单词 | platfoot |
释义 | † platfootn.adv. Scottish. Obsolete. rare. A. n. (The name of) a dance or tune. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > [noun] > a dance chore1382 dance1393 measure?c1430 virlyc1430 tracec1450 platfoot1559 hop-about1593 firk1637 footing1652 ballet1786 stand-up1861 1559 D. Lindsay Test. Papyngo 88 in Wks. (1931) I. 59 To lerne hir language artificiall, To play platfute, and quhissill fute before. B. adv. As in the dance ‘Flat-foot’; (hence) flat-footedly. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > style or manner of dancing > [adverb] platfoot1568 caperingly1652 cheek to cheek1919 1568 Christis Kirk on Grene in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 263 Platfute he bobbit vp wt bendis for mald he maid requeist. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.adv.1559 |
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