Divesn.

Brit.

/ˈdʌɪviːz/, U.S.

/ˈdaɪˌviz/

Etymology: < Latin dīves rich, a rich man.

1. The Latin word for ‘rich (man)’, occurring in the Vulgate, Luke xvi; whence commonly taken as the proper name of the rich man in that parable; and used generically for ‘rich man’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > wealth > [noun] > rich or wealthy person

rich manOE

richOE

Divesc1386

richlingc1445

stuffed manc1460

cob1548

wealthling1581

tercel-gentle1597

good liver1602

goldfinch1603

fill-sack1641

dorado1643

wealth-monger1654

a man, etc. of fortune1732

nabob1760

nawab1826

rico1844

abounder1876

high roller1876

fat cat1928

richie1954

wealth-holder1957

jet-setter1959

c1386 G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale 169 Lazar and diues lyueden diuersly.

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. ix. 279 Diues for hus delicat lyf to þe deuel wente.

1493 H. Parker (title) Diues and Pauper.

1584 T. Lupton (title) A dream of the deuill, and Diues.

1614 T. Adams Diuells Banket vi. 281 Euery one had rather be a Diues, then a Diuus: a rich sinner, then a poore Saint.

1640 W. Prynne Lord Bishops vi. sig. Fb Doe not our Diveses, our rich Lord Prelates..goe in their Purple, Satten, Velvet?

1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lvii. 514 ‘There must be rich and poor,’ Dives says, smacking his claret.

1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Oct. 7/2 Pleading and entreating with the Christian Diveses, of which the land is so full, for the tiny Lazarus lying hard by their gate.

2. dives costs n. Law costs on the higher scale.Under an old practice of the Court of Chancery, a plaintiff who sued in forma pauperis (and who therefore if he failed in his action could not be condemned to pay the defendant's costs) was sometimes, in case the action was successful, allowed to recover from the defendant only ‘pauper costs’, which were costs taxed on a low scale; while in other cases he was allowed to recover what by way of contrast were called ‘dives costs’, taxed on the ordinary scale.

ΚΠ

1849 Consol. Orders in Chancery xl. 5 Such costs shall be taxed as dives costs unless the Court shall otherwise direct.

1885 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 14 870 In 1701 Lord Somers allowed a pauper ‘dives costs’, that is, costs like other suitors.

1885 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 14 871.

Derivatives

ˈDivesdom n. the condition of being a ‘Dives’.

ΚΠ

1882 W. Besant All Sorts of Men II. xxviii. 207 Pauperdom, Divesdom, taxes, and all kinds of things.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dives
释义	Divesn. Brit. /ˈdʌɪviːz/, U.S. /ˈdaɪˌviz/ Etymology: < Latin dīves rich, a rich man. 1. The Latin word for ‘rich (man)’, occurring in the Vulgate, Luke xvi; whence commonly taken as the proper name of the rich man in that parable; and used generically for ‘rich man’. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > [noun] > rich or wealthy person rich manOE richOE Divesc1386 richlingc1445 stuffed manc1460 cob1548 wealthling1581 tercel-gentle1597 good liver1602 goldfinch1603 fill-sack1641 dorado1643 wealth-monger1654 a man, etc. of fortune1732 nabob1760 nawab1826 rico1844 abounder1876 high roller1876 fat cat1928 richie1954 wealth-holder1957 jet-setter1959 c1386 G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale 169 Lazar and diues lyueden diuersly. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. ix. 279 Diues for hus delicat lyf to þe deuel wente. 1493 H. Parker (title) Diues and Pauper. 1584 T. Lupton (title) A dream of the deuill, and Diues. 1614 T. Adams Diuells Banket vi. 281 Euery one had rather be a Diues, then a Diuus: a rich sinner, then a poore Saint. 1640 W. Prynne Lord Bishops vi. sig. Fb Doe not our Diveses, our rich Lord Prelates..goe in their Purple, Satten, Velvet? 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lvii. 514 ‘There must be rich and poor,’ Dives says, smacking his claret. 1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Oct. 7/2 Pleading and entreating with the Christian Diveses, of which the land is so full, for the tiny Lazarus lying hard by their gate. 2. dives costs n. Law costs on the higher scale.Under an old practice of the Court of Chancery, a plaintiff who sued in forma pauperis (and who therefore if he failed in his action could not be condemned to pay the defendant's costs) was sometimes, in case the action was successful, allowed to recover from the defendant only ‘pauper costs’, which were costs taxed on a low scale; while in other cases he was allowed to recover what by way of contrast were called ‘dives costs’, taxed on the ordinary scale. ΚΠ 1849 Consol. Orders in Chancery xl. 5 Such costs shall be taxed as dives costs unless the Court shall otherwise direct. 1885 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 14 870 In 1701 Lord Somers allowed a pauper ‘dives costs’, that is, costs like other suitors. 1885 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 14 871. Derivatives ˈDivesdom n. the condition of being a ‘Dives’. ΚΠ 1882 W. Besant All Sorts of Men II. xxviii. 207 Pauperdom, Divesdom, taxes, and all kinds of things. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1386
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