knaveryn.

Brit.

/ˈneɪv(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˈneɪvəri/

Forms: 1500s–1600s knauerie, 1500s–1600s knauery, 1500s–1600s knaverie, 1500s– knavery, 1600s kanaveries (plural; Welsh English); also Scottish pre-1700 cneifrei, pre-1700 knaiferie, pre-1700 knaiffry, pre-1700 knaifré, pre-1700 knaifrie, pre-1700 knavrie, pre-1700 naverie, 1700s knaivry.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: knave n., -ery suffix.

Etymology: < knave n. + -ery suffix. Compare knavishness n.

Now somewhat archaic.

a. Conduct characteristic of a knave (knave n. 3a); dishonest or crafty behaviour; unscrupulousness; trickery.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun]

falsec1000

fraudc1330

barrat1340

faitery1377

defraudc1450

trumpery1481

covin1487

defraudationc1503

knavery1528

conveyance1531

imposture1537

defrauding1548

cozenage1583

impostry1585

catch-dolt1592

gullery1598

coggery1602

gullage1607

charlatism1611

impostury1615

quacksalvery1617

mountebankery1618

imposition1632

imposturisma1634

blaflum1637

charlatanry1638

defraudment1645

mountebankism1649

impostorya1652

impostorism1652

imposturage1654

impostery1656

mountebank1657

imposing1659

quackery1675

quackism1722

empiricism1774

cross1802

charlatanism1804

practitionery1818

cozenry1829

humbuggery1831

trick1833

thimble-shift1834

thimble-shifting1834

thimbleriggery1841

humbuggism1842

quackhood1843

quacksalverism1864

razzle-dazzle1928

spivery1948

shuck1958

shucking and jiving1969

1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. i.vii^v The prestes their simplicite Thorowe craftynes do so delude. That whosoever is so hardy, To speake agaynst prestes knavery, For an herityke they hym take.

1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) sig. Ciii A Wilde Roge is he that is borne a Roge, he is more subtil and more geuen by nature to all kinde of knauery, then the other.

1612 T. Dekker If It be not Good iii. ii. 107 The Sun sees much knauery in a yere, and the Moone more in a quarter.

1680 W. Temple Ess. Advancem. Trade Ireland in Wks. (1731) I. 115 The Unskilfulness, or Carelesness, or Knavery of the Traders.

1724 A. Ramsay Vision in Ever Green I. 220 Knaivry, and slaivrie, Ar equally dispysd.

1747 J. Wesley Primitive Physick Pref. p. xv Either thro' the Ignorance or Knavery of Physicians?

1826 W. Duane Visit to Colombia ix. 140 As there is a little knavery in all trades, there is some skill required in choosing such cords.

1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxiii. 248 Stories..of the secret knavery and impositions practised upon seamen by connivance of the owners, landlords, and officers.

1887 Times 29 Aug. 4/5 Several of whom..have been gaoled for their share in the knavery.

1913 W. Wilson New Freedom iii. 70 In public affairs stupidity is more dangerous than knavery.

1995 S. K. Penman When Christ & his Saints Slept (1996) xxxiii. 444 What sort of knavery is Chester up to now?

2012 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 23 Mar. 27 Whether it [sc. a planned tax] was the product of knavery or foolishness, it should be reversed with all due speed.

b. As a count noun. An act that is characteristic of a knave (knave n. 3a); a dishonest or crafty deed; a scheme.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [noun] > dishonesty > trick or scheme

unwrenchc897

un-i-wrenchc1275

checkc1330

trippetc1330

wrest14..

knavery1528

foist1607

spiel1901

1528 W. Tyndale Obed. Christen Man f. xcvij Because of a litle knauery which a deacon at Constantynopyll playd thorow confession with one of the chefe wiues of y^e cite.

1546 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 1st Pt. f. 64 All soche knaueryes must haue a pretensed coloure.

1607 T. Middleton Phoenix sig. F^v They blinde him with beere, and make him so narrowe eyde, that he wincks naturallye at all their Knaueries.

a1670 J. Hacket Cent. Serm. (1675) 904 Many a shrewd knavery passeth under the name of a venial sin.

1737 Daily Post 12 Aug. He is a Sharper, has committed several Knaveries.

1759 A. Smith Theory Moral Sentiments iii. §iii. 287 A knave..may escape censure, or even meet with applause, for a particular knavery, in which his conduct is not understood.

1828 Red Barn xvii. 447 The blind scoundrel, who has been so principal a coadjutor in your knaveries.

1871 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David II. Ps. xxxiii. 10 He frustrates their knaveries, and makes their promising plots to end in nothing.

1936 J. Wight Duff Rom. Satire v. 97 The two students are in their knaveries and lewdness nakedly devoid of scruple.

a1983 ‘R. West’ Sunflower (1986) iii. 108 There are men and women living on crusts in garrets because of his knaveries.

†c. With possessive adjective: a mock title given to a knavish person. Cf. knaveship n. 2. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun] > rogue, knave, or rascal > mock title

knaveship1589

rogueshipc1604

knavery1871

1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems xxxiii. 5 Please your knaveries hoist a sail for exile, Pains and privacy?

