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单词 byword
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bywordn.

Brit. /ˈbʌɪwəːd/, U.S. /ˈbaɪˌwərd/
Forms: Old English–Middle English biwyrde, biword, Middle English–1500s by-worde, 1500s by-woorde, bie-word, 1500s–1800s bye-word(e, 1500s– by-word.
Etymology: < by adj. 2 + word n. and int.
1.
a. A proverb, proverbial saying.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > proverb > [noun]
byspelc1000
bywordc1050
forbysena1250
riotc1330
proverbc1375
sayingc1390
paroemia1550
nayworda1616
diverb1624
proverbial1645
sooth1655
proverbialism1830
c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 470 Prouerbium, biwyrde.
a1131 Anglo-Saxon Chron. anno 1130 Oc man seið to biworde, hæge sitteð þa aceres dæleth.
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iv. 769 For which ful oft a by worde here I seye, That rooteles mot grene soone deye.
c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 2243 Þere is a comyn byword..‘Wele settith he his peny, þat þe pound [therby] savith’.
1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 9 Is it not a by woord, like will to like?
1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 268 As honest as Goodman Andrews, was a Bye-word.
1849 Blackwood's Mag. 686 An old byword, which says more people know Tom Fool than Tom Fool knows.
b. A parable. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > parable, allegory, or apologue > [noun]
byspelc950
by-talea1300
forbyseninga1300
fable1340
parablec1384
similitudea1425
examplec1425
allegoryc1450
problema1500
apologuea1555
byworda1557
mythology1603
Aesopism1845
exemplum1883
a1557 J. Cheke tr. Gospel St. Matthew (1843) xiii. 3 He spaak vnto yem much in biwordes and said.
2.
a. A person or thing who becomes proverbial, as a type of specified characteristics; an object of scorn or contempt.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > [noun] > person or thing much talked about > that has become proverbial
proverba1382
byword1535
fable1535
myth1853
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [noun] > state or quality of being contemptible > object of contempt > proverbially
proverba1382
byword1535
by-talk1579
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Deut. xxviii. 37 Thou shalt go to waist, and become a byworde, and a laughinge stocke amonge all nacions.
1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xviii. 310 Marked like Cain..to be a byword, & an example of Gods Iustice to all the worlde.
1611 Bible (King James) 1 Kings ix. 7 Israel shall bee a prouerbe, and a by-word among all people. View more context for this quotation
1747 S. Richardson Clarissa II. xxxviii. 267 I am the talk, and perhaps the by-word of half the county.
1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. x. 137 Apothecaries profit is become a bye-word . View more context for this quotation
1867 J. A. Froude Short Stud. (1883) IV. ii. vi. 252 The Church courts were a byword for iniquity in every country in Europe.
b. A nickname, byname, epithet of scorn.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > nickname or additional name
to-namec950
eke-name1303
surnamec1330
bynamec1374
nickname1440
addition1472
epitheton1570
by-term1579
epithet1579
agnomination1590
adjunct1598
apathaton1598
byword1598
nurse-name1605
familiar name1611
suradditiona1616
sobriquet1646
agname1652
last name1695
agnomen1809
cognomen1811
soubriquet1818
nickery1823
handle1838
cognomination1843
moniker1851
eponym1863
adname1890
tag1961
1598 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. (new ed.) f. 52 Giue a thousand by-words to my name, And call me Beldam, Gib, Witch, Night-mare, trot.
1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 70 These Doctrines which he traduces under that by-word [i.e. Calvinism].
1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV xiv. 10 Her [sc. Venice's] very by-word sprung from victory, The ‘Planter of the Lion’.
3.
a. A word or phrase of frequent occurrence in speech, esp. in the mouth of a particular individual; a trick of speech, pet phrase. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > phrase > [noun] > catch-phrase or stock phrase
phrasec1550
byword1570
cant1681
catchphrase1834
wheeze1864
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1645/2 [Bonner] saying: (as hys byworde was) before God thou art a knaue.
1576 G. Gascoigne Complaynt of Phylomene in Steele Glas sig. P.ijv This byword phy betokneth bad, And things to cast away.
1651 Severall Proc. Parl. No. 104. 1612 Broke his brain with thinking there was some~thing in it, some ‘whatchecal e’, which is his by-word.
1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 241. ⁋8 His By-Words (as they call a Sentence a Man particularly affects).
b. A watchword, signal. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > word or cry > [noun] > watchword or rallying cry
wake-word1510
byworda1513
cry1548
mackerel cry1716
watchword1738
view halloo1761
rallying cry1793
rallying word1793
war cry1836
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. lxxxix. f. xxxv He gaue to theym this watche or by worde. Nempnyth your Sexis.
4. (cf. by-talk n. and by- comb. form 2c): A casual word, a hint; a word beside the matter in hand. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > [noun]
feelc1485
inkling1529
intimation1531
insinuation1532
by-warning1542
byword1542
item1561
cue1565
air1567
vent1613
insusurration1614
hinta1616
injection1622
indication1626
infusion1641
side glance1693
ground bass1699
touch1706
side view1747
sidewipe1757
allusion1766
penumbra1770
breath1795
slyness1823
by-hint1853
light1854
shove1857
suggestion1863
sous-entendu1865
point1870
sidewiper1870
sniff1936
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 18v He saied emong his frendes; I would haue bought a robe, if I had had money. He craued nothyng, but did onely after a maidenly sorte geue a bywoorde of his greate penurie.
c1572 W. Forrest Theophilus 540 in Anglia (1884) 7 94 What though a bye worde, vnwares, doe owte starte.
a1652 R. Brome City Wit iii. ii. sig. Dv, in Five New Playes (1653) There is no woman, though she use never so many by-words, but yet in the end she will come to the point.
1658 R. Allestree Pract. Christian Graces; or, Whole Duty of Man iv. §13. 108 When ever thou takest his Name in to thy mouth..by no means permit thy self to use it in idle by-words.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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