单词 | nugi- |
释义 | † nugi-comb. form Obsolete. rare. Forming (chiefly adjectives) with the sense ‘of or relating to trifles or trifling’. nugifrivolous adj. rare free or available for frivolous trifling. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > [adjective] > free (of time) unoccupied?a1439 avoid1488 void1530 vacant1531 remiss1566 spared1580 nugifrivolous1589 sparea1610 leisure1669 1589 ‘Marphoreus’ Martins Months Minde sig. H3 And now pretie youthes,..we shal haue some nugifriuolous leasure to talke with you. nugifying adj. rare productive of mere trifling. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > insubstantial > frivolous or not serious > productive of nugifyinga1834 a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1838) III. 183 The stultifying, nugifying effect of a blind and uncritical study of the Fathers. nugilogue n. rare trifling talk, an empty speech. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > insubstantial > frivolous or not serious > talk nugiloguea1657 a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry V cxxxviii, in Poems (1878) IV. 135 How ere the heapes Who Crowd to see, in Expectation fall To the Sweet Nugilogues of Jacke, and Hall. nugiperous adj. rare (perhaps) inventive of trifles. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > brisk or active > bustling or fussing > about trifles busy-idle1611 nugiperous1647 fidgeting1672 niffy-naffy1765 fingering1799 fussing1826 fussy1831 fiddle-faddling1834 spoffish1836 spoffy1860 fustling1867 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 25 When I heare a nugiperous Gentledame inquire what dresse the Queen is in [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < comb. form1589 |
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