skulkern.

Brit.

/ˈskʌlkə/, U.S.

/ˈskəlkər/

Forms: Also Middle English, 1500s sculker(e, Middle English scolker, Middle English sculcare, Scottish scoukar.

Etymology: < skulk v. + -er suffix¹. Compare Middle Swedish skulkare, Norwegian skulkar.

a. One who skulks, in various senses. †Also as a name for the hare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > [noun] > moving softly or stealthily > one who

skulker1387

the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > skulking > skulker

skulkc1320

skulker1387

flincher1598

quitter1665

slink1824

turnback1843

sneakaway1900

trouble-shirker1908

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > lurking, skulking > [noun] > one who lurks

skulkc1320

lurkera1325

skulker1387

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Lepus (hares) > lepus europaeus (hare)

harea700

wimountc1280

wood-catc1280

babbart?a1300

ballart?a1300

bigge?a1300

goibert?a1300

grasshopper?a1300

lightfoot?a1300

long-ear?a1300

make-fare?a1300

pintail?a1300

pollart?a1300

purblind?a1300

roulekere?a1300

scot?a1300

scotewine?a1300

side-looker?a1300

sitter?a1300

westlooker?a1300

wort-cropper?a1300

break-forwardc1300

broom-catc1300

swikebertc1300

cawel-herta1325

deuberta1325

deudinga1325

fern-sittera1325

fitelfoota1325

foldsittera1325

furze cata1325

scutardea1325

skikarta1325

stobherta1325

straw deera1325

turpina1325

skulker1387

chavarta1400

soillarta1400

waldeneiea1400

scutc1440

coward1486

wata1500

bawtiec1536

puss1575

watkin1585

malkin1706

pussy1715

bawd1785

lion1825

dew-hopper-

1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VII. 491 He haþ wiþ hym flemed men and scolkers aboute.

a1400 Names of Hare in MS. Digby 168 b Þe wint-swifft, þe sculkere, Þe hare-serd, þe heg roukere.

?a1400 Morte Arth. 3119 Than skyftes þes skouerours,..Diskoueres for skulkers that they no skathe lymppene.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ix. l. 308 Skour weyll about for scoukaris in the se.

c1530 Pore Helpe 384 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. III. 266 A man that wyl not vary, And one that is no sculker.

1728 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 401 The numbers that are for laying him aside.., too often hedgers and skulkers.

1800 S. T. Coleridge tr. F. Schiller Death Wallenstein i. vii. 24 Did we conjure thee not to let that skulker..pass the gates of Pilsen!

1841 C. Mackay Mem. Pop. Delusions II. 30 He..was now a solitary skulker in the forests.

1870 C. Dickens Edwin Drood xv. 116 It's good advice, whichever of you skulkers gave it.

b. spec. (See quot. 1785.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > sick person > [noun] > imaginary > pretending illness

malingerer1785

skulker1785

sconcer1843

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > type of soldier generally > [noun] > malingerer or shirker

malingerer1785

skulker1785

king's bargain1867

carpet soldier1869

chocolate-cream soldier1894

chocolate soldier1895

snow-bird1905

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > undutifulness > undutiful person > [noun] > avoiding > by pretending illness

malingerer1785

skulker1785

sconcer1843

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > avoiding duty, work, or exertion > one who

skulkc1320

loundererc1425

old soldier1722

malingerer1785

skulker1785

shirker1799

shirk1818

slink1824

schemer1843

sconcer1843

scrimshanker1882

scrimshank1886

sooner1892

Weary Willie1896

slacker1898

slackster1901

sugarer1904

work-shy1904

gold brick1905

tired Tim (also Timothy)1906

lead-swinger1917

piker1917

gold-bricker1919

slinker1919

poler1938

skiver1941

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Skulker, a soldier who by feigned sickness or other pretences evades his duty, a sailor who keeps below in time of danger [etc.].

1826 A. C. Hutchison Pract. Observ. Surg. (ed. 2) 191 The plan I adopted, when serving afloat, to lessen the sick list of sculkers, as they are technically termed in the navy.

1887 Spectator 9 July 932/1 Serjeant Lawrence..was particularly hard on skulkers.

2. A moth, Graphiphora latens.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Caradrinidae > graphiphora latens

skulker1832

1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 54 The Sculker..appears in summer. Rare. South of Scotland.

3. Ornithology. (See quots.)

ΚΠ

1867 H. Spencer Princ. Biol. II. vi. viii. §349 ‘Skulkers’ is the descriptive title applied to the Water-Rail, the Corn-Crake, and their allies, which evade enemies by concealment.

