单词 | dummerer |
释义 | † dummerern. slang (obsolete exc. archaic). The cant name for a beggar who pretended to be dumb. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > beggar > who pretends disability dummerer1567 dummy1874 stiffy1917 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > vocal disorders > [noun] > dumbness > person dummel1570 dummerell1593 dummya1598 mute1615 deaf and dumb1625 deaf-dumb1822 dummerer1834 surdomute1880 deaf-mute1881 1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) sig. Diiiiv These Dommerars are leud and most subtill people, the most part of these are Walch men. 1615 J. Stephens Satyrical Ess. 274 It is thought he will turne Dummerer, he practises already, and is..many times taken speechlesse. a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Beggers Bush ii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Kk3v/2 Higgen, your Orator..That whilom was your Dommerer. 1725 in New Canting Dict. 1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood II. iii. v. 304 The..Dummerar, whose tongue had been cut out by the Algerines. 1931 J. Buchan Blanket of Dark xvi. 304 There was a troop of crowders in the little town, and as many cozeners and dommerers as if it had been an abbey-gate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1567 |
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