单词 | hiccius doccius |
释义 | hiccius docciusn. A formula used by jugglers in performing their feats; hence, ‘a cant word for a juggler; one that plays fast and loose’ (Johnson). Also attributive or as adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > legerdemain, etc. > formula [interjection] hey-passa1593 presto1598 hey or high jingo!1670 hiccius doccius1676 hey presto1732 presto changeo1905 1676 T. Shadwell Virtuoso ii. 22 I shall stand here till one of 'em has whipt away my Mistris about business, with a Hixius Doxius. 1678 Quacks Acad. 5 All the use you are to make of such Terms, is the same Juglers do of Hictius Doctius and Presto. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. iii. 228 [An] Old Dul Sot; wh' had told the Clock..At Westminster, and Hickses-hall, And Hiccius-Dockius play'd in all. 1690 J. Dryden Amphitryon v. 52 Here's nothing, and here's nothing: and then hiccius doccius, and they are both here again. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. iii. 211 The Author with his Hiccius-doxius Dexterity, can slur this on one Side, by a Word or two. 1794 Sporting Mag. 3 163 Our jugglers hixious doxious Shall distance all the Greeks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1676 |
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