flinchern.

Brit.

/ˈflɪn(t)ʃə/, U.S.

/ˈflɪn(t)ʃər/

Etymology: < flinch v.¹ + -er suffix¹.

1. One who hangs back or gives way, esp. at a crisis or in time of danger, etc.; one who shrinks from (an undertaking, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > skulking > skulker

skulkc1320

skulker1387

flincher1598

quitter1665

slink1824

turnback1843

sneakaway1900

trouble-shirker1908

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun] > giving way or giving in > one who

flincher1598

yielder1598

fainter1826

succumber1844

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > shrinking or recoiling > one who

flincher1598

starter?1614

blanchera1659

funker1826

blencher1873

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Taccognatore..a conycatcher, a micher, a flincher, a paltrer.

1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 272 All the flinchers that forsooke him.

1664 H. More Expos. 7 Epist. (1669) iv. 51 That sharp reprehension of Flinchers from the Faith.

1760 C. Johnstone Chrysal II. ii. xiv I am no flincher; I never say aye when I mean no.

1836 T. N. Talfourd in W. Hazlitt. Lit. Remains 295 In society, as in politics, he was no flincher.

in extended use.1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd xviii. 180 Gold and Silver will not tarry with mee; they are flinchers.

2. One who passes the bottle; one who abstains from drinking.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > abstention from drinking > [noun] > one who

flincher1549

abstainer1854

1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Jas. i. f. xxix^v He is counted a flyncher that foloweth sobrietie.

1673 Siege in W. Davenant Wks. v. 85/1 What a flincher, Quaff it off Mulciber.

a1748 C. Pitt Ep. to Mr. Spence 94 The sot..Swears at the flinchers who refuse their glass.

1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey III. v. iv. 74 A German student is no flincher at the bottle.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	flincher
释义	flinchern. Brit. /ˈflɪn(t)ʃə/, U.S. /ˈflɪn(t)ʃər/ Etymology: < flinch v.¹ + -er suffix¹. 1. One who hangs back or gives way, esp. at a crisis or in time of danger, etc.; one who shrinks from (an undertaking, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > skulking > skulker skulkc1320 skulker1387 flincher1598 quitter1665 slink1824 turnback1843 sneakaway1900 trouble-shirker1908 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun] > giving way or giving in > one who flincher1598 yielder1598 fainter1826 succumber1844 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > shrinking or recoiling > one who flincher1598 starter?1614 blanchera1659 funker1826 blencher1873 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Taccognatore..a conycatcher, a micher, a flincher, a paltrer. 1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 272 All the flinchers that forsooke him. 1664 H. More Expos. 7 Epist. (1669) iv. 51 That sharp reprehension of Flinchers from the Faith. 1760 C. Johnstone Chrysal II. ii. xiv I am no flincher; I never say aye when I mean no. 1836 T. N. Talfourd in W. Hazlitt. Lit. Remains 295 In society, as in politics, he was no flincher. in extended use.1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd xviii. 180 Gold and Silver will not tarry with mee; they are flinchers. 2. One who passes the bottle; one who abstains from drinking. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > abstention from drinking > [noun] > one who flincher1549 abstainer1854 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Jas. i. f. xxix^v He is counted a flyncher that foloweth sobrietie. 1673 Siege in W. Davenant Wks. v. 85/1 What a flincher, Quaff it off Mulciber. a1748 C. Pitt Ep. to Mr. Spence 94 The sot..Swears at the flinchers who refuse their glass. 1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey III. v. iv. 74 A German student is no flincher at the bottle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1549
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