单词 | bummery |
释义 | † bummeryn.1 Obsolete. The action or practice of pledging a ship, its cargo, etc., as security for money lent; = bottomry n. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal obligation > bond or recognizance > requiring or giving legal security > [noun] > legal security > mortgage > on a ship bottomry1593 bummery1661 bottomage1676 1661 J. Godolphin Συνηγορος Θαλασσιος sig. [a6]v He may not take up more money upon Bomeree or the Gross Adventure then his Interest is in ship or Lading. 1663 S. Pepys Diary 25 Nov. (1971) IV. 398 He advised me in things I desired about Bummary and other ways of putting out money; as, in parts of ships. 1690 J. Child Disc. Trade vi. 116 Bills of Bottomry, or Bumery. 1714 R. North Gentleman Accomptant Vocab. sig. a2 Bummeries, or as the Etymon is, Bottom Marine, signifies certain Bargains for vast Interest upon Loans of Money, to stand or fall intirely upon the Return or Loss of Ships. 1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 220 Brought to hearing for Relief against a Bummery Bond. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Bummaree, a word synonymous with bottomry, in maritime law. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020). bummeryn.2 Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] sleuthc888 sweernessc888 slacknessc897 unlustOE aswolkenessc1000 slothc1175 sweeringa1300 sloth-head1303 unlusthead1340 nicetya1387 sluggardy1390 sluggardness1398 nicehead1440 musardryc1450 slugnessc1450 lashness1477 sweerdomc1480 truantness1483 passibilityc1485 sleuthfulness1488 sluggardry1513 slothfulness1526 sluggardise1532 luskishness1538 desidiousnessa1540 ocivity1550 restiness?c1550 niceness1557 laziness1580 easinessa1586 poltroonery1590 facility1615 pigritude1623 pigrity1623 otiosity1632 easefulnessa1639 dronishness1674 reasiness1679 indolence1710 accidity1730 indolency1741 lurgy1769 donothingness1814 far niente1819 oisivity1830 donothingism1839 dronage1846 lotus-eating1852 faineance1853 faineancy1854 bummerism1858 lazyhood1866 bone-laziness1875 sleevelessness1882 bummery1887 sluggardliness1977 1887 Dallas Morning News 25 July 4/4 All drunkards should fare alike, regardless of destitute bummery, wealth or social status. 1894 Advance (Chicago) 3 May Petitions in Boots and Bummery...To some these straggling adventures have been a sort of..abnormal lesson in bummerism and vagabondage. 2. With modifying word. The action or practice of devoting a great deal of time to a specified activity, esp. of spending much of one's time in a particular form of leisure. Cf. bum n.6 6.In most cases after established compounds with bum as the second element, esp. beach bum n. at beach n. Compounds 2 and ski bum n. at ski n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1966 Sunday Light (San Antonio, Texas) 13 Feb. 4 e/8 A young girl who bounces from beach bummery to Hollywood stardom. 1972 Kenosha (Wisconsin) News 7 Apr. 19/1 Through the years, an idealized concept of ski bummery seized the public imagination. 1989 B. Collins My Life with Pros vi. 37 To Whitney and his comrades, tennis bummery was a perfectly honorable and sensible dodge. 2000 Sun (Nexis) 16 Mar. His next sports were beach-bummery, XXXX drinking and surfing around Melbourne. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.11661n.21887 |
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