A poor or paltry thing. Obsolete. rare.
| 单词 | θ131745 |
| 释义 | the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > paltry, mean, or contemptible (13) wretch?a1300 A poor or paltry thing. Obsolete. rare. flea1388 As a type of anything small or contemptible. figc1450 As a type of anything small, valueless, or contemptible; also, †a dried fig; a fig's end. In phrases: †never a fig = not at all; (to†bid, care, give… figo1589 = fico, n. in various senses. fico1598 = fig, n.1 4. Obsolete exc. archaic. paltering1611 concrete. Something worthless or paltry; a trifle. Obsolete. rare. fig's enda1616 Used contemptuously; so fig's end used as a substitute for some other word. Also as an exclamation. Cf. fiddlestick (s!, fiddlestick's end! at fiddle… mockado1740 Mockery, derision. two pennyworth1851 As much as is worth or costs twopence. Frequently figurative, a small or contemptible amount. See pennyworth, n. Subcategories:— collectively (1) — specific things (1) — condition (1) — position (1) |
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