单词 | grandling |
释义 | grandlingn.ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [noun] > member of optimate1574 gentle blood1575 patrician1631 grandlinga1637 (man, woman) of fashion1702 Brahmani1704 ruffled shirt1754 aristocrat1789 thoroughbred1817 Brahmin1823 big bug1826 ruffle shirt1830 ruffle-shirter1842 blue blood1850 aristo1864 upper1955 a1637 B. Jonson Under-woods xliv. 64 in Wks. (1640) III But he that should perswade, to have this done For education of our Lordings; Soone Should he heare of billow, wind, and storme, From the Tempestuous Grandlings. 2. A grandchild. Now somewhat rare (regional in later use). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > grandchild > [noun] oy1488 grandchild1569 grandbairn1689 grandling1751 grandbabe1789 mokopuna1824 grandbaby1830 grandwean1877 grandkid1895 grand1922 1751 London Mag. Jan. 37/2 He, their only child,..ne little grandlings brought, their hearts to glad With idle parlance, and with childish plays. 1867 Mrs. M. A. Archer Echoes I. 23 One only little grandling Cheered the dotage of the sire, Rosy, Rosa Mclntire. 1936 Harper's Mag. June 134/2 Grandling of a famous man, and me only a one to laugh at. 1975 F. Markham Hist. Milton Keynes & District II. vii. 123 Grandmothers rejoiced over their grandlings: it was absolute proof that their lives had been worth while. 1999 G. M. Fraser Flashman & Tiger ii. 40 [You] are blessed..with grandlings and great-grandlings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1637 |
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