单词 | in maugre |
释义 | > as lemmasin (the) maugre (of) 3. Scottish in later use. in (the) maugre (of): = senses B. 1a, B. 1b, B. 2. See also sense C. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > in the face of or in opposition [phrase] > defiance to one's face, teethc1000 in spite of (despite, maugre, etc.) one's teethc1230 in the teeth1297 maugre a person's head (also beard, cheeks, eyes, heart, neck, teeth, will, etc.)c1325 maugre his nosec1325 despitec1380 in (the) maugre (of)c1450 in spite of (also maugre) a person's beard?1537 in the teeth of1792 malgré lui1796 c1450 C. d'Orleans Poems (1941) 89 (MED) Elde had out a writt..To tache me with, yn maugre my visage, And..nyst y..what best was to ben wrought. a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (BL Add. 9066) (1879) 277 In malgre of þi tethe. c1560 Hunting Cheviot in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1889) III. vi. 307 That he wold hunte in the mowntayns..In the magger of doughte Dogles. 1578 T. Lupton All for Money sig. Cj I haue money ynough to defende me in maugre their faces. c1580 ( tr. Bk. Alexander (1925) I. i. 101 [He] In maugre of thairis [Fr. maugré eux] reskewit the pray. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 687 [He] wan the wod in magir of thame all. 1616 Famous Hist. G. Ld. Faukonbridge v. 29 If thou beest descended royally..I am bound in all knightly curtesies to defend thee, and in maugre of blacke Fortunes spight. 1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) ii. 111 A'll gar ye dee't a-magger o' yer neck. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb vii. 50 An' we'll dee't still, i' maugre o' an Erastian Presbytery. 1920 D. D. Murison in Sc. National Dict. (1965) (at cited word) I'm aye slippin' i' the mauger o' my neck. < as lemmas |
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