单词 | ribble-row |
释义 | † ribble-rown. Obsolete. A rigmarole. Cf. ribble-rabble n. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > unintelligible language, gibberish > [noun] > instance of rotea1400 rabblec1400 rabblement1547 gabbling1599 bilka1637 ribble-row1665 sottise1673 rigmarolec1736 lockram1809 ráiméis1828 1665 C. Cotton Scarronnides 111 This Witch a ribble-row rehearses, Of scurvy names in scurvy verses. 1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxiv. 222 They have already deaf'd you with a long ribble-row of Laws, but understand nothing of the case in hand. 1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxxix. 458 Superscribing them with a long Ribble-row of Qualities, and Titles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1665 |
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