1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 241 Their shy retiring habit of skulking among the rushes has caused them to be sometimes called Latitores (skulkers).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	skulker
释义	skulkern. Brit. /ˈskʌlkə/, U.S. /ˈskəlkər/ Forms: Also Middle English, 1500s sculker(e, Middle English scolker, Middle English sculcare, Scottish scoukar. Etymology: < skulk v. + -er suffix¹. Compare Middle Swedish skulkare, Norwegian skulkar. 1. a. One who skulks, in various senses. †Also as a name for the hare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > [noun] > moving softly or stealthily > one who skulker1387 the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > skulking > skulker skulkc1320 skulker1387 flincher1598 quitter1665 slink1824 turnback1843 sneakaway1900 trouble-shirker1908 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > lurking, skulking > [noun] > one who lurks skulkc1320 lurkera1325 skulker1387 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Lepus (hares) > lepus europaeus (hare) harea700 wimountc1280 wood-catc1280 babbart?a1300 ballart?a1300 bigge?a1300 goibert?a1300 grasshopper?a1300 lightfoot?a1300 long-ear?a1300 make-fare?a1300 pintail?a1300 pollart?a1300 purblind?a1300 roulekere?a1300 scot?a1300 scotewine?a1300 side-looker?a1300 sitter?a1300 westlooker?a1300 wort-cropper?a1300 break-forwardc1300 broom-catc1300 swikebertc1300 cawel-herta1325 deuberta1325 deudinga1325 fern-sittera1325 fitelfoota1325 foldsittera1325 furze cata1325 scutardea1325 skikarta1325 stobherta1325 straw deera1325 turpina1325 skulker1387 chavarta1400 soillarta1400 waldeneiea1400 scutc1440 coward1486 wata1500 bawtiec1536 puss1575 watkin1585 malkin1706 pussy1715 bawd1785 lion1825 dew-hopper- 1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VII. 491 He haþ wiþ hym flemed men and scolkers aboute. a1400 Names of Hare in MS. Digby 168 b Þe wint-swifft, þe sculkere, Þe hare-serd, þe heg roukere. ?a1400 Morte Arth. 3119 Than skyftes þes skouerours,..Diskoueres for skulkers that they no skathe lymppene. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ix. l. 308 Skour weyll about for scoukaris in the se. c1530 Pore Helpe 384 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. III. 266 A man that wyl not vary, And one that is no sculker. 1728 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 401 The numbers that are for laying him aside.., too often hedgers and skulkers. 1800 S. T. Coleridge tr. F. Schiller Death Wallenstein i. vii. 24 Did we conjure thee not to let that skulker..pass the gates of Pilsen! 1841 C. Mackay Mem. Pop. Delusions II. 30 He..was now a solitary skulker in the forests. 1870 C. Dickens Edwin Drood xv. 116 It's good advice, whichever of you skulkers gave it. b. spec. (See quot. 1785.) ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > sick person > [noun] > imaginary > pretending illness malingerer1785 skulker1785 sconcer1843 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > type of soldier generally > [noun] > malingerer or shirker malingerer1785 skulker1785 king's bargain1867 carpet soldier1869 chocolate-cream soldier1894 chocolate soldier1895 snow-bird1905 the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > undutifulness > undutiful person > [noun] > avoiding > by pretending illness malingerer1785 skulker1785 sconcer1843 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > avoiding duty, work, or exertion > one who skulkc1320 loundererc1425 old soldier1722 malingerer1785 skulker1785 shirker1799 shirk1818 slink1824 schemer1843 sconcer1843 scrimshanker1882 scrimshank1886 sooner1892 Weary Willie1896 slacker1898 slackster1901 sugarer1904 work-shy1904 gold brick1905 tired Tim (also Timothy)1906 lead-swinger1917 piker1917 gold-bricker1919 slinker1919 poler1938 skiver1941 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Skulker, a soldier who by feigned sickness or other pretences evades his duty, a sailor who keeps below in time of danger [etc.]. 1826 A. C. Hutchison Pract. Observ. Surg. (ed. 2) 191 The plan I adopted, when serving afloat, to lessen the sick list of sculkers, as they are technically termed in the navy. 1887 Spectator 9 July 932/1 Serjeant Lawrence..was particularly hard on skulkers. 2. A moth, Graphiphora latens. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Caradrinidae > graphiphora latens skulker1832 1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 54 The Sculker..appears in summer. Rare. South of Scotland. 3. Ornithology. (See quots.) ΚΠ 1867 H. Spencer Princ. Biol. II. vi. viii. §349 ‘Skulkers’ is the descriptive title applied to the Water-Rail, the Corn-Crake, and their allies, which evade enemies by concealment. 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 241 Their shy retiring habit of skulking among the rushes has caused them to be sometimes called Latitores (skulkers). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1387
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