单词 | quipping |
释义 | quippingn. The action of quip v.; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > caustic or ironic ridicule > [noun] irony1502 pike sauce1519 quipping1578 sarcasm1579 satire1634 ironing1742 sarc1926 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > caustic or ironic ridicule > [noun] > action of quipping1578 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > sarcasm > [noun] > use of quipping1578 wisecracking1915 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 1 He gaue himselfe almost to nothing, but..fine phrases, smoth quipping, merry taunting, vsing iesting without meane, & abusing mirth without measure. 1579 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 61 Whisperings open or cloase, quippinge notorious or auricular iybinge. 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xi. 243 The nimble saying or witty quipping of Archesilaus. 1662 G. Torriano 2nd Alphabet Proverbial Phrases 49/1 Forasmuch as the Academists of la Crusca have fill'd their Dictionary with elegances, and by way of quipping, it is to speak pedantically, and with affectation. 1887 G. Saintsbury Hist. Elizabethan Lit. xii. 437 In contradistinction to this perpetual quipping..the general style of Fuller is..rather more modern. 1889 W. S. Gilbert Gondoliers 4 For the merriest fellows are we, tra la, That ply on the emerald sea, tra la; With loving and laughing, And quipping and quaffing, We're happy as happy can be. 1933 O. Elton Eng. Muse 174 The quipping and word-fencing are most profuse in the early plays [of Shakespeare]. 1981 Times 16 Oct. 25/2 Lots of rib-tickling pictures of cut-out cars and pigs and informed quipping from the presenter Barry Norman. 1990 Esquire May 149/3 Recommended for its location, on the lip of Lake Ontario,..for summertime sipping and quipping. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). quippingadj. Of the nature of a quip; characterized by or given to making quips. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > caustic or ironic ridicule > [adjective] > using quipping1542 sharp-fanged1598 satirizing1659 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [adjective] > sharply sharp?c1225 quipping1542 sharp-fanged1598 wittya1616 spinousa1638 scalding1641 spinose1660 smart1665 acid1756 caustic1771 rapped-out1831 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > sarcasm > [adjective] > using quips quipping1542 wisecracking1915 1542 [see quippingly adv. at Derivatives]. 1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande vi. f. 20/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I In frumping hys aduersaries with quippyng tauntes. 1596 Vlysses vpon Aiax sig. E1v Harke in thine eare, Misacmos is a Satire, a quipping fellow. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 703 The bishop..after his quipping manner requested [etc.]. 1613 W. Gamage Linsi-woolsie i. xxv To Logicks quipping tongue, I'ld rather stand: Then to lawes cruell, shearing, shaving hand. 1660 Char. Italy 54 A Conceit no less facetious than quipping. 1741 W. Hatchett tr. Chinese Orphan iv. 51 The quipping joke is all our mis'ry's comfort. 1846 Southern & Western Literary Messenger & Rev. 12 430/2 He certainly is here a poor quipping, querking, antithetical fellow. 1895 M. H. Spielmann Hist. ‘Punch’ ii. 18 [The Shakespeare's Head] was the meeting-place of the little ‘quoting, quipping, quaffing’ club of fellow-workers in Bohemia. 1950 Italica 27 206 The Via Veneto—once fashionable and chic and now styled by quipping Romans il garage or il casino degli Alleati. 2007 Evening Post (Nottingham) (Nexis) 20 Feb. 14 A tough-talking, quipping maverick who (sometimes) got results. Derivatives ˈquippingly adv. ΚΠ 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes (Pref.) f. 7v Thei dooe plainly expresse & sette out the veraye naturall inclinacion and disposicion of eche speaker that thei procede from, briefly, finely, quippyngly, and meryly within the boundes of good maner. 1660 A. Moore Compend. Hist. Turks 37 The Pataiarch [read Patriarch]..quippingly said, Hitherto I have heard, but now I have also seen and plainly known. 1963 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 17 Oct. 12/3 ‘Especially the California Bears,’ he added, quippingly. 1987 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 17 July The sort of movie once quippingly categorized..as dealing with ‘people too dumb to live’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1578adj.1542 |
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