单词 | piperly |
释义 | † piperlyadj. Obsolete (archaic in later use.) Resembling or characteristic of a piper. Hence: paltry, beggarly (see note s.v. piper n.1 1). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > paltry, mean, or contemptible > befitting specific person piperly1588 1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies 65 Their piperly versicles, and other beggerly trumperie. 1606 J. Day Ile of Guls v. i Not..the whole pack of their piperly godheads could a dischargd a stratagem with more spirit of al merit. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Pharmaceut. Shop Pref. in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Nnn3v Shame..that..those Piperly-Dizzards should not be..detected. 1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 12 107 I don't care a tester for that piperly poet of green Erin. 1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 1 542/2 This is some of the piperly stuff of your snivelling poets. a1842 W. Maginn Misc. Writings (1855) II. 112 Pitch to the devil sighings and ‘well-a-days’, Oglings and singing of piperly melodies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.1588 |
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