单词 | quipster |
释义 | quipstern. A person given to making quips. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > caustic or ironic ridicule > [noun] > one who uses quipper1589 satire1596 wit-cracker1600 wit-snapper1600 ironista1631 Lucian1752 satirizer1789 quipster1790 Lucianist1940 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > [noun] > one who indulges in quipper1589 quipster1790 persifleur1829 cross-talker1907 smart mouth1966 1790 E. Malone Plays & Poems Shakspeare I. i. 249 The crude notions of this quipster. 1876 J. Weiss Wit, Humor, & Shakespeare vi. 198 There never was such a jaunty and irrepressible quipster. 1915 Suburbanite Econ. (Chicago) 25 June He's a quipster, but seldom merry. The only time I ever saw him smile was when..he was asked to write the obituary of a man he didn't like. 1962 Punch 15 Aug. 224/2 The one who provides the old Russian sayings is his nearest equivalent to [Bob] Hope's tarmac quipster. 1994 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 27 Nov. 29/1 David B. Feinberg starts out as a quipster. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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