单词 | golee |
释义 | † goleen. Obsolete. rare. A mouthful, throatful (of words). Hoccleve's monosyllabic gole is perhaps due to a misunderstanding of Chaucer's form. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > [noun] > that which is or can be spoken > difficult to articulate or tongue-twister goleec1375 gargle1657 shibboleth1658 mouthful1883 tongue-tier1883 tongue-twister1898 c1375 Sc. Troy-bk. ii. 1478 He One þis wyse schewede hys gule. c1381 G. Chaucer Parl. Foules 556 (MS. Gg. 4. 27) Whan euerryche hadde his large gole [v.rr. golee, gule, Caxton golye] seyd. c1422 T. Hoccleve Jereslaus' Wife 545 Anoon to me telle out al thy gole, For treewe and trusty be to thee y wole. c1480 (a1400) St. George 638 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 194 Gert scilence be mad, til he had sad þat wes in his gule. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1375 |
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