| 单词 | flaithulach |
| 释义 | flaithulachadj.  /fləˈhuːləx/, /fləˈhuːlək/, U.S. /fləˈhuləx/, /fləˈhulək/, Irish English /flæˈhuːləx/α. 1800s flahulugh, 1800s– flahoolach, 1800s– flahoolagh, 1800s– flahoolah, 1900s– flahoola, 1900s– flahoolac (rare), 1900s– flahoolic (rare), 1900s– flahoulac (rare), 1900s– flahulach, 1900s– flockooluck, 1900s– floochalach, 1900s– flooholic (Newfoundland, rare). β. 1900s– flaitheamhaileach (rare), 1900s– flaitheamhlach (rare), 1900s– flaithiulach, 1900s– flaithiúlach, 1900s– flaithulach, 2000s– flaithúlach (rare). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [adjective] > robust strongeOE hardOE stalworthc1175 starka1250 stiff1297 steel to the (very) backa1300 stalworthyc1300 wightc1300 stable13.. valiant1303 stithc1325 toughc1330 wrast1338 stoura1350 sadc1384 wighty14.. derfc1440 substantialc1460 well-jointed1483 felon1487 robust1490 stalwart1508 stoutya1529 robustous?1531 rankc1540 hardy1548 robustious1548 stout1576 rustical1583 rustic1620 iron1638 robustic1652 swankinga1704 strapping1707 rugged1731 solid1741 vaudy1793 flaithulach1829 ironbark1833 swankie1838 tough as (old) boots or leather1843 skookum1847 hard (also tough, sharp) as nails1862 hard-assed1954 nails1974 1829 Eng. Chron. & Whitehall Evening Post 9–11 June 3/2 Can you refuse me, a fine, boney, flahulugh, and, by the boot, spirited fullow, and a fullow who has words at will? 1841 Irish Penny Jrnl. 2 Jan. 210/1 Rose was what might be called a flahoolagh, or portly woman. 1869 Hunt's Yachting Mag. 1 Jan. 15 Good luck to her [sc. a boat] she's a brave flahoolagh craft. 2. Irish English and Newfoundland. Generous, lavish, extravagant; esp. munificent; willing to spend money on others. Often in ironic use. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > [adjective] custyeOE room-handeda1200 largea1225 free?c1225 plenteousc1350 bounteousc1374 liberalc1384 free-hearteda1398 ungnedea1400 royalc1405 opena1425 plentifula1475 profuse?a1475 ungrighta1475 lavishc1475 almifluent1477 prodigous1477 frank1484 bountiful1508 largifluent?a1525 munificent1565 magnificent1577 largeous1583 munifical1583 magnifical1586 free-handed1592 frolic1593 open-handed1593 magnific?1594 prodigal1595 goodwillya1598 communicativea1602 real1602 prodig1605 unniggard1605 generous1615 open-hearteda1617 large-handeda1628 unniggardly1628 fluent1633 profusive1638 numerous1655 largifical1656 insordid1660 unsparing1667 dispensive1677 expensive1678 wasteful1701 flush1703 unboundeda1704 genteel1741 munific1745 magnifique1751 ungrudginga1774 unstinting1845 brickish1860 flaithulach1876 princely1889 outgiving1896 sharing1922 two-handed1929 1876 Tinsleys' Mag. Sept. 284/2 It was a flahoolagh wake: lashins an' lavins av ivirythin'. 1894 Nationalist & Leinster Times (Ireland) 17 Mar. 3 Our contribution this year is not quite so flahoolagh as it used to be. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses 298 A lot of colleen bawns going about..selling..oranges and lemonade and a few old dry buns, gob, flahoolagh entertainment, don't be talking. 1975 Evening Telegram (St. John's, Newfoundland) 28 June 16 If you were flahoola with the money you could buy a slice of baloney. 2018 @Jane_S_Carroll 17 Apr. in twitter.com (accessed 19 May 2021) There's still time to donate if you're feeling flaithulach! This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022). <  adj.1829 |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。