skelmn.adj.

/ˈskɛlm/

Forms: Also 1600s skelum, scellum, schellam, 1600s– skellum, skelm, 1600s–1800s schellum, 1800s skellam, 1800s– schelm, 1900s skilum. For examples attributed to German speakers see schelm n.

Etymology: < Dutch schelm /ˈsxeləm/, < German schelm rascal, devil, pestilence, carcass, etc. (Middle High German schelme , Old High German scelmo ): compare schelm n.Old Norse skelmir, Danish skelm, Swedish skälm are from Low German.

A. n.

1. A rascal, scamp, scoundrel, villain. Now archaic (except in South Africa).

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun] > rogue, knave, or rascal

harlot?c1225

knavec1275

truantc1290

shreward1297

boinarda1300

boyc1300

lidderon13..

cokinc1330

pautenerc1330

bribera1387

bricouna1400

losarda1400

rascal?a1400

knapea1450

lotterela1450

limmerc1485

Tutivillus1498

knavatec1506

smy?1507

koken?a1513

swinger1513

Cock Lorel?1518

pedlar's French1530

cust1535

rabiator1535

varletc1540

Jack1548

kern1556

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rampallion1593

Scanderbeg1601

scroyle1602

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cantler1611

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Cathayana1616

foiterer1616

tilt1620

picaro1622

picaroon1629

sheepmanc1640

rapscallion1648

marrow1656

Algerine1671

scaramouch1677

fripon1691

shake-bag1794

badling1825

tiger1827

two-for-his-heels1837

ral1846

skeezicks1850

nut1882

gun1890

scattermouch1892

tug1896

natkhat1901

jazzbo1914

scutter1940

bar steward1945

hoor1965

1611 B. Jonson Explic. Emblemes Frontispice in T. Coryate Crudities sig. a2 Going to steale 'em He findeth soure graspes and gripes from a Dutch Skelum.

1663 S. Pepys Diary 3 Apr. (1971) IV. 93 He ripped up Hugh Peters (calling him ‘that execrable Skellum’).

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xlviii. 386 Pander, Knave, Rogue, Skelm, Robber or Thief.

1723 Trickology 22 A Piece of Villainy peculiar to a finisht Skellum, or consummated Scoundrel.

1790 R. Burns Tam o' Shanter 19 in Poems & Songs (1968) II. 558 She tauld thee weel thou was a skellum, A blethering, blustering, drunken blellum.

1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xxiii. 346 That schellum Malcolm.

1827 Scenes & Occurrences in Albany & Caffer-Land ii. 38 The Caffer flew into a violent passion, and said that he was no schelm:—that a schelm was a man that ought to be strangled.

1858 A. W. Drayson Sporting Scenes S. Afr. xviii. 314 A thorough Cape ‘schelm’ would..beat the best English swindler living.

1888 ‘B. Cane’ Haunted Tower 194 What then ye skellum? What then?

1910 D. Fairbridge That which hath Been xxiii. 281 That poor nervous woman called out in Dutch: ‘I will open the door, you schelms.’.

1916 J. Buchan Greenmantle iii. 35 I got into German territory all right, and then a skellum of an officer came along, and commandeered all my mules.

1939 S. Cloete Watch for Dawn i. 7 A thieving skelm of a Hottentot.

1950 Cape Argus 26 July 2/5 There are very few fools in Johannesburg, but a lot of skelms.

1956 T. Huddleston Naught for your Comfort ii. 29 As for Absalom—he is a ‘skellum’, a ‘tsotsi’—the kind of Kaffir who ought to be sjambokked every day: it would teach him sense.

1961 L. van der Post Heart of Hunter i. v. 95 ‘Moren!’ he said hoarsely, ‘you're more of a skelm than any spirit.’

1976 J. McClure Rogue Eagle v. 90 Vorster pardoned that skelm who was always breaking out of jail and shooting policemen.

2. In South African use applied to animals.

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the world > animals > [noun]

neteneOE

wightc888

deerc950

beastc1225

jument1382

creaturea1387

animala1398

bestialc1400

bullifanta1528

bovya1549

animant1599

man or beast1600

breather1609

fellow creature1726

fig-fauns1750

critter1815

fellow1816

demon1821

skelm1827

1827 G. Thompson Trav. S. Afr. App. ii. 467 Both the lion and saddle had disappeared, and nothing could be found but the horse's clean picked bones. Lucas said he could excuse the schelm for killing the horse.

1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. ii. 32 Move yourselves forward there, you skellums!

1887 H. R. Haggard Jess i. 6 But I am glad that you have killed the skellum (vicious beast).

1909 J. P. Fitzpatrick Jock of Bushveld 260 The natives told us it was quite useless to follow it up as it was a real ‘schelm’.

1939 S. Cloete Watch for Dawn v. 67 ‘I am not dead,’ Kaspar said, having quieted his horse, ‘and I do not think anything is broken,..but your horse is a skelm.’

