单词 | fit of pique |
释义 | > as lemmasfit of pique 2. (A feeling of) anger, irritation, or resentment, resulting from a slight or injury, esp. to one's pride; offence taken. Now esp. in fit of pique. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > [noun] > fit of wratha1200 pique1551 snuff1592 stumble1675 huff1757 cream puff1985 1551 King Edward VI Jrnl. in Lit. Remains (1857) II. 342 He was willed no more to move thes pikes.., in wich he had ben often aunswerid, without commission. 1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes sig. E2 You take the graue peake vppon you too much. 1669 J. Dryden Wild Gallant ii. i. 20 Pray, my Lord, take no picque at it. 1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. H4v He..bore a great pique at Alexander, for he having been preferr'd before him to the See of Alexandria. 1766 C. Anstey New Bath Guide xi. vi. 79 Poor Stephen, went suddenly forth in a Pique, And push'd off his Boat for the Stygian Creek. 1776 H. Cowley Runaway II. iv. 28 Fye! that air of pique is enough to ruin all. 1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility II. ii. 30 ‘'Tis because you are an indifferent person,’ said Lucy, with some pique, and laying a particular stress on those words. View more context for this quotation 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. ix. 406 A Bishop who had turned monk in a momentary fit of pique. 1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders ix. 82 I did not learn..what was the pick that the Black Smugglers had taken at the Maxwells. 1904 S. R. Crockett Strong Mac ix. 65 I thocht she had a pick at him. a1944 K. Douglas Alamein to Zem Zem (1946) xii. 78 The letter dispelled my pique. 1998 Odds On June 24/1 Jockey Richard Guest..huffed off in a fit of pique after being accused of taking it a little too easily on one of his mounts. < as lemmas |
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