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单词 muggard
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muggardadj.

Origin: Of uncertain origin.
Etymology: Origin uncertain, as is the analysis of quots. 17461 and 17462; the interpretation given in quot. 17463 (perhaps compare mug v.3, -ard suffix) has subsequently been taken up in later dictionaries.Compare also English regional muggaty (with variants muggetee, muggeted), in the same sense, recorded in Eng. Dial. Dict. from Devon and Somerset.
English regional (south-western). Obsolete.
Sullen, sulky; displeased.
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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [adjective]
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ill-humoured1693
gurly1721
mumpish1721
sunking1724
tetricous1727
sumphish1728
stunkard1737
sulky1744
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farouche1765
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glumpy1780
glumpish1800
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splenitive1815
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troglodytish1866
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1746 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) ii. 11 Why, than, tha wut be a prilled, or a muggard, a Zennet outreert.
1746 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) ii. 16 And thee be olweys..stivering or grizzeling, tacking or busking, aprill'd or a muggard..vrom Candle-douting to Condle-teening in tha Yeaveling.
1746 ‘Devoniensis’ Let. in Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 407/1 Gloss. Muggard, sullen.
1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Muggard, sullen. Exm.
1818 in H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. Muggard, sullen; displeased.
1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Muggard, sulky, displeased. (Rare.)
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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