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单词 snudge
释义

snudgen.

/snʌdʒ/
Forms: Also 1500s snowge.
Etymology: Compare snudge v.1, and see also snuch n.
1. A miser, a mean avaricious person, a niggard; a sneaking or sponging fellow. Now dialect.Very common from c1550 to 1610.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun] > niggard or mean person > miser or hoarder of wealth
chinch?a1300
wretch1303
chincher1333
muckererc1390
mokerarda1400
muglard1440
gatherer?a1513
hoarder?a1513
warner1513
hardhead1519
snudge1545
cob1548
snidge1548
muckmonger1566
mucker1567
miser?1577
scrape-penny1584
money-miser1586
gromwell-gainer1588
muckscrape1589
muckworm1598
scrib1600
muckraker1601
morkin-gnoff1602
scrape-scall1602
incubo1607
accumulator1611
gripe-money1611
scrape-good1611
silver-hider1611
gripe1621
scrapeling1629
clutch1630
scrape-pelfa1640
volpone1672
spare-penny1707
save-all1729
bagger1740
spare-thrift1803
money-codger1818
hunger-rot1828
muckrake1850
muckthrift1852
gripe-penny1860
hugger-mugger1862
Scrooge1940
1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 2v Thus youre husbandrie me thinke, is more like the life of a couetouse snudge.., then the labour of a good husband.
1553 T. Wilson Arte Rhetorique (1567) 82 Some riche snudges hauyng greate wealthe, goe with their hose out at heeles.
c1570 in J. Raine Depositions Courts Durham (1845) 106 Sainge that the said Bartram was a covetous snowge.
c1570 in J. Raine Depositions Courts Durham (1845) 107.
1609 T. Dekker Worke for Armorours sig. G1v Those snudges & miserable cormorants that now feede vpon thee.
1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. ii. sig. Yy 3/3 A Snudging man, or a Snudge, a man that has a curmudging way with him.
1694 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) v. xvi. 72 The filthy Snudge is..mischievous.
1877–88 in Cheshire and Sheffield glossaries.
in extended use.1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 8 He plaid the veri snudg then that had so much lerning and shoud so litle.1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 164 Histories are no snudges in matters of note.1600 T. Dekker Old Fortunatus sig. E4 O I feare that deitie Hath stolne him hence, that Snudge his destinie.in combination.1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions 103 b Who Snudgelike to his frend..Not one poore draught thereof would send.1606 Wily Beguilde 9 I heard your father say, that he would marrie you to Peter Ploddall, that Puckefist, that snudge snowte.
2. Cant. (See 1699.) Obsolete. (Cf. snudge v.2)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > burglar > [noun] > who hides in house
snudge1676
1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Snudg, one that hides himself in a house to do mischief.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Snudge, one that lurks under a Bed, to watch an opportunity to Rob the House.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

snudgev.1

/snʌdʒ/
Etymology: Of obscure origin.
1. intransitive. To be miserly, stingy, or saving. Also with it. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > be niggardly or mean [verb (intransitive)] > be miserly
to gather to store1303
snudge?1536
hinch1559
mise1579
?1536 R. Copland Hye Way to Spyttell Hous sig. Ajv That man that..euer is bare, hungry and indygent Scrapynge, and snudgynge, Without any cease.
1570 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandry (new ed.) f. 22v Good husbandry snudgeth for feare of a dout.
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Spilorciáre, to grudge, to snudge, to dodge or play the slouenlie niggard or pinch-pennie.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Avoine To snudge it; or churlishly to eat all his meat all alone.
2. To walk in a stooping or meditative attitude. Frequently with along. Now dialect.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > with stooping attitude
snudge1677
slouch1743
1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. ii. sig. Yy3/3 To Snudge about business, aller d'un air rampant, comme font les grands avares.
1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Qqq3v/1 To Snudge along, or go like an old Snudge, or like one whose Head is full of business.

Derivatives

ˈsnudging n. and adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun] > miserliness
chincheryc1405
muckeringc1430
gnedeshipc1480
wretchedness1488
miserableness1522
misery1531
snudging1553
sordidity1584
snudgery1599
miserliness1645
nabalism1853
miserhood1867
miserdom1887
the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adjective] > miserly
gnedy?c1225
miserable1484
misera1500
muckeringa1525
pinchpence1540
snudging1553
pinchpenny1582
miserly1593
mising1595
scraping1597
chuff-penny1603
wretched1652
nabalitic1653
skinflint1737
nippit1808
Scrooge-like1976
the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > manner of walking > with stooping attitude
snudging1688
1553 T. Wilson Arte Rhetorique (1580) 145 Snudgyng wittely rebuked.
1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande iii. f. 10/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I Some of his friendes, that were snudging pennyfathers, woulde take him vp verye roughly for..his outragious expenses.
1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. ii. sig. Yy 3/3 A Snudging man, or a Snudge, a man that has a curmudging way with him.
1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Qqq3v/1 A Snudging along, demarche de Faquin.
1713 Prior in Bolingbroke's Corresp. (1798) II. 445 I cannot imagine how you came to know that snudging boy.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

snudgev.2

/snʌdʒ/
Etymology: Of obscure origin: perhaps related to snug v.
Now dialect.
intransitive. To remain snug and quiet; to nestle.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > embrace > [verb (intransitive)] > nestle or snuggle up
snug1583
snudge1633
nuzzle1637
snuggle1688
nestle1709
cuddle1710
snuzzle1781
snoozle1831
snuggle1840
pettle1855
coorie1898
1633 G. Herbert Giddinesse in Temple iii Now he will fight it out, and to the warres; Now eat his bread in peace, And snudge in quiet.
1650 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans 100 The Age, the present times are not To snudge in, and embrace a Cot.
1686 F. Spence tr. C. de Saint-Évremond Miscellanea Pref. sig. C 3 Tragedy, like the Aristotelian virtue, is to lie snudging betwixt them both.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. To Snug, to lie close; to snudge.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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