| 单词 | the gentleman in black |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe gentleman in black P5. euphemistic. the gentleman in black and variants: the Devil. Now rare. See also old gentleman n. 2 and the old gentleman in black (now the more usual term).In quot. 1669 in the form Gentleman in the black Pantalloons. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > a devil > the Devil or Satan > [noun] devileOE Beelzebubc950 the foul ghosteOE SatanOE warlockOE SatanasOE worsea1200 unwinea1225 wondc1250 quedea1275 pucka1300 serpenta1300 dragon1340 shrew1362 Apollyon1382 the god of this worldc1384 Mahoundc1400 leviathan1412 worsta1425 old enemyc1449 Ruffin1567 dismal1570 Plotcocka1578 the Wicked One1582 goodman1603 Mahu1603 foul thief1609 somebody1609 legiona1616 Lord of Flies1622 walliman1629 shaitan1638 Old Nicka1643 Nick1647 unsel?1675 old gentleman1681 old boy1692 the gentleman in black1693 deuce1694 Black Spy1699 the vicious one1713 worricow1719 Old Roger1725 Lord of the Flies1727 Simmie1728 Old Scratch1734 Old Harry1777 Old Poker1784 Auld Hornie1786 old (auld), ill thief1789 old one1790 little-good1821 Tom Walker1833 bogy1840 diabolarch1845 Old Ned1859 iniquity1899 1669 J. Dryden Wild Gallant iv. i. 45 I have not yet spoke with the Gentleman in the black Pantalloons; you know he seldome walkes abroad by day-light.] 1693 R. Kirby Dreadful News from Wapping 4 She then seemed to be extraordinary sensible of her former and present Condition, relating as before about the Gentleman in black. 1893 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 408/2 The gentleman in black (or rather, the Devil) vanished clean away from her. 1967 Folklore 78 301 In Somerset, we speak of His Satanic Majesty respectfully as ‘The Gentleman in Black’. < as lemmas |
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