| 单词 | to have a month's mind |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have (also bear) a month's mind 2. Used allusively or humorously as a synonym for mind n.1 14: an inclination, fancy, liking. Esp. in to have (also bear) a month's mind. to be in a month's mind: to have a strong expectation (rare). Now regional. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > [noun] willeOE hearteOE i-willc888 self-willeOE intent?c1225 device1303 couragec1320 talentc1325 greec1330 voluntyc1330 fantasyc1374 likinga1375 disposingc1380 pleasancea1382 affectionc1390 wish1390 disposition1393 affecta1398 likea1400 lista1400 pleasingc1400 emplesance1424 pleasurec1425 well-willingc1443 notiona1450 mindc1450 fancy1465 empleseur1473 hest?a1513 plighta1535 inclination1541 cue1567 month's mind1580 disposedness1583 leaning1587 humour1595 wouldings1613 beneplacit1643 wouldingness1645 vergency1649 bene-placiture1662 good liking1690 draught1758 tida1774 inkling1787 1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 125v Determining to ende his life in Athens, although he had a monethes minde to England. 1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. iv. iv. 34 He thaw's like Chaucers frosty Ianiuere; And sets a Months minde vpon smyling May. 1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 382 You bend toward them in the parting, and beare a moneths mind still vnto them. 1660 S. Pepys Diary 20 May (1970) I. 150 In another bed there was a pretty Duch woman..but though I had a month's mind to her, I had not the boldness to go to her. 1700 W. Congreve Way of World iii. i. 37 She has a Month's mind; but I know Mr. Mirabell can't abide her. 1755 J. Shebbeare Lydia (1769) II. 76 This baronet then had a month's mind to the Dowager Viscountess. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. vi. ii. 441 If you once leave us, we are in a month's mind that we shall not see you again. 1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 8 July (1939) 198 He [sc. a lion] was lying like a prince in a large cage, where you might be admitted if you [wished]. I had a month's mind—but was afraid of the newspapers. 1863 E. C. Gaskell Sylvia's Lovers II. iii. 59 I'd a month's mind to write to Brunton, as married Molly Corney, but writing is more i' thy way an' t' parson's nor mine. 1956 P. O'Brian Golden Ocean iii. 53 I've got a month's mind to have you keel-hauled. < as lemmas |
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