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单词 little-good
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little-goodn.

Brit. /ˈlɪtlɡʊd/, U.S. /ˈlɪd(ə)lˌɡʊd/
Forms: see little adj., pron., n., and adv. and good adj., n., adv., and int.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: little adj., good n.
Etymology: < little adj. + good n.
1. Scottish and English regional (northern). Sun spurge, Euphorbia helioscopia (now rare). Also: †common sorrel, Rumex acetosa (obsolete rare).
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Euphorbiaceae (spurges and allies) > [noun]
catapucec1386
Euphorbiaa1398
spurgea1400
tithymala1400
faitour's grassc1440
cat's-grassc1450
nettlewort1523
essell1527
lint-spurge1548
sea wartwort1548
spurge thyme1548
line-spurge1562
myrtle spurge1562
sun spurge1562
wolf's-milk1575
cypress tithymal1578
devil's milk1578
mercury1578
sea-spurge1597
sun tithymal1597
welcome to our house1597
wood-spurge1597
Euphorbium1606
milk-reed1611
milkwort1640
sun-turning spurge1640
spurge-wort1647
caper-bush1673
Portland spurge1715
milkweed1736
Medusa's head1760
little-good1808
welcome-home-husband1828
three-seeded mercury1846
cat's-milk1861
turnsole1863–79
mole-tree1864
snow-on-the-mountain1873
seven sisters1879
caper-plant1882
asthma herb1887
mountain snow1889
crown of thorns1890
olifants melkbos1898
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Littlegood, Littlegudy, Sun-spurge, or wart-spurge, an herb, S. Euphorbia helioscopia, Linn.
1863 Border Mag. Aug. 94 Euphorbia helioscopia (sun-spurge, or ‘littlegood’) was called wartwort as early as the days of Turner, 1562.
1876 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 12 39/2 Rumex acetosa gets [the name of] ‘little guid’.
1893 O. Heslop Northumberland Words II. 453 Little-good, the sun spurge, Euphorbia helioscopia, Linn. Common in cultivated fields.
1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 202 at Little Little-guid, sun-spurge, Euphorbia Helioscopia. Also Gairden Little-guid, = E. Cyparissias.
2. Scottish. The Devil. Obsolete.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > a devil > the Devil or Satan > [noun]
devileOE
Beelzebubc950
the foul ghosteOE
SatanOE
warlockOE
SatanasOE
worsea1200
unwinea1225
wondc1250
quedea1275
pucka1300
serpenta1300
dragon1340
shrew1362
Apollyon1382
the god of this worldc1384
Mahoundc1400
leviathan1412
worsta1425
old enemyc1449
Ruffin1567
dismal1570
Plotcocka1578
the Wicked One1582
goodman1603
Mahu1603
foul thief1609
somebody1609
legiona1616
Lord of Flies1622
walliman1629
shaitan1638
Old Nicka1643
Nick1647
unsel?1675
old gentleman1681
old boy1692
the gentleman in black1693
deuce1694
Black Spy1699
the vicious one1713
worricow1719
Old Roger1725
Lord of the Flies1727
Simmie1728
Old Scratch1734
Old Harry1777
Old Poker1784
Auld Hornie1786
old (auld), ill thief1789
old one1790
little-good1821
Tom Walker1833
bogy1840
diabolarch1845
Old Ned1859
iniquity1899
1821 J. Galt Ann. Parish xlix. 384 All this running here, and riding there, as if the littlegude was at his heels.
1823 J. Galt Entail II. xxx. 284 The mim maidens now-a-days hae delivered themselves up to the Little-gude in the shape and glamour o' novelles and Thomson's Seasons.
1835 J. D. Carrick Laird of Logan 164 If ever I saw ‘Little Gude himsel’ in my life, it was there ae nicht.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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