| 单词 | ruffy ragman |
| 释义 | > as lemmasRuffy Ragman 1. (The name of) a devil or fiend. Also in Ruffy Ragman, Ruffy Tasker. Cf. Ruffin n.1, ruffian n.In earliest quots. (1502, 1507): a person playing the part of a devil or fiend in the St Nicholas Day festivities. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > a devil > [noun] hell-devileOE shuckc888 ghosteOE devilOE warlockOE angelOE unwighta1200 beastc1225 ragmanc1400 Satanasc1426 diabolic1502 ruffy1502 Satan?1545 Avernal?1548 fallen angel?1587 rebel angel1623 deedle1653 blackamoor1663 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [noun] > actor playing specific type of part ruffy1502 chorus1561 prologuer1570 prologue1579 turquet1625 woman actor1633 underpart1679 epilogist1716 prologist1716 epiloguizer1748 old man1762 prologuizer1762 buffo1764 extrac1777 jeune premier1817 primo buffo1826 character actor1841 utility man1849 deuteragonist1855 character comedian1857 bit playera1859 utility actor1860 serio-comic1866 juvenile lead1870 serio-comique1870 heavy1880 utility1885 thinker1886 onnagata1889 serio1889 juvenile1890 tritagonist1890 oyama1925 juve1935 1502 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 350 Be the kingis command, to Sanct Nicholais beschop, iij Franch crounis;..to the deblatis and ruffyis, vij s. 1507 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1902) IV. 87 To Sanct Nicholais..xxviij s. To his ruffyis, ix s. 1559 D. Lindsay Dreme in Wks. (1931) I. 285 Sum repentit neuer in thare lyue: Quhairfor, but reuth tha ruffeis did thame ryue. 1568 J. Rowll Cursing l. 131 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 281 Ruffy ragmen [sc. a devil] wt his taggis Sall ryfe þair sinfull saule in raggis. 1568 J. Rowll Cursing l. 129 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 281 Ruffy tasker wt his flaill Sall beit þame all fra top to taill. 1599 S. Harsnett Discov. Fraudulent Pract. I. Darrel 308 One of them saying his name was Roofye—‘Thou lyest,’ quoth M. Darrell, ‘that name is common to all spirits.’ 1871 Vocab. Sc. Gipsies in Adventures B.-M. Carew 383 Ruffie, the devil. < as lemmas |
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