单词 | palmerin |
释义 | Palmerinn. Any of the knightly heroes of the 16th-cent. Spanish romances concerning Palmerin de Oliva. Also in extended use: a redoubtable knightly champion. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > heroism > [noun] > brave warrior > knightly hero knight-errantc1400 knight adventurous1429 knight of adventurers1530 paladin1592 Palmerin1613 knight adventurera1640 erranta1643 preux chevalier1771 Galahad1854 1613 F. Beaumont Knight of Burning Pestle iii. sig. F4 And by that vertue that braue Rosicleere, That damned brood of ougly Gyants slew, And Palmerin Frannarco ouerthrew. 1640 H. Glapthorne Hollander iii. sig. Eii Ha thy arme in sling, my Palmerin. 1671 R. Head & F. Kirkman Eng. Rogue IV. xxi. 313 All the Palmerins, and Primaleons, he knew as well as if he had gone to school with them. 1823 W. Scott Peveril II. iii. 74 To be an absolute Palmerin of England is not in my nature. 1938 J. C. Powys Enjoyment of Lit. 177 That ideal age..when the spirit of knight-errantry, never mind about particular Amadises of Gaul or Palmerins of England, prevailed in the world. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1613 |
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