单词 | hogen mogen |
释义 | hogen mogenn.adj. A. n. 1. Frequently ironic or humorous. Any grand or powerful person, council, authority, etc. Cf. High Mightiness n. at high adj. and n.2 Compounds 4. Now rare.Also used as a mock title of respect.Frequently with allusion to sense A. 3. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [noun] > those in authority > person in authority mastereOE herOE lordOE overmana1325 overling1340 seignior1393 prelatea1475 oversman1505 signor1583 hogen mogen1639 boss-cocky1898 man1918 trump1937 authority figure1948 Great White Father1960 the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [noun] > person up-skip1549 startup1555 upstart1555 jackanapesa1575 hogen mogen1639 starter up1659 Mamamouchi1672 parvenu1787 shoneena1849 fine gentleman1928 rat fink1961 1639 J. Ford Ladies Triall ii. sig. D3v Guz. Here are Lords too, we take it... Ful...Tag, rag, or other, Hoger-Mogen vanden Skip-Iacks, or Chouses. 1649 C. Walker Anarchia Anglicana ii. 184 White-hall..where our Hogens Mogens or Councell of State sit. 1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 222 [He] told Sir Arthur Haslerigge that it was he that endeavoured to make himself and Sir Henry Vane the great Hogen Mogens, to rule the Commonwealth. 1713 W. Darrell Gentleman Instructed (ed. 5) iii. iii. 394 The Temple and Gray's-Inn have declar'd me a publick Enemy to the Hoghen Moghen learn'd in the Law. 1725 Dumb Projector 30 From the little Fisher-boy to the most potent Hogan Mogan they were all for Self-Interest. 1772 T. Bridges Burlesque Transl. Homer (rev. ed.) viii. 313 I am sure they are Confounded stupid dogs that dare Oppose your hoganmogan's pleasure. 1806 European Mag. & London Rev. Mar. 206/2 However, as we insisted on seeing something gigantic alive, he did show us a hogan-mogan—a huge black Flanders waggon horse, about twenty-five hands high. 1976 Crit. Inq. 2 645 Before jumping on the bandwagon, the common guildsman should wait the nod of the hogenmogens to be sure it joins the right parade. 2004 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 12 Aug. 8/3 Behind this explanation lies another: the dithering hogen-mogens—the ‘high and mighty’ politicians consumed as ever by domestic squabbles, simply couldn't make up their minds. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > other national governing or legislative bodies > [noun] > in the Netherlands hogen mogen1647 hogan1649 1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 52 The Hoghen Moghen are very exact in their polemicall government. 1657 J. Howell Londinopolis 390 The Hague subsists by the residence of the Hoghen-Moghen, the Council of State. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 83 I have sent him for a Token To your Low Countrey Hogen Mogen. 1685 Mischief Cabals 4 The Hoghen-Moghen scorn'd to accept of any thing. 1792 J. Trusler Habitable World Described XI. 103 The states also confer divers commissions on the members of their assemblies. The title assumed by them is of Hogen Mogen, high and mighty Lords. 1839 Knickerbocker Sept. 259 Something or other, they were sure, would turn up, to restore the power of the Hogen Mogens, the Lord States-General. 3. depreciative. A person from the Netherlands. Now archaic and rare.In quot. 1879 with reference to William III, Dutch king of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and overlapping with sense A. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of the Low Countries > [noun] > the Dutch > native or inhabitant of Holland Hollandera1549 Netherlander1555 Hans1569 Low Dutchman1576 butterbox1595 Dutchman1596 Statesman1603 hogan1649 frog1652 hogen mogen1652 Froglander1673 sooterkin1680 mynheer1701 Dutcher1818 1652 (title) A true description of those so called Hoghens Mogens, set out to the life, with the manners of their Quagmire Bog. 1672 W. de Britaine Dutch Usurp. 25 The Hogan Mogans..did warm their hands at those unhappy flames. 1719 T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth I. 252 The Italian and the butter bowzy Hogan Mogan. 1752 J. MacSparran Amer. Dissected (1753) 19 King Charles the Second sent Sir Robert Carr..who soon subdued Hogan Mogan, and wrested this Country [sc. New York] out of these Hollanders Hands. 