单词 | pickthanking |
释义 | † pickthankingn. Obsolete. rare. The action of pickthank v. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > captious plitchinga1400 carpingc1400 cavillation1532 pinching1532 nibbling?1577 Zoilism1609 carp1618 snagging1642 find-faulting1654 word-catching1713 pickthanking1861 kvetchingc1950 nitpicking1951 1861 J. R. Wise Shakespere 155 During the rejoicings at Stratford on the conclusion of the Crimean War, I heard a peasant, saying of the public tea-meeting, &c., held in the High Street, ‘There will be pickthanking work to-morrow;’ that is, tale-bearing, gossiping, not unmixed with grumbling. 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters v. 131 How constantly Shakespeare releases himself from the pick-thanking of his critics. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2018). † pickthankingadj. Obsolete. rare. = pickthank adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [adjective] fikingc1230 papelarda1500 gnathonical1540 clawing1574 pickthank1575 slavering1575 claw-back1577 courting1580 fawning1585 adulatory1587 insinuating1592 insinuative1592 scraping1599 adulatorious1612 men-pleasing1615 pickthanking1621 sycophantical1632 gnathonic1637 insinuanta1639 sycophantizing1640 ingratiating1642 led1672 sycophanting1674 sycophantly1680 sycophanta1684 sycophantica1698 pickthankly1702 assiduous1725 foot-licking1786 tuft-hunting1789 sycophantish1821 favour-currying1831 bootlicking1849 toadying1863 creepy-crawly1890 slauming1904 toadyish1909 ass-licking1940 ass-kissing1942 brown-nosing1946 arse-licking1950 sucky1991 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [adjective] > captiously captiousc1380 pick-fault1544 fastidious?1555 sharp-nosed1561 cavillous?1571 carpacious1574 cavillinga1576 find-fault1576 Zoilous1577 carpinga1586 exceptious1602 quarrellous1610 exceptive1623 Zoilitical1665 nibbling1691 pickthanking1830 Zoilean1846 snippy1848 nitpicking1948 nitpicky1962 1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 43 While he did credit pickthanking Counsellors. 1830 Examiner 132/2 The most fastidious and pick-thanking critic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1861adj.1621 |
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