The husk or sheath of a seed; the hull or shell of a fruit; a pod or seed-vessel; †figurative an empty person who has ‘nothing in him’. (See also…
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| 释义 | the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > insubstantial (22) hud1549 The husk or sheath of a seed; the hull or shell of a fruit; a pod or seed-vessel; †figurative an empty person who has ‘nothing in him’. (See also… puff paste1602 figurative. Matter of a light, flimsy, or insubstantial character; (also) a frivolous or inconsiderable person. Obsolete. shallowling1616 a shallow, superficial person. groll1637 A foolish or superficial person; a gossip, a smatterer. (Apparently peculiar to Bastwick.) shaup1728 figurative. An empty person. shallowist1799 = shallowling n. Subcategories:— purposeless (2) — frivolous or not serious (14) |
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