单词 | blue-bellied |
释义 | blue-belliedadj. 1. derogatory (chiefly U.S. regional (southern)). Designating a person regarded as low, cowardly, or contemptible; esp. (in the southern United States) designating a northerner (sometimes spec. a New Englander). Cf. yellow-bellied adj. 2.From the mid 19th cent. sometimes with punning reference to the blue uniforms worn by Union soldiers; cf. blue belly n. (b). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [adjective] > contemptible unworthc893 unwrastc893 littleOE narrow-hearteda1200 wretcha1200 unworthya1240 wretchedc1250 un-i-wrastc1275 bad1276 lechera1300 feeblea1325 despisablea1340 villain1340 contemptiblec1384 lousyc1386 caitiff1393 brothelyc1400 roinousa1425 poor1425 sevenpennyc1475 nasty1477 peakish1519 filthy1533 despectuous1541 beggary1542 scald1542 shitten?1545 disdainfula1547 contemptuous1549 despicable1553 skit-brained?1553 contemniblea1555 vile1560 sluttish1561 queer1567 scornful1570 scallardc1575 tinkerly?1576 worthless1576 beggarly?1577 paltry1578 halfpenny1579 dog bolt1580 pitiful1582 sneaking1582 triobolar1585 wormisha1586 baddy1586 dudgeon1592 measled1596 packstaff1598 roguey1598 roguish1601 contemptful1608 grovelling1608 lightly1608 disdainable1611 purulent1611 snotty-nose1622 vilipendious1630 cittern-headed1638 wormy1640 pissabed1643 triobolary1644 disparageable1648 blue-bellied1652 unestimable1656 scullion1658 piteous1667 dirty1670 shabbed1674 shabby1679 snotty1681 snotty-nosed1682 mucky1683 bollocky1694 scoundrel1700 scaldeda1704 sneaking1703 ficulnean1716 unsolid1731 pitiable1753 scrubby1754 inimitable1798 scrubbish1798 worm-likea1807 small1824 lowlife1827 ketty1828 skunkish1831 yellow-bellied1833 scaly1843 cockroachya1845 wutless1853 nigger1859 trashy1862 low-down1872 cruddy1877 shitty1879 tinhorn1886 blithering1889 motherfucking1890 snidey1890 pilgarlicky1894 shitass1895 shoddy1918 yah boo1921 bitching1929 shit-faced1932 turdish1936 fricking1937 jerk-off1937 chickenshit1940 sheg-up1941 snot-nosed1941 jerky1944 mother-loving1948 scroungy1948 fecking1952 pissant1952 shit-kicking1953 shit-eating1956 bumboclaat1957 rassclaat1957 shit-headed1959 farkakte1960 shithouse1966 daggy1967 dipshit1968 scuzzy1969 bloodclaat1971 bitch ass1972 wanky1972 streelish1974 twatty1975 twattish1976 dweeby1988 douchey1991 wank1991 cockish1996 1652 Faithful Scout No. 84. 656 If a blew-bellyed Sequestrator has devoured the revenue of a Gentlemans estate in private..let him be served like Esops Cheaters. a1756 A. Hamilton Hist. Anc. & Honorable Tuesday Club (1990) I. ii. iv. 91 They would call him a hundred abusive names..[such as] blewbellied..flyblown Son of a whore, and conclude all, with the epithet of bloodthirsty traitor. 1840 Ohio Statesman 30 Sept. The procession was made up of old blue bellied Federalists, little boys and women. 1856 Times 11 Oct. 10 This respectable [Kansas] merchant..vented himself... ‘I've got to fight for the liberties of my country, and rid the place of those cowardly blue-bellied Yankees.’ 1867 A. Cary Bishop's Son i. 12 You infernal blue-bellied son of perdition. 1893 R. G. Hampton Major in Washington 56 That there Gresham, who was a blue-bellied Abolitioner, went into the war and fought agin us tooth and nail. 1915 Lincoln (Nebraska) Daily News 30 Nov. 9/4 Those blue-bellied, fish-eyed, rat-toothed and perfumed he-hussies who write eastern football. 2010 D. Ducharme Outer Banks House 21 That island used to be a nice, quiet place, before the bluebellied Yanks had their way over there. 2. Esp. in the names of animals: having a distinctive blue belly. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > feather > [adjective] > having particular or same colour feathers > on particular part red-breasted1609 white-breasted1625 yellow-bellied1674 strawberry-breasted1688 white-fronted1729 blue-backed1752 blue-bellied1753 black-bellied1764 red-backed1766 black-fronted1771 red-fronted1781 blue-collared1788 rose-breasted1801 1753 M. Johnson Young Woman's Compan. vii. 111 Make choice of a blue-bellied Plaice; but of a cream-bellied Flounder. 1829 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom VII. 145 Blue-bellied Finch. 1848 W. B. Carpenter Zool. Systematic Acct. (new ed.) I. v. 572 The Viper, or Adder (as it is commonly termed), is subject to great differences in colour; thus we have black, red, and blue-bellied varieties. 1938 Amer. Midland Naturalist 19 28 May 21 was a cold day, but the rocks were warm; blue-bellied lizards were seen on rocks at 8000 and 9000 feet. 1987 Wilson Bull. 99 171 Of the nearly 375 other species of tyrant flycatchers recognized worldwide only the Blue-bellied Black Tyrant (Knipolegus cyanirostris) has been karyotyped. 1994 Threepenny Rev. No. 59 6/2 The whole hive courted me—yellowjackets, blue-bellied hornets, furry bumbles, two-inch wasps. I drew them like a rotten plum. 2001 Trav. Afr. Winter 16/3 I had superb views of the Violet touraco, Blue-bellied roller and African golden oriole, among many others. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1652 |
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