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单词 peramble
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peramblen.

Brit. /pəˈrambl/, U.S. /pəˈræmb(ə)l/
Forms: late Middle English perambol, late Middle English perambyl, 1500s 1800s– peramble, 1800s– paramble (Irish English (northern)); English regional 1800s perammle, 1800s– perramble, 1900s– paramble; also Scottish pre-1700 perambil, pre-1700 perambule.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: Latin perambulāre , perambulatorium ; peramble v.
Etymology: Originally < either classical Latin perambulāre perambulate v. or post-classical Latin perambulatorium perambulatory n., with the ending probably altered after amble n. In later use directly < peramble v. With sense 2 compare earlier perambulation n.
rare.
1. A place for walking in; an ambulatory, a cloister. Obsolete. rare.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > ambulatory
walking placec1384
deambulatory1430
peramble1440
ambulatory1483
deambulatoura1522
walk1530
perambulatory1636
1440 in J. L. Fisher Medieval Farming Gloss. (1968) 26/2 Perambol [passageway].
1546 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) II. App. A. 7 At Windsor..Al the church peramble, and the choir of the college hung and garnished as aforesaid.
2. Scottish. = perambulation n. 1a. Obsolete. rare.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > walking round or about > walking round boundaries
perambulation1425
peramble1476
perambulatingc1600
1476 in C. Rogers Rental Bk. Cupar-Angus (1879) I. 224 With the ij talis [read takis] of land left and made to ws be the last perambil ryddyn and made to ws betuyx the Abbay of Scone and ws.
1557 in C. Rogers Rental Bk. Cupar-Angus (1880) II. 137 The tway talis [read takis] of land last maid to ws be the last perambule betuix the Abbay of Scone and ws.
3. English regional (chiefly northern and Lincolnshire). A long rambling tale or speech.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > unintelligible language, gibberish > [noun] > instance of > rambling tale
tale of a tub1532
cock-and-bull story1670
blind story1699
peramble1824
shaggy dog story1937
1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ 28 Thou's maad sike a feaful lang perammle..at thouz nivver tell'd me whar them shooters war gangin tull.
1852 in E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (1889) II. 400 Ohd Mr. H..ewsed to tell sich perambles aboot th'corn laws.
1900 Cent. Mag. Feb. 603 When he had finished the paramble of his woes to Andy.
1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 223/1 Peramble, a long, rambling story that never seems to reach its end and doesn't really seem to have much point when it does finish.
4. A walk, a ramble; a short excursion with no particular route or aim. rare.
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1933 W. H. W. Sabine Guido & Girls x. 116 He paused in his peramble to survey the place where love's allurements had him bound.
1957 J. Steinbeck Short Reign of Pippin IV 42 He wandered blindly up-Seine on the Left Bank..During his long and slow peramble.
1992 Times (Nexis) 19 Feb. (Features section) Some features of the house are better designed for a passing peramble than a longer stay.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

peramblev.

Brit. /pəˈramb(ə)l/, U.S. /pəˈræmb(ə)l/, Scottish English /pəˈramb(ə)l/
Forms: 1500s–1600s (1800s– English regional (Lincolnshire)) peramble; Scottish pre-1700 perambal, pre-1700 perambil, pre-1700 perambill, pre-1700 perambule, pre-1700 perambull, pre-1700 1700s peramble.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin perambulāre.
Etymology: < classical Latin perambulāre perambulate v., with the ending probably altered after amble v. Compare Middle French parambuler , perambuler (a1508 and 1531 in isolated attestations). Compare earlier peramble n., perambulation n., perambulate v.
Originally Scottish. Now English regional (Lincolnshire)
1. Scottish.
a. transitive. To walk around a piece of land with a view to formally determining its boundaries; (also) to determine or confirm a boundary by walking along it. Cf. perambulation n. 1a. Obsolete.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > traverse on foot [verb (transitive)] > round > a boundary or the boundaries of
perambulate1450
peramble1480
walk1569
1480 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 62/2 Charginge him to se & knaw gife þe said landis be lauchefully peramblit.
1485 in A. L. Murray Lag Charters (1958) 53 And eftir at the said assise had perambulyt the saidis landis.
1596 in D. Murray Early Burgh Organization in Scotl. (1924) II. 217 That..thair haill common lands sall be perambulit ȝeirlie anes in the yeir.
1600 in J. D. Marwick Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs Scotl. (1870) II. 81 That ewere brugh sall peramble thair mercheis ewerie ȝeir.
b. transitive. gen. To walk over or about (a place). Obsolete. rare.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [verb (transitive)] > wander (one's way, etc.) > wander in, over, or about
peramble1508
rove1537
wander?1573
enrange1596
roam1603
stray1613
ramble1679
raika1730
overwander1821
pervagate1871
1508 W. Kennedy Flyting (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 211 I perambalit of Pernaso the montayn.
1539–40 in 9th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1883) App. i. 306 Ordered that a watche be sett forth..yeerly..for evermore..on the vigil of Seynt John Baptist..att nyght circumspectly and in dew order to peramble the circuyte of the saide towne.
2. intransitive. To wander or ramble in speaking. Now English regional (Lincolnshire).
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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [verb (intransitive)] > with no fixed aim or wander
wharvec890
woreOE
wandera1000
rengec1230
wagc1325
roamc1330
errc1374
raikc1390
ravec1390
rumblec1400
rollc1405
railc1425
roit1440
waverc1440
rangea1450
rove1481
to-waver1487
vaguea1525
evague1533
rangle1567
to go a-strayinga1586
vagary1598
divagate1599
obambulate1614
vagitate1614
ramble1615
divage1623
pererrate1623
squander1630
peramble1632
rink1710
ratch1801
browse1803
vagrate1807
bum1857
piroot1858
scamander1864
truck1864
bat1867
vagrant1886
float1901
vagulate1918
pissant1945
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ix. 422 Ceasing to peramble through any more particulars.
1889 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (ed. 2) II. 401 When I was badly he cum'd oftens an' talk'd an' praayed wi' me, bud I thoht noht to it; he niver got no fo'ther, bud was alus peramblin' aboot roond two or three wo'ds.
1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 223/1 Peramble..to talk in a rambling, disconnected way, as someone drunk or half asleep.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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