单词 | grueller |
释义 | gruellern.ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > types at specific universities son?c1550 Bibler1569 round cap1572 batteler1604 fellow commoner1614 gentleman-commoner1614 primar1642 Bible-clerk1650 Harry-Sopha1661 hodman1677 nobleman1682 seconder1684 grueller1691 ternar1698 tuft1755 red gowna1774 ten-year-man1816 prick-bill1818 bear1828 martinet1831 sheep1865 trotter1883 skiver1884 hall-reader1886 sign-off1902 night climber1937 techie1969 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 616 He..and other students..feeding on thin broth, made of Oatmeal and water only, they were commonly called Grewellers. 1708 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 8 Oct. (O.H.S.) II. 140 Here they had Prayers, and this deform'd old Maid [Elizabeth Hampton]..made them water Gruell, whence they were call'd the sect of ye Gruellers. 2. colloquial. A poser, settler, floorer. Cf. gruel v. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > that which is difficult > a difficult problem knotc1000 a bone to pick (also gnaw)c1450 dark, hard sentence1535 nut1540 Gordian knot1579 nodus1728 teaser1759 stumper1807 Chinese puzzlec1815 facer1828 sticker1849 grueller1856 stumbler1863 twister1879 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > puzzle, enigma, riddle > [noun] riddleOE purposec1350 problema1382 propositiona1382 conclusion1393 divinailc1430 opposal?a1439 riddling?c1475 wordc1480 why1532 dark, hard sentence1535 enigma1539 remblere1599 puzzlement1646 gripha1652 puzzler1651 riddlemy riddlemy1652 puzzle1655 crux1718 teaser1759 puzzleation1767 conundrum1790 poser1793 riddle-me-ree1805 stumper1807 tickler1825 sticker1849 brain-teaser1850 grueller1856 question mark1870 brain-twister1878 skull-buster1926 mind-bender1968 1856 Kingsley Let. T. Hughes in Alt. Locke (1881) I. Pref. Mem. 65 But this £25 of his is a grueller. 3. A ‘gruelling’ race or contest. ΚΠ 1876 Coursing Cal. 21 Harpist, in an awful grueller, was nearly always in front. 1876 Coursing Cal. 97 Gay Lad, after his grueller of this morning, could not run well. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1691 |
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