| 单词 | thief errant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthief errant 2. In thief errant, arrant thief [= robber] originally an outlawed robber roving about the country, a freebooter, bandit, highwayman; hence, a public, notorious, professed robber, a ‘common thief,’ an undisguised, manifest, out-and-out thief. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > brigand > [noun] brigand1421 snaphance1539 thief errant1553 freebooter1570 filibuster1591 bandit1594 Robin Hood1597 mosser1651 moss-trooper1651 free-rider1821 cateran1870 c1386 G. Chaucer Manciple's Tale 120 An outlawe or a thef erraunt. [See the whole passage.] 1553 J. Bale Vocacyon in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) I. 362 The most errande thefe and mercilesse murtherer. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 407 There is not so ranke a traytor, nor so arrant a thefe. 1637 J. Pocklington Sunday no Sabbath 13 The arrantest Pharisee theefe in Jerusalem. 1724 J. Swift Blunders of Quilca in Wks. (1755) VI. ii. 174 Every servant an arrant [1745: errant] thief as to victuals and drink. 1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall xxvii. 247 Who, like errant thieves, could not hold up their heads in an honest house. thief errant ΚΠ c1386 G. Chaucer Manciple's Tale 120 An outlawe or a thef erraunt. [See the whole passage.] 1553 J. Bale Vocacyon in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) I. 362 The most errande thefe and mercilesse murtherer. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 407 There is not so ranke a traytor, nor so arrant a thefe. 1637 J. Pocklington Sunday no Sabbath 13 The arrantest Pharisee theefe in Jerusalem. 1724 J. Swift Blunders of Quilca in Wks. (1755) VI. ii. 174 Every servant an arrant [1745: errant] thief as to victuals and drink. 1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall xxvii. 247 Who, like errant thieves, could not hold up their heads in an honest house. < as lemmas |
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