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单词 pegrall
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pegralladj.

Brit. /ˈpɛɡrəl/, /ˈpiːɡrəl/, U.S. /ˈpɛɡrəl/, /ˈpiɡrəl/, Scottish English /ˈpɛɡrəl/, /ˈpiɡrəl/
Forms: pre-1700 peggrell, pre-1700 pigraill, pre-1700 1800s pegrall, pre-1700 1800s pygrall, 1800s– peegril, 1900s– peegrel, 1900s– pegral.
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: English pedral , pedlar n.1
Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps an alteration of pedral, Older Scots variant (with metathesis) of pedlar n.1 Compare piddling adj.
Scottish. Now rare.
1. Petty, paltry, trifling.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > paltry, mean, or contemptible
unworthlyc1230
wretcha1250
seely1297
vilec1320
not worth a cress (kerse)1377
the value of a rushc1380
threadbarec1412
wretched1450
miserable?a1513
rascal1519
prettya1522
not worth a whistlea1529
pegrall1535
plack1539
pelting1540
scald1542
sleeveless1551
baggage1553
paltering1553
piddling1559
twopenny1560
paltry1565
rubbish1565
baggagely1573
pelfish1577
halfpenny1579
palting1579
baubling1581
three-halfpenny1581
pitiful1582
triobolar1585
squirting1589
not worth a lousea1592
hedge1596
cheap1597
peddling1597
dribbling1600
mean1600
rascally1600
three-farthingc1600
draughty1602
dilute1605
copper1609
peltry?a1610
threepenny1613
pelsy1631
pimping1640
triobolary1644
pigwidgeon1647
dustya1649
fiddling1652
puddlinga1653
insignificant1658
piteous1667
snotty1681
scrubbed1688
dishonourable1699
scrub1711
footy1720
fouty1722
rubbishing1731
chuck-farthing1748
rubbishy1753
shabby1753
scrubby1754
poxya1758
rubbishly1777
waff-like1808
trinkety1817
meanish1831
one-eyed1843
twiddling1844
measly1847
poking1850
picayunish1852
vild1853
picayune1856
snide1859
two-cent1859
rummagy1872
faddling1883
finicking1886
slushy1889
twopence halfpenny1890
jerk1893
pissy1922
crappy1928
two-bit1932
piddly1933
chickenshit1934
pissing1937
penny packet1943
farkakte1960
pony1964
gay1978
1535 D. Lindsay Satyre 2653 Ane peggrell theif that steillis ane kow.
1555 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxxvi. 126 That fals and degenerat seid Of Douglassis..That of his bluide resavit þe pygrall pryce.
1567 R. Sempill in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. 35 I did reid,..How Acan tuik the excommunicat guid:..Gif God was wraith at ane small pegrall stouth, And for ainis fault ane multitude did shoir.
1591 in Cal. State Papers Scotl. (1936) X. 509 Lett it be presentlie mendit sen it is butt sa pigraill a maitter.
1845 T. Brown Dict. Sc. Lang. 98 Pegrall, pygrall, paltry.
2. Mean, miserly; greedy. Sc. National Dict. at Pegral records this sense in use in Morayshire and Banffshire in 1937.
ΚΠ
1875 Border Treasury 22 May 488 Hoo are ye comin on wi' that peegril skin-'im-alive factor body?
1942 P. Wettstein Phonol. Berwickshire Dial. 79 Peegrel (greedy).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1535
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