单词 | varlet |
释义 | varletn. 1. a. A man or lad acting as an attendant or servant; a menial, a groom. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > [noun] > man or boy knightc950 knapec1000 shalkOE knaveOE sergeantc1200 swainc1275 groom1297 garcion13.. ladc1300 harlota1350 serving-mana1400 manservant1409 varlet1483 handman1496 custrelinga1556 Sim Shakebuckler?1560 lackey-boy1575 vadelect1586 muchacho1591 round robin1591 varlettoa1616 vadelet1661 gossoon1684 skip1699 mozo1811 Jack1836 tea-boy1847 John1848 α. β. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xxvi. 114 Than on my jorney,..Wyth my verlet called Attendaunce, Forthe on I rode.1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. ii. 13 The byssy knaipis and verlettis of his stabill About thame [sc. the horses] stud.1557 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandrie sig. B.ii Kepe neuer such seruantes, as doth thee no good:..For nestling of verlettes..make[s] many a rich man, to shet vp his doores.1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 154 b/2 I haue rychesses ynough, seruantes, varlettes,..and kynnysmen whiche serue me. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 226 The varlet of the labourare that is for to say, his hyre man, yat dryvis the pleuche. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lv. 187 This varlet semeth rather sone to a kyng..then to be a varlet to a mynstrell. 1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 94 She calls out to the varlets she doth keep,..Braine the dog's master first, and then the cur. 1661 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 2) Vadelet,..a Benchers Clerk or Servant. The Butlers of the house corruptly call them Varlets. 1684 Bp. G. Burnet tr. T. More Utopia 109 If it should so happen, that..all this Wealth should pass from the Master to the meanest Varlet of his whole Family. 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. viii. 107 Lords and varlets, where are they? 1853 G. P. R. James Agnes Sorel I. xii. 240 Acquiring very rapidly from the different varlets and pages a vast amount of information. b. spec. An attendant on a knight or other person of military importance. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > military servant > [noun] knighta1100 squirec1290 page?a1400 custrona1425 varlet1470 custrel1474 esquire1477 servitora1513 valet1591 stokaghea1599 calo1617 bedet1633 Tartar1747 batman1755 goujat1776 waiter1828 striker1867 beltman1869 doggy1909 dingbat1918 batwoman1941 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur x. xiv. 434 Thenne this Knyght called to hym a varlette, and badde hym ryde vntyl younder fayr manoyre. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Paris & Vienne (1957) 59 Whan Parys coude wel speke mouryske, he and his varlet took the waye toward ynde. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xvi. 16 The archers who were to the nombre of iii. M. shotte faste theyr arowes, nat sparyng maisters nor varlettis. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. l Diuers beyng wounded wer releued by theyr varlettes and conueighed out of the felde. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. iv. sig. Q2v Far away they spyde A varlet ronning towardes hastily...Behind his backe he bore a brasen shield. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. i. 1 Call heere my varlet, Ile vnarme againe, Why should I warre without the walls of Troy. View more context for this quotation 1825 W. Scott Talisman iii, in Tales Crusaders III. 51 Some fifty more men, archers and varlets included. 1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad I. iii. 123 In one month the French lost upwards of a hundred varlets. 1889 F. Cowper Capt. of Wight 167 Their esquires were waiting outside, and their varlets were leading their horses..up and down. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > valet manc1175 valet1567 varlet of the chamber1567 point-trusser1594 valect1610 valet-de-chambre1646 Andrew1700 gentleman's gentleman1704 bearer1727 sirdar-bearer1782 sardar1816 tiring-man1856 Jeeves1952 1567 Throgmorton in Robertson Hist. Scot. (1851) II. 435 [She requested] to have her apothecary..and..to have a varlet of the chamber. 1588 Excheq. Rolls Scot. XXI. 403 To William Murray, varlett of his majesteis chalmer, for his pensioun. 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. Q4 v His voiage vnder Don Anthonio was nothing so great credit to him, as a French Varlet of the chamber is. 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. i. 30 'Tis this that Proudest Dames enamours On Lacquies, and Varlets des-Chambres.] ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > other municipal officials > [noun] sergeant1423 town officer1523 dozener1558 varlet1601 culler1663 rhingylla1722 wardman1792 town father1847 presidente1851 1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor iv. i. sig. K2v Well gentlemen ile procure this waarrant presently, and appoynt you a varlet of the citie to serue it. View more context for this quotation 1620 J. Melton Astrologaster 73 Those that stand before both the Compters,..who appeare in the shapes of Sergeants, alias Varlets. a1627 H. Shirley Martyr'd Souldier (1638) v I was first a Varlet, then a Bum~baily, now an under Jailor. 