sneaksbyn.

Forms: Also 1500s snekesbie, 1600s sneaksbie, etc.

Etymology: Of obscure origin: see -by suffix , and compare sneaksbill n. and sneakbill n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsneaksby.

Now rare.

A mean-spirited person; a paltry fellow.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > coward(s) > base or acknowledged coward

nithingOE

crathona1400

cradden1513

dastarda1529

poltroona1529

sneaksby1580

craven1581

niddering1596

fazart1597

cur1600

niding1605

white-liver1614

nidderling1664

snool1718

dastardling1800

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > low or vulgar person > [noun]

gadlinga1300

geggea1300

churlc1300

filec1300

jot1362

scoutc1380

beggara1400

carla1400

turnbroach14..

villainc1400

gnoffc1405

fellowc1425

cavelc1430

haskardc1487

hastardc1489

foumart1508

strummel?a1513

knapper1513

hogshead?1518

jockeya1529

dreng1535

sneakbill1546

Jack1548

rag1566

scald1575

huddle and twang1578

sneaksby1580

companion1581

lowling1581

besognier1584

patchcock1596

grill1597

sneaksbill1602

scum1607

turnspit1607

cocoloch1610

compeer1612

dust-worm1621

besonioa1625

world-worma1625

besognea1652

gippo1651

Jacky1653

mechanic1699

fustya1732

grub-worm1752

raff1778

person1782

rough scuff1816

spalpeen1817

bum1825

sculpin1834

soap-lock1840

tinka1843

'Arry1874

scruff1896

scruffo1959

1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Niez, an idiote,..a simple soule, a snekesbie.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Coquefredouille, a meacocke, milkesop, sneaksbie.

a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1686) III. 378 To be termed..a demure sneaksby..men can hardly brook.

1690 J. Dryden Amphitryon ii. ii. 21 There's no comparison between my Master and thee, thou Sneaksby.

1785 in F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue

a1877 C. C. Clarke in W. J. Rolfe Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona (1882) 28 A woman..will cling to a ruffian,..but she will despise and shun a pettifogging sneaksby.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sneaksby
释义	sneaksbyn. Forms: Also 1500s snekesbie, 1600s sneaksbie, etc. Etymology: Of obscure origin: see -by suffix , and compare sneaksbill n. and sneakbill n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsneaksby. Now rare. A mean-spirited person; a paltry fellow. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > coward(s) > base or acknowledged coward nithingOE crathona1400 cradden1513 dastarda1529 poltroona1529 sneaksby1580 craven1581 niddering1596 fazart1597 cur1600 niding1605 white-liver1614 nidderling1664 snool1718 dastardling1800 society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > low or vulgar person > [noun] gadlinga1300 geggea1300 churlc1300 filec1300 jot1362 scoutc1380 beggara1400 carla1400 turnbroach14.. villainc1400 gnoffc1405 fellowc1425 cavelc1430 haskardc1487 hastardc1489 foumart1508 strummel?a1513 knapper1513 hogshead?1518 jockeya1529 dreng1535 sneakbill1546 Jack1548 rag1566 scald1575 huddle and twang1578 sneaksby1580 companion1581 lowling1581 besognier1584 patchcock1596 grill1597 sneaksbill1602 scum1607 turnspit1607 cocoloch1610 compeer1612 dust-worm1621 besonioa1625 world-worma1625 besognea1652 gippo1651 Jacky1653 mechanic1699 fustya1732 grub-worm1752 raff1778 person1782 rough scuff1816 spalpeen1817 bum1825 sculpin1834 soap-lock1840 tinka1843 'Arry1874 scruff1896 scruffo1959 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Niez, an idiote,..a simple soule, a snekesbie. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Coquefredouille, a meacocke, milkesop, sneaksbie. a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1686) III. 378 To be termed..a demure sneaksby..men can hardly brook. 1690 J. Dryden Amphitryon ii. ii. 21 There's no comparison between my Master and thee, thou Sneaksby. 1785 in F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue a1877 C. C. Clarke in W. J. Rolfe Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona (1882) 28 A woman..will cling to a ruffian,..but she will despise and shun a pettifogging sneaksby. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas sneaksby Forming descriptive personal appellations, playful or derisive, as idleby, idlesby (= idler, Mr. Idleness), lewdsby, litherby, rudesby, sneaksby, sureby, suresby, wigsby (wearer of a wig), etc. extracted from -bysuffix < n.1580 as lemmas
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