B. adj.

Rascally, villainous; sly; untrustworthy; of an animal: vicious, bad-tempered. Chiefly and now only South African.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [adjective]

pautenerc1330

palliard1484

varletc1485

knavisha1492

limmer?a1513

limmerful?a1513

briberous?1536

patchingc1555

rascal1566

roguing1566

roguish1575

arrant1581

skybala1585

rascally1586

land-loping1587

shag-ragc1590

Scanderbegging1593

Scanderbeg1601

rogorous1609

rogueya1627

scoundrel1643

schelmish1654

skelm1673

rapscallionly1699

rapscallion1711

scoundrelly1790

furciferous1823

scapegrace1830

the world > animals > by nature > [adjective] > wild or vicious

wildc725

wrothOE

keenOE

ramagec1300

fell?c1335

furiousc1374

fierce1377

ramageousa1398

eagerc1405

savage1447

naughtyc1460

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mankind1519

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mad1565

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man-keen1607

indomite1617

fellish1638

ferocious1646

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ferinea1676

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skelm1827

1673 J. Dryden Amboyna i. 2 A certain Plot, which I have long been brewing, against these Skellum English.

1801 in G. M. Theal Rec. Cape Colony (1899) IV. 442 Owing to the present hostile disposition of the Skellam Hottentots.., I sent the Euphrosyne with the Dispatch.

1827 Scenes & Occurrences in Albany & Caffer-Land vii. 151 Diederik..determined on shooting it, declaring, that no schelm beast should kill his horse.

1828 T. Pringle Ephemerides 114 'Tis his lair—'tis his voice! from your saddles alight, For the bold skelm-beast is preparing to fight.

1829 C. Rose Four Years S. Afr. 115 I joined a party of Schelm (robber) Hottentots and Kaffers, and we had horses, and arms, and we would attack the boors' houses.

1852 M. B. Hudson S. Afr. Frontier Life i. 16 We had in our drove a most skellum young mare.

c1902 I. Vaughan Diary (1958) 3 Joseph it is my feet that are skelm. They go by themselves, before I know.

1911 L. Cohen Reminisc. Kimberley xxiii. 397 ‘Hi, skilum Pontac!’ (crack) ‘Ah! you verdompt England!’ (crack, whack, bang), and poor England would plunge into the yoke mad with pain and terror.

