单词 | pensily |
释义 | † pensilyadv. Obsolete. 1. Pensively, anxiously, sadly. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > [adverb] > pensively pensily1469 pensively1569 1469 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 343 I pray ȝow and requere ȝow þat ȝe take yt not pensyly, fore I wot wele yt gothe ryth nere ȝowr hart. 2. Scottish. Self-importantly, conceitedly. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [adverb] fastuously1654 pensily1725 with one's head in the air1788 pretentiously1848 uppishly1911 snottily1927 snootily1940 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. ii. 9 He kames his Hair indeed, and goes right snug, With Ribon Knots at his blew Bonnet Lug; Whilk pensylie he wears a Thought a jee, And spreads his Garters dice'd beneath his Knee. 1841 Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (ed. 2) at Pensy Pensylie, in a self-important manner. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adv.1469 |
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