单词 | rory-cum-tory |
释义 | rory-cum-toryadj. Noisy, boisterous; = rory-tory adj. 1.Only in occasional literary use; subsequent uses probably derive from the inclusion of quot. 1893 in N.E.D. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [adjective] > rough > rough or boisterous robustious1548 boisterous1568 rory-tory1683 randy1723 rumgumptious1781 lungeous1787 rowdy dowdy1816 roaritorious1821 riproarious1830 rough and tumble1831 rowdy1832 rowdy-dow1832 tear-brass1880 knockabout1885 rory-cum-tory1893 roughhouse1896 1893 ‘Q’ Delectable Duchy 226 A great, red, rory-cum-tory chap. 2008 J. Woolf Apples of Arcadia (e-book, accessed 5 Aug. 2021) 79 A rory-cum-tory harlequinade needing equal nimbleness both in arrogance and legerdemain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < adj.1893 |
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