单词 | slobberer |
释义 | slobberern. 1. a. A person or animal who slobbers (in various senses): one who drools copiously or excessively; a messy or noisy eater or drinker; a wet or enthusiastic kisser; (humorously) a small child, a pet (esp. a dog).In quot. 1732 perhaps as a general term of abuse; cf. sense 1b. In quot. 1796 with allusion to behaviour taken to characterize the elderly. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirty person > [noun] mesela1400 scabbardc1440 slotterbugc1440 drivel1498 sow1508 wallydraigle?a1513 sloven1530 filthy1553 ketterela1572 slabberer1611 slubberdegullion1612 Grobian1621 slabberdegullion1653 slobber-chops1670 slate1718 haverel1720 slobberer1732 slummock1760 fleabag1805 slush1825 slob1876 trashbag1887 crumb1918 garbage can1925 hog1932 crud1940 sordid1959 grot1970 1732 H. Fielding Mock Doctor 2 When a Lady..condescends to agree, To let such a Slobberer [ed. 2 Jackanapes] taste her. 1796 S. T. Coleridge Let. 17 Dec. (1956) I. 281 The Aged are ‘Slobberers.’ The only Vision, which Christianity holds forth, is indeed peculiarly adapted to these Slobberers—Yes! to these lonely & despised, and perishing Slobberers it proclaims, that their ‘Corruptible shall put on Incorruption, & their Mortal put on Immortality’. 1855 Bell's Life in London 11 Nov. 6/1 An alderman is a nice feeder, though the Guildhall laundresses allege that he is a slobberer. 1897–8 Lady's Realm 3 360/1 I never cared for children before I married.., never! I was not like some of these girls who go wild over any little slobberer in the streets. 1917 Amer. Jrnl. Physiol. 43 466 A few horses are found, which are habitual slobberers and from which a considerable quantity of saliva can be obtained without much difficulty. 1925 Daily Silver Belt (Miami, Arizona) 25 July 5/4 Youth is simply a pre-nuptial slobberer. Age is a past master in the art of kissing. 2011 Irish Times 29 Oct. 16 Designs to suit every pet from 50lb slobberers to models for parrots, hamsters, rats, even ferrets. b. figurative. A person who speaks or writes in a way regarded as foolish, superficial, or excessively sentimental (cf. slobber v. 5). Also in later use: one who is excessively effusive, obsequious, or enthusiastic (cf. to slobber over —— at slobber v. 1f). ΚΠ 1749 T. Moss Gen. Lover Pref. I did intend to inscribe it to a certain upstart Slobberer of elegiac Rant and Dribble, as a proper Patron of Nonsence, as one who has an utter Aversion to common sense. 1880 Cheyenne (Wyoming) Weekly Leader 15 Jan. These peace policy slobberers are too far removed from the scenes of strife to understand and appreciate the difficulties encountered by the people of the West. 1884 Atchison (Kansas) Globe 5 Jan. Brave men..who depend for justice upon a nation of slobberers, gushers, and demagogues. 1897 Sporting Mirror 2/4 9 Aug. I must pay a compliment to Miss Harriett Vernon..she looked handsomer and sang more sweetly than ever... For writing that some people may probably call me rude names—slobberer, and so forth. 1932 A. C. Ward Landmarks in Western Lit. v. 114 He chose instead to tickle the ribs of pompous dullards and romantic slobberers. 2012 Irish Independent (Nexis) 22 June 29 Perhaps most wounding of all for the Taoiseach was Clare's disgust at the ‘almost unprecedented slobbering over the Obama family’. She clearly had Enda in mind as one of the arch slobberers. 2. A slovenly or careless farmer, tradesman, etc. Also: a jobbing tailor, cobbler, etc. Chiefly English regional (East Anglian) and Irish English. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > worker according to manner of working > [noun] > slow or ineffectual piddler1602 slobberer1787 go-slower1920 ghost payroller1952 1787 W. Marshall Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Norfolk II. 388 Slobberers, slovenly farmers. 1845 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 1 Nov. The careful farmer has suffered but little, in this district at least. The slobberer always deserves to do so. 1846 Times 4 June 4/6 Towny carried on the business of a jobbing tailor, or ‘slobberer’, as it is technically called, and had been out of work for a considerable period. 1883 W. Campbell Hist. Incorporation of Cordiners Glasgow vi. 40 Makers and menders of boots and shoes..are also known as welters..clobberers, and slobberers. 1889 Essex County Chron. 6 Sept. 1/7 Builders: useful all-round handy man, quick, wants permanency..; aged 32 (no slobberer). 1942 H. Williamson Story of Norfolk Farm xlvii. 323 A careless workman is a slobberer or bodger. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1732 |
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