Fit for the gallows; deserving to be hanged; villainous, wicked. Now only dialect in weaker sense, esp. of children: Impish, wild, mischievous. gallow…
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释义 | the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > roguery > [adjective] > and worthy of hanging (4) gallowsc1425 Fit for the gallows; deserving to be hanged; villainous, wicked. Now only dialect in weaker sense, esp. of children: Impish, wild, mischievous. gallow… rope-ripe1552 Ripe for the gallows; fit for being hanged. Now archaic. hangworthya1586 Worthy to be hanged. hempy1801 Scottish and northern. Worthy of the hangman's halter; usually jocular, meaning merely Mischievous, giddy, often in scrapes. |
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