单词 | faddle |
释义 | faddlen. dialect or colloquial. 1. Nonsense, trifling; usually fiddle-faddle n., adj., and int. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [noun] windc1290 trotevalea1300 follyc1300 jangle1340 jangleryc1374 tongue1382 fablec1384 clapa1420 babbling?c1430 clackc1440 pratinga1470 waste?a1475 clattera1500 trattle1513 babble?a1525 tattlea1529 tittle-tattlea1529 chatc1530 babblery1532 bibble-babble1532 slaverings1535 trittle-trattle1563 prate?1574 babblement1595 pribble-prabble1595 pribble1603 morologya1614 pibble-pabblea1616 sounda1616 spitter-spatter1619 argology1623 vaniloquence1623 vaniloquy1623 drivelling1637 jabberment1645 blateration1656 onology1670 whittie-whattiea1687 stultiloquence1721 claver1722 blether1786 havera1796 jaunder1796 havering1808 slaver1825 yatter1827 bugaboo1833 flapdoodle1834 bavardage1835 maunder1835 tattlement1837 slabber1840 gup1848 faddle1850 chatter1851 cock1851 drivel1852 maundering1853 drooling1854 windbaggery1859 blither1866 javer1869 mush1876 slobber1886 guff1888 squit1893 drool1900 macaroni1924 jive1928 natter1943 shtick1948 old talk1956 yack1958 yackety-yack1958 ole talk1964 Haigspeak1981 1850 in S. Bamford Gloss. S. Lanc. 1892 Mrs. H. Ward David Grieve I. 26 Oh, is they? Then I spose books is faddle. 2. (See quot. 1881.) ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > fastidiousness > [noun] > fastidious person abrodietical1623 hypercritic1634 over-critica1661 finick1706 delicate1710 finicking1744 fidfad1754 quiddle1793 faddle1881 faddy1887 perfectionist1909 Nice Nelly1922 1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Faddle sb., a fanciful person; either fastidious in trifles or devoted to some particular hobby. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2019). faddlev. Obsolete exc. dialect. 1. transitive. To make much of (a child), pet, caress. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > foolish affection, excessive love or fondness > be infatuatedly fond or love to excess [verb (transitive)] > pet, indulge, or pamper daunt1303 cocker1440 cherisha1450 pomper1483 daut?a1513 to cocker up1530 pamper1530 pimper1537 tiddle1560 cockle1570 dandlea1577 cotchel1578 cockney1582 fondle1582 coax1589 to coax up1592 to flatter up1598 dainty1622 pet1629 cosset1659 caudle1662 faddle1688 pettle1719 coddle1786 sugar-plum1788 twattle1790 to make a fuss of or over (with)1814 mud1814 pamperizea1845 mollycoddle1851 pompey1860 cosher1861 pussy1889 molly1907 1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Xv/3 To faddle a Child, caresser un Enfant. 1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. 1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) 144 ‘His mother had use to faddle him a deal.’ 2. intransitive. ‘To trifle; to toy; to play’ (Johnson). ΚΠ 1755 in S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. 1761 F. Sheridan Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph I. 204 I thought..to have faddled away a good while longer. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Faddle-after, to pay minute attention to a person, to be solicitous about—and complying with—fads..‘Bessy's a rar' place up at the owd 'all; nuthin 'ardly to do but faddle-after the Missis’. Derivatives ˈfaddler n. one who faddles. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > action of caressing > [noun] > one who caresses or fondles fondler1720 caresser1822 faddler1888 canoodler1903 necker1920 1888 Sat. Rev. 7 Jan. 19 It is to be hoped that it contains a much smaller percentage of faddlers. ˈfaddling adj. trifling, pettifogging. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > paltry, mean, or contemptible unworthlyc1230 wretcha1250 seely1297 vilec1320 not worth a cress (kerse)1377 the value of a rushc1380 threadbarec1412 wretched1450 miserable?a1513 rascal1519 prettya1522 not worth a whistlea1529 pegrall1535 plack1539 pelting1540 scald1542 sleeveless1551 baggage1553 paltering1553 piddling1559 twopenny1560 paltry1565 rubbish1565 baggagely1573 pelfish1577 halfpenny1579 palting1579 baubling1581 three-halfpenny1581 pitiful1582 triobolar1585 squirting1589 not worth a lousea1592 hedge1596 cheap1597 peddling1597 dribbling1600 mean1600 rascally1600 three-farthingc1600 draughty1602 dilute1605 copper1609 peltry?a1610 threepenny1613 pelsy1631 pimping1640 triobolary1644 pigwidgeon1647 dustya1649 fiddling1652 puddlinga1653 insignificant1658 piteous1667 snotty1681 scrubbed1688 dishonourable1699 scrub1711 footy1720 fouty1722 rubbishing1731 chuck-farthing1748 rubbishy1753 shabby1753 scrubby1754 poxya1758 rubbishly1777 waff-like1808 trinkety1817 meanish1831 one-eyed1843 twiddling1844 measly1847 poking1850 picayunish1852 vild1853 picayune1856 snide1859 two-cent1859 rummagy1872 faddling1883 finicking1886 slushy1889 twopence halfpenny1890 jerk1893 pissy1922 crappy1928 two-bit1932 piddly1933 chickenshit1934 pissing1937 penny packet1943 farkakte1960 pony1964 gay1978 1883 J. W. Sherer At Home & in India 8 It [the garden] was divided into faddling beds. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 30 Oct. 5/1 The critic who gratified Mr. Stevenson by calling him a ‘faddling hedonist’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1850v.1688 |
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