单词 | for the nonce |
释义 | > as lemmasfor the nonce 1. for the nonce. extracted from noncen.1 a. For the particular purpose; on purpose; expressly. Frequently with infinitive or clause expressing the object or purpose. In quot. 1949: for the purpose of teasing or joking; for its own sake. Now English regional (southern) and Scottish. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > [adverb] > for a or the particular purpose for the noncec1175 speciallyc1325 express1386 purposelyc1520 expresslya1616 for the very nonce1627 ad hoc1639 of the nonce1665 on the very nonce1665 determinately1862 the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adverb] > on one occasion eneOE for onceOE for the noncec1175 once1464 one time1942 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 7160 Wel itt mihhte ben þatt he. Wass gramm..All forr þe naness. forr þatt he. Swa wollde don hiss lede. To ben all þess te mare offdredd. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 87 (MED) Þe..stone..for þe nones was maked for to keruen þat fel biforen on his strenende lime. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 5795 He adde uor þe nones tueye suerdes bi is syde. c1387–95 G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. 381 A cook they hadde with hem for the nones To boille the chiknes with the marybones. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 108 (MED) Steuen com for þe nons; þis lond to haf he þouht. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 173 (MED) For the nonys: Idcirco, ex proposito. c1475 tr. C. de Pisan Livre du Corps de Policie (Cambr.) (1977) 109 (MED) For euery fete of armes wer propre iwellis ordeyned for the noneys. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 420 (MED) For she dredde that theire beerdes sholde growe she lete a-noynte her chynnes with certeyn oynementes made for the nones. 1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. i. xii. f. xlviiv Thys brede is brede descendyng from heuyn for the nonys that who so maye eate and be fedde of that, shal not peryshe by euerlastyng deth. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. John ii. f. cccxviiiv Jesus differred the miracle for the nones, because the lacke of wine should be the better perceiued of euery body. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. ii. 178 I haue cases of Buckrom for the nonce, to immaske our noted outward garments. View more context for this quotation 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxiii. xxiii. 490 Trifling out the time for the nonce and of purpose [L. sedulo]. 1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) ii. 128 They buryed her aliue in a low vault made for the nonce. 1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality I. vi. 202 The least locomotive faculty, in the meanest reptile, must..be provided with..nerves, tubes, reservoirs, levers, and pulleys for the nonce. 1853 W. D. Cooper Gloss. Provincialisms Sussex (ed. 2) 63 Nonce, purpose, intent, design. ‘He did it for the nonce.’.. Still in frequent use in S. and Hants. 1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 40/1 Nones, Nonce, Nines, on purpose. ‘He didn't do it for the nauns,’, that is on purpose. 1949 in Sc. National Dict. at Nanes Never mind him: he's only saying it for 'e naince. b. poetic. Verily, indeed. Also as a virtually meaningless metrical tag, or as an intensifier. Now archaic. ΚΠ c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) 9848 (MED) Þai him þrewe wiþ kniues and stones And ȝauen him woundes for þe nones. c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 123 (MED) Þare he fond flesch and blod myd þe bones, An nou he gan to crye loude for þe nones: ‘My lord ich abbe y-founde.’ a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. 3009 A stille water for the nones Rennende upon the smale stones. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) 844 (MED) A hoge haþel for þe nonez, & of hyghe eldee. a1425 (?c1350) Ywain & Gawain (1964) 2051 (MED) Þe lyon hungerd for þe nanes; Ful fast he ete raw fless and banes. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) x. 58 The folk off lorne..tumlit on hym stanys, Richt gret and hevy for the nanys. a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) 3289 His helme was wele ordeynyd for the nonys, Right wele garnysshed with perle & precious stonys. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) viii. i. 67 Eneas..hymself doun layd..for the nanis, And gave schort rest vnto his wery banis. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 1502 Of hir ffeturs & fairhed is ferly to telle, Alse noble for þe nonyst as nature cold deuyse. 1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. X.i Behold my picture here well portrayed for the nones, With hart consumed and fallyng flesshe, lo here the very bones. 1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS f. 139 I reid thé for the nanis Keip stuff in pois. 1591 E. Spenser tr. J. du Bellay Visions vi, in Complaints sig. Y3 I saw her litle ones In wanton dalliance the teate to craue, While she her neck wreath'd from them for the nones. a1635 R. Corbet Poems (1647) 50 Here for the nonce, Came Thomas Jonce, In St. Jileses Church to lye. 1832 L. Hunt Poems 289 A cup of good Corsican Does it at once; Or a glass of old Spanish Is neat for the nonce. 1928 J. G. Horne Lan'wart Loon 22 An', for the nanes, he was a reiver. c. For the particular occasion; for the time being, temporarily; for once. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > [adverb] > at a particular or certain time > for the occasion for the noncec1400 occasionallya1425 to the nonce1802 the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [adverb] > provisionally or temporarily passingly1340 pro tempore1468 while1508 temporally1530 provisionally1597 interlocutorily1620 for the nonce1672 temporarilya1686 ad interim1701 probationally1707 pro tem1777 provisorily1802 to the nonce1802 temporaneously1818 transitionally1832 c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) 5662 (MED) Listneþ now for þe nones! ?a1475 Noble Bk. Cookry in Middle Eng. Dict. at Nones Sethe them to gedour, then tak them up and enbane them for the nonse. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. xii. 109 If your word polysillable would not sound pleasantly whole, ye should for the nonce breake him. 1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 98 To make a Conscience fit for the nonse, he sayes [etc.]. 1775 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) VII. 406 Do we not continually tell lies for the nonce, without gaining thereby either profit or pleasure? 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. xi. 199 I fear..there is no one here that is qualified to take upon him, for the nonce, this same character of father confessor. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. lvi. 376 They will take the often more profitable course of fusing for the nonce with one of the regular parties. 1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves xiv. 176 ‘I'm going to run in a race soon,’ she said, shelving the doll for the nonce and descending to ordinary chit-chat. 1952 C. MacKenzie Rival Monster xv. 187 The scientific approach to life had been so severely shaken that for the nonce he was willing to truckle even to superstition. 1988 M. Charney Hamlet's Fictions Concl. 152 We are asked to believe in what the characters are doing, or at least for the nonce to suspend our disbelief. < as lemmas |
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