| 释义 |
dilling Obs. exc. dial.|ˈdɪlɪŋ|
[Of doubtful etymology: it has been variously conjectured to be connected with dill v.2, or ON. dilla to trill, to lull, or to be a modification of derling, darling. Further evidence is wanted.]
A term of endearment, sometimes equivalent to darling, sometimes, the youngest of a family, the last born. In modern dialects applied to the weakling of a litter.
[1547Salesbury Welsh Dict., Dillin Mignyon.] 1584B. R. Herodotus 106 After this there befell unto him another mischiefe that sate as neere his skirtes as the death of his dilling. 1598Florio, Mignone, a minion, a fauorit, a dilling, a minikin, a darling. 1607Marston What you Will ii. i, Sunne, Moone, and seauen Starres make thee the dilling of Fortune. 1611Cotgr., Besot, a dilling, or swill-pough; the last, or yongest child one hath. 1612Drayton Poly-olb. ii. 26 The youngest and the last..Saint Hellen's name doth beare, the dilling of her mother. 1617Minsheu Ductor in Ling., A Dilling or wanton, one borne his father being very old..he is loved more than the rest. a1639Whately Prototypes ii. xxvi. (1640) 76 For Joseph and Benjamin..they were his youngest sons, dillings as we call them. 1674Ray S. & E.C. Words 64 A Dilling; a Darling or best-beloved child. 1890Robertson Glouc Gloss., Dilling pig or dolly pig, the weakly pig of a litter. |