1781 M. P. Andrews Baron Kinkvervankotsdorsprakingatchdern iii. 53 When Princes herd with swine, The Hogen-Mogens then may dare To blend their arms with mine. 1823 W. Scott Peveril II. x. 267 I have seen thee wave thy whinyard at the throat of a Hogan-Mogan—a Netherlandish weasand. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xxii. 793 This man, who in the drawingrooms and coffeehouses of London was described as an awkward, stupid, Hogan Mogan. 1879 Newcastle Courant 17 Oct. 6/6 James II..was forced into exile and the detestable Dutchman, Hogan Mogan, as we then called him, and his detestable wife ruled the kingdom. 1930 M. T. Moorman William III & Def. of Holland v. 102 The Dutch were not popular and the prospect of renewing the old struggle on the sea against the ‘Hogen Mogens’ had attractions. 2002 J. Stevenson Shadow King iv. 82 He is Commander of the Fleet, he should be at sea, sinking hogen-mogens. B. adj. (attributive). 1. Usually ironic or humorous. Powerful, mighty, grand. Now rare.Frequently with allusion to sense A. 3. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > [adjective] mightyeOE craftyeOE richeOE strongeOE wieldeOE mainstrongOE mightOE keena1000 mightfullOE mainfulc1225 reighc1225 starkc1275 boldc1300 fort13.. mightandc1350 strengthya1382 mightifula1400 bigc1400 powerfulc1450 puissant?c1450 mananta1500 mighteousa1500 potenta1500 potential?c1500 vailing1508 forcible1555 potentate1556 swingeing1567 powerable1580 strong-handed1598 strengthful1604 hogen mogen1648 powerlike1657 pollent1660 hogana1672 swayful1767 reverend1826 oomphy1955 kick-ass1977 1648 M. Nedham Mercurius Pragmaticus No. 7 sig. G Come creeping to the Hogan Mogan States of Westminster. 1676 T. Baker Let. in S. P. Rigaud & S. J. Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men 17th Cent. (1841) (modernized text) II. 3 Yet dare I not arrogate..that Hogun Mogun title of Magnus Apollonius. 1705 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft 9 The Hogen Mogen States of Venice. 1774 ‘Bob Jingle’ Assoc. Delegates Colonies Versified 12 Such Country-haters, Shall at his Hogan Mogan Tribunal be set, And their Names shall be put in the Boston Gazette. 1833 Olio 29 Sept. 187/2 A large hogan-mogan glass was handed him, which he instantly tipped off. 1943 R. Graves Story Marie Powell iii. 38 Then the other sleek-haired, hogen-mogen gentleman now speaking with Mr Lawes is, I suppose, Mr Ivy. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [adjective] > strong strongeOE stalec1300 mainc1400 nappyc1460 starkc1485 nase?1536 huff-cap1599 nippitatum1600 intoxicating1604 inebriating1610 distempering1613–18 inebriative1615 toxing1635 hogen mogen1653 napping1654 humming1675 hard1700 inebriousa1704 ebrietating1711 bead-proof1753 steeve1801 high-proof1810 pithy1812 stiff1813 inebriant1828 reverent1837 a little more north1864 ebriating1872 rorty1950 1653 J. Taylor Certain Trav. Uncertain Journey 16 There was a high and mighty drink call'd Rug,..Hogen Mogen Rugs, great influences To provoke sleep. 1669 J. Dryden Wild Gallant i. i. 3 I was drunk; damnably drunk with Ale; great Hogen Mogen bloody Ale. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of the Low Countries > [adjective] > Dutch butter-moutha1549 Dutchkin1576 Hollandish1611 vanden1639 butterbag1645 hogan1651 hogen mogen1653 butter bowzy1719 Batavian1795 Dutchy1862 1653 Moderate Intelligencer No. 9. 66 Here's News from..Holland, and the Narrow seas, where the English ride Victors upon the Hogen Mogen Dominions. 1695 R. Ferguson Brief Acct. Incroachm. & Depredations of Dutch upon Eng. 3 Under what contempt the Established and National Church is, thro' the Influence of Belgick Advice, and in complacency to the Hogen Mogen Constitution abroad. a1704 T. Brown Colonel's Speech in Wks. (1730) IV. 122 Are..our Amies commanded by Hogan Mogan Generals, that hate our Nation? 1753 Smart Fables in Anderson's Poets (1794) XI. 166 A snub-nos'd dog, to fat inclin'd, Of the true hogan-mogan kind. 1842 United Service Mag. i. 2 Their hogen-mogen admirers—les braves Belges. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1639 |
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