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单词 rigsby
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rigsbyn.

Brit. /ˈrɪɡzbi/, U.S. /ˈrɪɡzbi/
Forms:

α. 1500s rigby.

β. 1600s–1800s rigsby.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rig v.4, rig n.4, -by suffix
Etymology: Probably < either rig v.4 or rig n.4 (although these are both first attested later) + -by suffix .
Now rare (English regional (chiefly northern and East Anglian) in later use).
A child or young person regarded as wild, ill-governed, rude, or immodest; (in later use) esp. = hoyden n. 2.
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the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > playful mischievousness > mischievous person > [noun] > and boisterous
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1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke vii. vi. 140 These..be so light fingered and suche rigbies Children that they wil fynde two thynges, afore they lose one.
1607 R. C. in tr. H. Estienne World of Wonders To Rdr. sig. A2 Here dwels that towring & terrible Nimrod, that hunting rigsby Semiramis.
1691 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 59 A Reuling Lad; a Rigsby.
1724 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) sig. Eee2/1 Harry-gaud, a rigsby, a wild Girl.
a1800 S. Pegge Suppl. Grose's Provinc. Gloss. (1814) Rigsby, a romping girl. York.
1838 W. Holloway Gen. Dict. Provincialisms Rigsby, a hoydon.
a1860 G. Johnson MS Coll. E. Anglian Words in W. Rye Gloss. Words E. Anglia (1895) 178 Rigsby, a wanton romping girl.
1877 F. Ross et al. Gloss. Words Holderness Rigsby, a romping child.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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