单词 | maugre a person's head |
释义 | > as lemmasmaugre a person's head (also †beard, †cheeks, †eyes, †heart, neck, †teeth, †will, etc.) 2. maugre a person's head (also †beard, †cheeks, †eyes, †heart, neck, †teeth, †will, etc.): in spite of his or her resistance, notwithstanding all he or she can do. Now archaic and Scottish. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > in the face of or in opposition [phrase] > defiance to one's face, teethc1000 in spite of (despite, maugre, etc.) one's teethc1230 in the teeth1297 maugre a person's head (also beard, cheeks, eyes, heart, neck, teeth, will, etc.)c1325 maugre his nosec1325 despitec1380 in (the) maugre (of)c1450 in spite of (also maugre) a person's beard?1537 in the teeth of1792 malgré lui1796 c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 2090 (MED) Maximian was suþþe aslawe, maugre [a1400 Trin. Cambr. magrei] is nose. c1395 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale 315 That oon thow shalt forgo, maugree thyne eyen. c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) 5831 He..maugre þe teeþ of hem alle, Sette hir rigge to þe walle. c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 44 (MED) Much, maugre his mun, he mot nede suffer. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. vi. l. 160 We wil haue owre wille..maugre þi chekes! c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 861 Of which mayde anoon maugree hir hed By verray force he rafte hir maydenhed. c1450 (c1405) Mum & Sothsegger (BL Add. 41666) (1936) l. 1300 (MED) He provid..That þe sothe-sigger shuld haue þe better Of Mvm..malgre his chekes. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 1747 Made to be meke, malegreue his chekis. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) III. 1189 My lorde..shall have hys quene..magre thy vysayge. a1500 (?1382) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 170 (MED) Þe fend may not do but if þat it turne to þe worschipe of God, mawgrethe hys wille. 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iv, in Wks. 274/1 So should al our dedes good or badde, ascend or descende by the violent hande of God, magre our mindes. 1555 Traves Let. in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. ii. App. xxxiii Yea, mawgre the berdis of al hard harts, God wil at length..delyver thee. a1563 J. Bale King Johan (1969) i. 98 Quodcumque ligaueris I trow will playe soch a parte That I shall abyde in Englond, magry yowr harte. 1596 H. Knyvett Def. Realme (1906) 51 They prove it easy to march upon the Continent throughe the Countries of mightie Princes Malgre theire teathes. 1615 T. Tomkis Albumazar i. iv. sig. C Not haue his sister? Cricca, I will haue Flauia, Maugre his head. 1638 R. Baillie Let. 22 July (1841) I. 90 Mr. George Gillespie..is now admitted to the kirk of Weems, maugre St. Andrewes baird. 1682 A. Colquitt Mod. Rep. 127 It will be in the power of the wife..to rule over her husband, and undo him, maugre his head. 1778 Hist. Cheshire I. 316 He slew and put to flight the chiefest part of the French and English rebels, and brought Lewis, maugre his head, to a composition. 1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1868) II. xix. 513 He may see your Highness enjoy your blessed estate, maugre the beards of all confederated leaguers. 1891 J. M. Barrie Little Minister III. xliii. 207 But, dominie, I couldna hae moved, magre my neck. 1896 A. Lang Monk of Fife iv The brigands..were, to my shame, and maugre my head, for a time of my own company. 1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. IV. xiii. 51 Fast flying, through the plain, those frighted steeds, Maugré their heads, their cumbered riders cast. < as lemmas |
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