单词 | scowl and stare |
释义 | > as lemmasscowl and stare (a) intransitive. To open the eyes wide in madness or fury; to glare. Often in alliterative or rhyming phrases, e.g. scowl and stare, stamp and stare (see stamp v. 2c), swear and stare, denoting behaviour characteristic of uncontrolled rage. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > be or become mad [verb (intransitive)] dwelec900 wedec900 awedeeOE starea1275 braidc1275 ravea1325 to be out of mindc1325 woodc1374 to lose one's mindc1380 madc1384 forgetc1385 to go out of one's minda1398 to wede (out) of, but wita1400 foolc1400 to go (also fall, run) mada1450 forcene1490 ragec1515 waltc1540 maddle?c1550 to go (also run, set) a-madding (or on madding)1565 pass of wita1616 to have a gad-bee in one's brain1682 madden1704 to go (also be) off at the nail1721 distract1768 craze1818 to get a rat1890 to need (to have) one's head examined (also checked, read)1896 (to have) bats in the belfryc1901 to have straws in one's hair1923 to take the bats1927 to go haywire1929 to go mental1930 to go troppo1941 to come apart1954 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > look fiercely starea1275 glare1609 the mind > emotion > anger > manifestation of anger > show anger [verb (intransitive)] > look angry starea1275 grima1400 to look black1608 to speak or look daggers1834 a1275 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 49 He gonet wid is mouþe & staret [c1275 Calig. stareþ] wid is eyen, Of is neose-þurlis comet starke leyen. c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 77 Þu starest so þu wille abiten. c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 508 He him bi stod, Starinde als he were wod. c1390 in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 143 Þe Ieuh bi-gon to stare and swere And seide þer com non such child þere. a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 2225 Als wode lyons þai sal þan fare, And raumpe on hym, and skoul, and stare. c1475 (c1399) Mum & Sothsegger (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) iii. l. 189 This makyth men..to stroute and to stare and stryue aȝeyn vertu. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 733/2 I stare, as a mans eyes stare for anger. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxxxjv Lorde how the Flemines bragged..that Calice should be wonne..swearyng, and staryng, that thei would haue it, within thre daies at the moste. ?1577 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Treat. Dicing To Rdr. sig. A.iiij If he can sweare and stare, they say he hath a stout courage. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iv. sig. D4v His eies..Stared sterne on all, that him beheld. 1615 J. Taylor Revenge in Wks. (1630) ii. 145/2 Some laught, some swore, some star'd and stamp'd and curst. 1667 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. (1669) Friendly Advt. sig. c3v They..will swear and stare, crack and boast, That they have done all things according to Art. 1716 N. W. Hist. George a Green iv. 27 Mannering seeing this, began to stamp, stare and swear. 1795 A. Hughes Jemima I. x. 167 At last he ran staring and swearing out of the parlour, only bidding me not tell I had seen him. 1837 A. Tennent Force of Imag. 64 His eye-balls stared with vicious scowl. 1871 Lippincott's Mag. Jan. 22/1 Frenchmen could be so theatrical in their ways, jumping and staring and swearing over such a commonplace order. 1998 Times 11 Aug. 16/6 Donald, staring and swearing, bowled like a man dispossessed. < as lemmas |
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