单词 | scurrile |
释义 | scurrilescurriladj. Now somewhat archaic. 1. = scurrilous adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [adjective] > ribald or scurrilous foulOE ribaldya1438 ribaldousc1440 villainous1470 ribald?a1500 ribaldious?1518 ribaldry1519 ribaldish?1533 rabulous1538 reprobriousa1539 ribaldrous1565 scurrile1567 profane1568 swearing1569 ribaldly1570 scurrilous1576 tarry1579 Fescennine verses1601 scogginly1620 ribaldrious1633 rotten in one's head1640 Billingsgate1652 promiscuous1753 blackguarding1789 blue1832 1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Bj If I, or you the taunting grace Can iudge from scurrill gere. 1592 A. Day Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) i. sig. C1 That it contain not base filthie or scurrile matter. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. iii. 148 With him Patroclus..Breakes scurrell iests. View more context for this quotation 1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 10 It had bin plainly partiall..to correct him for grave Cicero, and not for scurrill Plautus. 1701 N. Rowe Ambitious Step-mother ii. ii. 30 With scurrile Taunts and blackest Infamy They load my Name. 1838–43 T. Arnold Hist. Rome II. xxxvii. 479 Scurril songs, and gestures, and clapping of hands, were the only answer returned to him. 1854 R. C. Trench Synonyms New Test. xxxiv. 141 Which would attract many..whom scurrile buffoonery would only revolt and repel. 1883 R. W. Dixon Mano ii. v. 83 All which full oft she turned to scurril jest. 2. Apparently misused for: Rough, rugged, ‘unfriendly’. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > [adjective] > habitable > not undwellablea1382 unhabitablea1382 inhabitablec1400 uninhabitable1448 unhospital1570 unhospitable1612 inhospitable1616 scurrile1632 unreceivable1634 dishabitable1642 disinhabitable1660 untenantablea1661 unliveable1834 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vi. 262 Wee came to the most scurrile and timorous Discent of the whole passage. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ix. 423 Wee Coasted the scurrile and Rockey face of Norway. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1567 |
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