单词 | wasser |
释义 | † wassern.1 Obsolete. rare. Perhaps: = wasserman n. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > hybrid creature or monster > [noun] > human hybrid > mermaid or merman > merman seaman1569 wasserman1590 merman1601 wassera1637 marmennill1805 waterman1833 a1637 G. Markham Newe Metamorph. (BL MS Addit. 14826) I. i. v. 90 The horrible huge whales did there appeare The wasser that makes marryners to feare. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online March 2021). wassern.2 = has-been n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun] > one who or that which is unsuccessful > one who is a failure > one who is past his peak has-been1702 have-been1737 had-beenc1748 used-to-be1852 extinct volcano1865 wasser1924 yesterday's man1966 1924 R. Kipling Debits & Credits 313 Bert was for it, with a few remarks from the patriotic old was-sers on the bench. 1936 F. M. Ford Let. 6 Sept. (1965) 259 But I don't want to be harmed by people calling me a lousy old wasser. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1a1637n.21924 |
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