单词 | lordling |
释义 | lordlingn. A lord, a noble; spec. a young, minor, or inferior lord. Also (esp. in earlier use) as a form of address. Cf. lording n.1 1, 2. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > lord > [noun] lordOE lordingOE sire1297 damc1300 lordlingc1300 flaith1861 flath1873 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > of little importance > types of popet1551 lording1567 popeling1588 lordling1630 small-timer1935 society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > lord or lady > [noun] > lord > young lord lordingOE ochierna1300 lordling1630 lordlet1642 lordkin1855 society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > lord or lady > [noun] > lord > petty lord lording1567 lordling1630 lordkin1855 c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) (1963) 6320 Lusteþ louerdlinges [c1275 Calig. lauerdindes]. c1300 Life & Martyrdom Thomas Becket (Harl. 2277) (1845) l. 1021 Lordlings..ȝe witeth wel echon, Hou wel ich was w[i]th the Kinge theȝ ich have nou lither iwon. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1518 Lordlynges, wel ȝe wyteþ alle how [etc.]. a1400 Short Metrical Chron. (BL Add.) (1935) l. 1 (MED) Herkeneþ hiderward, ȝe lorlynges [c1330 Royal lordynges]; ȝe þat wollen ihure of kynges. c1450 (?a1350) Seege Troye (Arms) (1927) l. 1182 (MED) Þe kyng of grece..Callyd to hym..Agamynon..& oþer folk of gret renon: ‘Lordlyngis..ne se ȝe noȝt How our folk to ground ys broȝt?’ a1500 (?c1300) Amis & Amiloun (Harl.) (1937) l. 8 (MED) Lordlynges [a1400 Egerton Her faders were barons hende, Lordinges com of grete kynde]. 1585 J. Sharrock tr. C. Ocland Elizabeth Queene sig. D2, in tr. Valiant Actes & Victorious Battailes Eng. Nation That without longer trackt of time, it may not be vnfold. Which laud as chiefest, veriest eke, let this high Lordling hold. 1630 Greene's Frier Bacon (rev. ed.) sig. E2v What say you Royall Lordlings [1594 lordings] to my Fryer. 1678 T. Shadwell Hist. Timon iii. 37 Show me a mighty Lordling, who's puft up, And swells with the opinion of his greatness. 1746 T. Smollett Reproof 163 While the young lordling struts in native pride. 1782 E. Blower George Bateman II. 47 I should sink myself to a level with the scoundrel lordling who employs you. 1820 S. T. Coleridge Lett., Conversat., & Recoll. I. 125 How long will..this hive of nations submit to the guidance of litterateurs and lordlings? 1887 M. Morris Claverhouse (1888) x. 170 One of these independent lordlings, Colin MacDonald of Keppoch. 1903 ‘A. Leaf’ Strawberry Leaves 127 The lordlings and ladylings who patronised the Belgravia adopted an almost deferential manner. 1973 M. Amis Rachel Papers 15 Chinless elitist and bratty whey-faced lordling that I most unquestionably was. 2002 Oldie June 51/3 How different her career turned out, as the result of a holiday job with a Scottish lordling. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1300 |
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