smatteringn.

Etymology: < smatter v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsmattering.

a. A slight or superficial knowledge in or of something. Also without const.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > [noun] > instance of

smatteringa1538

smatch1571

smackering1579

delibation1619

spatteringa1662

smatter1668

(a)

a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 12 Such have only a lytyl smateryng in gud lernyng.

1631 R. Brathwait Whimzies i. 3 Wherein, trust me, hee ha's a prety smattering.

1705 F. Fuller Medicina Gymnastica (ed. 2) 62 Known to every one, who had but the least smattering in Distillations.

1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. iv. 69 Your utter incapability of ever arriving at the slightest smattering in any of the infernal dialects.

1856 N. Brit. Rev. 26 255 It is the only alternative to a superficial smattering in all things.

(b)1589 T. Nashe To Students in R. Greene Menaphon Epist. sig. **3^v Euerie priuate Scholler..beganne to vaunt their smattering of Latine.1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 785 Onely a little smattering of learning he had.1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. vi. 43 I propose to give you a Smattering of the French and Italian.1836 F. Marryat Japhet I. iv. 41 I soon obtained a very fair smattering of my profession.1876 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 2nd Ser. vi. 243 He had..given his son the chance of acquiring a smattering of ‘scholarship’.(c)1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxix. 222 It were a great deale better that they had no learning at all and knew their owne ignorance, then any little smattering, vnperfit in his kinde.1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. viii. 108 They who haue had but a smattering, or some little beginning.1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner i. i. i. 3 That dangerous and so much fear'd station, which is call'd Smattering.1865 J. Ruskin Sesame & Lilies ii. 161 There is a wide difference between elementary knowledge and superficial knowledge—between a firm beginning, and a feeble smattering.

†b. A slight trace or symptom. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > [noun] > an indication or sign > slight

sparklec1380

odourc1384

smell?a1505

savour?1531

casta1556

obumbrationa1631

smite1640

subindication1655

smattering1764

whiff1872

breath1873

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > a slight touch or trace

specec1330

taste1390

lisounc1400

savourc1400

smatcha1500

smell?a1505

spice1531

smack1539

shadow1586

surmise1586

relish1590

tang1593

touch1597

stain1609

tincture1612

dasha1616

soula1616

twanga1640

whiff1644

haut-goût1650

casta1661

stricturea1672

tinge1736

tinct1752

vestige1756

smattering1764

soupçon1766

smutch1776

shade1791

suspicion1809

lineament1811

trait1815

tint1817

trace1827

skiff1839

spicing1844

smudgea1871

ghost1887

1764 Philos. Trans. 1763 (Royal Soc.) 53 197 The patient, at the usual time for the return of his fit, felt some smattering of his distemper.

c. A small amount or number.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount

speckc725

littleOE

somethingc1200

lutewihtc1230

little whatc1384

ouncec1387

lap1393

smalla1400

modicumc1400

nekedc1400

spota1413

tinec1420

nieveful?a1425

handfulc1443

mouthful?c1450

smatchc1456

weec1480

quern1503

halfpennyworth1533

groatsworth1562

dram1566

shellful1578

trickle1580

snatch1592

sprinkling1594

fleck1598

snip1598

pittance1600

lick1603

fingerful1604

modicum1606

thimbleful1607

flash1614

dasha1616

pipa1616

pickle1629

drachm1635

cue1654

smack1693

starn1720

bit1753

kenning1787

minikin1787

tate1805

starnie1808

sprat1815

harl1821

skerrick1825

smallums1828

huckleberry1832

scrimp1840

thimble1841

smite1843

nattering1859

sensation1859

spurt1859

pauchlea1870

mention1891

sketch1894

sputterings1894

scrappet1901

titch1937

tad1940

skosh1959

smattering1973

1973 Nation Rev. (Melbourne) 31 Aug. 1442/6 The news that does appear—other than a smattering of inconsequential rubbish—is..thinly disguised opinion.

1973 Nation Rev. (Melbourne) 31 Aug. 1464/2 There were 10,000 men (and a smattering of women) of letters in the UK.

1975 D. Nobbs Death of Reginald Perrin 154 There was a surprised pause, then a smattering of applause, which grew slowly into a tolerable ovation.

2. The action of discoursing or studying in a superficial manner. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > study > [noun] > superficial study

smattering1649

1649 J. Milton Observations in Articles of Peace with Irish Rebels 52 The changing forsooth of Monarchy into Anarchy, sounds so like the smattering of some raw Polititian.

