单词 | botheration |
释义 | botherationint.n. colloquial.In earlier use sometimes in representations of Irish English speech. Cf. bother v. 2a. A. int. Expressing annoyance, frustration, or exasperation. Now somewhat archaic or euphemistic (cf. buggeration int.). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > exclamation of annoyance [interjection] peste1768 botheration1787 bother it!1798 for Pete's sake1903 for the love of Pete1903 hell's teeth1909 zut1915 wouldn't it?1940 1787 World 20 Dec. For—O botheration!—'twas—rhyme against reason. 1800 Sporting Mag. Nov. 89/1 Oh! now botheration to all your fine singing. 1840 C. J. Lever Charles O'Malley xv, in Dublin Univ. Mag. June 675/1 ‘It's for Counsellor Kinshella, below stairs.’...‘Bethershin.’ 1847 C. M. Yonge Scenes & Characters vii. 67 ‘Rachel is going away.’.. ‘Rachel! Rachel! botheration!’ roared Reginald. 1931 E. Bliss Saraband i. 8 ‘Oh, botheration!’ said Aunt Gainy suddenly, slapping down the paper she had been reading. 1983 P. Fussell Class vii. 159 It's hard to believe that..any relics survive of that class that used to say ‘O pshaw!’ or ‘Botheration!’ 2011 D. Gist Love on Line iii. 34 ‘Botheration,’ she mumbled... ‘Missed again.’ B. n. 1. The state or condition of being bothered (in various senses of the verb); irritation, vexation; inconvenience. Also occasionally: the action or an act of bothering a person. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun] > petty annoyance botheration1797 potherment1855 pinpricking1864 1797 Sporting Mag. Mar. 342/1 After a long botheration..Mr. Lucius Concannon was convicted. ?1805 T. Dibdin Great Nation in I was Boy for Bewitching 'Em 5 It's a very fine nation..Whose friendship is all botheration. 1819 ‘R. Rabelais’ Abeillard & Heloisa 18 As Pat says, Sure 'tis bodderation. 1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel II. viii. 147 The pipe that allayeth botheration. 1864 Edinb. Rev. July 46 Introducing a new tense, the..praeteritum-propheticum, for the further botheration of schoolboys. 1917 H. H. Richardson Austral. Felix iii. i. 218 I'm inclined to put it down to sheer dislike of botheration—Irish inertia. 1962 J. Brunner Times without Number iv. 25 Navarro has caused us a deal of unnecessary botheration. 2013 Daily Mail (Nexis) 5 Feb. I did once own a mobile. It was back in 1999. All it ever brought me was botheration. 2. A person who or thing which causes annoyance, irritation, or vexation; a nuisance. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun] > cause of annoyance or vexation > one who or that which annoys noyera1382 annoyancec1405 offender?a1425 fretter?1504 traik1513 vexer1530 annoying1566 annoyer1577 plagueship1628 annoyancer1632 disobliger1648 nuisance1661 galler1674 bug1785 torment1785 botheration1801 nark1846 scunner1865 bother1866 botherer1869 crucifier1870 dinlo1873 bastard1919 skelf1927 dick1966 wazzock1976 knob jockey1989 1801 Mrs. Colpoys Irish Excursion II. vi. 146 These new sensations were very troublesome to Gommel;..he would not experience such botherations a week together for the Indies! 1814 T. Chalmers Let. in W. Hanna Mem. T. Chalmers (1849) I. 452 Formal visits and complimentary calls, and invitations and botherations of all sorts. 1866 M. Hosmer Ten Years of Lifetime xxii. 196 She's a botheration, and really keeps Norah in a stew. 1933 A. T. Kitchel George Lewes & George Eliot x. 193 They returned to their house..to find further botherations. 1949 A. Kennelly Peaceable Kingdom xi. 151 She scarcely had time to bid him good-bye and tell the children to play nicely and quietly in the yard and not be a botheration to anybody. 2014 J. Swafford Beethoven xxvii. 666 The endless career botherations that had been heaped on him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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