单词 | snudge |
释义 | snudgen. 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. 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.1ΘΚΠ 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 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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