单词 | whipstart |
释义 | † whipstartn. Obsolete. rare. apparently = whipster n. 1c. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > paltry, mean, or contemptible turdc1400 shrub1566 skybala1572 peltera1577 whipstart1581 smatchetc1582 squib1586 paltripolitan1588 scrub1589 Jack-a-Lent1596 snotty-nose1604 whipstera1616 whimling1616 whiffler1659 insignificancy1661 insect1684 insignificant1710 pic1839 squirt1844 whiffmagig1871 sniff1890 picayune1903 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 437 b Whiles this whipstart [sc. a priest] alone have played all the partes of the Pageaunt. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1581 |
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