's mindc1380 madc1384 forgetc1385 to go out of one's minda1398 to wede (out) of, but wita1400 foolc1400 to go (also fall, run) mada1450 forcene1490 ragec1515 waltc1540 maddle?c1550 to go (also run, set) a-madding (or on madding)1565 pass of wita1616 to have a gad-bee in one's brain1682 madden1704 to go (also be) off at the nail1721 distract1768 craze1818 to get a rat1890 to need (to have) one's head examined (also checked, read)1896 (to have) bats in the belfryc1901 to have straws in one's hair1923 to take the bats1927 to go haywire1929 to go mental1930 to go troppo1941 to come apart1954 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > [noun] > instance of wit, witticism conceita1522 device1575 by-wit1605 passa1616 witticism1677 point1694 funniness1838 Goldwynism1936 a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 242 Steale by line and leuell, is an excellent passe of pate. View more context for this quotation 1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk (1869) 2nd Ser. viii. 173 This is a curious pass of wit. 1857 O. B. Bunce Love in '86 i. 8 Cleveland: Really, Mr. Elsworth, your daughter has a sharp tongue. Elsworth: It is her humor, sir. Her passes are but play. 1915 ‘W. N. P. Barbellion’ 24 Mar. in Jrnl. Disappointed Man (1919) 183 My consciousness is a ragbag of things: all quips, quirks, and quillets, all excellent passes of pate. < as lemmas |
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