rabulousadj.

Brit.

/ˈrabjᵿləs/, U.S.

/ˈræbjələs/

Forms: 1500s rablous, 1500s rabulouse, 1600s (1900s– archaic) rabulous.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin rabula , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin rabula ranting speaker, of uncertain origin (see note) + -ous suffix. Compare post-classical Latin rabulus slanderous, brawling (c1000, c1160 in British sources).Classical Latin rabula was derived by ancient authors from rabies rabies n.; it may in fact be of Etruscan origin (as many popular words in -a ), or perhaps of imitative origin (as many words with r and b , relating to speech; compare rabble v.¹). The English word is apparently sometimes taken (by folk etymology) to be related to rabble n.¹ The author of quot. 1914 explains in a note that he has revived the word rabulous (with reference to Latin rabula pettifogger and having consulted N.E.D.) to render German Rabulistenkniff.

rare (archaic in later use).

As befits the rabble or vulgar element of the populace, scurrilous; vulgar; base.In quot. 1654: of or belonging to the rabble (see rabble rout n. 2).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > malediction > [adjective] > ribald or scurrilous

foulOE

ribaldya1438

ribaldousc1440

villainous1470

ribald?a1500

ribaldious?1518

ribaldry1519

ribaldish?1533

rabulous1538

reprobriousa1539

ribaldrous1565

scurrile1567

profane1568

swearing1569

ribaldly1570

scurrilous1576

tarry1579

Fescennine verses1601

scogginly1620

ribaldrious1633

rotten in one's head1640

Billingsgate1652

promiscuous1753

blackguarding1789

blue1832

1538 in State Papers (1834) III. 1 He hath..rayled and raged ayenste me, calling me heritike and begger, with other rabulouse revilinges.

1574 R. Robinson Rewarde of Wickednesse Prol. sig. B3 The chiefe Captaines of all this rablous route, Were Oppression of the poore and eake Priuate gaine.

1654 M. Stevenson Occasions Off-spring 123 When you begin the clamour of your pratel You make the rabulous rout at Billingsgate Mute as their fish.

1914 F. Pollock tr. T. Niemeyer in Law Q. Rev. 30 167 Ihering [sc. Rudolf von Jhering] says: ‘The weakness of Portia's judgment lies juridically in this, that as she did not decide against the validity of the bond on the ground of its being contra bonos mores, it was nothing but a miserable rabulous trick to forbid the inevitable shedding of blood. In defeating Shylock's claim she slew the law of Venice.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rabulous
释义	rabulousadj. Brit. /ˈrabjᵿləs/, U.S. /ˈræbjələs/ Forms: 1500s rablous, 1500s rabulouse, 1600s (1900s– archaic) rabulous. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin rabula , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin rabula ranting speaker, of uncertain origin (see note) + -ous suffix. Compare post-classical Latin rabulus slanderous, brawling (c1000, c1160 in British sources).Classical Latin rabula was derived by ancient authors from rabies rabies n.; it may in fact be of Etruscan origin (as many popular words in -a ), or perhaps of imitative origin (as many words with r and b , relating to speech; compare rabble v.¹). The English word is apparently sometimes taken (by folk etymology) to be related to rabble n.¹ The author of quot. 1914 explains in a note that he has revived the word rabulous (with reference to Latin rabula pettifogger and having consulted N.E.D.) to render German Rabulistenkniff. rare (archaic in later use). As befits the rabble or vulgar element of the populace, scurrilous; vulgar; base.In quot. 1654: of or belonging to the rabble (see rabble rout n. 2). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [adjective] > ribald or scurrilous foulOE ribaldya1438 ribaldousc1440 villainous1470 ribald?a1500 ribaldious?1518 ribaldry1519 ribaldish?1533 rabulous1538 reprobriousa1539 ribaldrous1565 scurrile1567 profane1568 swearing1569 ribaldly1570 scurrilous1576 tarry1579 Fescennine verses1601 scogginly1620 ribaldrious1633 rotten in one's head1640 Billingsgate1652 promiscuous1753 blackguarding1789 blue1832 1538 in State Papers (1834) III. 1 He hath..rayled and raged ayenste me, calling me heritike and begger, with other rabulouse revilinges. 1574 R. Robinson Rewarde of Wickednesse Prol. sig. B3 The chiefe Captaines of all this rablous route, Were Oppression of the poore and eake Priuate gaine. 1654 M. Stevenson Occasions Off-spring 123 When you begin the clamour of your pratel You make the rabulous rout at Billingsgate Mute as their fish. 1914 F. Pollock tr. T. Niemeyer in Law Q. Rev. 30 167 Ihering [sc. Rudolf von Jhering] says: ‘The weakness of Portia's judgment lies juridically in this, that as she did not decide against the validity of the bond on the ground of its being contra bonos mores, it was nothing but a miserable rabulous trick to forbid the inevitable shedding of blood. In defeating Shylock's claim she slew the law of Venice.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1538
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