单词 | phillis |
释义 | Phillisn. Chiefly poetic. Now rare. A pretty country girl; a female sweetheart. Also (after Milton: see quot. 1645): a pretty or dexterous female servant.Originally as a generic proper name in pastoral poetry. Cf. philander n.1 1. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > rustic or peasant tillman940 churla1000 ploughman1223 bondmanc1250 bondc1275 ploughswain1296 countrymanc1300 boundec1320 Hobc1325 charla1400 landmana1400 Jack (John) Upland1402 carlc1405 bowerc1430 peasanta1450 rurala1475 agrest1480 bergier1480 carlleina1500 rustical?1532 ploughboy1544 boor1548 rusticc1550 kern1556 tillsman1561 clown1563 Jocka1568 Jock upalanda1568 John Uponlanda1568 russet coat1568 rustican1570 hind?1577 swain1579 Corydon1581 mountain man1587 Phillis1589 sylvan1589 russeting1597 Joan1598 stubble boy1598 paysan1609 carlota1616 swainling1615 raiyat1625 contadino1630 under-swaina1644 high shoe1647 boorinn1649 Bonhomme1660 high-shoon-man1664 countrywoman1679 villan1685 russet gown1694 ruralist1739 paysanne1748 bauer1799 bonderman1804 bodach1830 contadina1835 agrestian1837 peasantess1841 country jake1845 rufus1846 bonder1848 hayseed1851 bucolic1862 agricole1882 country jay1888 child (son, etc.) of the soil1891 hillbilly1900 palouser1903 kisan1935 woop woop1936 swede-basher1943 the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [noun] > server of food > as servant > woman Phillis1589 Hebe1606 table maid1828 parlourmaid1836 parlour girl1858 waitress1875 1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. E.ii (heading) The louer confesseth him in loue with Phillis.] 1589 R. Greene Ciceronis Amor 54 Such a Phillis nere was seene, More beautiful than Loues Queene. 1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 34 Hearbs, and other Country Messes, Which the neat-handed Phillis dresses. 1679 T. Shadwell True Widow v. 76 Give me a Phillis with ten thousand pounds, I could sing one of thy own Songs my self, I am so taken with this Match. 1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical x. 116 At the Bar the good Man always places a charming Phillis or two. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 198 Having perpetually filled their head with ideas of Strephons and Phillis's. a1839 T. H. Bayly Songs & Ballads (1844) I. 138 Away with brooks, and hooks, and crooks, Your Phoebes and your Phillises. 1842 R. H. Barham Black Mousquetaire in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 13 As his Patients came in, certain soft-handed Phyllises Were at once set to work on their legs, arms, and backs. 1862 R. F. Burton City of Saints (ed. 2) iii. 152 A very plain young person, and no neat-handed Phyllis withal, supplied us with a cock whose toughness claimed for it the honors of grandpaternity. 1885 A. Edwardes Girton Girl I. iv. 74 Deep in a flirtation with some soft-eyed village Phillis. 1902 J. K. Jerome Paul Kelver 101 ‘Where ever did you get her from?’ asked Mrs. Florret... ‘A neat-handed Phillis,’ commented Dr. Florret with approval. 1941 ELH 8 292 The neo-classic lyrics dealing with the loves of Phillises and Strephons. 1995 19th-cent. Lit. 50 27 Gaskell's allusion to the Phillises of Virgil, Ovid, and the Renaissance pastoral tradition implies demeaning and self-destructive models for her heroine. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † Phillisv. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To address (a woman) in pastoral verses. Also: to while away (one's time) writing such verses. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > pastoral poem > put into or celebrate in pastoral [verb (transitive)] > address in pastoral verses Phillis1691 1691 Bragadocio i. i. 2 A young breeding Heir penning Madrigals on his Bed-maker, or Phillising the Skull's Daughter. 1706 S. Garth Dispensary (ed. 6) i. 9 He pass'd his easie Hours, instead of Pray'r, In Madrigals, and Phillising the Fair. 1761 J. Gilbert-Cooper in R. Dodsley Fugitive Pieces III. 319 This Expence would hinder many an Attorney's Clerk, and Prentice from Phillising away his Time. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1589v.1691 |
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