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▪ I. nabal|ˈneɪbəl|
[From the Hebrew proper name Nābāl in 1 Sam. xxv. 3, etc.]
A churlish or miserly person. Also attrib.
1604G. Powel Catholike's Supplic. 127 The greedy Nabals & hold-fast Labans of the world. 1617Hieron Wks. II. 397 Many a carnall man, many a Nabal, hath these temporall things in a large measure. 1825Scott in Lockhart Life (1839) VII. 367 Nicol is certainly going to sell Faldonside, the Nabal asks {pstlg}40,000—at least {pstlg}5000 too much. 1871W. Alexander Johnny Gibb (1873) 192 ‘Nabal vratch’, soliloquised Dawvid Hadden within himself.
Hence ˈnabalism, † ˈnabalite; † nabaˈlitic a.
1645E. Pagitt Heresiogr. (1661) 60 Ignorant Idiots, noddy Nabalites. 1659Gauden Tears Ch. 35 It is a sin arguing a Nabalitick and vile heart. 1886W. D. Macray Pref. Chron. Abbat. Rameseiensis p. xxix, The churlishness of the second abbot..is condemned not so much for its own Nabalism as for its shortsightedness.
▪ II. nabal
variant of nable Obs. |