| 单词 | to take the gee |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take the gee A fit of bad temper or sullenness; usually in phrase to take the gee: to take offence, become sulky. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [noun] > fit of gloominga1400 terret1515 momurdotesc1540 the sullens1580 pirr1581 pet1590 snuff1592 mulligrubs1599 mumps1599 geea1605 mood1609 miff1623 tetch1623 frumps1671 strunt1721 hump1727 tiff1727 tift1751 huff1757 tig1773 tout1787 sulk1792 twita1825 fantigue1825 fuff1834 grumps1844 spell1856 the grumbles1861 grouch1895 snit1939 mardy1968 moody1969 strop1970 sull1972 cream puff1985 mard1998 a1605 A. Montgomerie Sonnets (1887) xxv. 9 Ȝe knau ill guiding genders mony gees And specially in poets. ?17.. Song in D. Herd Coll. Scottish Songs (1829) 5 Lang or e'er that I cam hame, My wife had ta'en the gee. 1714 ‘What's the matter wi' the Whigs’ in Jacob. Songs (1887) 82 When he takes on his good dame's gees He canna rule himsel', sir. 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 143 When I speak to them that's stately, I find them ay ta'en with the gee. 1844 Henderson in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 No. 12. 101 The bride ‘took the gee’..and would not proceed a foot further. 1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) (at cited word) ‘He's teaun t' gee’, he has taken offence. 1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Gee, a sudden turn, a pique. < as lemmas |
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