单词 | punyship |
释义 | † punyshipn. Obsolete. The position, status, or character of a puny; junior position or status; inferiority.In quot. 1624 with possessive adjective as a title of mock respect. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [noun] poornessa1382 povertya1387 bada1425 lessness?a1425 worsenessa1425 nethertyc1443 minority1533 badness1539 lesserness1540 evilness1547 meanness1556 punyship1581 inferiority1599 under1600 worserness1602 inferiorness1674 deteriority1692 baddishness1824 shoddiness1886 crumbiness1949 the world > people > person > junior person > [noun] > state of being youngershipOE punyship1581 juniority1598 juniorship1794 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions v. 32 Reading..must needes acknowledge and confesse her puniship to writing. 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 51 In the Punieship or nonage of Cerdicke sandes, when the best houses and walles there were of mudde. 1624 R. Montagu Gagg for New Gospell? ii. 18 Shall wee belieue your Puniship or them? 1680 E. Hickeringill Refl. Late Libel 5 Undermining other mens good name, lest they should shine to eclipse and benight their twinckling Puny-ships. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1581 |
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