1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. ii. 33 I would advise them..to leave off this dabbling and smattering in Philosophy.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

smatteringadj.

Etymology: < smatter v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsmattering.

†1. ? Ready for smacking or kissing. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > kiss > [adjective] > ready to receive a kiss

smatteringc1475

c1475 Mankind (1969) 611 I wyll..geett me a lemman wyth a smattrynge face.

†2. Given to prating or talking. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adjective]

wordyeOE

talewisec1200

i-worded?c1225

babblinga1250

cacklinga1250

chatteringa1250

speakfula1250

word-wooda1250

of many wordsc1350

janglingc1374

tatteringc1380

tongueya1382

ganglinga1398

readya1400

jargaunt1412

talkative1432

open-moutheda1470

clattering1477

trattling?a1513

windy1513

popping1528

smatteringa1529

rattle?1529

communicablea1533

blab1552

gaggling1553

long-tongued?1553

prittle-prattle1556

pattering1558

talking1560

bobling1566

gabbling1566

verbal1572

piet1573

twattling1573

flibber gibber1575

babblative1576

tickle-tongued1577

tattling1581

buzzing1587

long-winded1589

multiloquous1591

discoursive1599

rattling1600

glib1602

flippant1605

talkful1605

nimble-tongued1608

tongue-ripe1610

fliperous1611

garrulous?1611

futile1612

overspeaking1612

feather-tongueda1618

tongue-free1617

long-breatheda1628

well-breathed1635

multiloquious1640

untongue-tied1640

unretentive1650

communicative1651

linguacious1651

glibbed1654

largiloquent1656

multiloquent1656

parlagea1657

loose-clacked1661

nimble-chop1662

twit-twat1665

over-talkativea1667

loquacious1667

loudmouth1668

conversable1673

gash1681

narrative1681

chappy1693

apposite1701

conversative1703

gabbit1710

lubricous1715

gabby?1719

ventose1721

taleful1726

chatty?1741

blethering1759

renable1781

fetch-fire1784

conversational1799

conversant1803

gashing1808

long-lunged1815

talky1815

multi-loquacious1819

prolegomenous1822

talky-talky1831

nimble-mouthed1836

slipper1842

speechful1842

gassy1843

in great force1849

yattering1859

babbly1860

irreticent1864

chattable1867

lubrical1867

chattery1869

loose-mouthed1872

chinny1883

tongue-wagging1885

yappy1909

big-mouthed1914

loose-lipped1919

ear-bashing1945

ear-bending1946

yackety-yacking1953

nattering1959

yacking1959

woofy1960

a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Fiiii^v I warne you beware of to moche lyberte..[of being] To flatterynge to smatterynge..To claterynge to chaterynge [etc.].

3. Dabbling; imperfectly learned.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > [adjective]

sciolousa1400

superficial1559

smattering1581

superficial1603

shallowa1616

lip-learned1683

sciolistic1830

superficialized1907

1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xli. 238 Simple coniectures of some smattering writers concerning the matter of his traine.

1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. 93 A bookish smattering Grecian.

1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 140 I, who am but a smattering Novice in Divinity.

4. Slight, superficial, imperfect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > slight > slight or insubstantial

leanc1325

light1534

rushy1579

slight1585

smattering1589

exile1610

unmassy1665

insubstantial1767

flimsy1780

tenuousa1817

unsubstantial1825

gaseous1846

slimline1973

lite1986

1589 ‘M. Marprelate’ Theses Martinianæ 31 I haue a prety smattering gift in this Pistle-making.

1604 F. Herring Modest Def. Caueat 32 Hauing attained any little smattering knowledge.

1686 tr. J. Chardin Coronation Solyman 124 in Trav. Persia Writers of Travels, who understood not the Eastern Languages or at least had but a smattering understanding of 'em.

1818 T. Moore Fudge Family in Paris ix. 481 My French..Is, on the whole, but weak and smattering.

1873 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life xi. ii. 406 That smattering acquaintance with questions of religion, politics, and literature which the world calls ‘well-informed’.

Derivatives

ˈsmatteringly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > [adverb]

superficially1526

dabblingly1811

smatteringly1849

1849 M. F. Maury in D. F. M. Corbin Life M. F. Maury (1888) 52 To see how smatteringly they are taught, look at the great majority of middle-aged women.

