单词 | smackering |
释义 | † smackeringn.1 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 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). < n.11579n.21598 |
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