单词 | jack-o'- -wisp |
释义 | > as lemmasJack-o'-(the)-wisp Jack-o'-(the)-wisp n. rare a frivolous or flighty person; (literally) a will-o'-the-wisp. [Compare earlier Jack-o'-lantern n. 1.] ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [noun] > person flippera1400 butterflya1500 dalliera1568 fling-brain1570 barmy-froth1598 inconsiderate1598 cork1601 cork-brain1630 kickshaw1644 shatter-brain1719 shatter-pate1775 shatter-wit1775 scatter-brain1790 flutter-pate1894 Jack-o'-wisp1896 ditz1984 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > capriciousness > capricious persons or animals > capricious or whimsical person butterflya1500 wild-brain1580 wild-head1583 humorista1586 wild goose1597 barmy-froth1598 whirligig1602 maggot-monger1607 maggot-patea1640 kickshaw1644 whimsy-pate1654 maggot1681 volatilityship1771 whimship1793 vagarist1888 Jack-o'-wisp1896 Hamlet1903 temperamentalist1924 1896 Catholic Mag. July 4 If she had been a Jack-o'-wisp, in her young days..would Lady Mary have chosen her? 1985 Nashua (New Hampsh.) Tel. 31 Oct. 31/2 The jack-o'-lantern, will-o'-the-wisp or jack-o'-the-wisp, as the light is also called, disappears or retreats when someone approaches its glow. < as lemmas |
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