| 单词 | high mightiness |
| 释义 | > as lemmasHigh Mightiness High Mightiness n. [after Dutch hoogmogendheid (see hogen mogen n. and adj.)] now historical (with possessive adjective) a title of respect given chiefly to members of the States General of the Netherlands; frequently in plural; also ironic; cf. high and mightiness n. ΚΠ 1621 tr. P. Peck Proposition in Congregation of Gen. States sig. A3 Assuring your High Mightinesses likewise of the like good and sincere intention of the Catholike Maiestie. 1702 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical (ed. 2) iv. 52 Now for that Majestical Man and Woman there, stand off, there is no coming within a Hundred Yards of their High Mightinesses, they have revolted like the Dutch. 1707 London Gaz. No. 4389/2 Monsieur Lintelo, Envoy Extraordinary of the States General, delivered the King a Letter from their High Mightinesses. 1792 M. Cutler Let. 5 Mar. in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) I. 486 However important their High Mightinesses of Congress may appear abroad, they appear here..as small as other people. 1825 R. P. Ward Tremaine II. vii. 68 To lay my whip across his high mightyness's shoulders. 1883 W. Black Shandon Bells xxx Being particular about good dinners..is beneath their high mightinesses' notice. 1987 R. Mettam in I. Scouloudi Huguenots in Brit. xii. 205 The French monarch..found it difficult to fathom the behaviour of the self-styled ‘hogen-mogen’ men, Their High Mightinesses the Staten-generaal. 2010 New Yorker 27 Sept. 82/3 Adams had wanted to call him His Most Benign Highness, and Washington was fond of His High Mightiness. < as lemmas |
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