1972 Sunday Tribune (Natal) 25 June 23 You've got to be ‘skelm’ (sly) when you're working on a project like this.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	skelm
释义	skelmn.adj. /ˈskɛlm/ Forms: Also 1600s skelum, scellum, schellam, 1600s– skellum, skelm, 1600s–1800s schellum, 1800s skellam, 1800s– schelm, 1900s skilum. For examples attributed to German speakers see schelm n. Etymology: < Dutch schelm /ˈsxeləm/, < German schelm rascal, devil, pestilence, carcass, etc. (Middle High German schelme , Old High German scelmo ): compare schelm n.Old Norse skelmir, Danish skelm, Swedish skälm are from Low German. A. n. 1. A rascal, scamp, scoundrel, villain. Now archaic (except in South Africa). ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun] > rogue, knave, or rascal harlot?c1225 knavec1275 truantc1290 shreward1297 boinarda1300 boyc1300 lidderon13.. cokinc1330 pautenerc1330 bribera1387 bricouna1400 losarda1400 rascal?a1400 knapea1450 lotterela1450 limmerc1485 Tutivillus1498 knavatec1506 smy?1507 koken?a1513 swinger1513 Cock Lorel?1518 pedlar's French1530 cust1535 rabiator1535 varletc1540 Jack1548 kern1556 wild rogue1567 miligant1568 rogue1568 tutiviller1568 rascallion1582 schelm1584 scoundrel1589 rampallion1593 Scanderbeg1601 scroyle1602 canter1608 cantler1611 skelm1611 gue1612 Cathayana1616 foiterer1616 tilt1620 picaro1622 picaroon1629 sheepmanc1640 rapscallion1648 marrow1656 Algerine1671 scaramouch1677 fripon1691 shake-bag1794 badling1825 tiger1827 two-for-his-heels1837 ral1846 skeezicks1850 nut1882 gun1890 scattermouch1892 tug1896 natkhat1901 jazzbo1914 scutter1940 bar steward1945 hoor1965 1611 B. Jonson Explic. Emblemes Frontispice in T. Coryate Crudities sig. a2 Going to steale 'em He findeth soure graspes and gripes from a Dutch Skelum. 1663 S. Pepys Diary 3 Apr. (1971) IV. 93 He ripped up Hugh Peters (calling him ‘that execrable Skellum’). 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xlviii. 386 Pander, Knave, Rogue, Skelm, Robber or Thief. 1723 Trickology 22 A Piece of Villainy peculiar to a finisht Skellum, or consummated Scoundrel. 1790 R. Burns Tam o' Shanter 19 in Poems & Songs (1968) II. 558 She tauld thee weel thou was a skellum, A blethering, blustering, drunken blellum. 1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xxiii. 346 That schellum Malcolm. View more context for this quotation 1827 Scenes & Occurrences in Albany & Caffer-Land ii. 38 The Caffer flew into a violent passion, and said that he was no schelm:—that a schelm was a man that ought to be strangled. 1858 A. W. Drayson Sporting Scenes S. Afr. xviii. 314 A thorough Cape ‘schelm’ would..beat the best English swindler living. 1888 ‘B. Cane’ Haunted Tower 194 What then ye skellum? What then? 1910 D. Fairbridge That which hath Been xxiii. 281 That poor nervous woman called out in Dutch: ‘I will open the door, you schelms.’. 1916 J. Buchan Greenmantle iii. 35 I got into German territory all right, and then a skellum of an officer came along, and commandeered all my mules. 1939 S. Cloete Watch for Dawn i. 7 A thieving skelm of a Hottentot. 1950 Cape Argus 26 July 2/5 There are very few fools in Johannesburg, but a lot of skelms. 1956 T. Huddleston Naught for your Comfort ii. 29 As for Absalom—he is a ‘skellum’, a ‘tsotsi’—the kind of Kaffir who ought to be sjambokked every day: it would teach him sense. 1961 L. van der Post Heart of Hunter i. v. 95 ‘Moren!’ he said hoarsely, ‘you're more of a skelm than any spirit.’ 1976 J. McClure Rogue Eagle v. 90 Vorster pardoned that skelm who was always breaking out of jail and shooting policemen. 2. In South African use applied to animals. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > [noun] neteneOE wightc888 deerc950 beastc1225 jument1382 creaturea1387 animala1398 bestialc1400 bullifanta1528 bovya1549 animant1599 man or beast1600 breather1609 fellow creature1726 fig-fauns1750 critter1815 fellow1816 demon1821 skelm1827 1827 G. Thompson Trav. S. Afr. App. ii. 467 Both the lion and saddle had disappeared, and nothing could be found but the horse's clean picked bones. Lucas said he could excuse the schelm for killing the horse. 1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. ii. 32 Move yourselves forward there, you skellums! 1887 H. R. Haggard Jess i. 6 But I am glad that you have killed the skellum (vicious beast). 1909 J. P. Fitzpatrick Jock of Bushveld 260 The natives told us it was quite useless to follow it up as it was a real ‘schelm’. 1939 S. Cloete Watch for Dawn v. 67 ‘I am not dead,’ Kaspar said, having quieted his horse, ‘and I do not think anything is broken,..but your horse is a skelm.’ B. adj. Rascally, villainous; sly; untrustworthy; of an animal: vicious, bad-tempered. Chiefly and now only South African. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [adjective] pautenerc1330 palliard1484 varletc1485 knavisha1492 limmer?a1513 limmerful?a1513 briberous?1536 patchingc1555 rascal1566 roguing1566 roguish1575 arrant1581 skybala1585 rascally1586 land-loping1587 shag-ragc1590 Scanderbegging1593 Scanderbeg1601 rogorous1609 rogueya1627 scoundrel1643 schelmish1654 skelm1673 rapscallionly1699 rapscallion1711 scoundrelly1790 furciferous1823 scapegrace1830 the world > animals > by nature > [adjective] > wild or vicious wildc725 wrothOE keenOE ramagec1300 fell?c1335 furiousc1374 fierce1377 ramageousa1398 eagerc1405 savage1447 naughtyc1460 criminal1477 ill1480 shrewd1509 mankind1519 roidc1540 mad1565 horn-mad1579 fierceful1607 man-keen1607 indomite1617 fellish1638 ferocious1646 ferousa1652 ferinea1676 kwaai1827 skelm1827 1673 J. Dryden Amboyna i. 2 A certain Plot, which I have long been brewing, against these Skellum English. 1801 in G. M. Theal Rec. Cape Colony (1899) IV. 442 Owing to the present hostile disposition of the Skellam Hottentots.., I sent the Euphrosyne with the Dispatch. 1827 Scenes & Occurrences in Albany & Caffer-Land vii. 151 Diederik..determined on shooting it, declaring, that no schelm beast should kill his horse. 1828 T. Pringle Ephemerides 114 'Tis his lair—'tis his voice! from your saddles alight, For the bold skelm-beast is preparing to fight. 1829 C. Rose Four Years S. Afr. 115 I joined a party of Schelm (robber) Hottentots and Kaffers, and we had horses, and arms, and we would attack the boors' houses. 1852 M. B. Hudson S. Afr. Frontier Life i. 16 We had in our drove a most skellum young mare. c1902 I. Vaughan Diary (1958) 3 Joseph it is my feet that are skelm. They go by themselves, before I know. 1911 L. Cohen Reminisc. Kimberley xxiii. 397 ‘Hi, skilum Pontac!’ (crack) ‘Ah! you verdompt England!’ (crack, whack, bang), and poor England would plunge into the yoke mad with pain and terror. 1972 Sunday Tribune (Natal) 25 June 23 You've got to be ‘skelm’ (sly) when you're working on a project like this. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1611
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