| 单词 | a plume of feathers |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa plume of feathers b. Phrases: a feather in the cap, hat: a decoration, mark of honour, literal and figurative (also elliptical); also †the badge of a fool; hence †Jack with the feather, a plume of feathers, for a trifling person. †to shake, wag the feather: to make a display of one's honours. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > vainglory > behave vaingloriously [verb (intransitive)] to lift up the horn1570 to shake, wag the feather1581 to play the peacock1656 the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > make ostentatious display or show off [verb (intransitive)] brandishc1340 ruffle1484 braga1556 swash1556 flourish1563 flaunt1566 prank1567 prink1573 to shake, wag the feather1581 peacockize1598 air1605 display1608 to launch it out1608 flasha1616 to cut it out1619 flare1633 vapour1652 peacock1654 spark1676 to gallantrize it1693 bosh1709 glare1712 to cut a bosh1726 to show away1728 to figure away, off1749 parade1749 to cut a dashc1771 dash1786 to cut up1787 to cut a flash1795 to make, or cut, a splash1804 swank1809 to come out strong1825 to cut a spludge1831 to cut it (too) fat1836 pavonize1838 splurge1844 to do the grand1847 to cut a swath1848 to cut a splurge1860 to fan out1860 spread1860 skyre1871 fluster1876 to strut one's stuff1926 showboat1937 floss1938 style1968 the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun] dizzyc825 cang?c1225 foolc1225 apec1330 mopc1330 saddle-goosec1346 mis-feelinga1382 foltc1390 mopec1390 fona1400 buffardc1430 fopc1440 joppec1440 fonda1450 fondlinga1450 insipienta1513 plume of feathers1530 bobolynec1540 dizzard1546 Little Witham?1548 nodc1563 dawkin1565 cocknel1566 nigion1570 niddicock1577 nodcock1577 cuckoo1581 Jack with the feather1581 niddipol1582 noddyship?1589 stirkc1590 fonkin1591 Gibraltar1593 fopper1598 noddypeak1598 coxcombry1600 simple1600 gowka1605 nup1607 fooliaminy1608 silly ass1608 dosser-head1612 dor1616 glow-worm1624 liripipea1625 doodle1629 sop1637 spalt1639 fool's head1650 buffle1655 Jack Adams1656 bufflehead1659 nincompoopc1668 bavian1678 nokes1679 foolanea1681 cod1699 hulver-head1699 nigmenog1699 single ten1699 mud1703 dowf1722 foolatum1740 silly billy1749 tommy noddy1774 arsec1785 nincom1800 silly1807 slob1810 omadhaun1818 potwalloper1820 mosy1824 amadan1825 gump1825 gype1825 oonchook1825 prawn1845 suck-egg1851 goosey1852 nowmun1854 pelican1856 poppy-show1860 buggerlugs1861 damfool1881 mudhead1882 yob1886 peanut head1891 haggis bag1892 poop1893 gazob1906 mush1906 wump1908 zob1911 gorm1912 goof1916 goofus1916 gubbins1916 dumb cluck1922 twat1922 B.F.1925 goofer1925 bird brain1926 berk1929 Berkeley1929 Berkeley Hunt1929 ding1929 loogan1929 stupido1929 poop-stick1930 nelly1931 droop1932 diddy1933 slappy1937 goof ball1938 get1940 poon1940 tonk1941 clot1942 yuck1943 possum1945 gobdaw1947 momo1953 nig-nog1953 plonker1955 weenie1956 nong-nong1959 Berkshire Hunt1960 balloon1965 doofus1965 dork1965 nana1965 shit-for-brains1966 schmoll1967 tosspot1967 lunchbox1969 doof1971 tonto1973 dorkus1979 motorhead1979 mouth-breather1979 wally1980 wally brain1981 der-brain1983 langer1983 numpty1985 sotong1988 fanny1995 fannybaws2000 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant unknownc1390 pawnc1450 semi-cipher?1550 bauble1570 Jack with the feather1581 nobody1583 winterling1585 squash1600 rush candle1628 niflec1635 nullity1657 nonentity1710 featherweight1812 underscrub1822 nyaff1825 small fish1836 no-account1840 little fish1846 peanut1864 commonplacer1874 sparrow-fart1886 Little Willie1901 pipsqueak1905 nebbish1907 pie-biter1911 blob1916 smallie1930 no-count1932 zilch1933 Mickey Mouse1935 muzhik1945 nerd1951 nothingburger1953 nerk1955 non-person1959 no-mark1982 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > insubstantial > frivolous or not serious pickstraw1580 Jack with the feather1581 fiddler1591 fribble1610 trifler1612 fribbler1712 toyer1814 frivolist1884 namby-pamby1885 frivoller1889 footler1891 frivol1959 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > honour > [noun] > conferring of honour > an) honour(s) or distinction worshipOE mensk?c1225 pre-eminence1433 honoura1500 pre-eminency1555 a feather in the cap, hat1581 garland1591 honorarium1609 honorary1610 blushing honours1623 signal1655 gayness1670 honourability1694 honourable mention1797 special mention1886 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > [noun] > a source of credit or honour (to) worshipeOE honourc1325 glorya1382 diadem1526 credit1586 plume1605 honestation1629 reputation1653 a feather in the cap, hat1699 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) Pref. sig. A vjv Though a man shake the feather after the best fashion, and take upon him never so biglie, hee [etc.]. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. i. 93 What plume of fethers is he that indited this letter? View more context for this quotation a1633 Flodden F. xii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1889) III. vi. clxviii. 353 Jack with a feather was lapt all in leather. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. v. 205 He wore a feather in his cap, and wagg'd it too often. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew (at cited word) He has a Feather in his Cap, a Periphrasis for a Fool. 1734 Duchess of Portland in M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 511 My Lord..esteems it a feather in his hat, that [etc.]. 1736 T. Lediard Life Marlborough III. 370 A Feather in his Cap, was the least that was expected for him. 1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I cxcix. 102 Their favour in an author's cap's a feather. 1825 A. Constable Let. 2 May in J. Constable Corr. (1962) 220 I expect your Barge Horse will do wonders for you—only think of the Medal, what a feather it is. 1875 A. Helps Social Pressure v. 70 It is always a feather in my cap when Cranmer condescends to approve of any part of anything I say. 1958 Times 22 Oct. 14/1 Had Slater collected these two feathers to go with yesterday's collection he would have had a memorable match. 1968 J. F. Straker SIN & Johnny Inch 211 Strip off if you feel like it; I reckon this has been quite a feather. < as lemmas |
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