An image, a dressed-up figure; a doll, a puppet. Also: a person of grotesque appearance or costume; a scarecrow, a guy.
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释义 | the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > [noun] > grotesqueness > person (9) mammet1461 An image, a dressed-up figure; a doll, a puppet. Also: a person of grotesque appearance or costume; a scarecrow, a guy. scarecrow1590 A person whose appearance causes ridicule; a lean, gaunt figure; one who resembles a scarecrow in his dress, ‘a guy’. antic1597 A grotesque or ludicrous person. Obsolete. fright1751 †Anything that causes terror (obsolete). Hence (colloquial) a person or thing of a shocking, grotesque, or ridiculous appearance. figure1774 colloquial. A person of grotesque or untidy appearance. figure of fun: a ludicrous personage, an oddity. jigger1825 One who ‘jigs’ or dances a jig. Also, in dialect, An odd-looking person, a ‘guy’. Cf. jig, n.1 7. guy1836 A person of grotesque appearance, esp. with reference to dress; a ‘fright’. flibbertigibbet1878 A person resembling the character so nicknamed in Scott's Kenilworth; an impish-looking, mischievous, and flighty urchin; a person of grotesque… worricow1894 A scarecrow; a hobgoblin. Also transferred a person of frightful or unprepossessing appearance. |
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