| 单词 | title-dropping |
| 释义 | > as lemmastitle-dropping a. With nouns, esp. agent nouns and verbal nouns, as title-dropping, title-hunter, title-seeker. ΚΠ a1625 J. Fletcher Wit without Money (1639) i. sig. B3 How bravely now I live,..how free from title troubles. 1797 M. Robinson Walsingham II. 203 She was a perpetual title-hunter. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 85 Heaps of living gold that daily grow, And title-scrolls and gorgeous heraldries. 1883 Bystander Apr. 99 A nature, such as that of the common title-seeker, is far more likely to be made indifferent to opinion by the possession of artificial rank than spurred to noble effort by the obligation which it entails. 1950 Life 19 June 79 Alec Guinness plays eight roles and dies eight deaths in a comedy about a murderous title hunter. 2017 States News Service (Nexis) 31 May Of course, title-dropping isn't a bad thing if done with proper aplomb. < as lemmas |
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