单词 | fatherling |
释义 | fatherlingn. rare (chiefly as a translation). 1. A term of contempt for: a father (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > [noun] > one who is disliked warling1546 disfavourite1611 distaster1623 fatherling1624 disagreeable1785 prune1895 1624 J. Ussher Answer to Challenge by Iesuite 282 These bastard fatherlings in their Nicene Creed, did not onely insert this clause. 1874 J. H. Blunt Dict. Sects at Albigenses ‘Paterini’.., sponsors or fatherlings, originally a term of reproach flung by the secular at the regular clergy, was well adapted to the Manichæan despisers of marriage. 1968 S. Monas tr. F. Dostoevsky Crime & Punishment v. ii. 379 Katherine Ivanovna..told her that if she once more made so bold as to put her ‘dirty little fatherling’ [Rus. drjannago faterišku] in the same class with her own dear papa, she would tear off that bonnet of hers and trample it underfoot. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] > of or to a spouse, parent, or close companion > of or to a father fatherling1826 1826 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 20 847 In what nation..but the German, does a daughter address her father as her ‘dear little fatherling’? 1836 N. Amer. Rev. July 105 The words Matushka, Batushka, Starinka, which we may venture to give in English by motherling, fatherling, oldling, are in Russian favorite terms of endearment. 1868 Monthly Packet Feb. 173 Thy fatherling sad on the threshold is lying. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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