单词 | nointed |
释义 | nointedadj.ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > (extreme) unction > [adjective] > anointed y-eledc1275 anointc1350 ointedc1384 anointed?c1400 aneled1440 greasy?1542 oiled1546 smeared?1550 nointed1566 1566 T. Drant Wailyngs Hieremiah in tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. l Our vitall stay, and steddie aide, Josiah nointed Kynge. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 187 Not noble race, farre beyond Caesars raigne, Runne in right line, and bloud of nointed kings. 1772–4 R. Warner Apparition i. iii. 207 Your 'nointed hags, who still New vamp themselves, and hide with paint their wrinkles. 1837 N. H. Bannister England's Iron Days i. ii. 13 O patience! Beneath the 'nointed banner of the cross I swore, My honor, with my life I would maintain. 2. English regional (northern). Unruly; notorious. Cf. nineted adj. Now rare. ΚΠ 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 119 ‘A nointed youth’, a young man apparently destined to, or determined upon, evil courses. 1867 Notes & Queries 24 Aug. 149/1 The lower classes in this locality [sc. Warrington] are apt to designate a mischievous boy a ‘nointed young rascal’ and in a milder form will describe him as ‘a little bit nointed’. 1896 Manch. City News 8 Feb. A neignted young rogue was common..some years ago. It is seldom, if ever, now heard. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 88/1 ‘A nointed youth’—one destined obviously to evil ways. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 206/2 Nointed wun, someone mischevous [sic]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1566 |
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