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单词 prodnose
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prodnosen.

Brit. /ˈprɒdnəʊz/, U.S. /ˈprɑdˌnoʊz/
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Prodnose.
Etymology: < the name of Prodnose, a pedantic and interfering character (representative of the general public as a whole) in the humorous ‘Beachcomber’ columns of J.B. Morton (1893-1975), apparently < prod v. + nose n. Compare earlier prodnose v.
colloquial.
An inquisitive or nosy person. Also: spec. a detective.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > [noun] > impertinent curiosity, prying > action of prying > person engaged in
pryer1552
peeper1607
poker1608
Paul Pry1826
snooper1889
nosy parker1896
stickybeak1917
nosy1931
curtain-twitcher1940
prodnose1965
the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > procedures used in spying > [noun] > a pursuer or detective
thief-taker1535
beagle1559
thief-catcher1732
bloodhound1818
sleuth-hound1856
Richard1914
prodnose1965
1934 D. Thomas Let. 11 May in Sel. Lett. (1966) 126 Singing as loudly as Beachcomber in a world rid of Prodnose.]
1965 Spectator 12 Feb. 213/2 I shall be greatly disappointed if some prodnose does not get a PhD thesis out of these pages in 2065.
1968 V. C. Clinton-Baddeley My Foe Outstretch'd vi. 103 He was sensitive about his reputation as an amateur prodnose.
1976 Listener 5 Aug. 135/2 Were the other lonely prodnoses with clipboards, operating in the dark, copying me? Or was I, daunting thought, the only pollster operating in the entire nation?
1988 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 20 Mar. 26/5 I was pricing vitamin C at the village pharmacy when a notorious prodnose took me by the sleeve and told me that I was killing myself.
1998 Times 3 Feb. 18/3 I know that puritans, prudes and prodnoses will hijack this argument and write me crazy letters.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

prodnosev.

Brit. /ˈprɒdnəʊz/, U.S. /ˈprɑdˌnoʊz/
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Prodnose.
Etymology: < the name of Prodnose (see prodnose n.).
rare.
intransitive. To pry; to be inquisitive.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > be curious, wonder [verb (intransitive)] > pry
prya1350
toot1390
spyc1485
underpry1600
reave1615
nose1648
rave1671
poke1715
snoop1832
Paul-Pry1836
piroot1858
stickybeak1921
prodnose1954
1954 D. Thomas Quite Early One Morning 178 A failed psychoanalyst in this life who is even now prodnosing in the air above me, casebook in claw.
1969 Daily Tel. 31 Oct. (Colour Suppl.) 20/1 It is perhaps high time that the industrial psychologists who are encouraged to prodnose into most things got to work on the Press.

Derivatives

ˈprodnosing n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > [noun] > impertinent curiosity, prying > action of prying
prying1547
peeping1593
Paul-Prying1880
prodnosing1958
1958 Spectator 3 Oct. 430/1 At this time [sc. the 1940s] the social virtue of prodnosing..was still at a fairly harmless stage of development.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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