单词 | cavy |
释义 | † cavyn.1 Obsolete. In familiar or contemptuous use: = cavalier n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by nationality > [noun] > British > specific redcoatc1605 cavalier1642 cavy1645 cave1661 peninsular1888 Ironside1889 Brodrick1903 Kitcheners1916 society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [noun] > cavalier or royalist cause > supporter of rattle-head1641 cavalier1642 delinquent1642 long head1642 malignant1642 Cab1644 cavy1645 kebc1645 rattlepate1646 cave1661 heroic1682 1645 Relat. Defeat to Skellum Greenvile 4 In the meane while..were at least sixty great gunnes shot off, which beat up the dirt bravely about the Cavies eares. 1650 A. B. Mutatus Polemo 15 The Cavies being at that time ready to turn anything, except Roundhead, for some money to be chirpingly drunk. Derivatives cavish adj. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [adjective] > cavalier or royalist malignant1641 cavalierish1647 cavish1650 cavalier1844 1650 A. B. Mutatus Polemo 29 The Cavish Remora's of this Nation shall have their bellies full of rebelling and jarres. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2021). cavyn.2 A rodent of the genus Cavia or family Cavidæ, all natives of America, of which the guinea pig and the capybara are the chief species. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Hystricomorpha (porcupine or guinea-pig) > [noun] > family Caviidae (cavy) cavy1796 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xxii. 153 The long-nosed Cavy..or Indian Coney, is also very common in Surinam. 1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. I. 396 Nearly all the species of Cavy, which are seven in number, have a slow..pace. 1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. II. iii. 95 The Javan Cavy..is not found in Java; but inhabits Surinam. 1838 Penny Cycl. XI. 480/2 Guinea Pig, Restless Cavy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † cavyadj. Obsolete. Of the nature of a cave. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hole or pit > [adjective] > cave cavy?1614 cryptic1617 cavernal1803 speluncean1803 cavernous1833 caverned1847 speluncar1855 spelaean1882 ?1614 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses ix. 57 Divine Calypso, in her cavy house. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021). cavyint. regional. = peccavi int. ΚΠ 1863 Mrs. Toogood Specim. Yorks. Dial. She begged cavy, and he forgave her. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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