| 单词 | wit-worm |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswit-worm wit-worm n. now rare one who has developed into a wit (like a ‘worm’ or caterpillar emerging from the egg). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > [noun] > witty person > developed into wit-worm1611 1611 B. Jonson Catiline ii. sig. D2 What hast thou done With thy poore innocent selfe?.. Thus to come forth, so sodainly, a wit-worme? 1647 C. Harvey Schola Cordis 194 That which worldly wit worms call nonsence. 1932 F. S. Fitzgerald Let. 2 Aug. (1964) 498 I did not destinate to signify that you were a wiseacre..but..that you were..a longhead,..as are so many epigrammatists, wit-worms, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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