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单词 smackering
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smackeringn.1

Forms: Also 1500s smak-.
Etymology: perhaps an alteration of smattering n., after smack n.1, smack v.1; but compare smacker n.3
Obsolete.
1. A slight or superficial knowledge in or of something; a smattering.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > [noun] > instance of
smatteringa1538
smatch1571
smackering1579
delibation1619
spatteringa1662
smatter1668
1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 286/1 When a man beginneth to haue some taste and smakering in any matter whatsoeuer, he thinketh himselfe a greate doctour.
1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 3 After he had indifferently taught his schollers the Latine toong, and some smackering of the Greeke.
1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 268 I haue some little smackering also in the Liberall Arts.
1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 112 As the Satyrist scoffes at those who had a smackering of the Greeke Tongue.
2. An inclination towards, a hankering or longing after or for, a person or thing.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > longing or yearning > [noun]
ondeeOE
yearningeOE
longingOE
forlonginga1250
mourningc1300
yering13..
eye-seke?c1500
panting1580
greening1584
smackeringa1586
brame1590
languora1599
earning1603
lingering1608
yawning1635
tantalizing1640
slavering1642
longingness1651
tantalization1654
twittering1668
hankering1678
honing1725
lech1796
yearna1797
languishment1817
yearningness1839
hanker1881
tantalizingness1889
yen1906
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. ii. sig. P2 Mopsa (who already had had a certaine smackring towardes me).
1633 J. Ford Loves Sacrifice ii. sig. D3 The Duke has a smackering towards you.
1662 A. Cokayne Trag. Ovid v. iii. 116 in Poems I must confess, I have some smackering that way.
1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Qqq2/3 To have a smackering after a Thing.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II. (at cited word) To have a Smackering for a Thing, to long for it.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

smackeringn.2

Etymology: < smacker v.
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
(See quots.)
ΚΠ
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Bacio, a kisse, a smackering.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Bichiacco, a smack or smackring with the toong. Bichiacchie, iestes, toyes,..flim-flam tales, smackrings.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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