单词 | rich-rich |
释义 | rich-richadj.n. A. adj. Very rich; extremely rich. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective] > abounding in wealth (of places) richlOE rich-rich?1536 golden1797 ?1536 R. Copland Hye Way to Spyttell Hous sig. A.iiv Of these two estates there be four degrees A ryche ryche, a poore poore, a ryche poore also A poore ryche. a1725 E. Taylor Dialogue between Justice & Mercy in Poet. Wks. (1939) 40 I to him will hold out in my hand The golden scepter of my Rich-Rich Grace. 1894 C. V. Jamison Toinette's Philip v. 22 The painter from the North who was ‘rich-rich’, as Seline said, had often stopped at her stand to buy a handful of pecans. 1946 R. P. Warren All King's Men ix. 381 Maybe I wouldn't be rich-rich, but I figured I was going to be rich in a nice genteel, Southern way. 1977 South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) 13 Apr. 14/3 Karl Lagerfeld always puts together a mouth-watering collection for Chloe (aiming towards those rich-rich women who buy from Valentino). 2007 L. Kleypas Mine till Midnight xviii. 264 Yes, Cam has proposed to me. And he's rich, Leo. Rich rich. B. n. A very rich person. Chiefly with the and plural agreement: very rich people collectively. Cf. super-rich n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > [noun] > rich or wealthy person > fabulously rich person Crœsus1390 Rothschild1824 rich-rich1841 Vanderbilt1883 Rockefeller1893 Vanderbilter1975 bazillionaire1987 1841 Bentley's Misc. 9 105 The rich rich is 'appier than the poor rich. 1905 Leather Workers' Jrnl. Oct. 60/1 The rich rich—Those who have money as well as the other things. 1963 P. H. Johnson Night & Silence x. 58 Living with the rich-rich suited him right now. 1991 M. Sherraden Assets & Poor vii. 125 The middle-rich pay the most taxes, while the rich-rich..avoid taxation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.?1536 |
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