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单词 welsh pedigree
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Welsh pedigree
b. depreciative. Designating the lineage of a Welsh person, considered to be exaggerated and excessively lengthy. Chiefly in proverbial phrases. Frequently in Welsh pedigree. Obsolete. [With allusion to the supposed tendency of Welsh people to trace their lineages back to distant times. Compare quot. 1577 for Welsh Briton n.]
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > [noun] > a line of descent
linec1386
descent?a1400
pedigree1440
series1599
Welsh pedigree1615
bloodline1658
family linea1694
stem-line1892
1615 J. Stephens Ess. & Characters (new ed.) 286 He seemes to be the darling of some Welch pedigree: for he conspires with his owne profession, and makes a triumph of the least aduantage, in the very same manner.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Wales 7 As long as a Welsh pedigree.
1725 E. Young Universal Passion: Satire III 7 Till I surpass in length..A Welch descent.
a1764 C. Churchill Serm. (1765) Ded. p. iii When Thou art to Thyself, thy Sire unknown, A Whole, Welsh Genealogy Alone?
1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. It is a sorry Welch pedigree that does not, at least, reach to Noah.
1822 J. K. Paulding Sketch Old Eng. viii. 95 I hate walking, and should have been as long getting through Wales, as a Welsh pedigree.
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