† craddencraddonn.adj.

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s crau- (Scottish), 1500s–1600s crawdoun (Scottish); 1700s–1800s craddant (dialect).

Etymology: Derivation uncertain: possibly the same word as crathon n., but apparently associated in Scots with craw to crow and down; several quots. refer to or suggest a cock that will not fight.

Obsolete exc. dialect.

A craven, a coward.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > coward(s) > base or acknowledged coward

nithingOE

crathona1400

cradden1513

dastarda1529

poltroona1529

sneaksby1580

craven1581

niddering1596

fazart1597

cur1600

niding1605

white-liver1614

nidderling1664

snool1718

dastardling1800

the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [noun] > person

dwarfeOE

congeonc1230

go-by-ground?a1300

smalla1300

shrimpc1386

griga1400

gruba1400

murche1440

nirvil1440

mitinga1450

witherling1528

wretchocka1529

elf1530

hop-o'-my-thumb1530

pygmy1533

little person1538

manikin1540

mankin1552

dandiprat1556

yrle1568

grundy1570

Jack Sprat1570

squall1570

manling1573

Tom Thumb1579

pinka1585

squib1586

screaling1594

giant-dwarf1598

twattle1598

agate1600

minimus1600

cock sparrow1602

dapperling1611

modicum1611

scrub1611

sesquipedalian1615

dwarflinga1618

wretchcock1641

homuncio1643

whip-handle1653

homuncule1656

whippersnapper1674

chitterling1675

sprite1684

carliea1689

urling1691

wirling1691

dwarf man1699

poppet1699

durgan1706

short-arse1706

tomtit1706

Lilliputian1726

wallydraigle1736

midge1757

minikin1761

squeeze-crab1785

minimum1796

niff-naff1808

titman1818

teetotum1822

squita1825

cradden1825

nyaff1825

weed1825

pinkeen1850

fingerling1864

Lilliput1867

thumbling1867

midget1869

inch1884

shorty1888

titch1888

skimpling1890

stub1890

scrap1898

pygmoid1922

lofty1933

peewee1935

smidgen1952

pint-size1954

pint-sized1973

munchkin1974

the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > [noun] > imperfect development > dwarf

congeonc1230

witherling1528

crowl1621

knur1691

knurl1691

urling1691

knurlinga1796

cradden1825

small people1848

ateleiotic1902

1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid xi. Prol. 119 Becum thow cowart, craudoun recryand, And by consent cry cok, thi deid is dycht.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 158 Neyther must you..haue him [sc. the cock] a Craddon, for he must sometime stand in the defence of his wyfe & his chyldren.

1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall xv. sig. D4 It wold make our craw-down fedrum fal.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Cradden, a dwarf.

Derivatives

† craddenly adj. (also crassantly) Obsolete cowardly.

ΚΠ

1674 J. Ray N. Country Words Crassantly, as a crassantly lad, a coward. Chesh. In Lancashire they say craddantly.

1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Craddanly, as Crassantly...Crassantly lad, a Cowardly lad.

1742–1800 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (at cited word) A Craddantly Lad, a Coward. Lancash.

1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Craddenly, cowardly. North.

1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Craddantly.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	cradden
释义	† craddencraddonn.adj. Forms: Also 1500s–1600s crau- (Scottish), 1500s–1600s crawdoun (Scottish); 1700s–1800s craddant (dialect). Etymology: Derivation uncertain: possibly the same word as crathon n., but apparently associated in Scots with craw to crow and down; several quots. refer to or suggest a cock that will not fight. Obsolete exc. dialect. A craven, a coward. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > coward(s) > base or acknowledged coward nithingOE crathona1400 cradden1513 dastarda1529 poltroona1529 sneaksby1580 craven1581 niddering1596 fazart1597 cur1600 niding1605 white-liver1614 nidderling1664 snool1718 dastardling1800 the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [noun] > person dwarfeOE congeonc1230 go-by-ground?a1300 smalla1300 shrimpc1386 griga1400 gruba1400 murche1440 nirvil1440 mitinga1450 witherling1528 wretchocka1529 elf1530 hop-o'-my-thumb1530 pygmy1533 little person1538 manikin1540 mankin1552 dandiprat1556 yrle1568 grundy1570 Jack Sprat1570 squall1570 manling1573 Tom Thumb1579 pinka1585 squib1586 screaling1594 giant-dwarf1598 twattle1598 agate1600 minimus1600 cock sparrow1602 dapperling1611 modicum1611 scrub1611 sesquipedalian1615 dwarflinga1618 wretchcock1641 homuncio1643 whip-handle1653 homuncule1656 whippersnapper1674 chitterling1675 sprite1684 carliea1689 urling1691 wirling1691 dwarf man1699 poppet1699 durgan1706 short-arse1706 tomtit1706 Lilliputian1726 wallydraigle1736 midge1757 minikin1761 squeeze-crab1785 minimum1796 niff-naff1808 titman1818 teetotum1822 squita1825 cradden1825 nyaff1825 weed1825 pinkeen1850 fingerling1864 Lilliput1867 thumbling1867 midget1869 inch1884 shorty1888 titch1888 skimpling1890 stub1890 scrap1898 pygmoid1922 lofty1933 peewee1935 smidgen1952 pint-size1954 pint-sized1973 munchkin1974 the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > [noun] > imperfect development > dwarf congeonc1230 witherling1528 crowl1621 knur1691 knurl1691 urling1691 knurlinga1796 cradden1825 small people1848 ateleiotic1902 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid xi. Prol. 119 Becum thow cowart, craudoun recryand, And by consent cry cok, thi deid is dycht. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 158 Neyther must you..haue him [sc. the cock] a Craddon, for he must sometime stand in the defence of his wyfe & his chyldren. 1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall xv. sig. D4 It wold make our craw-down fedrum fal. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Cradden, a dwarf. Derivatives † craddenly adj. (also crassantly) Obsolete cowardly. ΚΠ 1674 J. Ray N. Country Words Crassantly, as a crassantly lad, a coward. Chesh. In Lancashire they say craddantly. 1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Craddanly, as Crassantly...Crassantly lad, a Cowardly lad. 1742–1800 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (at cited word) A Craddantly Lad, a Coward. Lancash. 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Craddenly, cowardly. North. 1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Craddantly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.adj.1513
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