单词 | mard |
释义 | mardn. English regional (midlands and northern). A sulky, resentful, or petulant mood; a fit of ill temper. Cf. mardy n. 2. Frequently in in a mard. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [noun] > moroseness or sulking morosity1534 dort1632 moroseness1653 surliness1700 sulkiness1760 sulk1792 sulks1805 sulking1880 mard1998 the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [noun] > fit of gloominga1400 terret1515 momurdotesc1540 the sullens1580 pirr1581 pet1590 snuff1592 mulligrubs1599 mumps1599 geea1605 mood1609 miff1623 tetch1623 frumps1671 strunt1721 hump1727 tiff1727 tift1751 huff1757 tig1773 tout1787 sulk1792 twita1825 fantigue1825 fuff1834 grumps1844 spell1856 the grumbles1861 grouch1895 snit1939 mardy1968 moody1969 strop1970 sull1972 cream puff1985 mard1998 1998 Re: New Units in alt.games.tiberian-sun (Usenet newsgroup) 26 June I was getting in a mard with you. 2009 Nottingham Evening Post (Nexis) 23 June 14 Oh, she's got a right mard on. 2017 @scottb— 6 June in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) The traffic in Stafford has already put me in a mard for the day. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mardv. English regional (chiefly northern). transitive. To spoil (a child) by indulgence; to cosset. Also with up. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of strictness > lessen in strictness or severity [verb (transitive)] > indulge > over-indulge spoil1694 mard1874 1874 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 3 Aug. 4/1 ‘To mard any one up’ is to pet or caress with a foolish display of tenderness. 1911 D. H. Lawrence White Peacock iii. vii. 493 She marded 'em till they were soft. 1936 A. Uttley Country Child (new ed.) xviii. 288 For weeks it was coddled and ‘marded’, and Susan spent many hours feeding the little one in the orchard, racing with it, butting it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1998v.1874 |
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