单词 | bigly |
释义 | † biglyadj. Obsolete (Scottish in later use). Habitable, fit to dwell in; (hence) pleasant. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > [adjective] > habitable biglyc1400 habitablea1425 tenantable1542 inhabitable1601 liveable1814 occupiable1814 occupable1853 live-in1955 c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 962 Bryng me to þat bygly bylde, & let me se þy blysful bor. a1450 York Plays (1885) 30 (MED) To byggly blys we bothe wer brought. a1500 (?c1450) Bone Florence (1976) l. 220 He wyll dystroye þy bygly landys. a1505 R. Henryson Bludy Serk 13 in Poems (1981) 158 Scho wynnit in a bigly bour, On fold wes none so fair. 1607 (?a1425) Chester Plays (Harl. 2124) i. 2 A biglie blisse here will I builde, a heaven without ending. a1803 Erlington i, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1882) I. i. 107/1 He has built a bigly bower, An a' to put that lady in. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). biglyadv. Now rare. 1. With great force; firmly, violently; (also) stoutly, strongly. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [adverb] > with violence or force > extremely violently or forcibly heavilyc897 spackly?c1335 rudelya1400 biglyc1400 thunderingly1680 c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 321 Þe barrez of vche a bonk ful bigly me haldes. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 416 So rowghly and so bygly that there was none myght withstonde hym. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 93v Knyt hom with cables..And bound hom full bigly on hor best wise. 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lxxviii. 140 A serius argument: Whether I should liue or die, was biglie bent. ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads ii. sig. D3 Tlepolemus Heraclides, right strong and bigly made, Brought nine tall ships of warre from Rhodes. 1634 F. Meres Wits Common Wealth ii. sig. E2v As snow beginneth and endeth in water: so man, how bigly soeuer hee braue it, began in earth, and shall end where he began. 1902 H. Van Dyke Blue Flower iii. 45 The youth grew hot with the joy of fighting and sought to deal with him roughly and bigly. 1913 H. Walpole Fortitude (1919) i. ix. 105 He was bigly made and his legs and arms were round. 2. Loudly, boastfully; proudly, haughtily, pompously. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > pomposity > [adverb] biglya1475 pompously1573 pontifically1582 budgely1599 pompous1754 largely1857 burlily1863 portentously1892 portentiously1963 a1475 Sidrak & Bokkus (Laud) (1999) II. 9225 Tonge begynneþ to waxe biglye And of his youthe he bosteth an hye. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 397/1 And bereth it out bigly wt shameles deuelyshe heresie. 1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. v. 89 Goliah thought bigly of himselfe. 1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) ix. xlvi. 218 Oftentimes Authoritie lookes biglier than a Bull. 1669 G. Burnet Modest Conf. between Conformist & Non-conformist (ed. 2) iii. sig. D1v You talked bigly of jus divinum yet you minded it as little as any could. 1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires 197 Bigly to look, and barb'rously to speak. 1744 S. Johnson Deb. Senate Lilliput in Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 69 Talking bigly indeed of vindicating foreign Rights. 1846 W. S. Landor Citation & Exam. Shakespere in Wks. II. 299 He spoke as bigly and fiercely as a soaken yeoman at an election feast. 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. xxx. 331 ‘I don't see that I deserve to be put upon and stormed at for nothing!’ concluded the small woman, bigly. 1927 E. Thompson Indian Day xvii. 144 The same students who talked bigly among themselves of ‘Douglas’ and ‘Alden’ and ‘Jacks’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.c1400adv.c1400 |
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