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单词 philogrobolize
释义

philogrobolizeadj.

Forms: 1600s philogrobolise.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French philogroboliser.
Etymology: < French philogroboliser (1532 in Middle French in the passage translated in quot. 1653), probably < philo- philo- comb. form + -groboliser , variant of graboliser (see metagrobolize v.).For an earlier example of the French phrase (translated in quot. 1653) in an English context, compare:1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Philogrobolizé du cerveau, intoxicated, astonied, bedunced, at his wits end.
humorous. Obsolete. rare.
philogrobolized in one's brains: addled, stupefied. Cf. metagrobolize v. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > act of perplexing > perplex, nonplus [phrase]
to bring (drive, or put) to one's wit's end1377
to cast (also throw) a mist before a person's eyes?a1475
to set (also run) on ground1600
to make butter and cheese of1642
to put to the gaze1646
philogrobolized in one's brains1653
to strike all of (on) a heap1711
to blow, cast, throw stour in one's eyes1823
knot1860
to give (one) furiously to think1910
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. x. 69 One day they were thus at their wits end, all-to-be-dunced and philogrobolised in their braines [Fr. philogrobolizez du cerveau].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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