puckfistn.

Brit.

/ˈpʌkfɪst/, U.S.

/ˈpəkˌfɪst/

Forms:

α. Middle English poukisthes (plural, probably transmission error), 1600s puckefist, 1600s pukfist, 1600s– puckfist; English regional 1800s– puckfyst (Worcestershire), 1800s– pugfist (midlands), 1900s– puckfice (Warwickshire), 1900s– puckfris (Worcestershire), 1900s– puckfrist (Worcestershire).

β. 1600s puckfoyst, 1600s–1800s puckfoist; English regional 1800s– pookfoist (Worcestershire), 1800s– puckfoust (south-western).

γ. English regional 1800s puckfiest (Suffolk), 1800s pugfiest (Worcestershire), 1800s– puckfeist.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: puck n.¹, fist n.²

Etymology: Apparently < puck n.¹ + fist n.² With sense 1 compare puff-fist n., and also puffball n. 1.With the β forms compare foist n.³ With the forms in pug- perhaps compare pug n.² 6.

I. As the name of a plant.

1. A puffball fungus. English regional (chiefly west midlands) in later use. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > fungi > [noun] > puff-ball

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c1300 in T. Hunt Pop. Med. 13th-cent. Eng. (1990) v. 263 Item contra brok: Recipe mussourounys .i. poukisthes qui crescit super sterquilinium .i. miskyn.

1602 B. Jonson Poetaster iv. vii. sig. I2 I'le blow him into aire, when I meete him next: He dares not fight with a puck-fist .

1609 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie x. sig. K6 Next vnto brimstone [for smoking bees] is the smoake of tuchwood, or puckfists.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory 120/3 Such as have imperfect leaves, as Mushrooms..Fuzball, or Puckfist.

1766 Compl. Farmer at Bee The narcotic, or stupefying fume, is made with the..large mushroom, commonly known by the name bunt, puckfist, or frog-cheese.

1800 J. Hull Elements Bot. II. 392/1 Puckfist, Lycoperdon.

1852 J. Allies Antiq. Folk-lore 418 They also call the puff, or puck-ball fungus, by the name of pug-fiest.

1875 A. Porson Notes Quaint Words S. Worcs. 16 Pookfoist, decayed fungus.

1893 J. Salisbury Gloss. Words S.E. Worcs. 29 Puck-fist, a dried up toadstool.

1903 M. E. Belcher in Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 636/2 Puckfice.

II. As a derogatory name for a person.

2. A boaster, a braggart. Now archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [noun] > boaster

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Tartarin1903

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wide-mouth1959

Wheneye1982

trash talker1986

braggarist-

1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor i. ii. sig. D To be enamour'd on this dustie Turfe? This clod? a horson Puckefist ?

1605 Hist. Tryall Cheualry sig. G2^v Giue me leaue to incounter this puckfist: and if I doe not make him cry Peccaui, say Dicke Bowyer's a powdred Mackrell.

1615 J. Taylor Vrania xxiv, in Wks. (1630) 3/2 Then loue him; else his puckfoist pompe abhorre.

1637 J. Shirley Example ii. i Lady, he is no man..A very puck~fist. Jacinta. What's that, I pray? Vain. A phantom, a mere phantom.

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. vi. 178 A base besognio, and a puckfist.

1989 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 July 798/4 Perhaps I am a paranoid puckfist, but when I see my praise being used as a puff for a novel, and my name has been reduced merely to Sunday Times..I begin to wonder if this is..a palpable snub.

1996 Sunday Tasmanian (Nexis) 29 Dec. The only time he has ever sworn over the air-waves was accidentally while trying to say the word ‘puckfist’—a word referring to a person who dominates conversation at a dinner party.

†3. A tight-fisted or avaricious person, a miser. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun] > niggard or mean person

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1606 Wily Beguilde 9 I heard your father say, that he would marrie you to Peter Ploddall, that Puckefist, that snudge snowte.

1608 R. Middleton Epigr. & Satyres sig. B3 Old father pukfist, knits his arteries, First strikes, then railes on Riots villanies.