2. a. A person of a low, mean, or knavish disposition; a knave, rogue, rascal.In later use frequently without serious implication of bad qualities. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > roguery > rogue > [noun] harlot?c1225 truantc1290 shreward1297 boyc1300 lidderon13.. cokinc1330 pautenerc1330 bribera1387 bricouna1400 losarda1400 rascal?a1400 custronc1400 knapea1450 sloven?a1475 limmerc1485 knavatec1506 smaik?1507 smy?1507 koken?a1513 swinger1513 Cock Lorel?1518 pedlar's French1530 varletc1540 losthope?c1550 makeshift1554 wild rogue1567 miligant1568 rogue1568 crack-halter1573 rascallion1582 schelm1584 scoundrel1589 scaba1592 bezonian1592 slave1592 rampallion1593 Scanderbeg1601 roly-poly1602 canter1608 cantler1611 gue1612 fraudsman1613 Cathayana1616 crack-hempa1616 foiterer1616 tilt1620 picaro1622 picaroon1629 sheepmanc1640 rapscallion1648 scaramouch1677 fripon1691 trickster1711 shake-bag1794 sinner1809 cad1838 badmash1843 scattermouch1892 jazzbo1914 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun] > rogue, knave, or rascal harlot?c1225 knavec1275 truantc1290 shreward1297 boinarda1300 boyc1300 lidderon13.. cokinc1330 pautenerc1330 bribera1387 bricouna1400 losarda1400 rascal?a1400 knapea1450 lotterela1450 limmerc1485 Tutivillus1498 knavatec1506 smy?1507 koken?a1513 swinger1513 Cock Lorel?1518 pedlar's French1530 cust1535 rabiator1535 varletc1540 Jack1548 kern1556 wild rogue1567 miligant1568 rogue1568 tutiviller1568 rascallion1582 schelm1584 scoundrel1589 rampallion1593 Scanderbeg1601 scroyle1602 canter1608 cantler1611 skelm1611 gue1612 Cathayana1616 foiterer1616 tilt1620 picaro1622 picaroon1629 sheepmanc1640 rapscallion1648 marrow1656 Algerine1671 scaramouch1677 fripon1691 shake-bag1794 badling1825 tiger1827 two-for-his-heels1837 ral1846 skeezicks1850 nut1882 gun1890 scattermouch1892 tug1896 natkhat1901 jazzbo1914 scutter1940 bar steward1945 hoor1965 α. β. c1540 Image Ipocrysy ii, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 429 The helper of harlettes, And captayne of verlettes, The cloke of all vnthriftes.1580 T. Tusser Fiue Hundred Pointes Good Husbandrie (new ed.) f. 60 Such Lords ill example doth giue: where verlets and drabs so may liue.a1604 M. Hanmer Chron. Ireland 29 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) Now see the villany of these verlates.a1555 R. Taylor in M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs (1564) 173 Then my lord sayd, thou art a very varlet. 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xiv. iii. 357 A notable cousening varlot, who professed Alcumystrie. 1624 R. Montagu Immediate Addresse 213 Is not this a varlet in graine: a fit Patron of Inuocation? 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 307 All shall see that you were arrant varlots, such as Religion can receive no blemish from. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. v. 98 A little contemptible Varlet, without the least Title to Birth, Person, Wit. 1781 R. B. Sheridan Trip to Scarborough v. ii Look, if the varlet has not the effrontery to call his lordship plain Thomas. 1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall viii A handsome boy,..but a mischievous varlet. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xl. 365 We are an uncouth, snobby, and withal, shabby-looking set of varlets. 1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. x. 212 In the doorway were the two impudent varlets, whom he called his clerks. b. Employed as an abusive form of address. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > as abused warlockOE swinec1175 beastc1225 wolf's-fista1300 avetrolc1300 congeonc1300 dirtc1300 slimec1315 snipec1325 lurdanc1330 misbegetc1330 sorrowa1350 shrew1362 jordan1377 wirlingc1390 frog?a1400 warianglea1400 wretcha1400 horcop14.. turdc1400 callet1415 lotterela1450 paddock?a1475 souter1478 chuff?a1500 langbain?c1500 cockatrice1508 sow1508 spink1508 wilrone1508 rook?a1513 streaker?a1513 dirt-dauber?1518 marmoset1523 babiona1529 poll-hatcheta1529 bear-wolf1542 misbegotten1546 pig1546 excrement1561 mamzer1562 chuff-cat1563 varlet1566 toada1568 mandrake1568 spider1568 rat1571 bull-beef1573 mole-catcher1573 suppository1573 curtal1578 spider-catcher1579 mongrela1585 roita1585 stickdirta1585 dogfish1589 Poor John1589 dog's facec1590 tar-boxa1592 baboon1592 pot-hunter1592 venom1592 porcupine1594 lick-fingers1595 mouldychaps1595 tripe1595 conundrum1596 fat-guts1598 thornback1599 land-rat1600 midriff1600 stinkardc1600 Tartar1600 tumbril1601 lobster1602 pilcher1602 windfucker?1602 stinker1607 hog rubber1611 shad1612 splay-foot1612 tim1612 whit1612 verdugo1616 renegado1622 fish-facea1625 flea-trapa1625 hound's head1633 mulligrub1633 nightmare1633 toad's-guts1634 bitch-baby1638 shagamuffin1642 shit-breech1648 shitabed1653 snite1653 pissabed1672 bastard1675 swab1687 tar-barrel1695 runt1699 fat-face1740 shit-sack1769 vagabond1842 shick-shack1847 soor1848 b1851 stink-pot1854 molie1871 pig-dog1871 schweinhund1871 wind-sucker1880 fucker1893 cocksucker1894 wart1896 so-and-so1897 swine-hound1899 motherfucker1918 S.O.B.1918 twat1922 mong1926 mucker1929 basket1936 cowson1936 zombie1936 meatball1937 shower1943 chickenshit1945 mugger1945 motherferyer1946 hooer1952 morpion1954 mother1955 mother-raper1959 louser1960 effer1961 salaud1962 gunk1964 scunge1967 1566 W. Adlington tr. Apuleius .XI. Bks. Golden Asse xxii. f. 55 Thou presumest and thinkest (thou triflinge boye, thou verlette,..that thou arte most woorthy and excellent. 