单词 | rhinocerical |
释义 | † rhinocericaladj. Obsolete. 1. slang. Wealthy, rich. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective] richeOE eadyOE richfulc1300 plenteousc1350 wealthyc1380 wealthfula1400 wlouȝa1400 wellc1405 biga1425 goldedc1450 substantious1490 able1516 opulent?1518 substantive1543 strong1581 fat1611 juicy1627 fortuned1632 affluent1652 rhinocerical1688 rough1721 rowthy1792 golden1797 strong-handed1817 well-to-do1831 wealth-encumbered1844 nabobish1857 rhinoceral1860 ingoted1864 tinny1871 pocket-filled1886 oofy1896 nawabi1955 brewstered2001 1688 T. Shadwell Squire of Alsatia i. i. 3 The Ready, the Rhino; thou shalt be Rhinocerical, my Lad. 1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) Rhinocerical, rich: the cull is rhinocerical. 1837 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood (rev. ed.) 223 Your old dad, Sir Piers, (God help him!) had the gingerbread, that I know; he was, as we say, a regular rhinocerical cull. 2. a. Resembling a rhinoceros; rhinoceros-like. Cf. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of large volume or bulky > and clumsy unridec1175 un-i-weldec1275 boistous?a1400 cumbrousa1400 roida1450 clubbishc1530 lumpish?1573 bouncing1579 unwieldy1582 boisterous1590 unfeirdyc1590 lumbering1593 cumbersome1594 elephantic1598 elephant-likea1603 moliminous1642 clumpish1681 rhinocerical1689 hulking1699 hulky1785 lumberly1805 elephantine1826 rhinocerial1828 lumbersome1834 clumpy1836 lumbrous1836 hippopotamic1853 hippopotamian1864 megatherial1894 hippopotamine1911 1689 Muses Farewell to Popery 18 Prodigious Guts, no Brains at all, But very Rhynocerical. b. spec. Of a nose: turned up, retroussé. Cf. to play the rhinoceros at rhinoceros n. Phrases. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [adjective] > types of nose cammed?c1350 camoisc1380 snatteda1387 camoisedc1515 flat1560 hawked1577 rising1606 simous1634 aquiline1646 Roman1665 snoutya1685 suspense1697 rhinocerical1710 rhinocerotic1755 Bardolphian1756 cock-up1763 bridgeless1772 retroussé1802 snubbed1802 snubbish1828 snubby1828 snipish1834 snub1843 pugged1847 puggisha1849 tip-tilted1872 saddleback1897 beak-sharp1933 spitzy1968 1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 260. 1/1 These Gentlemen were formerly marked out and distinguished by the little Rhinocerical Nose. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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