单词 | malinger |
释义 | malingerv. intransitive. To pretend or exaggerate illness in order to escape duty or work; to feign or produce physical or psychological symptoms to obtain financial compensation or other reward. (Originally used of soldiers and sailors.) ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > be in ill health [verb (intransitive)] > pretend illness to maund Abraham1610 malinger1820 skulk1826 soldier1890 the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > undutifulness > [verb (intransitive)] > avoid > by pretending illness skulk1781 malinger1820 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] > avoid > avoid duty, work, or exertion feignc1300 lurk1551 slug1642 skulk1781 malinger1820 mike1838 shirk1853 slinker1880 scrimshank1882 pike1889 scow1901 spruce1916 to swing the lead1917 bludge1919 to dodge the column1919 skive1919 to screw off1943 to do a never1946 to fuck off1946 to dick off1948 1820 E. T. Luscombe Observ. Preserv. Health Soldiers 88 Formerly, it was ulcers of the legs, which were most usually produced by artificial means by soldiers..disposed to malinger. 1844 T. B. Macaulay Earl of Chatham in Ess. (ed. 3) Some were half inclined to suspect that he was, to use a military phrase, malingering. 1872 R. Browning Fifine lxxvi Be sick by stealth, Nor traffic with disease—malingering in health! 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 150 The question comes to be, whether the patient..is malingering. 1951 W. C. Williams Autobiogr. xv. 82 I wasn't sure whether he had a fracture of the skull or was malingering. 1989 G. Claxton Being Teacher (BNC) 49 People who had psychosomatic complaints were probably malingering (if male) and hysterical (if female), and the appropriate treatment was a stiff talking-to. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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