单词 | red-letter |
释义 | red-letterv. transitive. To mark out (a person or thing) for particular attention with, or as with, red letters. Also in extended use.In earlier use: to canonize (a person) (with reference to the use of red letters to indicate a saint's day on a calendar; see red letter n. 1a). ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > decoration > decorate [verb (transitive)] > rubricate rubricate1570 rubric1599 berubric1655 red-letter1796 1796 J. Gutch tr. A. Wood Hist. & Antiq. Univ. Oxf. II. i. 193 One of so virtuous and holy life and conversation..that he very well deserved to be red-lettered. 1797 M. Noble Mem. House Medici xix. 413 What a misfortune it was that he did not live some centuries sooner; he would have made a first-rate saint. Perhaps he did not despair of being red-lettered. 1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. iii. 190 Assuredly it shall be salve to mine [ear] When this great news red-letters him, the rogue! 1940 A. Upfield Bushranger of Skies xiv. 160 The history of his life was red-lettered with luck. 2007 News & Advance (Lynchburg, Va.) (Nexis) 17 Aug. (Sports section) We have red-lettered Saturday's scrimmage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1796 |
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