| 释义 |
† ˈpegrall, a. Sc. Obs.
Also peggrell, pygrall.
[Origin unascertained.]
Petty, paltry, trifling.
1535Lyndesay Satyre 2653 Ane peggrell theif that steillis ane kow. 1555Satir. Poems Reform. xxxvi. 126 That fals and degenerat seid Of Douglassis..That of his bluide resavit þe pygrall pryce. 1567Ibid. iii. 121, I did reid,..How Acan tuik the excommunicat guid:..Gif God was wraith at ane small pegrall stouth [etc.]. |