单词 | seat of the scorner |
释义 | > as lemmasseat (chair, stool) of the scorner b. seat (chair, stool) of the scorner, the position of a mocker (a reminiscence of Psalm i. 1). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [noun] > one who derides or ridicules > position of seat (chair, stool) of the scorner1589 1589 ‘Pasquill of England’ Returne of Pasquill sig. Civ He roares and he fomes, and sets himselfe downe in the Scorners Chayre. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. viii. sig. Ff6 Thus I triumphed long in louers paine, And sitting carelesse on the scorners stoole, Did laugh at those that did lament and plaine. View more context for this quotation 1788 V. Knox Winter Evenings (1790) I. xliv. 377 The frontispiece to the Rules of holy dying cannot but excite mirth even in those who do not habitually sit in the seat of the scorner. < as lemmas |
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