| 单词 | gem of chastity |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgem of chastity a. Said of persons; esp. in phrases, †gem of chastity, gem of jollity, gem of virtue, etc. (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent person gemc1275 blooma1300 excellence1447 mirrorc1450 man of mena1470 treasure?1545 paragon1548 shining light1563 Apollo's swan?1592 man of wax1597 rara avis1607 Titan1611 choice spirita1616 excellency1725 inestimable1728 inimitable1751 cock of the walk1781 surpasser1805 shiner1810 swell1816 trump1819 tip-topper1822 star1829 beauty1832 soarer1895 trumph1895 pansy1899 Renaissance man1906 exemplum virtutis1914 museum piece1920 superman1925 flyer1930 pistol1935 all-star1949 c1275 Luve Ron 163 in Old Eng. Misc. 98 Þis ilke ston þat ich þe nemne Mayden-hod icleoped is. Hit is o derewurþe gemme. c1386 G. Chaucer Prioress's Tale 157 This gemme of chastite, this Emeraude, And eek of martirdom the Ruby bright. c1410 T. Hoccleve Mother of God 106 Marie and Ion hevenly gemmes tweyne. a1525 Ballat Our Lady in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 271 O gem Ioynit in Ioye angelicall In quhom Ihesu reiosit for to duell. 1554 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. App. xx. 57 It is a most unworthy thing, that that gem of vertues should enlighten foreign nations. a1577 G. Gascoigne Princelie Pleasures Kenelworth sig. B.iii, in Whole Wks. (1587) Delitefull Dames, and gemmes of iolitie. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. iii. 78 Who knowes..But from this Lady, may proceed a Iemme, To lighten all this Ile. 1678 Young Mans Comf. 384 Spains rod, Romes ruin, Netherlands relief..Englands jem. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles iv. xxx. 168 O what a gem lies buried here. < as lemmas |
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