单词 | brocard |
释义 | brocardn.1 1. Law. An elementary principle or maxim. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > serious saying, dictum > [noun] > as rule of conduct, etc. precepta1325 form1484 principle?1533 tenenta1556 maxima1564 maxim1578 primate1596 teneta1620 brocarda1623 formulaa1638 sutra1801 eleventh commandment1857 metarule1945 a1623 H. Swinburne Treat. Spousals (1686) 184 Because the Brocardes or contrary Conclusions, rather breed brabbles, than pacifie Contentions. 1759 J. Lauder Decisions I. 243 (Jam.) Alledged, He was minor, and so non tenetur placitare super hæreditate paterna. Answered, The brocard meets not. 1785 H. Arnot Coll. Trials Scotl. 301 Which greatly alleviated to supposed guilt, according to the brocard, ‘licet unicuique sangvinem fuum redituere qualiter qualiter’. 1825 W. Scott Betrothed Introd., in Tales Crusaders I. p. xiii Societas mater discordiarum, is a brocard as ancient and as veritable. 1862 M. Napier Mem. Life Visct. Dundee II. 10 Dolus latet in generalibus is a brocard of the civilians. 2. gen. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > [noun] saw9.. quideOE yedOE wordOE wisdomc1175 bysawe?c1225 riotc1330 sentencec1380 textc1386 dict1432 diction1477 redec1480 say1486 adage1530 commonplace?1531 adagy1534 soothsay1549 maxima1564 apophthegm1570 speech1575 gnome1577 aphorisma1593 imprese1593 spoke1594 symbol1594 maxim1605 wording1606 impress1610 motto1615 dictum1616 impresa1622 dictate1625 effate1650 sentiment1780 great thought1821 brocarda1856 text-motto1880 sententia1917 a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) I. xiii. 234 (note) The scholastic brocard pointing to the difficulties of the study of self: Reflexiva cogitatio facile fit deflexiva. 1856 J. F. Ferrier Inst. Metaphysic (ed. 2) 261 The scholastic brocard, which has been adopted as the tenth counter-proposition, is the fundamental article in the creed of..‘the sensualists’. 3. Biting speech, cutting gibe. (A French sense.) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > [noun] > sharpness causticity1785 brocard1837 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > jeering, taunting, or scoffing > [noun] > instance of hoker-wordOE gabc1225 scornc1275 jape1377 bourda1387 gaudc1440 knack1513 scoffing1530 gleekc1540 jest1548 to have a fling at?1550 snack?1554 boba1566 taunta1566 gird1566 flim-flam-flirt1573 gibe1573 scoff1573 flouting-stock1593 mycterism1593 flirt1613 fleera1616 scomma1620 jeer1631 snouchc1780 brocard1837 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. iii. iii. 161 Lameth..is met in those Assembly corridors by nothing but Royalist brocards; sniffs, huffs, and open insults. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2020). † brocardn.2 Obsolete. = brocket n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [noun] > in its second year brocketa1425 pricketa1425 brockc1515 spittard1538 spitter1565 brocard1607 subulon1607 knub1617 knobber1677 knobbler1686 buck-fawn1786 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 122 These Brocards are as great in quantity as other vulgar Hartes, but their bodies are leaner. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Brocart, a kind of swift stag, which hath but one small branch growing out of the stemme of his horne.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1a1623n.21607 |
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