cuerpon.
Obsolete.
Only in phrase in cuerpo: without the cloak or upper garment, so as to show the shape of the body; in undress; also figurative; sometimes humorously, without clothing, naked.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adverb] > in specific way
to (also into, unto) one's (also the) shirtc1300
in or of (a) suitc1325
in ragsa1350
in (also on) one's shirtc1380
in suit of or with1389
thinlya1400
in suit with1488
finely?1552
raggedly1552
smoothly1579
garish1590
briskly1592
in one's waistcoat1607
in mourning1621
in cuerpoa1640
in gala1757
airily1768
plain1808
in mufti1816
in, on one's stocking-soles1827
seedily1837
in beaver1840
back to front1869
dowdily1887
dossily1903
head-to-toe1946
sharp1951
sharply1965
understatedly1972
a1640 F. Beaumont et al. Loves Cure ii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Rrrrr/1 Boy: my Cloake, and Rapier; it fits not a Gentleman of my ranck, to walke the streets in Querpo.
1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 72 Out came the Lieutenant with his suit of Gallants, all armed in cuerpo.
1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 556 He..under-valued his office by going in quirpo like a young Scholar.
1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. x. 68 The drummer, who had given his only shirt to be washed, appeared in cuerpo.
1765 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses (ed. 4) IV. App. 397 He..strips Moses of his Mission, and leaves him to cool, in Querpo, under his civil character.
Compounds
attributive and in other combinations.
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1644–7 J. Cleveland Char. London Diurnall 3 A zealous Botcher in Morefields..contriving some Quirpo-cut of Church-Government.
1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xlv. 279 These smart, well-dressing, Querpo-fellows.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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