单词 | pig-sconce |
释义 | † pig-sconcen. derogatory. Obsolete. rare. A foolish or pigheaded person. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > perverseness > person frowarda1529 haggard1576 pig-sconcea1640 wronghead1729 crooked stick1848 pig-head1874 thrawn stick1893 a1637 B. Jonson Newes from New World 13 in Wks. (1640) III You should be some dull tradesman by your pigheaded Sconce now.] a1640 P. Massinger City-Madam (1658) iii. i. 73 Ding. He is No pig sconce Mistris. Secret. He has an excellent head-peece. 1879 G. Meredith Egoist III. 78 These representatives of the pig-sconces of the population judged by circumstances. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.a1640 |
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