earwiggingn.

Brit.

/ˈɪəˌwɪɡɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈɪ(ə)rˌwɪɡɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: earwig v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < earwig v. + -ing suffix¹.

The action of earwig v.; (originally) secret conversation or influence; whispered insinuation; (now usually) listening to another's private conversation, eavesdropping.

ΚΠ

1816 Syst. Stock-jobbing Explained Gloss. 85 Ear-wigging, when bargains are done privately in the market by a whisper.

1824 L.-M. Hawkins Mem. I. 233 What is ludicrously called his earwigging, began to attract notice.

1860 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 376/1 A good deal of delicate negotiation and private earwigging was practised.

1919 S. L. Gwynn J. Redmond's Last Years ii. 60 He hated everything that savoured of earwigging.

1970 G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard vii. 193 When I was in the big man's office recently, a bit of earwigging proved very informative.

2003 S. Brett Murder in Museum xxxiv. 271 Neither had met her before, so..Jude felt suitably invisible. But to make her ear-wigging less blatant, she needed something to read.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	earwigging
释义	earwiggingn. Brit. /ˈɪəˌwɪɡɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɪ(ə)rˌwɪɡɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: earwig v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < earwig v. + -ing suffix¹. The action of earwig v.; (originally) secret conversation or influence; whispered insinuation; (now usually) listening to another's private conversation, eavesdropping. ΚΠ 1816 Syst. Stock-jobbing Explained Gloss. 85 Ear-wigging, when bargains are done privately in the market by a whisper. 1824 L.-M. Hawkins Mem. I. 233 What is ludicrously called his earwigging, began to attract notice. 1860 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 376/1 A good deal of delicate negotiation and private earwigging was practised. 1919 S. L. Gwynn J. Redmond's Last Years ii. 60 He hated everything that savoured of earwigging. 1970 G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard vii. 193 When I was in the big man's office recently, a bit of earwigging proved very informative. 2003 S. Brett Murder in Museum xxxiv. 271 Neither had met her before, so..Jude felt suitably invisible. But to make her ear-wigging less blatant, she needed something to read. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1816
随便看	θ35341 θ35342 θ35343 θ35344 θ35345 θ35346 θ35347 θ35348 θ35349 θ3535 θ35350 θ35351 θ35352 θ35354 θ35355 θ35356 θ35357 θ35358 θ35359 θ3536 θ35360 θ35361 θ35362 θ35363 θ35364