单词 | plebeity |
释义 | plebeityn. Now historical and rare. 1. The plebeian class; the commonalty. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > [noun] folkc888 peoplea1325 frapec1330 commona1350 common peoplea1382 commonsa1382 commontya1387 communityc1400 meiniec1400 commonaltya1425 commonsa1500 vulgarsa1513 many1526 meinie1532 multitude1535 the many-headed beast (also monster)1537 number1542 ignobility1546 commonitya1550 popular1554 populace1572 popularya1578 vulgarity?1577 populacya1583 rout1589 the vulgar1590 plebs1591 mobile vulgusc1599 popularity1599 ignoble1603 the million1604 plebe1612 plebeity1614 the common filea1616 the herda1616 civils1644 commonality1649 democracy1656 menu1658 mobile1676 crowd1683 vulgusa1687 mob1691 Pimlico parliament?1774 citizenry1795 polloi1803 demos1831 many-headed1836 hoi polloi1837 the masses1837 citizenhood1843 John Q.1922 wimble-wamble1937 1614 H. Wotton Let. 25 Oct. (modernized text) in L. P. Smith Life & Lett. Sir H. Wotton (1907) II. 58 A notable advantage offered the said Duke by the dissension of the plebeity. 1618 H. Wotton Election Duke of Venice in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1651) 190 The Plebeyity (whose supream Object is Bread) cried in all corners, Viva Donato. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Plebeity, the commonalty, the vulgar people. 1982 Eng. Hist. Rev. 97 844 The procession is handed over..to non-political groups recruited from the plebeity, with the literate middle-class retreating to watch the spectacle from the sidelines. 2. Plebeian quality, status, or birth. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > [noun] > position or quality of plebeiance1621 commonership1648 peopleship1650 plebeity1663 plebeianism1723 roture1738 plebeianness1840 1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus 27 So much incommodated are they from their minds plebeity. 1679 Jenison's Popish Plot Pref. 7 That..his Extraction may advance him above the common exceptions of Lowness and Plebeity, which inferiour Testimonies are subject to. 1797 G. Staunton Abridged Acct. Embassy to China xi. 229 Any one desirous of quitting plebeity, and willing to become an eunuch, is immediately received into one of the palaces. 1975 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 105 93 Mere plebeity did not prevent an annalist from vigorously trumpeting the bygone, more glorious holders of his name. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1614 |
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