单词 | supernaculum |
释义 | supernaculumadv.n.int. slang. A. adv. 1. To the last drop, to the bottom; frequently in to drink supernaculum. Also: over one's thumbnail. Now rare.With reference to the practice of turning up an emptied cup or glass on one's left thumbnail to show that all the drink has been consumed (see quot. 1592). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [adverb] > drink off up with (also mid) ——1542 supernaculum1592 the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adverb] > completely or to the end or conclusively afinec1325 absolutely1550 supernaculum1592 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. G2v (margin) Drinking super nagulum, a deuise of drinking new come out of Fraunce: which is, after a man hath turnde vp the bottom of his cup, to drop it on hys nayle and make a pearl with that is left which, if it slide & he cannot mak stand on, by reason thers too much, he must drinke againe for his penance. c1600 Timon (1980) ii. v. 35 I drinke this to thee super naculum. 1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper i. i. 8 He drank thy health five times, supernaculum, to my Son Brain-sick. 1693 H. Higden Wary Widdow iv. 39 Here's my Leiutenants health in pure Nantz Brandy as ever was tipt Supernaculum. 1728 A. Ramsay Epist. to Friends in Ireland 11 Drinking..bumpers fair out, Supernaculum but spilling. 1784 W. A. Yardley tr. ‘A. F. de Avellaneda’ Don Quixote II. vi. vii. 221/1 Having found the bottle, he put it to his mouth, and at one pull sucked it so dry that there was not enough left to drop supernaculum. 1835 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 41 Personages..drinking supernaculum out of grotesque goblets. 1907 What to Eat June 206/2 To drink supernaculum is the rule in New York. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > to a great extent, largely, or extensively substantiallya1425 ample1481 amply1481 greatly1579 supernaculum1599 spaciously1608 extensively1736 largely1785 wholesalely1843 fatly1866 majorly1929 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 74 Not the lowsie riddle wherewith fishermen constrayned..Homer..to drowne hymselfe..but should be dressed and set before you supernagulum, with eight score more galliarde crosse-poynts. 1609 B. Jonson Case is Alterd iii. sig. F4v I confesse Cupids carouse, he plaies super negulum with my liquor of life. View more context for this quotation 1660 S. Fisher Rusticus ad Academicos iii. 39 Thou runst away an end it with it, as an undoubted truth, and layest it down as it were supernaculum. 1766 W. Kenrick Falstaff's Wedding iii. vi. 40 Let me alone for speaking supernaculum; I have a set of the courtliest phrases in my huswifry book! B. n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking deeply or copiously quaffing1533 glut1541 carouse1559 quaff1579 all out1582 carousing1582 skolinga1599 supernaculum1622 swig1622 waughting1637 kelty1664 swigging1702 waught1721 toot1787 willie-waught1826 swiping1833 swipe1866 bottomer1876 the world > space > relative position > inversion > [noun] turning1536 inversion1598 reversing1610 topsy-turvy1655 resupination1661 canting1769 retroversion1790 supernaculum1827 upturning1846 upending1968 1622 T. Dekker & P. Massinger Virgin Martir ii. sig. C4v Bacchus,..grand Patron of rob-pots, vpsie-freesie-tiplers, and super-naculam takers. 1660 R. L'Estrange Apol. with Short View Pref. sig. B4 He plants himself before the Glass, and tries how This Oath, or That Whiff, becomes him—the Supernaculum;—then makes the Face that skar'd the Drawer. 1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey IV. vi. i. 45 One pull—a gasp—another desperate draught—it was done! and followed by a supernaculum almost superior to the exulting Asmanshausen's. 2. The last drop remaining of a drink; a drop of liquid. Also as a mass noun. Now rare. ΚΠ 1664 C. Cotton Scarronides 108 She set it to her Nose,..Untill that she had supt it all in. Then turning't Topsey on her Thumb Sayes look, here's Super-naculum. 