1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 73 As we task ourselves To learn a language known but smatteringly.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	smattering
释义	smatteringn. Etymology: < smatter v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsmattering. 1. a. A slight or superficial knowledge in or of something. Also without const. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > [noun] > instance of smatteringa1538 smatch1571 smackering1579 delibation1619 spatteringa1662 smatter1668 (a) a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 12 Such have only a lytyl smateryng in gud lernyng. 1631 R. Brathwait Whimzies i. 3 Wherein, trust me, hee ha's a prety smattering. 1705 F. Fuller Medicina Gymnastica (ed. 2) 62 Known to every one, who had but the least smattering in Distillations. 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. iv. 69 Your utter incapability of ever arriving at the slightest smattering in any of the infernal dialects. 1856 N. Brit. Rev. 26 255 It is the only alternative to a superficial smattering in all things. (b)1589 T. Nashe To Students in R. Greene Menaphon Epist. sig. *3^v Euerie priuate Scholler..beganne to vaunt their smattering of Latine.1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments* 785 Onely a little smattering of learning he had.1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. vi. 43 I propose to give you a Smattering of the French and Italian.1836 F. Marryat Japhet I. iv. 41 I soon obtained a very fair smattering of my profession.1876 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 2nd Ser. vi. 243 He had..given his son the chance of acquiring a smattering of ‘scholarship’.(c)1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxix. 222 It were a great deale better that they had no learning at all and knew their owne ignorance, then any little smattering, vnperfit in his kinde.1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. viii. 108 They who haue had but a smattering, or some little beginning.1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner i. i. i. 3 That dangerous and so much fear'd station, which is call'd Smattering.1865 J. Ruskin Sesame & Lilies ii. 161 There is a wide difference between elementary knowledge and superficial knowledge—between a firm beginning, and a feeble smattering. †b. A slight trace or symptom. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > [noun] > an indication or sign > slight sparklec1380 odourc1384 smell?a1505 savour?1531 casta1556 obumbrationa1631 smite1640 subindication1655 smattering1764 whiff1872 breath1873 the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > a slight touch or trace specec1330 taste1390 lisounc1400 savourc1400 smatcha1500 smell?a1505 spice1531 smack1539 shadow1586 surmise1586 relish1590 tang1593 touch1597 stain1609 tincture1612 dasha1616 soula1616 twanga1640 whiff1644 haut-goût1650 casta1661 stricturea1672 tinge1736 tinct1752 vestige1756 smattering1764 soupçon1766 smutch1776 shade1791 suspicion1809 lineament1811 trait1815 tint1817 trace1827 skiff1839 spicing1844 smudgea1871 ghost1887 1764 Philos. Trans. 1763 (Royal Soc.) 53 197 The patient, at the usual time for the return of his fit, felt some smattering of his distemper. c. A small amount or number. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount speckc725 littleOE somethingc1200 lutewihtc1230 little whatc1384 ouncec1387 lap1393 smalla1400 modicumc1400 nekedc1400 spota1413 tinec1420 nieveful?a1425 handfulc1443 mouthful?c1450 smatchc1456 weec1480 quern1503 halfpennyworth1533 groatsworth1562 dram1566 shellful1578 trickle1580 snatch1592 sprinkling1594 fleck1598 snip1598 pittance1600 lick1603 fingerful1604 modicum1606 thimbleful1607 flash1614 dasha1616 pipa1616 pickle1629 drachm1635 cue1654 smack1693 starn1720 bit1753 kenning1787 minikin1787 tate1805 starnie1808 sprat1815 harl1821 skerrick1825 smallums1828 huckleberry1832 scrimp1840 thimble1841 smite1843 nattering1859 sensation1859 spurt1859 pauchlea1870 mention1891 sketch1894 sputterings1894 scrappet1901 titch1937 tad1940 skosh1959 smattering1973 1973 Nation Rev. (Melbourne) 31 Aug. 1442/6 The news that does appear—other than a smattering of inconsequential rubbish—is..thinly disguised opinion. 1973 Nation Rev. (Melbourne) 31 Aug. 1464/2 There were 10,000 men (and a smattering of women) of letters in the UK. 1975 D. Nobbs Death of Reginald Perrin 154 There was a surprised pause, then a smattering of applause, which grew slowly into a tolerable ovation. 2. The action of discoursing or studying in a superficial manner. rare. