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单词 smooth-boots
释义

smooth-bootsn.

Forms: Also smooth-boot.
Etymology: < smooth adj. + boot n.3 Compare sly-boots n.
Obsolete.
A person who uses flattering, ingratiating, or plausible language; a bland or smooth-tongued person. Usually in plural form.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [noun] > flatterer
fickler?c1225
losenger1303
glothererc1325
flatterera1340
blander1340
flatter1340
glozera1420
fleecherc1425
fager1435
soother1553
smooth-boots1599
sleekstonea1610
blandisher1611
cogger1611
over-prizer1611
smoother1611
colloguer1631
dauber1642
pargetera1656
flattercap1681
whillywhaa1682
sweetener1728
proneur1809
carney1818
soft-soaper1839
soft-solderer1851
smooth-sayer1872
incenser1873
soft-mouth1881
blarneyer1882
flannel-mouth1882
oiler1883
jollier1896
smoodger1898
plámáser1919
sweet-talker1946
smarmy1957
1599 J. Minsheu Percyvall's Dict. Spanish & Eng. at Halagadór A smoothbootes, a flatterer, a faire spoken man, a cunning tongued fellow.
a1610 J. Healey tr. Theophrastus Characters (1636) 19 A Sleeke-stone or Smooth-boot (as we terme him) is hee, that saluteth a man as farre off as his eye can carry levell.
1691 A. Wood Life 21 Apr. Dr. Nathaniel Foy bishop of Waterford:..a smooth boots.
1707 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1886) II. 8 The V.C. (whom some Waggs call a second Smoothboots).
1709 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1886) II. 175 Old Smoothboots the Vice-Chancellor.

Derivatives

smooth-booted adj. Obsolete flattering, fawning, soft-spoken.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [adjective]
ficklinga1240
glozing1297
blandingc1315
blandishingc1374
glaveringc1394
fleering?a1400
sleekedc1400
faginga1425
smoothc1450
flattering1484
cogging1542
flatterous1546
butterya1585
smooth-tongueda1593
oily1598
silken1598
slick-tongued1598
soothing1599
sleek1601
slick1606
blandiloquous1615
supellectile1615
colloguing1620
losengeous1632
oiled-tongued1632
daubing1655
blandiloquious1689
smooth-booted1706
palavering1764
pill-gilding1764
oily-tongued1788
buttering1789
sleeky1810
smooth-spoken1821
oleaginous1833
butteraceous1837
saponaceous1837
soft-soapy1849
soapy1854
blarneying1884
smarmy1924
sweet-talking1956
smoothie1959
smarming1970
blandiloquent-
1706 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1885) I. 231 Just such another smooth-booted Complyer.
1708 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1886) II. 101 Ye last smooth booted, sneaking Oxford Address.
1710 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 28 That old smooth-booted, self-interested,..paultry Lancaster.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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