skimmingtonn.

/ˈskɪmɪŋtən/

Forms: Also skyming-, skimmen-, skimmerton; skimmiting, skimmity, etc.

Etymology: Possibly < skimming (see quot. 1639 at sense 1) + -ton as in simpleton, with the object of simulating a personal name.

†1. The man or woman personating the ill-used husband or the offending wife in the procession (see 2) intended to ridicule the one or the other. Also transferred, a husband whose wife is unfaithful to him; a shrewish woman. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [noun] > one who derides or ridicules > of husband or wife

skimmington1623

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [noun] > adultery > husband of adulterous wife

cuckolda1250

cornutoc1430

unicorn1509

hoddypolla1529

summer bird1541

Actaeon1567

knight of the forked order1586

Vulcanian1598

hoddy-doddy1601

becco1604

ram-head1605

cornute1608

horn-stock1611

skimmington1623

horn-heada1640

tup1652

half-moon1659

cuck1706

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > ill nature in woman or shrewishness > [noun] > shrew

scoldc1175

shrewc1386

viragoc1386

scolder1423

common scold1467

wild cat1570

vixen1575

callet1577

termagant1578

(Long) Meg of Westminster1589

butter whore1592

cotquean1593

scrattop1593

scoldsterc1600

butter-quean1613

Xantippea1616

fury1620

Tartar1669

fish-woman1698

cross-patch1699

Whitechapel fortune1734

brimstone1751

randy1762

fish-fag1786

rantipole1790

skellata1810

skimmington1813

targer1822

skellat-bell1827

catamaran1834

nagster1873

yenta1923

1623 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie (rev. ed.) iv. sig. I1^v Yet when they haue it [sc. their desire], let them vse poore Skimmington as gently they may; especially in publike, to hide his shame.

1634 T. Heywood & R. Brome Late Lancashire Witches iiii. sig. H4^v (stage direct.) Enter..a Skimington, and his wife on a horse.

1639 Divers Crabtree Lectures Frontispiece [representing a woman beating her husband with a skimming-ladle], Skimmington, and her Husband.

1813 H. Ellis Brand's Observ. Pop. Antiq. (rev. ed.) II. 110 If they stopped at any other door and swept there too, it was a pretty broad hint that there were more Skimmingtons, i.e. Shrews in the town than one.

a. A ludicrous procession, formerly common in villages and country districts, usually intended to bring ridicule or odium upon a woman or her husband in cases where the one was unfaithful to, or ill-treated, the other. Also attributive (cf. 2b).For varying accounts of the reasons for, and the character of, the procession, see the Eng. Dial. Dict.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > ridicule or mockery by specific means > [noun] > mock procession

skimmington1634

riding1667

1634 T. Heywood & R. Brome Late Lancashire Witches iiii. sig. H3 Hearke ye, do you not heare it? theres a Skimington, towards gentlemen.

1681 J. Oldham Satyrs upon Jesuits 82 Like Pageants of Lord Mayor or Skimmington.

1715 J. Bagford Let. Antiq. London 1 Feb. in J. Leland De Rebus Brit. Collectanea I. i. p. lxxvi I might here mention the old Custom of Skimington, when a Woman beats her Husband.

1753 J. Collier Ess. Art of Tormenting 227 Where the strength of arm is with the wife, she generally uses it in a manner to excite her neighbours to lampoon her by a Skimmington.

1865 St. James' Mag. July 511 The ‘skymington’ is still in use for henpecked husbands and shrewish wives.

1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge II. xvi. 218 The rude music of the skimmington ceased.

1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge II. xvii. 235 He knew nothing of the skimmington-ride.

b. In phrase to ride (the) skimmington, to hold a procession of this kind.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > ridicule or mockery by specific means > ridicule or mock by specific means [verb (intransitive)] > be ridiculed by procession

to ride (the) skimmington1697

to ride the stang1718

ran-tan1866

1697 View Penal Laws App. A Table of..Misdemeanors, Offences and Nusances... Riot and Riding Skinnington [sic].

a1712 W. King Monarch 1 When the young people ride the Skimmington, There is a general trembling in a town.

1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) Riding Skimmington.

1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel II. x. 235 You would do well not to forget whose threshold was swept when they last rode the Skimmington upon such another scolding jade as yourself.

1831 Examiner 396/2 One of those scenes called ‘riding skimmerton’, or rustic country justice, took place on Monday evening last at Bitterne.