1631 B. Jonson New Inne iii. i. 151 Peirce. A grazier's may. Fer. O they are pinching puckfists! Trun. And suspicious.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	puckfist
释义	puckfistn. Brit. /ˈpʌkfɪst/, U.S. /ˈpəkˌfɪst/ Forms: α. Middle English poukisthes (plural, probably transmission error), 1600s puckefist, 1600s pukfist, 1600s– puckfist; English regional 1800s– puckfyst (Worcestershire), 1800s– pugfist (midlands), 1900s– puckfice (Warwickshire), 1900s– puckfris (Worcestershire), 1900s– puckfrist (Worcestershire). β. 1600s puckfoyst, 1600s–1800s puckfoist; English regional 1800s– pookfoist (Worcestershire), 1800s– puckfoust (south-western). γ. English regional 1800s puckfiest (Suffolk), 1800s pugfiest (Worcestershire), 1800s– puckfeist. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: puck n.¹, fist n.² Etymology: Apparently < puck n.¹ + fist n.² With sense 1 compare puff-fist n., and also puffball n. 1.With the β forms compare foist n.³ With the forms in pug- perhaps compare pug n.² 6. I. As the name of a plant. 1. A puffball fungus. English regional (chiefly west midlands) in later use. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > fungi > [noun] > puff-ball wolf's-fista1300 puckfistc1300 puff1538 earth-puff1585 foist1593 fist1597 fuzz-ball1597 puff-fist1597 bunt1601 fuzz1601 bullfist1611 mully-puff1629 fist-ball1635 puffball1649 puck-ball1730 puffin1755 lycoperdon1756 frog cheese1766 puck1766 fuzzy-ballc1850 ball smut1925 c1300 in T. Hunt Pop. Med. 13th-cent. Eng. (1990) v. 263 Item contra brok: Recipe mussourounys .i. poukisthes qui crescit super sterquilinium .i. miskyn. 1602 B. Jonson Poetaster iv. vii. sig. I2 I'le blow him into aire, when I meete him next: He dares not fight with a puck-fist . View more context for this quotation 1609 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie x. sig. K6 Next vnto brimstone [for smoking bees] is the smoake of tuchwood, or puckfists. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory 120/3 Such as have imperfect leaves, as Mushrooms..Fuzball, or Puckfist. 1766 Compl. Farmer at Bee The narcotic, or stupefying fume, is made with the..large mushroom, commonly known by the name bunt, puckfist, or frog-cheese. 1800 J. Hull Elements Bot. II. 392/1 Puckfist, Lycoperdon. 1852 J. Allies Antiq. Folk-lore 418 They also call the puff, or puck-ball fungus, by the name of pug-fiest. 1875 A. Porson Notes Quaint Words S. Worcs. 16 Pookfoist, decayed fungus. 1893 J. Salisbury Gloss. Words S.E. Worcs. 29 Puck-fist, a dried up toadstool. 1903 M. E. Belcher in Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 636/2 Puckfice. II. As a derogatory name for a person. 2. A boaster, a braggart. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [noun] > boaster yelper1340 avaunterc1374 braggerc1390 fare-makerc1440 seggerc1440 shakerc1440 vaunter1484 roosera1500 praterc1500 cracker1509 vouster?a1513 boaster1574 Thrasoa1576 braggarta1577 braver1589 glorioser1589 bragout1592 rodomont1592 braggadocio1594 gloriosoc1599 puckfist1600 burgullian1601 puff1601 forthputtera1610 rodomontado1609 ostentator1611 fanfaron1622 potgun1623 thrasonist1626 cracka1640 vapourer1653 braggadocian1654 rodomontadist1655 charlatan1670 brag1671 rodomontade1683 gasconader1709 rodomontader1730 Gascon1757 spread eagle1809 bag of wind1816 penny trumpeter1828 spraga1838 gasser1855 blow-hard1857 blower1863 crower1864 gabber1869 flannel-mouth1882 punk-fist1890 skiter1898 Tartarin1903 blow1904 skite1906 poofter1916 trombenik1922 shooter of lines1941 fat-mouth1942 wide-mouth1959 Wheneye1982 trash talker1986 braggarist- 1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor i. ii. sig. D To be enamour'd on this dustie Turfe? This clod? a horson Puckefist ? View more context for this quotation 1605 Hist. Tryall Cheualry sig. G2^v Giue me leaue to incounter this puckfist: and if I doe not make him cry Peccaui, say Dicke Bowyer's a powdred Mackrell. 1615 J. Taylor Vrania xxiv, in Wks. (1630) 3/2 Then loue him; else his puckfoist pompe abhorre. 1637 J. Shirley Example ii. i Lady, he is no man..A very puck~fist. Jacinta. What's that, I pray? Vain. A phantom, a mere phantom. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. vi. 178 A base besognio, and a puckfist. 1989 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 July 798/4 Perhaps I am a paranoid puckfist, but when I see my praise being used as a puff for a novel, and my name has been reduced merely to Sunday Times..I begin to wonder if this is..a palpable snub. 1996 Sunday Tasmanian (Nexis) 29 Dec. The only time he has ever sworn over the air-waves was accidentally while trying to say the word ‘puckfist’—a word referring to a person who dominates conversation at a dinner party. †3. A tight-fisted or avaricious person, a miser. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun] > niggard or mean person nithinga1225 chinch?a1300 nigc1300 chincher1333 shut-purse1340 niggardc1384 haynec1386 nigona1400 pinchera1425 pinchpenny?c1425 pynepenya1450 pelt1511 chincherda1529 churl1535 pinchbeck1538 carl?1542 penny-father1549 nipfarthing1566 nipper?1573 holdfast1576 pinchpence1577 pinch fistc1580 pinchfart1592 shit-sticks1598 clunchfist1606 puckfist1606 sharp-nose1611 spare-good1611 crib1622 hog grubber?1626 dry-fist1633 clusterfist1652 niggardling1654 frummer1659 scrat1699 sting-hum1699 nipcheese1785 pincha1825 screw1825 wire-drawer1828 close-fist1861 penny-pincher1875 nip-skin1876 parer1887 pinch-plum1892 cheapskate1899 meanie1902 tightwad1906 stinge1914 penny-peeler1925 mean1938 stiff1967 1606 Wily Beguilde 9 I heard your father say, that he would marrie you to Peter Ploddall, that Puckefist, that snudge snowte. 1608 R. Middleton Epigr. & Satyres sig. B3 Old father pukfist, knits his arteries, First strikes, then railes on Riots villanies. 1631 B. Jonson New Inne iii. i. 151 Peirce. A grazier's may. Fer. O they are pinching puckfists! Trun. And suspicious. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1300
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