†2.

a. In weakened use. A mischievous trick, a prank; (as a mass noun) mischief, waggishness. Cf. knave n. 3b. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > mischievous or practical joking > [noun]

waggery1594

knavery1600

joking1670

leg-pulling1879

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 347 This is thy negligence: still thou mistak'st, Or else commitst thy knaueries wilfully.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. vii. 47 He was full of iests, and gypes, and knaueries, and mockes.

c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 165 Yet..they are Cherefull & full of vile knavery.

1840 Mirror Lit., Amusem., & Instr. 15 Feb. 110/1 Master Trotter..is everlastingly at his pranks; it would split your sides with laughter to see how his putting broken glass into boots makes fellows limp like beggars,..along with an infinitude of other choice knaveries.

b. Illusion created by one's dress or jewellery; artifice. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > other

disguise1340

disguisingc1386

shiftc1570

French cut1606

knaverya1616

small clothes1625

small storesa1643

nugging-dress1699

kilting1721

fancy dress1770

under-habit1772

man-millinery1790

sheen1802

costume1818

ingubu1833

bedizenment1837

tat1839

extravaganza1860

rational dress1873

rubber1876

pearly1890

new look1920

collection1921

Daks1933

smart casual1943

separates1945

trapeze1958

Carnaby Street1965

haute boutique1966

kinderwhore1994

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. iii. 58 With Scarfes, and Fannes, & double change of brau'ry, With Amber Bracelets, Beades, and all this knau'ry .

3. The bog asphodel, Narthecium ossifragum (family Liliaceae or Natheciaceae), formerly thought harmful to sheep. Now rare. Cf. honesty n. 7, pride n.¹ Compounds 2, thrift n.¹ 4.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > asphodels

affodill1440

daffodilly1538

daffodil1548

asphodel1597

king's spear1597

onion asphodel1597

knavery1640

frodils1674

Scotch asphodel1771

ten o'clock1826

bog asphodel1881

1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 1219 My good friend Doctor Anthony Salter of Exeter,..could understand of the countrey people no other name thereof, or propertie appropriate unto it but knavery, which whether they named it so in knavery, or knew any use of knavery in it, I neyther can learne nor am much inquisitive thereafter.

1886 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names 290 Knavery. Narthecium ossifragum, L.

