† mis-reverencen.
Obsolete. rare.
Irreverence.
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a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1965) Ecclus. xxv. 29 Þe wrathe of a womman & þe mys-reuerence [a1425 L.V. vnreuerence; L. irreverentia].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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n.a1382- you can say that again
- you can search me
- you can stick it up your bum
- you can stick it up your etc bum
- you can stick it up your her bum
- you can stick it up your his bum
- you can take a person out of ——, but you can't take —— out of a person
- you can take out of ——, but you can't take —— out of
- you can take out of ——, but you can't take —— out of a person
- you can'it is hard to teach an old dog new tricks
- you can'it's hard to keep a good man down
- you can't catch an old bird with chaff
- you can't do that there 'ere
- you can't eat gold
- you can't get the staff these days
- you can't go home again
- you can't have everything
- you can't have your cake and eat it too
- you can't judge a book by its cover
- you can't keep a good man down
- you can't polish a turd
- you can't polish a turd but you can roll it in glitter
- you can't take it with you
- you can't talk!
- you can't teach an old dog new tricks