单词 | mansionry |
释义 | mansionryn. Chiefly poetic. Dwelling places collectively. Also in extended use.In quot. 1930 alluding to Shakespeare (quot. a1616). ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. vi. 5 This Guest of Summer, The Temple-haunting Barlet does approue, By his loued Mansonry, that the Heauens breath Smells wooingly here. View more context for this quotation 1835 R. Mant Brit. Months I. iv. 150 Amid his mansionry of reeds And rushy flags, the Bittern late In the dark night salutes his mate. 1837 T. Wade Contention Death & Love 13 The Sun—artificer Of that pomp magnificent Of golden-vapor'd mansionry. 1876 R. Browning St. Martin's Summer x Love's ghost plays truant And warns us have in wholesome awe Durable mansionry; that's wherefore I weave but trellis-work. 1930 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ To Circumjack Cencrastus 78 A waesome jobble, nae skyline seen, Nae land, 'loved mansionry, jutty or frieze. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1616 |
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