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单词 pearl of wisdom
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pearl of wisdom
b. A precious or valuable thing; a virtuous or highly esteemed person; a fine example or type; a pertinent or wise saying (frequently in pearl of wisdom). Frequently with of.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > the choice or pick
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the pick of the basket1874
c1400 (?c1380) Pearl 241 (MED) O perle..in perlez pyȝt, Art þou my perle þat I haf playned?
c1410 tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 85 Kyng Egelrede wedded Emme, þe perle and þe precious stone [?a1475 (anon. tr.) gemme] of Normanes.
c1450 in R. H. Robbins Secular Lyrics 14th & 15th Cent. (1952) 212 (MED) Farewell ladi of grete pris..ffarewell perle, pris preisable.
?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 149 (MED) Heyle, perle peerles, prime rose or prise.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 168 Welcome to be our princes of honour, Our perle, our plesans and our paramour.
1567 R. Sempill Deeclaratioun Lordis Iust Quarrell (single sheet) Our prettie Prince, the peirle of all this land.
1653 A. Collins Divine Songs & Meditacions sig. G5 They that do in truth of heart professe That they have found this Pearle of Blessednesse Will not adventure it for any thing.
1655 J. Shirley Gentleman of Venice i. 11 He is the very pearl Of curtesie.
1693 H. Higden Wary Widdow 53 I claym thee as my right, thou Pearl of price.
1781 W. Cowper Task iii. 382 But wisdom is a pearl with most success Sought in still water.
1816 W. Scott Old Mortality vi, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 106 Ah benedicite! how he will mourn over the fall of such a pearl of knighthood.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 153 Guinevere, The pearl of beauty.
1871 Galaxy Mar. 422 You may speak pearls of wisdom and diamonds of wit, but such precious language is quite worthless to them.
1922 P. G. Wodehouse Clicking of Cuthbert i. 16 Why, you are a pearl among women, the queen of your sex.
1977 J. Wainwright Day of Peppercorn Kill 35 We get manuscripts. Scores. Hundreds a week... Occasionally, we get a pearl.
1988 Shooting Life June 46/3 Enabling you to hear absolutely every pearl he utters.
extracted from pearln.1adj.
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