单词 | peter grievous |
释义 | > as lemmasPeter Grievous Peter Grievous n. and adj. English regional (southern and south midlands) and slang (a) n. a person who complains, a whining or miserable child; (b) adj. fretful, miserable, whining. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > one who complains > peevish or querulous whiner1603 whimperer1737 whinger1791 Peter Grievance1837 Peter Grievous1875 grizzler1900 bellyacher1930 the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [adjective] > complaining > peevishly or querulously girning1447 querulousc1475 quarrellous1490 whining15.. wailish?1548 querimonious1604 whinging1720 peeping1786 honing1802 whiny1854 Peter Grievous1875 grizzly1900 bellyaching1931 1774 F. Hopkinson (title) A pretty story written in the year of Our Lord 1774. By Peter Grievous, Esq. 1777 H. L. Piozzi Diary in K. C. Balderston Thraliana (1942) I. 155 Cradocke had written a Tragedy a very deep one they said..We'll call it Peter said he—the scene was in Russia, at least said I let it be Peter Grievous.] 1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. 86 What a peter-grievous child you are! Whatever is the matter? 1894 Southward Ho! I. 338 A peter-grievous wot shrapes an makes a rookery, an a ranky chimley be pettigues fer to send a feller in de crazy-house. 1913 E. Nesbit Words & Names (1958) v. 99 Here, don't look as if I was going to eat you, you little Peter Grievouses. 1932 E. Weekley Words & Names vii. 90 Peter grievous, a lachrymose individual, belongs to the class of simple Simon. < as lemmas |
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