lowlingn.

Brit.

/ˈləʊlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈloʊlɪŋ/

Forms: see low adj. and n.² and -ling suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: low adj., -ling suffix¹.

Etymology: < low adj. + -ling suffix¹. Compare earlier underling n.

Frequently derogatory. Now archaic and literary.

A person of low birth or status; a vulgar, ill-mannered, or uncultured person. Later also: a minion, an underling.

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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > low or vulgar person > [noun]

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1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxviii. 179 Yet some petie lowlinges, do sometimes seeke to resemble.

1784 Public Advertiser 5 Jan. 2/1 That good Man's Foe? Who rais'd thee from thy Lowlings, to State That heel'd his Greatness.

1822 Literary Speculum Oct. 319 Shall valiant Pistol stoop to herd with curs And lowlings vile, offscourings o' the earth?

1882 Tales Bank of Eng. 127 The hat held peculiarly, not to prevent the judge or jury inspecting his features, but to conceal them partly from the lowlings in the body of the room.

1908 Carpenter (Indianapolis, Indiana) Dec. 11/1 For a man to be compelled to earn his own living..was to have placed upon him the mark of a lowling, a serf, servant or slave.

1983 ‘J. Deveraux’ Velvet Song xiv. 197 By ‘you’ he meant people of her class, lowlings who believed in witches and the goodness of the King.

2008 S. Augarde Winter Wood (2010) iii. 44 I wonder that you bring word in person... A lowling might have served as well.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lowling
释义	lowlingn. Brit. /ˈləʊlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈloʊlɪŋ/ Forms: see low adj. and n.² and -ling suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: low adj., -ling suffix¹. Etymology: < low adj. + -ling suffix¹. Compare earlier underling n. Frequently derogatory. Now archaic and literary. A person of low birth or status; a vulgar, ill-mannered, or uncultured person. Later also: a minion, an underling. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > low or vulgar person > [noun] gadlinga1300 geggea1300 churlc1300 filec1300 jot1362 scoutc1380 beggara1400 carla1400 turnbroach14.. villainc1400 gnoffc1405 fellowc1425 cavelc1430 haskardc1487 hastardc1489 foumart1508 strummel?a1513 knapper1513 hogshead?1518 jockeya1529 dreng1535 sneakbill1546 Jack1548 rag1566 scald1575 huddle and twang1578 sneaksby1580 companion1581 lowling1581 besognier1584 patchcock1596 grill1597 sneaksbill1602 scum1607 turnspit1607 cocoloch1610 compeer1612 dust-worm1621 besonioa1625 world-worma1625 besognea1652 gippo1651 Jacky1653 mechanic1699 fustya1732 grub-worm1752 raff1778 person1782 rough scuff1816 spalpeen1817 bum1825 sculpin1834 soap-lock1840 tinka1843 'Arry1874 scruff1896 scruffo1959 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxviii. 179 Yet some petie lowlinges, do sometimes seeke to resemble. 1784 Public Advertiser 5 Jan. 2/1 That good Man's Foe? Who rais'd thee from thy Lowlings, to State That heel'd his Greatness. 1822 Literary Speculum Oct. 319 Shall valiant Pistol stoop to herd with curs And lowlings vile, offscourings o' the earth? 1882 Tales Bank of Eng. 127 The hat held peculiarly, not to prevent the judge or jury inspecting his features, but to conceal them partly from the lowlings in the body of the room. 1908 Carpenter (Indianapolis, Indiana) Dec. 11/1 For a man to be compelled to earn his own living..was to have placed upon him the mark of a lowling, a serf, servant or slave. 1983 ‘J. Deveraux’ Velvet Song xiv. 197 By ‘you’ he meant people of her class, lowlings who believed in witches and the goodness of the King. 2008 S. Augarde Winter Wood (2010) iii. 44 I wonder that you bring word in person... A lowling might have served as well. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1581
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