| 释义 |
frumious, a.|ˈfruːmɪəs|
A factitious word introduced by ‘Lewis Carroll’ (see quot. 1871), and subsequently explained by him as a blend of fuming and furious (Hunting of Snark, pp. x–xi). Cf. bandersnatch.
1871‘L. Carroll’ Through Looking-Glass i. 22 Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch! 1876― Hunting of Snark 72 While those frumious jaws Went savagely snapping around. 1960‘J. Winton’ We saw Sea iii. 54 ‘How peaceful it all is,’ he said, ‘now we've curbed the frumious Goldilocks.’ 1966New Statesman 14 Jan. 59/2 In each revue-type episode, an increasingly glazed Michael Graham Cox is confronted with Peter Bayliss, splendidly frumious in each incarnation of shamed authority, gnashing on a marvellous repertoire of sobbing animal snarls. 1985N.Y. Times 21 Apr. vii. 24/3 (heading) Shun the frumious ziz. |