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > study > [noun] > superficial study smattering1649 1649 J. Milton Observations in Articles of Peace with Irish Rebels 52 The changing forsooth of Monarchy into Anarchy, sounds so like the smattering of some raw Polititian. 1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. ii. 33 I would advise them..to leave off this dabbling and smattering in Philosophy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021). smatteringadj. Etymology: < smatter v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsmattering. †1. ? Ready for smacking or kissing. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > kiss > [adjective] > ready to receive a kiss smatteringc1475 c1475 Mankind (1969) 611 I wyll..geett me a lemman wyth a smattrynge face. †2. Given to prating or talking. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adjective] wordyeOE talewisec1200 i-worded?c1225 babblinga1250 cacklinga1250 chatteringa1250 speakfula1250 word-wooda1250 of many wordsc1350 janglingc1374 tatteringc1380 tongueya1382 ganglinga1398 readya1400 jargaunt1412 talkative1432 open-moutheda1470 clattering1477 trattling?a1513 windy1513 popping1528 smatteringa1529 rattle?1529 communicablea1533 blab1552 gaggling1553 long-tongued?1553 prittle-prattle1556 pattering1558 talking1560 bobling1566 gabbling1566 verbal1572 piet1573 twattling1573 flibber gibber1575 babblative1576 tickle-tongued1577 tattling1581 buzzing1587 long-winded1589 multiloquous1591 discoursive1599 rattling1600 glib1602 flippant1605 talkful1605 nimble-tongued1608 tongue-ripe1610 fliperous1611 garrulous?1611 futile1612 overspeaking1612 feather-tongueda1618 tongue-free1617 long-breatheda1628 well-breathed1635 multiloquious1640 untongue-tied1640 unretentive1650 communicative1651 linguacious1651 glibbed1654 largiloquent1656 multiloquent1656 parlagea1657 loose-clacked1661 nimble-chop1662 twit-twat1665 over-talkativea1667 loquacious1667 loudmouth1668 conversable1673 gash1681 narrative1681 chappy1693 apposite1701 conversative1703 gabbit1710 lubricous1715 gabby?1719 ventose1721 taleful1726 chatty?1741 blethering1759 renable1781 fetch-fire1784 conversational1799 conversant1803 gashing1808 long-lunged1815 talky1815 multi-loquacious1819 prolegomenous1822 talky-talky1831 nimble-mouthed1836 slipper1842 speechful1842 gassy1843 in great force1849 yattering1859 babbly1860 irreticent1864 chattable1867 lubrical1867 chattery1869 loose-mouthed1872 chinny1883 tongue-wagging1885 yappy1909 big-mouthed1914 loose-lipped1919 ear-bashing1945 ear-bending1946 yackety-yacking1953 nattering1959 yacking1959 woofy1960 a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Fiiii^v I warne you beware of to moche lyberte..[of being] To flatterynge to smatterynge..To claterynge to chaterynge [etc.]. 3. Dabbling; imperfectly learned. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > [adjective] sciolousa1400 superficial1559 smattering1581 superficial1603 shallowa1616 lip-learned1683 sciolistic1830 superficialized1907 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xli. 238 Simple coniectures of some smattering writers concerning the matter of his traine. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. 93 A bookish smattering Grecian. 1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 140 I, who am but a smattering Novice in Divinity. 4. Slight, superficial, imperfect. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > slight > slight or insubstantial leanc1325 light1534 rushy1579 slight1585 smattering1589 exile1610 unmassy1665 insubstantial1767 flimsy1780 tenuousa1817 unsubstantial1825 gaseous1846 slimline1973 lite1986 1589 ‘M. Marprelate’ Theses Martinianæ 31 I haue a prety smattering gift in this Pistle-making. 1604 F. Herring Modest Def. Caueat 32 Hauing attained any little smattering knowledge. 1686 tr. J. Chardin Coronation Solyman 124 in Trav. Persia Writers of Travels, who understood not the Eastern Languages or at least had but a smattering understanding of 'em. 1818 T. Moore Fudge Family in Paris ix. 481 My French..Is, on the whole, but weak and smattering. 1873 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life xi. ii. 406 That smattering acquaintance with questions of religion, politics, and literature which the world calls ‘well-informed’. Derivatives ˈsmatteringly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > [adverb] superficially1526 dabblingly1811 smatteringly1849 1849 M. F. Maury in D. F. M. Corbin Life M. F. Maury (1888) 52 To see how smatteringly they are taught, look at the great majority of middle-aged women. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 73 As we task ourselves To learn a language known but smatteringly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.a1538adj.c1475
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