| 单词 | little madam |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslittle madam c. colloquial. A conceited or precocious girl or young woman; a hussy, a minx; also applied to a female child, esp. in little madam.In quot. 1787, probably condescending rather than derisive or opprobrious. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun] > impudent person > girl or woman viragoc1386 slut?c1425 ramp?c1450 limmerc1485 rannell1573 minx?1576 Mistress Minx1576 rampant1641 hussy1647 tittup1696 skelpie-limmer1786 madam1787 1787 W. Beckford Portuguese Jrnl. 1 June (1954) 54 Spouse goes a-pilgrimaging to Nossa Senhora do Cabo; little madam whisks round the Botanic Garden. 1802 ‘P. Pindar’ Middlesex Election ii. 31 I'd make the Madams squall. 1874 ‘S. Beauchamp’ Grantley Grange I. 68 ‘I do not think they [sc. hop-pickers] are troubled with much shyness’. ‘O, not a bit of it, Sir Charles..they're brazen madams, and quite above my hands’. 1903 Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 3/2 [S. Notts.] Come heär, madam, or ah'll smack yer. She's a mardy little madam. 1975 J. Hitchman Such Strange Lady ii. 23 She was always something of a little madam, spoiled, but not over-indulged. 1982 M. Binchy Light Penny Candle ii. xii. 279 She was a proper little madam that one. < as lemmas |
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