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单词 truepenny
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truepennyn.adj.

Brit. /ˈtruːˌpɛni/, U.S. /ˈtruˌpɛni/
Forms: see true adj., n., adv., and int. and penny n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: true adj., penny n.
Etymology: < true adj. + penny n.
colloquial. Now rare.
A. n.
(A name for) a trustworthy, honest, or reliable person (likened to a coin of genuine metal). archaic in later use.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adjective] > genuine, real
soothc888
soothlyc888
soothfastc1175
germanec1384
truea1398
sickera1400
upright?a1500
uncounterfeita1542
righteous1543
legitimate1551
truepennya1556
arrant1570
uncounterfeited1571
real1573
current1578
genuinal1599
unforged1610
unpretended1611
legitime1614
unabusinga1628
Lubish1632
genuine1639
undissembled1651
undissimulate1652
ingenuine1661
infallacious1677
real live1684
unfalsified1688
unmistaken1694
pukka1776
undissimulated1776
unassumed1818
uncynical1824
Simon Pure1834
sure-enough1837
unsimulated1840
straight-out1848
true blue1852
veritable1862
really (and) truly1864
authentic1868
true-metal1868
kosher1896
twenty-four carat1900
honest to goodness1905
echt1916
dinky-di1918
McCoy1928
twenty-two carat1962
right1969
a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iv. iii. sig. F.iiijv What hough, come forth Trupenie. Trupenie. Anon. What is your will mistresse? dyd ye call me?
1595 Enq. Tripe-wife (1881) 152 Mother Messingham, the old true peny for trimming of a Tripe.
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. v. 152 Art thou there trupenny ? View more context for this quotation
1657 A. Cokayne Obstinate Lady ii. i. 18 Now my old Anchises! How dost True-Penny?
1743 H. Fielding Wedding Day iv. ix. 63 Ha! Truepenny, art thou jealous?
1769 F. Gentleman Stratford Jubilee ii. 17 For my own part, I should like to stay and see the fun—ay and we will, old True-penny.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) True-penny, generally, ‘Old True-penny’,..hearty old fellow.
1891 Arena Sept. 507 Ha! Say you so, old True Penny?
2004 A. K. Henderson Hard Times for Jake Smith xix. 101 A passel of 'em live in there. The storekeeper, Mr. Agnew—a real truepenny.
B. adj.
In earlier use: trustworthy, honest. Later also: true, genuine. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > [adjective]
soothfastc825
truefastOE
i-treowec1000
unfakenOE
trueOE
sickerc1100
trigc1175
strustya1250
steel to the (very) backa1300
true as steela1300
certainc1325
well-provedc1325
surec1330
traistc1330
tristc1330
trustya1350
faithfula1382
veryc1385
sada1387
discreet1387
trust1389
trothfulc1390
tristya1400
proveda1425
good-heartedc1425
well-trusted?a1439
tristfulc1440
authorizablea1475
faithworthy?1526
tentik1534
fidele1539
truthfulc1550
suresby1553
responsible1558
trestc1560
reliable1569
cocksurea1575
sound1581
trustful1582
truepenny1589
true (also good, sure) as touch1590
probable1596
confident1605
trustable1606
axiopistical1611
loyala1616
reposeful1627
confiding1645
fiducial1647
laudable1664
safe1667
accountable1683
serious1693
sponsible1721
dependable1730
unfailing1798
truthya1802
trustworthy1829
all right1841
stand-up1841
falsehood-free1850
right1856
proven1872
bankable1891
secure1954
1589 ‘M. Marprelate’ Hay any Worke for Cooper Epist. to Priests f. 2v You haue shewed reuerende Martin to be truepenie in deede.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) True-penny,..staunch and trusty; true to his purpose or pledge.
1906 Westm. Gaz. 26 May 4/2 I send you away to Spain With a catch in your ears from London, a truepenny pavement strain.
1908 Theosophist Feb. 346 If we are genuine Indians, if there be the true-penny ring of India in us, let us judge impartially.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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