单词 | roy |
释义 | † royn.1 Obsolete. rare. Perhaps: a man, a fellow. ΚΠ a1425 Shrewsbury Fragm. in N. Davis Non-Cycle Plays & Fragm. (1970) 1 Ȝe lye bothe, by þis liȝt, And raues as recheles royes! Hit was an angel briȝt Þat made þis nobull noyes. a1450 York Plays (1885) 232 (MED) His ribbis schall we rappe, And make þat roy [sc. Jesus] or we rest, For rennyng to raffe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † royn.2adj. Obsolete. 1. A prince, sovereign, or other royal person.Frequently Scottish in Early Modern use. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > [noun] princec1225 sovereign1297 monarch?a1439 royc1440 royalc1440 regala1450 crown1474 potentatec1475 throne1593 mulai1594 Monarcho1598 sovran1649 sceptre-holder1655 Elohima1682 head of state1873 the Palace1962 society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > royalty > [noun] > royal person(s) royc1440 royaltyc1500 regalya1561 royalitya1607 royal1742 c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure 2372 The roy ryalle renownde, with his rownde table. a1450 York Plays (1885) 219 (MED) Vndir þe ryallest roye of rente and renowne Now am I regent of rewle þis region in reste. 1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. aviv The roy rial raid withoutin resting. ?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter cxlix. 421 Let Syons youth: and childer ioy, In their most princely roy. 1611 H. Broughton Require of Agreement 52 The Apostles..wrote in most roiall Greeke, to tell that the Roy of all wisedome ruled their penne. 1619 A. Gardyne Lyf William Elphinstoun 36 in Theatre Sc. Worthies (1878) The Gallick Roy..louinglie imbraces Th'Imbassadours. 1622 (?a1513) W. Dunbar Poems (Reidpeth) (1998) I. 65 Syne the Bruce..Thow gart as roy cum rydand vnder croun. 1660 M. Carter Honor Rediviuus 207 For in England, France, and almost all parts of Christendome, was it..by sentence of Pope Clement the first, (to satisfie the base avarice of Philip de Beau the Roy of France) totally disolved and supprest. 2. = colour-de-roy n. Also as adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [noun] purple?a1439 colour-de-roy1531 roy1549 mercury1562 purpleness1852 the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > brownish red rufe?c1400 red-fallowc1425 colour-de-roy1531 roy1549 red roan1639 rubiginy1657 rust1716 brick-red1759 brick-dust red1776 morone1777 maroon1779 rufous1783 brick1793 tile-red1805 brick dusta1807 worm red1831 cinnamon-red1882 chaudron1883 rosewood1897 tony1921 1549 Act 3 & 4 Edw. VI c. 2 §1 Clothe called Russettes, Musters, Marbles, Grayes, Royes and suchelyke colors. 1602 Tailor's Acct. Bk. 14v For viij cullored roy poyntis. 1662 J. A. Comenius Janua Linguarum Trilinguis 59/1 A lion dun [yellow-tawny, de roy].] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). Royn.3 Australian slang (derogatory). Now rare. A fashionable, status-conscious, smooth-talking person. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > smart person a man of (the first) feather1592 pink1602 smart1709 flasher1755 swell1786 dasher1807 smarty1847 city slicker1914 Roy1960 1960 Encounter May 28 The Australian business-man or big land-owner, the button-down shirt, lightweight suit type of smoothie from the North Shore line in Sydney or the Toorak Road in Melbourne, with his spurious ‘taste’ and ‘culture’... In current Australian terminology, this is the ‘Roy’ type. 1965 Nation (Austral.) 27 Nov. 21 Middle-class ‘Roys’ in sports cars and yachting jackets. 1971 F. Hardy Outcasts of Foolgarah xi. 143 The young executives, the in-people, call them what you like, the Roys, the jet set, the status symbol seekers from Perisher Valley to Palm Beach, and none of them worth a pinch of shit if it comes to doing an honest day's work. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). royv.ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > use language nonsensically [verb (intransitive)] roya1450 to talk (or speak) at rovers1542 nonsense1822 squiddle1824 twaddle1825 fudge1834 buncomize1871 to be full of prunes1887 waffle1900 jive1928 bullshit1942 to talk out of one's arse1973 a1450 York Plays (1885) 130 (MED) Now I se wele ȝe roþe [v.r. roye] and raue. a1450 York Plays (1885) 120 (MED) I trowe you royse. a1450 York Plays (1885) 378 (MED) Why rooris þou soo, rebale? þou royis [rhyme boyes, noyse]! a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 202 Renunce, rebald, thy rymyng, thow bot royis. 2. intransitive. English regional (northern). To boast, bluster; to behave in a boisterous or uninhibited way. Also occasionally transitive: to behave recklessly or impetuously with regard to (something). ΚΠ 1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ Gloss. Roy, to domineer. Fr. roi [1828 to bluster, to domineer]. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Roy,..to swagger; to boast; to indulge in convivial mirth. North. 1890 Leeds Mercury Weekly Suppl. 20 Dec. 8/6 ‘Hee'l roy the banks noo,’ referring to one who has, I suppose, had a sudden windfall and intends spending the money with a free hand. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. Roy, to over-indulge in convivial pleasure, to live a fast life. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1a1425n.2adj.c1440n.31960v.a1450 |
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