单词 | sauciness |
释义 | saucinessn. The quality of being saucy (in various senses of the adjective); esp. (in early use) insolent presumption, impudence; (now) sexiness, suggestiveness; cheekiness. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > overweening or presumption > [noun] presumptiona1250 overweena1300 jollitya1340 overweening1340 overhopec1390 surfeitryc1425 presumptuousnessa1450 outrecuidance?c1450 sauciness1534 presumptiousness1550 presume1590 confidence1597 assuming1602 self-assumption1609 overweeningness1621 self-assuming1644 assumingnessa1832 assumptiousness1870 hubris1884 hybris1920 the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun] > pertness or brashness sauciness1534 pertness1573 puppyism1776 sauce1786 puppyhood1849 puppydom1855 puppyishness1879 freshness1880 brashness1883 whipper-snapping1925 1534 N. Udall Floures for Latine Spekynge gathered oute of Terence f. 181 Howe nere thy saucynes had vndone me, or, howe thy malopertnes had almooste vtterly caste me awey. 1582 in Bible (Rheims) Luke iii. 36 (marginal note) Whereby we learne the intolerable saucines of the Caluinists, and their contempt of holy Scripture, that dare so deale with the very Gospel it self. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxv. 547 The magistrates..gaue place to the furious rage and malapart saucinesse of a few. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) ii. ii. 28 Your sawcinesse will iest vpon my loue, And make a Common of my serious howres. View more context for this quotation 1676 J. Glanvill Ess. vii. 6 All demean'd themselves with much sawciness and irreverence towards God. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 225. ⁋3 Familiarity in Inferiors is Sauciness. 1713 J. Addison Late Tryal Count Tariff 9 Speaking against his Superiours with Sauciness and Contempt. 1834 F. Marryat Jacob Faithful II. iv. 96 What might be called sauciness in a girl, may be thought something more of in a young woman. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. v. 126 Her sauciness was always charming, because it was without emphasis. 1892 E. Everett-Green Church & King xix. 380 She answered with charming frankness, and just that spice of sauciness which most delighted the King. 1901 W. C. Russell Ship's Adventure i. 7 The sauciness..of the repose of her hands upon her hips. 1978 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 11 Jan. The food is overcooked and the waiters cross the line from charming sauciness to downright rudeness. 2011 Sunday Times 2 Jan. i. 21/1 The sauciness of a seaside postcard cartoon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1534 |
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