| 单词 | this gallant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthis gallant a. Used in the vocative as a courteous mode of address, esp. in plural; = ‘Gentlemen’. Also with playful or semi-ironical tone, as in this gallant = ‘this fine fellow’. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous forms of address or title > [noun] > for a man liefc907 goodmanOE beausirec1300 sir1320 lede1377 fatherhood1461 gallant1488 fatherhead?a1500 Mr?a1640 gallantissimoa1681 mister1734 massa1766 sieur1772 stira1796 master1798 zurr1803 sieur1812 squire1828 guv'nor1843 Mistah1853 sor1891 suh1894 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 1022 Had we ȝon gallandis doun On the playn ground thai wald mor sobyr be. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxii. 477 Reynawde called ten of his folke, and sayd to theym, ‘Galantes [Fr. Barons], goo fet me the duke rychard.’ ?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) iii. l. 1308 in Shorter Poems (1967) 84 Than suddandly my keper to me said, Ascend galand [1579 Edinb. Galland]. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iii. v. 1 God morrow Gallants, want ye Corn for Bread? View more context for this quotation 1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia ii. vi. 162 Whereby the indifferent Reader may perceiue with what prepared hatred, and prepensed malice this Gallant was affected. 1670 J. Dryden Tyrannick Love Epil. 67 Gallants, look to 't. 1717 A. Pope Epil. Jane Shore in Wks. 412 Faith, gallants, board with saints, and bed with sinners. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake v. 216 Exclaim not, gallants! question not. < as lemmas |
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