单词 | routish |
释义 | routishadj. Resembling or of the nature of a rout (in various senses of rout n.1); esp. disorderly, unruly. Cf. roytish adj. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > the lowest class > [adjective] > belonging to the rabble > characteristic of or resembling routish1642 mobbish1695 1642 Acct. Minstrel's Court Chester Rec. Office DLT/B3 f. 143–4, in L. M. Clopper Rec. Early Eng. Drama: Chester (1979) 462 Coblers, ffidlers, merry Companions, Whores, & such routish Company. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. ii. §115 The Common Hall..became a routish Assembly of sorry citisens. 1763 T. Cumming Let. 7 Oct. in I. M. Hays Cal. Papers B. Franklin (1908) I. 27 Since then a turbulent routish faction occasioned his resignation. 1833 Schoolmaster & Edinb. Weekly Mag. 26 Jan. 51/2 The social suppers of Edinburgh, immortalized by old Creech—which prevailed before we became so ultra-refined and routish. 1998 Buffalo (N.Y.) News (Nexis) 21 June d1 Only then did he crank the three-run homer that turned a tight game routish. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1642 |
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