3. A row, quarrel. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > noisy or angry quarrel > instance of

ganglinga1387

altercation1410

brawla1500

heat1549

wranglea1555

brabble1566

paroxysm1578

wrangling1580

brangle1600

branglement1617

rixation1623

row1746

skimmington1753

mêlée1765

breeze1785

squeal1788

hash1789

rook1808

blow-up1809

blowout1825

scena1826

reerie1832

catfight1854

barney1855

wigs on the green1856

bull and cow1859

scrap1890

slanging match1896

snap1897

up-and-downer1927

brannigan1941

rhubarb1941

bitch fight1949

punch-up1958

shout-up1965

shouting match1970

1753 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) II. 479 The Speaker..was so misrepresented by the Attorney-general, that there was danger of a skimmington between the great wig and the coif.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	skimmington
释义	skimmingtonn. /ˈskɪmɪŋtən/ Forms: Also skyming-, skimmen-, skimmerton; skimmiting, skimmity, etc. Etymology: Possibly < skimming (see quot. 1639 at sense 1) + -ton as in simpleton, with the object of simulating a personal name. †1. The man or woman personating the ill-used husband or the offending wife in the procession (see 2) intended to ridicule the one or the other. Also transferred, a husband whose wife is unfaithful to him; a shrewish woman. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [noun] > one who derides or ridicules > of husband or wife skimmington1623 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [noun] > adultery > husband of adulterous wife cuckolda1250 cornutoc1430 unicorn1509 hoddypolla1529 summer bird1541 Actaeon1567 knight of the forked order1586 Vulcanian1598 hoddy-doddy1601 becco1604 ram-head1605 cornute1608 horn-stock1611 skimmington1623 horn-heada1640 tup1652 half-moon1659 cuck1706 the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > ill nature in woman or shrewishness > [noun] > shrew scoldc1175 shrewc1386 viragoc1386 scolder1423 common scold1467 wild cat1570 vixen1575 callet1577 termagant1578 (Long) Meg of Westminster1589 butter whore1592 cotquean1593 scrattop1593 scoldsterc1600 butter-quean1613 Xantippea1616 fury1620 Tartar1669 fish-woman1698 cross-patch1699 Whitechapel fortune1734 brimstone1751 randy1762 fish-fag1786 rantipole1790 skellata1810 skimmington1813 targer1822 skellat-bell1827 catamaran1834 nagster1873 yenta1923 1623 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie (rev. ed.) iv. sig. I1^v Yet when they haue it [sc. their desire], let them vse poore Skimmington as gently they may; especially in publike, to hide his shame. 1634 T. Heywood & R. Brome Late Lancashire Witches iiii. sig. H4^v (stage direct.) Enter..a Skimington, and his wife on a horse. 1639 Divers Crabtree Lectures Frontispiece [representing a woman beating her husband with a skimming-ladle], Skimmington, and her Husband. 1813 H. Ellis Brand's Observ. Pop. Antiq. (rev. ed.) II. 110 If they stopped at any other door and swept there too, it was a pretty broad hint that there were more Skimmingtons, i.e. Shrews in the town than one. 2. a. A ludicrous procession, formerly common in villages and country districts, usually intended to bring ridicule or odium upon a woman or her husband in cases where the one was unfaithful to, or ill-treated, the other. Also attributive (cf. 2b).For varying accounts of the reasons for, and the character of, the procession, see the Eng. Dial. Dict. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > ridicule or mockery by specific means > [noun] > mock procession skimmington1634 riding1667 1634 T. Heywood & R. Brome Late Lancashire Witches iiii. sig. H3 Hearke ye, do you not heare it? theres a Skimington, towards gentlemen. 1681 J. Oldham Satyrs upon Jesuits 82 Like Pageants of Lord Mayor or Skimmington. 1715 J. Bagford Let. Antiq. London 1 Feb. in J. Leland De Rebus Brit. Collectanea I. i. p. lxxvi I might here mention the old Custom of Skimington, when a Woman beats her Husband. 1753 J. Collier Ess. Art of Tormenting 227 Where the strength of arm is with the wife, she generally uses it in a manner to excite her neighbours to lampoon her by a Skimmington. 1865 St. James' Mag. July 511 The ‘skymington’ is still in use for henpecked husbands and shrewish wives. 1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge II. xvi. 218 The rude music of the skimmington ceased. 1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge II. xvii. 235 He knew nothing of the skimmington-ride. b. In phrase to ride (the) skimmington, to hold a procession of this kind. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > ridicule or mockery by specific means > ridicule or mock by specific means [verb (intransitive)] > be ridiculed by procession to ride (the) skimmington1697 to ride the stang1718 ran-tan1866 1697 View Penal Laws App. A Table of..Misdemeanors, Offences and Nusances... Riot and Riding Skinnington [sic]. a1712 W. King Monarch 1 When the young people ride the Skimmington, There is a general trembling in a town. 1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) Riding Skimmington. 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel II. x. 235 You would do well not to forget whose threshold was swept when they last rode the Skimmington upon such another scolding jade as yourself. 1831 Examiner 396/2 One of those scenes called ‘riding skimmerton’, or rustic country justice, took place on Monday evening last at Bitterne. 3. A row, quarrel. rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > noisy or angry quarrel > instance of ganglinga1387 altercation1410 brawla1500 heat1549 wranglea1555 brabble1566 paroxysm1578 wrangling1580 brangle1600 branglement1617 rixation1623 row1746 skimmington1753 mêlée1765 breeze1785 squeal1788 hash1789 rook1808 blow-up1809 blowout1825 scena1826 reerie1832 catfight1854 barney1855 wigs on the green1856 bull and cow1859 scrap1890 slanging match1896 snap1897 up-and-downer1927 brannigan1941 rhubarb1941 bitch fight1949 punch-up1958 shout-up1965 shouting match1970 1753 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) II. 479 The Speaker..was so misrepresented by the Attorney-general, that there was danger of a skimmington between the great wig and the coif. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1623
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