1694 tr. G. P. Marana Lett. Turkish Spy VII. iii. xii. 245 The least dry and crumbling Lump of the late fainting Glebe, has Drops and Supernaculum's enough to revel on. 1739 ‘R. Bull’ tr. F. Dedekind Grobianus 180 Yours first turn topsy-turvy on your Thumb, And cry, behold! here's Supernaculum. 1871 M. Collins Inn of Strange Meetings 55 I drained the tankard to the very dregs, Leaving no sign of supernaculum. 1926 R. Kipling Debits & Credits 329 He shook off one drop from his polished nail on to the polished table—‘even such a supernaculum as this’. 3. A drink to be consumed to the last drop; a wine of the highest quality. Frequently (and in earliest use) figurative: anything excellent of its kind. Now rare.In quot. 1849: a full cup or measure of something. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent thing starOE dainty1340 daisyc1485 say-piece1535 bravery1583 paragon1585 daint1633 rapper1653 supernaculum1704 dandy1785 roarer1813 sneezer1823 plum1825 trimmer1827 sockdolager1838 rasper1844 dinger1861 job1863 fizzer1866 champagne1880 beauty1882 pie1884 twanger1889 smasher1894 crackerjack1895 Taj Mahal1895 beaut1896 pearler1901 lollapalooza1904 bearcat1909 beaner1911 grande dame1915 Rolls-Royce1916 the nuts1917 pipperoo1939 rubydazzler1941 rumpty1941 rumptydooler1941 snodger1941 sockeroo1942 sweetheart1942 zinger1955 blue-chipper1957 ring-a-ding1959 premier cru1965 sharpie1970 stormer1978 the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > class or grade of wine > [noun] > high class or grade vintage1746 supernaculum1785 yellow seal1786 grand cru1832 cabinet wine1833 vino fino1846 premier cru1866 tête de cuvée1908 Reserva1920 Kabinett1929 riserva1959 V.D.Q.S.1962 Qualitätswein1971 1704 W. King Orpheus & Eurydice in Some Remarks Tale of Tub 50 I saw some Sparks as they were Drinking, With mighty Mirth, and little thinking Their Jests were Supernaculum, I snacht the Rubies from each Thumb. 1760 S. Foote Minor i. 43 Levant me, but it is supernaculum—Speak when you have enough. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Supernaculum, good liquor, of which there is not even a drop left sufficient to wet one's nail. 1804 W. Blake Let. 28 Dec. (1906) 177 With our good Flaxman's good help, and with your remarks on it [sc. a portrait] in addition, I hope to make it a ‘supernaculum’. 1849 J. R. Lowell Poems (rev. ed.) II. 150 And empty to each radiant comer A supernaculum of summer. 1895 H. Watson in Chap-bk. III. 490 I called for Burgundy—some of the right supernaculum. 1915 J. C. Powys tr. F. Rabelais in Visions & Revisions 32 Pour me out the fair Greek wine, the extravagant wine, the good wine, Lacrima Christi, supernaculum. 1947 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Kist of Whistles 19 Come, let us drink, beloved. You have brimmed my glass With a supernaculum of a cherry bounce. 1989 A. Brunton Best Bet i, in Red Mole Sketchbk. 58 A supernaculum. If you know what I mean. Something matchless. An exclamation to announce or encourage the consuming of a drink to the last drop. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1623 J. Mede in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. cclxxvi. 126 Our Doctors pledged healths to the Infanta and the Archduchesse, and if any left to big a snuffe, Columbo would cry ‘Supernaculum, Supernaculum.’ 1659 J. Shirley Honoria & Mammon v. 75 5 So. You must take your chance, The Yeoman of the wine-seller did not Provide'em for our palate. 2 So. Supernaculum! 1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey IV. vi. i. 42 As he withdrew the horn from his mouth, all present..gave a loud cry of ‘Supernaculum!’ 1871 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows (1890) 229 He..could see the shadow of his benign face in a flagon of Gascon wine without fancying Death sitting opposite to cry Supernaculum! when he had drained it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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