单词 | stiffler |
释义 | † stifflern. Obsolete. = stickler n.1 a. A mediator or umpire; ? one who intervenes between combatants. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [noun] > settling quarrels or disputes > mediation > mediator mediatorc1410 recounsellera1425 mid-man1459 stiffler1473 stickler1538 goer1548 ombudsman1970 1473 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 468 The Kyng ententyth..to be as bygge as they bothe, and to be a styffelere atwyen them. b. One who is active or stirring (in a matter); a busybody; a wrangler. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > [noun] > being a busybody or officiousness > a busybody busybody1526 busyhead1555 stiffler1566 Jack-stickler1579 pragmatical1593 polypragmon1596 polypragmonist1609 polypragmist1613 factotum1618 ardelio1624 polypragmatist1631 pragmatic1634 polypragmatic1636 pragmatist1640 stickler1702 gad1756 pantopragmatic1860 butterinsky1902 eager beaver1942 1566 Abp. M. Parker Let. 4 Jan. in Corr. (1853) (modernized text) 252 The drift was (as I judged) for Dethick to continue such stifflers in the College of his pupils, to win him in time, by hook or crook, the master's room. 1585 R. Greene Planetomachia i. sig. Ev Promising..neuer to be a stifler in the like cause. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Stifler, a stickler; one who is very busy and active in any matter; as it were raising a dust. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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