释义 |
[ skeet ] / skit /
nounWalter William, 1835–1912, English philologist and lexicographer. Words nearby Skeatskatole, skatoxyl, Skaw, skean, skean dhu, Skeat, sked, skedaddle, skedaddler, skee, Skee-Ball Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for SkeatAs applied to men, Skeat thinks it meant good or worthy at stealing; but the etymology is still unsettled. Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book|C. Alphonso Smith Skeat explains this form as fallen with an excrescent d, due to Scandinavian influence, citing also Bk. Skeat has a note on this word explaining renk as a rank of fighting men, and citing the plur. Although Skeat connects phaeton with the Solar Charioteer he nevertheless connotes phantom. Archaic England|Harold Bayley
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