| 单词 | his accidency |
| 释义 | > as lemmasHis Accidency 2. U.S. Usually with capital initial. Preceded by a possessive, as a mock title of respect given to a person who has succeeded to an office (esp. the presidency of the United States) by chance or mishap, such as the death of the previous incumbent. Chiefly in His Accidency. Cf. excellency n. 3b. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > mock title sir1362 Mas'1575 gallantship1579 elderberriness1589 excelsitude1599 bellyship1600 rascalship1605 madamship1620 muttonship1632 merchantshipa1640 minxshipa1640 prerogativeship1645 fairship1647 mayorship1648 his tallness1656 curship1663 goodyship1663 Mamamouchi1672 lowness1687 ghostship?1689 lairdship1715 grandship1747 supremacy1766 honourableship1767 beautyship1772 gravityship1772 titularity1777 lordship1800 ethereality1806 elegancy1819 king1823 accidency1830 transparency1844 1830 Chautauque Phenix (Westfield, N.Y.) 27 July 1/2 His Accidency is better, but his Accidency's malady, the palpitation of the heart, is not beyond danger. 1882 Chicago Tribune 10 Apr. 4/2 The appointment of Mr. William E. Chandler to a seat in the Cabinet by his Accidency Arthur is a matter of profound surprise. 1916 J. B. Foraker Notes Busy Life II. xxxix. 203 There had grown up a sort of custom according to which a Vice President succeeding to the Presidency on account of the death of a President was spoken of as ‘His Accidency’. 1977 Lebanon (Pa.) Daily News 16 Sept. 13/5 He [sc. Teddy Roosevelt]..assumed the presidency upon the assassination of McKinley, hence he good-naturedly preferred the title ‘Your Accidency’ to ‘Your Excellency’. 2008 G. Troy Leading from Center ix. 184 President Ford, mocked as ‘His Accidency’, was an affable but ineffectual replacement for Nixon. < as lemmas |
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