| 单词 | word-catching |
| 释义 | > as lemmasword-catching word-catching adj. and n. now rare (a) adj. given to or characterized by catching at words, pedantic, carping; (b) n. petty criticism, pedantry. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > captious plitchinga1400 carpingc1400 cavillation1532 pinching1532 nibbling?1577 Zoilism1609 carp1618 snagging1642 find-faulting1654 word-catching1713 pickthanking1861 kvetchingc1950 nitpicking1951 1713 C. Upton Let. 14 Feb. in J. Kirkpatrick Hist. Ess. Loyalty Presbyterians ii. iv. 474 This Word-Catching Author..after all is Capable to make no greater Discovery of my Disloyalty, Jacobitism and Commonwealth Principles. 1729 in R. Savage Author to be Lett sig. A3v Is not Word-catching more serviceable in splitting a Cause, than explaining a fine Poet? a1849 W. E. Burton Let. in G. E. Woodberry Life E. A. Poe (1909) I. vi. 241 I think you yourself would not have written the article on Dawes, in a more healthy state of mind... I regretted your word-catching spirit. a1874 C. W. S. Brooks Naggletons (1875) vi. 45 That is just your vulgar habit of word-catching, which, excuse me, Henry, is quite apart from the manners of good society. 1961 J. W. Draper Stratford to Dogberry ii. 15 In their malapropisms and their word-catching, they suggest the commedia dell'arte, somewhat Anglicized. < as lemmas |
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