单词 | bairnly |
释义 | bairnlyadj. Scottish and northern dialect. 1. Childish. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > childish folly, childishness > [adjective] childishc1405 indigest1423 bairnly1533 babish?1552 babished1563 babyish1646 puerilea1680 chitty1755 jejune1898 immature1902 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) i. 100 Thair insolent and barnelie contencioun. a1666 R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) i. 1 I used my bairnly endeavour. 1837 R. Nicoll Poems (1843) 80 I hae left them now for ever, But, to greet would bairnly be. 2. Child-like, in childhood. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > child > [adjective] > childlike childlike1577 bairnly1603 cherubimical1854 cherubic1860 1603 Philotus xc. sig. D2 The las bot bairnlie is and ȝoung. 1603 Philotus xv. sig. A4v A bairnelie Lasse lyke mee, Mair meit his Oy nor wyfe to be. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019). † bairnlyadv. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > childish folly, childishness > [adverb] childlya1425 bairn-likec1425 bairnly1483 childishly1533 babishly1551 puerilely1654 babyishly1829 babily1872 1483 Cath. Angl. 22/2 Barnely, infantuose, pueriliter. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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