crankumn.

Etymology: A humorous formation < crank n.² Chiefly occurring in the combination crinkum-crankum adv., n., and adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcrankum.

†1. = crinkums n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > venereal disease > [noun]

bone acheOE

burning1382

crinkums1618

bone ague1659

crankum1661

venereal1843

jack1899

Jack-in-the-box1899

V.D.1920

a certain disease1927

social disease1978

1661 K. W. Confused Characters 5 He gets the French Cranckums, and so knows what it is to have a Tenure in Taile.

2. A twist, eccentric turn, crotchet, conceit.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > [noun]

phantoma1375

fantasyc1440

conceitc1450

fancy1471

crotchet1573

whim-wham1580

vision1592

reverie1602

whimsy1607

windmill1612

brainworm1617

maggota1625

vapour1631

flama1637

fantastic1641

idea1660

whim1697

rockstaff1729

whigmaleery1730

vagary1753

freak1785

whimsy-whamsy1807

crankum1822

whimmery1837

1822 J. Galt Sir Andrew Wylie II. xxvii. 250 His contrariness is altogether of some misleart crancum about your caring nothing for him.

1825 R. P. Ward Tremaine III. xxi. 379 Woodington 'Squire is a noble fellow, with all his crankums.

1838 J. Struthers Poet. Tales 78 The cleft, the stave, the semitone, An' fifths an' thirds And ither crankums.

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3. local. A large wooden trap used for catching pheasants or other game alive.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	crankum
释义	crankumn. Etymology: A humorous formation < crank n.² Chiefly occurring in the combination crinkum-crankum adv., n., and adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcrankum. †1. = crinkums n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > venereal disease > [noun] bone acheOE burning1382 crinkums1618 bone ague1659 crankum1661 venereal1843 jack1899 Jack-in-the-box1899 V.D.1920 a certain disease1927 social disease1978 1661 K. W. Confused Characters 5 He gets the French Cranckums, and so knows what it is to have a Tenure in Taile. 2. A twist, eccentric turn, crotchet, conceit. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > [noun] phantoma1375 fantasyc1440 conceitc1450 fancy1471 crotchet1573 whim-wham1580 vision1592 reverie1602 whimsy1607 windmill1612 brainworm1617 maggota1625 vapour1631 flama1637 fantastic1641 idea1660 whim1697 rockstaff1729 whigmaleery1730 vagary1753 freak1785 whimsy-whamsy1807 crankum1822 whimmery1837 1822 J. Galt Sir Andrew Wylie II. xxvii. 250 His contrariness is altogether of some misleart crancum about your caring nothing for him. 1825 R. P. Ward Tremaine III. xxi. 379 Woodington 'Squire is a noble fellow, with all his crankums. 1838 J. Struthers Poet. Tales 78 The cleft, the stave, the semitone, An' fifths an' thirds And ither crankums. Categories » 3. local. A large wooden trap used for catching pheasants or other game alive. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1661
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