单词 | purlicue |
释义 | purlicuen. Originally and chiefly Scottish. Now rare. a. A flourish at the end of a handwritten word. Cf. curlicue n. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > decoration > [noun] > flourish dash1607 flourish1653 knota1680 purlicue1808 quirk1840 squirl1843 curlicue1844 line-filling1895 line-finishing1906 line-ending1928 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Purlicue, a dash or flourish at the end of a word in writing; a school-term, Aberd. 1882 W. Forsyth Writings 22 A' his words had pirlecues Teuck to them like a draigen's tail. b. In plural. Quirks, peculiarities. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [noun] > a special thing > an exceptional feature quirka1616 singularity1663 peculiarity1751 purlicues1808 notability1856 idiasm1868 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Purlicue... whims, particularities of conduct, trifling oddities, Angus. 2. A discourse, esp. its concluding passages; a peroration. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > a discourse or lecture spellc888 predicationa1325 lessonc1330 collation1417 sermocination1514 discourse1533 lecture1536 descant1567 peroration1607 homilya1616 sermona1616 exercitation1632 transcursion1641 exhortatory1656 by-discourse1660 screed1748 purlicue1825 rhesis1840 talk1859 lecturette1867 chalk talk1881 pi-jaw1896 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Purlicue,..the peroration, or conclusion of a discourse; also used to denote the discourse itself. 1913 J. Service Memorables Robin Cummell 202 This is the best bit pirlicue I can mak' of the memorables of my time. 1919 Mind 28 245 In his eloquent and fascinating ‘pirlicue’,..he speaks of the absence of the historical from the faith of the Neo-Platonist as an advantage. 3. In the Presbyterian Churches: a recapitulation of sermons or addresses previously delivered. Also: an exhortation traditionally delivered at the close of a sermon. See also quot. 1825. Now historical. ΚΠ 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Purlicue, Pirlicue, Parlicue...4. The recapitulation made, by the pastor of a congregation, of the heads of the discourses, which have been delivered by his assistants, on the Saturday preceding the dispensation of the sacrament of the Supper... Also, the exhortations, which were wont to be given by him, on Monday, at what was called ‘the close of the work’, were thus denominated in other parts of S[cotland]. I have been informed, that the term has been sometimes extended to all the services on Monday. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xxiv. 245 If you distaste the sermon, I doubt the pirliecue will please you as little. 1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags xxxvi She would ware her life upon teaching them how to worship God properly, for that they were an ignorant wicked pack! A pirlicue which pleased them but little. 1930 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 1 Dec. 17/1 That was the sermon and he would give them the purlicue now. 1974 D. D. Murison in Liturgical Rev. i. 49 A feature of this sermon, often called the pirlicue, was the summary of the previous sermons delivered at the occasion. 4. Originally English regional (northern). The space between a person's extended forefinger and thumb. rare.In quots.1959, 2006, probably taken from N.E.D. or another dictionary. ΚΠ 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (at cited word) ‘A spang and a purlicue’ is a measure allowed in a certain game at marbles. 1959 Appleton (Wisconsin) Post-Crescent 14 Sept. a11/1 A purlicue is the name for the space between the extended thumb and the index finger. 2006 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 2 Feb. 23 Did you know? The space between the extended thumb and index finger is called the purlicue. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). purlicuev. Scottish. Now historical and rare. intransitive. In the Presbyterian Churches: to deliver a purlicue. Also transitive: to summarize (previous sermons, etc.) in a purlicue. ΚΠ 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. To Purlicue, Pirlicue, Parlicue, to give such exhortations after sermon at a Sacrament. 1837 J. D. Carrick Laird of Logan 100 A clergyman..made an attempt for the first time, to pirlecue, i.e. to repeat the substance of a sermon which had that day been preached by a friend. 1867 J. Hunter Reminisc. Quinquagenarian (Annandale) At the close it was the custom of our minister to parleycue the addresses of the clergymen who had preceded him. 1876 W. M. Taylor Ministry of Word 177 They have been content to ‘say away’ on the passage, or, to use an expressive, Scotch word, they have ‘perlikewed’ awhile. 1925 Brit. Weekly 28 May 196/3 My old minister, Rev. James Johnstone, of Free St. James's, Glasgow, perlicued at the end of every half-yearly ‘Communion season’. Derivatives ˈpurlicuing n. and adj. ΚΠ 1860 J. Wilson Presbytery of Perth 53 He kept up to the last the now all but obsolete custom of pirliecuing. 1896 H. M. B. Reid Cameronian Apostle vi. 96 (note) Dugald Williamson..was in his time reckoned the best purleycueing member of the Presbytery. 1915 W. S. Bruce Nor' East 89 With many other religious customs of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries ‘pirrliecuing’ has come to an end. 1925 Brit. Weekly 28 May 196/3 It is likely indeed that some of the wide circle of your readers know of occasions when ‘perlicuing’ was indulged in. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1808v.1825 |
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