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单词 pointing-stock
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pointing-stock
pointing-stock n. now archaic a person pointed at; an object of scorn, derision, or ridicule.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > fact or condition of being mocked or ridiculed > [noun] > object of ridicule > talked about, gazed or pointed at
gazing stock1535
pointing-stock1585
pointing mark1592
commonplacea1610
storya1616
outspeckle1802
1585 A. Munday tr. L. Pasqualigo Fedele & Fortunio iv. ii. sig. Civv Out strumpet, I will make thee now a mirror to this towne, A pointing stocke to euery one that passeth vp and downe.
1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. xix. 75 Not to liue pleasantly, but to be a pointing stock for the multitude, and a remembrancer of calamities.
1783 R. Cumberland Mysterious Husband v. 85 The outcast of society, the pointing-stock of scorn.
1888 C. M. Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta II. 53 It is a passion to be a pointing-stock for every finger and to maintain even a just opinion against the half-reason of the world.
a1989 M. Ruefle in College Eng. (1989) 51 703 The negligee spirit..Develops a passion to be the pointing-stock Of every finger, Every upright white there is.
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