单词 | gnoff |
释义 | † gnoffn. Obsolete. A churl, boor, lout. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > low or vulgar person > [noun] gadlinga1300 geggea1300 churlc1300 filec1300 jot1362 scoutc1380 beggara1400 carla1400 turnbroach14.. villainc1400 gnoffc1405 fellowc1425 cavelc1430 haskardc1487 hastardc1489 foumart1508 strummel?a1513 knapper1513 hogshead?1518 jockeya1529 dreng1535 sneakbill1546 Jack1548 rag1566 scald1575 huddle and twang1578 sneaksby1580 companion1581 lowling1581 besognier1584 patchcock1596 grill1597 sneaksbill1602 scum1607 turnspit1607 cocoloch1610 compeer1612 dust-worm1621 besonioa1625 world-worma1625 besognea1652 gippo1651 Jacky1653 mechanic1699 fustya1732 grub-worm1752 raff1778 person1782 rough scuff1816 spalpeen1817 bum1825 sculpin1834 soap-lock1840 tinka1843 'Arry1874 scruff1896 scruffo1959 c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 2 A riche gnof that gestes heeld to bord And of his craft he was a Carpenter. 1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Av The chubbyshe gnof that toyles and moyles And delueth in the downe. 1567 G. Turberville Epitaphes, Epigrams f. 4 If Vulcan durst presume That was a Gnuffe to see..Dame Venus to assaile. 1575 A. Neville De Furoribus Norfolciensium 141 The cuntry gnooffes, Hob, Dick, & Hick, with clubs and clouted shoon [so a1627 in Hayward Edw. VI, 76 (but spelt knuffes)]. 1581 J. Studley tr. Seneca Hercules Oetæus ii, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 198 The covetous charle, the greedy gnoffe in deede..In plenty pines the wreatch. 1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xiv. iv. 501 The Pagans wisdome and vertues were scorned of the ritch gnoffes [L. crassis diuitibus] that held shades for substances, and vertues for meere vanities. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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