lowrien.

Brit.

/ˈlaʊri/, U.S.

/ˈlaʊri/, Scottish English

/ˈlʌʊrɪ/

Forms: pre-1700 lawrie, pre-1700 lourie, pre-1700 loury, pre-1700 lowre, pre-1700 1700s lowry, pre-1700 1700s–1800s 2000s– lowrie, 1700s laury, 1800s laurie.

Origin: Apparently from proper names. Etymon: proper name Lawrie.

Etymology: Apparently < Lawrie, Lowrie, Lourie, etc., pet forms (compare -y suffix⁶) of the male forename Lawrence (see Laurence n.²). Compare laurence n.¹The motivation for application of this forename to the fox is uncertain and disputed; association with lour v., with which the word is sometimes collocated in Henryson, has been suggested but is not universally accepted. Compare also Reynard n.

Scottish. Chiefly poetic.

1. A fox. Frequently as a proper name. Now chiefly in tod lowrie n. at tod n.¹ Compounds 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [noun] > genus Vulpes > vulpes vulpes (fox)

foxc825

toda1200

Reynardc1400

laurence?a1500

lowrie?a1500

tod lowrie?a1500

fleck1567

pug1812

puggy1827

Charley1857

red fox1875

alopecoid1880

redskin1905

a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Trial of Fox l. 994 in Poems (1981) 41 Cum furth, Lowrie, lurkand vnder thy hude.

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 245 The tod..wes ane lusty, reid haird lowry.

1728 A. Ramsay Fox & Rat 27 The Monarch pleas'd with Lowry, wha durst gloom?

1789 D. Sillar Poems 117 Has greedy lowrie been amang thy sheep?

1867 G. W. Donald Poems, Ballads, & Songs 236 They e'e me but, they e'e me ben, As Lowrie e'es a clockin' hen.

2003 D. Purves Jade Lute (SCOTS) But eftir sundoun, the lairs ir lowries' densaince mair.

†2. A person likened to a fox; a sly or crafty person. Also as a proper name. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 209 Had not that blissit bairne bene borne,..Lowreis, zour lyues had been forlorne.

1571 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxix. 202 Ȝitt I beleiff ols mony myndis thochte, ha, loury, ha, ha!

?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlv. 354 Men heiring tell how Lowrie landit, The congregatione him commandit To serve a kirk and keip a cure.

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

单词	lowrie
释义	lowrien. Brit. /ˈlaʊri/, U.S. /ˈlaʊri/, Scottish English /ˈlʌʊrɪ/ Forms: pre-1700 lawrie, pre-1700 lourie, pre-1700 loury, pre-1700 lowre, pre-1700 1700s lowry, pre-1700 1700s–1800s 2000s– lowrie, 1700s laury, 1800s laurie. Origin: Apparently from proper names. Etymon: proper name Lawrie. Etymology: Apparently < Lawrie, Lowrie, Lourie, etc., pet forms (compare -y suffix⁶) of the male forename Lawrence (see Laurence n.²). Compare laurence n.¹The motivation for application of this forename to the fox is uncertain and disputed; association with lour v., with which the word is sometimes collocated in Henryson, has been suggested but is not universally accepted. Compare also Reynard n. Scottish. Chiefly poetic. 1. A fox. Frequently as a proper name. Now chiefly in tod lowrie n. at tod n.¹ Compounds 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [noun] > genus Vulpes > vulpes vulpes (fox) foxc825 toda1200 Reynardc1400 laurence?a1500 lowrie?a1500 tod lowrie?a1500 fleck1567 pug1812 puggy1827 Charley1857 red fox1875 alopecoid1880 redskin1905 a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Trial of Fox l. 994 in Poems (1981) 41 Cum furth, Lowrie, lurkand vnder thy hude. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 245 The tod..wes ane lusty, reid haird lowry. 1728 A. Ramsay Fox & Rat 27 The Monarch pleas'd with Lowry, wha durst gloom? 1789 D. Sillar Poems 117 Has greedy lowrie been amang thy sheep? 1867 G. W. Donald Poems, Ballads, & Songs 236 They e'e me but, they e'e me ben, As Lowrie e'es a clockin' hen. 2003 D. Purves Jade Lute (SCOTS) But eftir sundoun, the lairs ir lowries' densaince mair. †2. A person likened to a fox; a sly or crafty person. Also as a proper name. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 209 Had not that blissit bairne bene borne,..Lowreis, zour lyues had been forlorne. 1571 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxix. 202 Ȝitt I beleiff ols mony myndis thochte, ha, loury, ha, ha! ?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlv. 354 Men heiring tell how Lowrie landit, The congregatione him commandit To serve a kirk and keip a cure. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1500
随便看	totopartial totora totorve totose totototal totquot totray totread totreading totrouble tots tots up totsy totted totted up totten totten trust tottenham tottenham is turned french tottenham pudding totter totter-arse totter-grass totter-headed totter-kneed