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单词 rhinocerical
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rhinocericaladj.

Forms: 1600s rhynocerical, 1600s–1800s rhinocerical.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rhinoceros n., -ical suffix.
Etymology: < rhinoceros n. + -ical suffix. In sense 1 apparently after rhino n.1, although compare discussion at that entry. Compare also later rhinoceral adj.
Obsolete.
1. slang. Wealthy, rich.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective]
richeOE
eadyOE
richfulc1300
plenteousc1350
wealthyc1380
wealthfula1400
wlouȝa1400
wellc1405
biga1425
goldedc1450
substantious1490
able1516
opulent?1518
substantive1543
strong1581
fat1611
juicy1627
fortuned1632
affluent1652
rhinocerical1688
rough1721
rowthy1792
golden1797
strong-handed1817
well-to-do1831
wealth-encumbered1844
nabobish1857
rhinoceral1860
ingoted1864
tinny1871
pocket-filled1886
oofy1896
nawabi1955
brewstered2001
1688 T. Shadwell Squire of Alsatia i. i. 3 The Ready, the Rhino; thou shalt be Rhinocerical, my Lad.
1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) Rhinocerical, rich: the cull is rhinocerical.
1837 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood (rev. ed.) 223 Your old dad, Sir Piers, (God help him!) had the gingerbread, that I know; he was, as we say, a regular rhinocerical cull.
2.
a. Resembling a rhinoceros; rhinoceros-like. Cf. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of large volume or bulky > and clumsy
unridec1175
un-i-weldec1275
boistous?a1400
cumbrousa1400
roida1450
clubbishc1530
lumpish?1573
bouncing1579
unwieldy1582
boisterous1590
unfeirdyc1590
lumbering1593
cumbersome1594
elephantic1598
elephant-likea1603
moliminous1642
clumpish1681
rhinocerical1689
hulking1699
hulky1785
lumberly1805
elephantine1826
rhinocerial1828
lumbersome1834
clumpy1836
lumbrous1836
hippopotamic1853
hippopotamian1864
megatherial1894
hippopotamine1911
1689 Muses Farewell to Popery 18 Prodigious Guts, no Brains at all, But very Rhynocerical.
b. spec. Of a nose: turned up, retroussé. Cf. to play the rhinoceros at rhinoceros n. Phrases. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [adjective] > types of nose
cammed?c1350
camoisc1380
snatteda1387
camoisedc1515
flat1560
hawked1577
rising1606
simous1634
aquiline1646
Roman1665
snoutya1685
suspense1697
rhinocerical1710
rhinocerotic1755
Bardolphian1756
cock-up1763
bridgeless1772
retroussé1802
snubbed1802
snubbish1828
snubby1828
snipish1834
snub1843
pugged1847
puggisha1849
tip-tilted1872
saddleback1897
beak-sharp1933
spitzy1968
1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 260. 1/1 These Gentlemen were formerly marked out and distinguished by the little Rhinocerical Nose.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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adj.1688
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