单词 | calleting |
释义 | calletingn. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > action of complaining > petty or irritating calleting1620 nagging1855 nag1866 natter1866 naggingness1898 noodging1960 1620 R. Brathwait Ess. Fiue Senses 135 Shee goes weekly a catterwauling, where shee spoiles their spice-cup'd gossiping with her tart-tongued calletting. 2. English regional (northern). Gossiping. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > gossiping taling1382 susurrationa1425 trattlinga1425 tittlinga1450 tattlea1529 tittle-tattlea1529 tittle-tattlinga1586 news-making1707 gossiping1712 gossipry1818 gossipred1828 anecdoting1845 calleting1905 hen-cackle1907 1905 E. W. Prevost Suppl. Gloss. Dial. Cumberland 47/1 Calleting, the act of gossiping. 1963 H. Orton & W. J. Halliday Surv. Eng. Dial. I. iii. 910 What's your word for spending a lot of time doing this (viz. chatting) and spreading tales?.. [Yorkshire] Calleting. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † calletingadj. English regional (northern). Obsolete. 1. Of a woman: nagging, scolding. Also: cheeky, impertinent. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adjective] thristec897 bolda1000 keen1297 apert1330 smartc1400 malaperta1425 overbolda1425 affronted1485 saucy1511 impertinata1525 over-familiar1529 pert1535 cocket1537 cockapert1556 contumelious1561 impudent1563 brass-bold1582 pertlike1582 paughtya1586 audacious1586 copped1597 effronted1598 petulant1598 dortya1605 rufty-tufty1606 facy1607 snappish1608 bold-faceda1616 over-pert1621 impertinent1631 procacious1660 insolent1678 calleting1691 effrontuousa1734 imperent1771 free1775 sassy1799 pawky1809 iron-sideda1825 gilpie1835 cheeky1838 fresh1843 snouty1858 nebby1873 gay1889 nebsy1894 nervy1896 brass neck1925 facety1928 facey1929 brass-necked1935 chutzpadik1959 the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > ill nature in woman or shrewishness > [adjective] shrew1297 shrewda1387 scoldinga1533 shrewish?1566 cotquean-like1581 virago1598 vixena1660 termagant1668 vixenlya1677 calleting1691 rudas1802 termagantish1823 vixenish1828 1691 J. Ray N. Country Words Callet, to cample, or scold; as, a calleting housewife. 1821 M. R. Sterndale Life of Boy I. xv. 325 They shall do as they like in this place; I'm na calleting housewife; I'll never cross her. 1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ 6 What did shoe do, lile tetchy, calletin monkey, bud tack pet, and gang off in a girt hig and whither. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 19/1 Calletty, calletting, scolding. 2. That chatters or gossips. rare. ΚΠ 1869 R. B. Peacock Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Calletin,..gossiping. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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