单词 | byword |
释义 | bywordn. 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. 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’. 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). 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. 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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