pilferern.

Brit.

/ˈpɪlf(ə)rə/, U.S.

/ˈpɪlf(ə)rər/

Forms: Middle English pulfrour, 1500s pylferer, 1500s– pilferer.

Origin: Perhaps of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Perhaps also partly either (i) a borrowing from French. Or partly (ii) a borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Etymons: pilfer v., -er suffix¹; pilfer n., -er suffix¹; French pelfre , -er suffix¹.

Etymology: In quot. 1350 apparently < either pilfer n. or pilfer v. + -er suffix¹ (although attested earlier than either the noun or the verb), unless either independently < Anglo-Norman pelfre (see pelf n.) + -er suffix¹ or < an unattested Anglo-Norman agent noun < pelfre (compare Middle French peufrier (1388), and also Old French, Middle French (Normandy) pelfrier second-hand clothes dealer (14th to 16th centuries)). In later use < pilfer v. + -er suffix¹.

A thief, esp. a petty thief.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > petty thief or pilferer > [noun]

mitcher?c1225

nimmera1325

pilferer1350

truffer1485

lurcher1528

picker1549

filcher1557

purloiner1557

prig1567

prigger1567

prigman1567

fingerer1575

piker1590

prag1592

nibbler1598

lurch-man1603

petty larcener1640

budge1673

catch-cloaka1679

prigster1682

sutler1699

marauder1764

snib1823

chicken thief1840

lurker1841

souvenir hunter1862

robberling1865

jackdaw1887

miker1890

frisker1892

bower-bird1926

jagoff1931

magpie1944

slockster-

1350 in A. H. Thomas Cal. Plea & Mem. Rolls London Guildhall (1926) I. 237 (MED) [Richard atte Brugge of Essex, who was a] pikere [and a] pulfrour [and not fit to belong to the mistery].

1576 A. Fleming tr. J. Caius Of Eng. Dogges Index sig. G.iij Borders of England pestred with pylferers.

1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) iii. xv. 245/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I [Small fairs] are oft preiudiciall to such as dwell neere hand..by pilferers that resort vnto the same.

1635 G. Wither Coll. Emblemes 167 The poore and petty pilferers you see On wheeles, on gibbets and the gallow tree.

a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 168 They huff and swell, like Pilferers full of what they steal.

1728 E. Young Love of Fame: Universal Passion (ed. 2) iii. 90 Thieves of renown, and pilferers of fame.

1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Michers, thieves, pilferers.

1840 T. B. Macaulay in Edinb. Rev. Jan. 350 The whole crew of pilferers and oppressors from whom he had rescued Bengal.

a1894 R. L. Stevenson In South Seas (1896) i. viii. 72 Originally petty pilferers, the men of Tai-o-hae now begin to force locks and attack strong-boxes.

1950 R. Macaulay World my Wilderness vii. 71 The two untutored pilferers who sat now in their ancient domains among stolen goods.

1990 D. Attenborough Trials of Life 67 It goes to great lengths to protect its seeds from pilferers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pilferer
释义	pilferern. Brit. /ˈpɪlf(ə)rə/, U.S. /ˈpɪlf(ə)rər/ Forms: Middle English pulfrour, 1500s pylferer, 1500s– pilferer. Origin: Perhaps of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Perhaps also partly either (i) a borrowing from French. Or partly (ii) a borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Etymons: pilfer v., -er suffix¹; pilfer n., -er suffix¹; French pelfre , -er suffix¹. Etymology: In quot. 1350 apparently < either pilfer n. or pilfer v. + -er suffix¹ (although attested earlier than either the noun or the verb), unless either independently < Anglo-Norman pelfre (see pelf n.) + -er suffix¹ or < an unattested Anglo-Norman agent noun < pelfre (compare Middle French peufrier (1388), and also Old French, Middle French (Normandy) pelfrier second-hand clothes dealer (14th to 16th centuries)). In later use < pilfer v. + -er suffix¹. A thief, esp. a petty thief. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > petty thief or pilferer > [noun] mitcher?c1225 nimmera1325 pilferer1350 truffer1485 lurcher1528 picker1549 filcher1557 purloiner1557 prig1567 prigger1567 prigman1567 fingerer1575 piker1590 prag1592 nibbler1598 lurch-man1603 petty larcener1640 budge1673 catch-cloaka1679 prigster1682 sutler1699 marauder1764 snib1823 chicken thief1840 lurker1841 souvenir hunter1862 robberling1865 jackdaw1887 miker1890 frisker1892 bower-bird1926 jagoff1931 magpie1944 slockster- 1350 in A. H. Thomas Cal. Plea & Mem. Rolls London Guildhall (1926) I. 237 (MED) [Richard atte Brugge of Essex, who was a] pikere [and a] pulfrour [and not fit to belong to the mistery]. 1576 A. Fleming tr. J. Caius Of Eng. Dogges Index sig. G.iij Borders of England pestred with pylferers. 1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) iii. xv. 245/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I [Small fairs] are oft preiudiciall to such as dwell neere hand..by pilferers that resort vnto the same. 1635 G. Wither Coll. Emblemes 167 The poore and petty pilferers you see On wheeles, on gibbets and the gallow tree. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 168 They huff and swell, like Pilferers full of what they steal. 1728 E. Young Love of Fame: Universal Passion (ed. 2) iii. 90 Thieves of renown, and pilferers of fame. 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Michers, thieves, pilferers. 1840 T. B. Macaulay in Edinb. Rev. Jan. 350 The whole crew of pilferers and oppressors from whom he had rescued Bengal. a1894 R. L. Stevenson In South Seas (1896) i. viii. 72 Originally petty pilferers, the men of Tai-o-hae now begin to force locks and attack strong-boxes. 1950 R. Macaulay World my Wilderness vii. 71 The two untutored pilferers who sat now in their ancient domains among stolen goods. 1990 D. Attenborough Trials of Life 67 It goes to great lengths to protect its seeds from pilferers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1350
随便看	to take a leak to take a left to take a letter to take a level to take a liberty to take a liberty to do something to take a liking to to take a load off to take a load off one's feet to take a load off one's mind to take a long view to take a look to take a look around to take a look of to take a look round to take a loose to take a lot out of to take a lot out of a person to take a lowe to take a maddie to take a maidenhead to take a medicine to take a message to take a mickey finn to take a miff