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单词 sir-reverence
释义 sir-reverence
\ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷( ̷ ̷) ̷ ̷\ noun
Etymology: probably alteration (influenced by sir) (I) of sa-reverence, contraction of save-reverence, translation of Latin salva reverentia saving (your) reverence
1. obsolete — used as an expression of apology before a statement that might be taken as presumptuous or offensive
 < such a one as a man may not speak of without he say sir-reverence — Shakespeare >
— compare saving II 2
2. archaic
 a. : human excrement : feces 2
  < a pan of sir-reverence — Tobias Smollett >
 b. : a lump of human excrement
  < a ponderous sir-reverence — J.H.Frere >
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