单词 | out-and-outer |
释义 | out-and-outern. colloquial. Now rare. 1. A person who or thing which is in some way beyond the norm: a person of determined, adventurous, or reckless character; a person or thing of great beauty; an unqualified supporter of some cause; a thoroughgoing criminal or cheat. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [noun] > perfect person or thing > most perfect out-and-outer1819 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 193 Out and outer, a person of a resolute determined spirit, who pursues his object without regard to danger or difficulty; also an incorrigible depredator..possessed of neither honour nor principle. 1824 T. Hogg Conc. & Pract. Treat. Carnation (ed. 3) 126 Pittman's flower..is..quite an out-and-outer, a chef d'œuvre of nature. 1833 Fraser's Mag. 8 31 He declared himself to be an out-and-outer for the ballot. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Shabby-genteel Story iii Gad, she was fine then—an out and outer, sir! 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 92 The horse..was..a great beauty—‘a regular out-and-outer’ was the expression. 1909 Daily Chron. 23 Sept. 3/2 He was in all respects an out-and-outer, was Lord Wargrave, and we have no words adequate to express our relief when we discovered that he wasn't a trueborn aristocrat. 1957 H. G. Lamond Dingo x. 110 [The dingo's] cunnin', too! He messes up any baits he finds, an' he's sprung a couple o' old traps what was set here. This bloke's a out-an'-outer! a1997 A. Motion Sel. Poems (1998) II. 48 Cut them in half, you'll find mostly gin..They're out and outers. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > a falsehood, lie > blatant, extravagant a lie with a latchet1580 rapper1611 banger1657 thumper1660 whisker1668 swinger1671 thwacker1674 strapper1677 volunteer1680 hummer1699 swapperc1700 rouser?1770 plumper1776 whopper1791 bouncer1803 yanker1822 rattler1825 whacker1825 falsism1835 crumper1855 bang1879 out-and-outer1880 big lie1939 1831 Examiner 379/2 How can you look me in the face, and tell such an out and outer? 1880 M. E. Braddon Just as I Am xxviii What do you expect will happen to you if you tell such out and outers as that? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1819 |
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