| 单词 | pest upon |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(a) pest upon b. As a curse. (a) pest on (also (a) pest upon, (a) pest take): may a plague light upon. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > oaths other than religious or obscene > imprecations woeOE dahetc1290 confoundc1330 foul (also shame) fall ——c1330 sorrow on——c1330 in the wanianda1352 wildfirea1375 evil theedomc1386 a pestilence on (also upon)c1390 woe betide you (also him, her, etc.)c1390 maldathaita1400 murrainc1400 out ona1415 in the wild waning worldc1485 vengeance?a1500 in a wanion1549 with a wanion1549 woe worth1553 a plague on——a1566 with a wanion to?c1570 with a wanyand1570 bot1584 maugre1590 poxa1592 death1593 rot1594 rot on1595 cancro1597 pax1604 pize on (also upon)1605 vild1605 peascod1606 cargo1607 confusion1608 perditiona1616 (a) pest upon1632 deuce1651 stap my vitals1697 strike me blind, dumb, lucky (if, but—)1697 stop my vitals1699 split me (or my windpipe)1700 rabbit1701 consume1756 capot me!1760 nick me!1760 weary set1788 rats1816 bad cess to1859 curse1885 hanged1887 buggeration1964 ?1553 Respublica (1952) v. ii. 44 Resp. yea bothe mercie and verytee. Avar. A pestle on them bothe saving my Charitee.] 1632 T. Heywood 2nd Pt. Iron Age ii. i A hot Pest take the strumpet. 1798 J. Baillie Tryal iii. i, in Series Plays Stronger Passions I. 244 Pest take her! 1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons II. iv. vi. 76 ‘Pest on these Burgundians!’ answered Clarence. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Let. 5–6 July (1946) III. 59 Pest take it. I began instantly to write something to cover the loss. 1969 V. Nabokov Ada ii. v. 367 Who wrote that?.. A pest on his anapest! 1991 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 16 Mar. A pest upon people who would dare derail my dreams! < as lemmas |
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