单词 | mahoganite |
释义 | † mahoganiten. slang. Obsolete. A person who exaggerates accounts of his sporting prowess (see quot. 1825). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [noun] > one who exaggerates magnifier1550 overreacher1589 exaggerant1803 exaggerator1822 mahoganite1825 monsterer1840 1825 Sporting Mag. 16 9 (note) A mahoganite is one who rides at a most infernal pace about the introduction of the second bottle..with his knees under any semicircular mahogany fire table. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.1825 |
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