单词 | appertise |
释义 | † appertiseappertysen. Obsolete. Open display, proof, or evidence of dexterity, skill, or valour, esp. in arms. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > display of skill appertise1480 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > [noun] > display of skill appertise1480 1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xi. xxii He was wyse, dyscrete, and ful of al appertyse. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Paris & Vienne (1957) 8 None durst..withstonde his appertyse in armes. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. ix. 24 Grete appertyses of armes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019). † appertiseappertyseadj. Obsolete. rare. Skilful, adroit, of ready wit. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] prettyOE hagherc1175 slyc1175 skilful1338 cunning1382 subtlec1390 subtilea1393 appertise1484 sleighta1513 practicatec1550 skilled1552 right-sided1575 canny1628 skilly1768 Oorlam1881 heads up1913 shit-hot1942 multi-skill1970 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) cxxxiii. 175 The most appertyse and wyse fynd them self..by suche delynge mocked and blamed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1480adj.1484 |
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