单词 | nointer |
释义 | nointern.ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > (extreme) unction > [noun] > one who performs anointer1533 aneler1647 nointer1647 1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 36 A rhetorician, a grammarian, A painter, nointer, augur, geometrician. 1671 J. Crowne Juliana v. 51 Honest Bulley Cerberus, Corporal-turnkey, Squire o' the house, 'Nointer o' Page-bums, Engineer General o' double Locks. 2. English regional and Australian. A scandalous or troublesome person or thing. ΚΠ 1893 H. T. Cozens-Hardy Broad Norfolk (Eastern Daily Press) 35 A common expression for a bad boy is an aainter or nointer; while one who is inured to hardships is a hard-woolled-un. 1895 T. Pinnock Black Country Ann. in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1898) I. 60/2 He's a reglar nointer, I'd believe anythin' o' im. 1974 D. Wilson Staffs. Dial. Words 48 Nointer, a terrible fellow. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 206/2 That's a reight nointer that is. 1999 G. Seal Lingo 29 Nointer is a Taswegianism for a precocious child or youth destined for a bad end. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1647 |
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