单词 | tidings-bringer |
释义 | > as lemmastidings-bringer tidings-bearer, tidings-bringer, tidings-bringing, tidings-maker. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > one who chats or gossips > one who spreads rumours ear-rounder?1387 tidings-makerc1440 runkera1500 rumourera1616 scatter-storya1670 gazette1703 quidnunc1709 anecdote-monger1761 what-now1890 yenta1923 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 493/2 Tydyngys berare, rumigerulus. 1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton g vj b Thou arte a lyar and a tydynges maker. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts xvii. 18 He semeth to be a tydynges brynger off new devyls [ Coverd. goddes]. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Sam. iv. 17 Then answered the tydinge bringer, & sayde: Israel is fled before the Philistynes. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Tidynges carier, renuncius, ij. 1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) A Tidings bringing, nunciation. < as lemmas |
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