† bull-beggarn.

Etymology: See bull-bear n. As the obvious combination bull + beggar does not appear to yield a suitable sense, it is generally assumed that there must have been some alteration under the influence of ‘popular etymology’, e.g. that it is a (further) alteration of bull-bear ; or that the second element has been altered < boggard , buggart ‘bogle’. But evidence is entirely wanting. The word was sometimes (see b.) used with a punning allusion to the Papal bull n.¹, and to beggar n.

Obsolete.

= bull-bear n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > [noun] > one who or that which terrifies > object of terror (usually imaginary)

buga1425

buggart1440

gay horse1483

bogle?1507

chimera?1521

bog1527

terriculament1548

bugbear1552

bull-bear1561

hag1563

boggard1574

scare-bug1583

bull-beggar1584

kill-cow fray1589

poker1598

bug-boy1601

bogle-bo1603

mormo1605

mock-beggar1611

mormolukee1624

Tom Poker1673

raw-head1678

hobgoblin1709

bugaboo1733

Tom Po1744

spectre1774

bogy-man1862

bogy1865

1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft vii. xv. 153 They haue so fraied vs with bull beggers, spirits, witches,..that we are afraid of our owne shadowes.

1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies 73 And beggers will needes be somewaies bulbeggers.

1601 A. Dent Plaine Mans Path-way to Heauen 123 A mother when her childe is waywarde..scarreth it with some pokar, or bull-beggar.

1634 J. Taylor Great Eater of Kent in Wks. i. 147/2 The name of Good-friday affrights him like a Bulbegger.

1673 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd II. 250 Private Conscience is..a Bul~begger to fright children.

1813 J. C. Hobhouse Journey 32 Looking altogether, as to his garments, like what we call a bull~beggar.

1851 S. Judd Margaret (1871) v. 20 The haunt of bulbeggars, witches, spirits.

b.a1625 J. Boys Wks. (1630) 550 The Popes Bullbegger Cardinall Bellarmeni.1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 132 These Fulminations from the Vatican..were called Bull-Beggars.

Derivatives

ˈbull-begging adj. that operates as a terror.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1592 G. Harvey Foure Lett. Her redoutable Bull-begging Knight.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	bull-beggar
释义	† bull-beggarn. Etymology: See bull-bear n. As the obvious combination bull + beggar does not appear to yield a suitable sense, it is generally assumed that there must have been some alteration under the influence of ‘popular etymology’, e.g. that it is a (further) alteration of bull-bear ; or that the second element has been altered < boggard , buggart ‘bogle’. But evidence is entirely wanting. The word was sometimes (see b.) used with a punning allusion to the Papal bull n.¹, and to beggar n. Obsolete. = bull-bear n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > [noun] > one who or that which terrifies > object of terror (usually imaginary) buga1425 buggart1440 gay horse1483 bogle?1507 chimera?1521 bog1527 terriculament1548 bugbear1552 bull-bear1561 hag1563 boggard1574 scare-bug1583 bull-beggar1584 kill-cow fray1589 poker1598 bug-boy1601 bogle-bo1603 mormo1605 mock-beggar1611 mormolukee1624 Tom Poker1673 raw-head1678 hobgoblin1709 bugaboo1733 Tom Po1744 spectre1774 bogy-man1862 bogy1865 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft vii. xv. 153 They haue so fraied vs with bull beggers, spirits, witches,..that we are afraid of our owne shadowes. 1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies 73 And beggers will needes be somewaies bulbeggers. 1601 A. Dent Plaine Mans Path-way to Heauen 123 A mother when her childe is waywarde..scarreth it with some pokar, or bull-beggar. 1634 J. Taylor Great Eater of Kent in Wks. i. 147/2 The name of Good-friday affrights him like a Bulbegger. 1673 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd II. 250 Private Conscience is..a Bul~begger to fright children. 1813 J. C. Hobhouse Journey 32 Looking altogether, as to his garments, like what we call a bull~beggar. 1851 S. Judd Margaret (1871) v. 20 The haunt of bulbeggars, witches, spirits. b.a1625 J. Boys Wks. (1630) 550 The Popes Bullbegger Cardinall Bellarmeni.1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 132 These Fulminations from the Vatican..were called Bull-Beggars. Derivatives ˈbull-begging adj. that operates as a terror.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1592 G. Harvey Foure Lett. Her redoutable Bull-begging Knight. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1584
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