单词 | softhorn |
释义 | > as lemmassofthorn softhorn n. slang (chiefly U.S., now rare) a foolish, naive, or inexperienced person. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun] > simpleton innocentc1386 greenhead1576 gonyc1580 ninnyhammer1592 chicken1600 loach1605 simplician1605 hichcock1607 smelt1607 foppasty1611 dovea1616 goslinga1616 funge1621 simplicity1633 gewgaw1634 squab1640 simpletonian1652 ninny-whoop1653 softhead1654 foppotee1663 greenhorn1672 sumph1682 sawney1699 sillyton1708 gaby?1746 gobbin?1746 green goose1768 nin-a-kin1787 Jacob1811 green1824 sillikin1832 greeny1834 softhorn1836 sucker1838 softie1850 dope1851 soft1854 verigreen1854 peanut1864 daftie1872 josser1886 naïf1891 yapc1894 barm-stick1924 knobhead1931 sook1933 nig-nog1953 sawn1953 pronk1959 stiffy1965 1836 Tait's Mag. June 391/2 Ye may think that to say so is rather more like a saft-horn than ye believe I am. 1837 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker i. xxxi. 198 I allot..that the blue-noses are the most gullible folks on the face of the airth,—rigular soft horns, that's a fact. 1905 A. H. Rice Sandy iii. 37 ‘Lor'! but you're a softhorn,’ said Ricks, contemptuously. 1984 R. Wilkinson Amer. Tough 88 The eastern gent whose superior traits at home made him a ‘greenhorn’, or a ‘softhorn’, out West. < as lemmas |
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