| 单词 | water-wit |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater-wit water-wit n. †(a) (perhaps) a person with only water for wits; a stupid person (obsolete); (b) rough wit of the type associated with the watermen of London; cf. water language n. (now historical and rare).Sense (a) apparently represents an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > [noun] > particular kinds of wit bavin wits1598 Attic salt1633 water-wit1658 Latin-wit1670 sheer wit1672 sea-wit1695 razor wit1786 1658 tr. S. de Cyrano de Bergerac Satyrical Characters xxiv. 87 This water-wit [Fr. cet esprit aquatique] murmurs continually, like the fountains, yet no body understands what he saies. 1730 Daily Post 24 June Water-Wit; Water-Language. 1767 ‘Coriat Junior’ Another Traveller! I. 102 That vile ribaldry called water-wit. 1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home II. 143 The old, rough, water-wit for which the Thames used to be so celebrated. 1978 Maledicta Summer 14 What used to be called ‘water-wit’, because it was most safely engaged in by passengers on riverboats. < as lemmas |
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