释义 |
ˈrabiator Sc. rare. [Perh. a later form of rubiator, by assoc. with rabid.] ‘A violent, noisy, greedy person’ (Jam.).
a1814Watch-house ii. 1 in New Brit. Theatre I. 60 They a' barkit at me, like sae many rabiators. 1830Galt Lawrie T. i. vii. (1849) 22 One morning that rabiator, Mr. Lapstone, came into the shop. |