1919 A. R. Horwood New Brit. Flora V. x. 48 The plant is called Bog Bastard or Lancashire Asphodel, Yellow Grass, Knavery, Maiden Hair, Move Grass, Rosa Solis.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	knavery
释义	knaveryn. Brit. /ˈneɪv(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈneɪvəri/ Forms: 1500s–1600s knauerie, 1500s–1600s knauery, 1500s–1600s knaverie, 1500s– knavery, 1600s kanaveries (plural; Welsh English); also Scottish pre-1700 cneifrei, pre-1700 knaiferie, pre-1700 knaiffry, pre-1700 knaifré, pre-1700 knaifrie, pre-1700 knavrie, pre-1700 naverie, 1700s knaivry. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: knave n., -ery suffix. Etymology: < knave n. + -ery suffix. Compare knavishness n. Now somewhat archaic. 1. a. Conduct characteristic of a knave (knave n. 3a); dishonest or crafty behaviour; unscrupulousness; trickery. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun] falsec1000 fraudc1330 barrat1340 faitery1377 defraudc1450 trumpery1481 covin1487 defraudationc1503 knavery1528 conveyance1531 imposture1537 defrauding1548 cozenage1583 impostry1585 catch-dolt1592 gullery1598 coggery1602 gullage1607 charlatism1611 impostury1615 quacksalvery1617 mountebankery1618 imposition1632 imposturisma1634 blaflum1637 charlatanry1638 defraudment1645 mountebankism1649 impostorya1652 impostorism1652 imposturage1654 impostery1656 mountebank1657 imposing1659 quackery1675 quackism1722 empiricism1774 cross1802 charlatanism1804 practitionery1818 cozenry1829 humbuggery1831 trick1833 thimble-shift1834 thimble-shifting1834 thimbleriggery1841 humbuggism1842 quackhood1843 quacksalverism1864 razzle-dazzle1928 spivery1948 shuck1958 shucking and jiving1969 1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. i.vii^v The prestes their simplicite Thorowe craftynes do so delude. That whosoever is so hardy, To speake agaynst prestes knavery, For an herityke they hym take. 1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) sig. Ciii A Wilde Roge is he that is borne a Roge, he is more subtil and more geuen by nature to all kinde of knauery, then the other. 1612 T. Dekker If It be not Good iii. ii. 107 The Sun sees much knauery in a yere, and the Moone more in a quarter. 1680 W. Temple Ess. Advancem. Trade Ireland in Wks. (1731) I. 115 The Unskilfulness, or Carelesness, or Knavery of the Traders. 1724 A. Ramsay Vision in Ever Green I. 220 Knaivry, and slaivrie, Ar equally dispysd. 1747 J. Wesley Primitive Physick Pref. p. xv Either thro' the Ignorance or Knavery of Physicians? 1826 W. Duane Visit to Colombia ix. 140 As there is a little knavery in all trades, there is some skill required in choosing such cords. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxiii. 248 Stories..of the secret knavery and impositions practised upon seamen by connivance of the owners, landlords, and officers. 1887 Times 29 Aug. 4/5 Several of whom..have been gaoled for their share in the knavery. 1913 W. Wilson New Freedom iii. 70 In public affairs stupidity is more dangerous than knavery. 1995 S. K. Penman When Christ & his Saints Slept (1996) xxxiii. 444 What sort of knavery is Chester up to now? 2012 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 23 Mar. 27 Whether it [sc. a planned tax] was the product of knavery or foolishness, it should be reversed with all due speed. b. As a count noun. An act that is characteristic of a knave (knave n. 3a); a dishonest or crafty deed; a scheme. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [noun] > dishonesty > trick or scheme unwrenchc897 un-i-wrenchc1275 checkc1330 trippetc1330 wrest14.. knavery1528 foist1607 spiel1901 1528 W. Tyndale Obed. Christen Man f. xcvij Because of a litle knauery which a deacon at Constantynopyll playd thorow confession with one of the chefe wiues of y^e cite. 1546 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 1st Pt. f. 64 All soche knaueryes must haue a pretensed coloure. 1607 T. Middleton Phoenix sig. F^v They blinde him with beere, and make him so narrowe eyde, that he wincks naturallye at all their Knaueries. a1670 J. Hacket Cent. Serm. (1675) 904 Many a shrewd knavery passeth under the name of a venial sin. 1737 Daily Post 12 Aug. He is a Sharper, has committed several Knaveries. 1759 A. Smith Theory Moral Sentiments iii. §iii. 287 A knave..may escape censure, or even meet with applause, for a particular knavery, in which his conduct is not understood. 1828 Red Barn xvii. 447 The blind scoundrel, who has been so principal a coadjutor in your knaveries. 1871 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David II. Ps. xxxiii. 10 He frustrates their knaveries, and makes their promising plots to end in nothing. 1936 J. Wight Duff Rom. Satire v. 97 The two students are in their knaveries and lewdness nakedly devoid of scruple. a1983 ‘R. West’ Sunflower (1986) iii. 108 There are men and women living on crusts in garrets because of his knaveries. †c. With possessive adjective: a mock title given to a knavish person. Cf. knaveship n. 2. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun] > rogue, knave, or rascal > mock title knaveship1589 rogueshipc1604 knavery1871 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems xxxiii. 5 Please your knaveries hoist a sail for exile, Pains and privacy? †2. a. In weakened use. A mischievous trick, a prank; (as a mass noun) mischief, waggishness. Cf. knave n. 3b. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > mischievous or practical joking > [noun] waggery1594 knavery1600 joking1670 leg-pulling1879 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 347 This is thy negligence: still thou mistak'st, Or else commitst thy knaueries wilfully. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. vii. 47 He was full of iests, and gypes, and knaueries, and mockes. View more context for this quotation c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 165 Yet..they are Cherefull & full of vile knavery. 1840 Mirror Lit., Amusem., & Instr. 15 Feb. 110/1 Master Trotter..is everlastingly at his pranks; it would split your sides with laughter to see how his putting broken glass into boots makes fellows limp like beggars,..along with an infinitude of other choice knaveries. b. Illusion created by one's dress or jewellery; artifice. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > other disguise1340 disguisingc1386 shiftc1570 French cut1606 knaverya1616 small clothes1625 small storesa1643 nugging-dress1699 kilting1721 fancy dress1770 under-habit1772 man-millinery1790 sheen1802 costume1818 ingubu1833 bedizenment1837 tat1839 extravaganza1860 rational dress1873 rubber1876 pearly1890 new look1920 collection1921 Daks1933 smart casual1943 separates1945 trapeze1958 Carnaby Street1965 haute boutique1966 kinderwhore1994 a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. iii. 58 With Scarfes, and Fannes, & double change of brau'ry, With Amber Bracelets, Beades, and all this knau'ry . View more context for this quotation 3. The bog asphodel, Narthecium ossifragum (family Liliaceae or Natheciaceae), formerly thought harmful to sheep. Now rare. Cf. honesty n. 7, pride n.¹ Compounds 2, thrift n.¹ 4. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > asphodels affodill1440 daffodilly1538 daffodil1548 asphodel1597 king's spear1597 onion asphodel1597 knavery1640 frodils1674 Scotch asphodel1771 ten o'clock1826 bog asphodel1881 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 1219 My good friend Doctor Anthony Salter of Exeter,..could understand of the countrey people no other name thereof, or propertie appropriate unto it but knavery, which whether they named it so in knavery, or knew any use of knavery in it, I neyther can learne nor am much inquisitive thereafter. 1886 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names 290 Knavery. Narthecium ossifragum, L. 1919 A. R. Horwood New Brit. Flora V. x. 48 The plant is called Bog Bastard or Lancashire Asphodel, Yellow Grass, Knavery, Maiden Hair, Move Grass, Rosa Solis. 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