1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 84 Knowe you (varlets) whom you dally-with? 1677 T. D'Urfey Madam Fickle iii. 28 Out of my doors thou Varlet: away. 1706 J. Addison Rosamond i. iii Faithless Varlet, art thou there? 1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer v. 97 And is it to you, you graceless varlet, I owe all this. 1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. ii. iv. 187 ‘Now for thee, varlet,’ cried Tarleton, brandishing his rapier. 1841 G. P. R. James Brigand iii Run, sir varlet, run. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [verb (intransitive)] truantc1400 to play the‥varlet1579 to play the jack1606 rogue1702 scaramouch1783 blackguard1786 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 871/1 To play the verie varlets against all goodnesse:..we see the wicked are giuen to this. 1615–20 C. More Life Sir T. Moore (1828) 318 He fell to scoffing,..and played the very varlet with the king. a1650 D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1843) II. 172 So faine would the comptroller have played a good varlett, and satisfeid the queene, or elles have made up his owne profite. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > male prostitute sellary1598 spintry1598 varlet1609 whore1609 prostitute1761 renter1893 trade1919 pimp1942 call boy1943 rent1967 rent boy1969 tart1976 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. i. 16 The. Thou art said to be Achilles male varlot. Pat. Male varlot you rogue whats that. The. Why his masculine whore. View more context for this quotation ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > picture-card > jack knave1568 varlet1568 knight1585 noddy1611 Jack1674 Pam1898 1568 (a1508) W. Kennedy Flyting (Bannatyne) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 201 Waik walidrag and werlot of the cairtis. 1579 R. Rice Inuect. Vices B iv [They] are more at quiete with the Ace, Kyng, Queene, or Varlet of Spades, then thei can be with a Spade to digge..for their liuyng. 1579 R. Rice Inuect. Vices B iv Varlette of the Hartes. 1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes iv. i. 30 in Wks. II Mad. We call'd him a Coat-card O' the last order. P. Iu. What's that? a Knaue? Mad. Some readings haue it so, my manuscript Doth speake it, Varlet. 4. Apparently used for warlock n.1 ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > [noun] wielerOE jugglera1100 wielea1350 magicianc1375 sorcerc1400 warlockc1400 mage?a1425 sorcerer1526 witch-mana1538 wizarda1557 wise man1562 cunning man1594 man-witch1601 wonder-master1603 sorcerist1624 talisman1646 ob1659 fascinator1677 varlet1701 Magian1716 brujo1758 mediciner1845 bomoh1851 pellar1865 trollman1865 baloi1871 magic-man1905 Wiccan1971 1701 J. Brand Brief Descr. Orkney, Zetland viii. 110 There is a House called Kebister, where a Varlet or Wizard lived. Compounds attributive as varlet heretic, varlet page, varlet rebel. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [adjective] pautenerc1330 palliard1484 varletc1485 knavisha1492 limmer?a1513 limmerful?a1513 briberous?1536 patchingc1555 rascal1566 roguing1566 roguish1575 arrant1581 skybala1585 rascally1586 land-loping1587 shag-ragc1590 Scanderbegging1593 Scanderbeg1601 rogorous1609 rogueya1627 scoundrel1643 schelmish1654 skelm1673 rapscallionly1699 rapscallion1711 scoundrelly1790 furciferous1823 scapegrace1830 c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Knychthede (1993) ii. 11 Thai ordanyt him a squier and a varlet page—tobe euer contynualy at his bidding and seruice. 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 68 Did the maior of London thrust throughe Jacke Straw beinge but a verlet rebell, and onely disquietinge the Citye? 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1581/2 He is the naughtiest verlet heretique, that euer I knewe. Derivatives ˈvarletess n. a female varlet. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > roguery > rogue > [noun] > female scaba1592 rampallion1593 varletess1747 caddess1870 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun] > rogue, knave, or rascal > female rampallion1593 varletess1747 knavess1833 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xxxi. 196 It was more Pride than Love..that put me upon making such a confounded rout about losing this noble varletess. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. xxix. 96 Eight o'clock at Mid-summer, and these lazy varletesses (in full health) not come down yet to breakfast! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1470 |
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