单词 | tityre-tu |
释义 | Tityre-tun. Now historical. A member of a society of young aristocrats and gentry in the second quarter of the 17th century, who were renowned for their violent, lawless, and intimidating behaviour on the streets of London; (also) the society itself. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > specific societies or organizations > [noun] > other specific associations or organizations Tityre-tu1623 Peep o' Day Boys1780 law society1821 kongsi1839 B'nai B'rith1862 Molly Maguire1867 Kennel Club1874 Ethical Society1877 Kyrle Society1877 Molly1877 Sierra Club1891 subak1897 Workers' Educational Association1905 senior1906 W.E.A.1910 Lions Club1922 godless1927 F.P.A.a1940 Diners' Club1950 amnesty1961 Sealed Knot1971 Greenpeace1972 lions1972 Gaysoc1976 Group of Eight1977 Group of Seven1977 meeja1983 G71986 G81988 the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > ruffianly conduct > ruffian > [noun] > frequenting streets > aristocratic Tityre-tu1623 Mohock?1711 tumbler1712 scarlet1755 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > violent treatment or force > frequenting streets > aristocratic Tityre-tu1623 Mohock?1711 tumbler1712 scarlet1755 1623 J. Chamberlain Let. 6 Dec. (1939) II. 530 There is a crew or knot of such..people..who..have made an association and taken certain oaths and orders devised among themselves,..having certain nicknames (as Titere-tu and such like) for their severall fraternities. 1627 J. Taylor Armado sig. A5 Roaring boyes, and Rough-hewd Tittery tues. a1652 R. Brome Weeding of Covent-Garden iii. i. 38 in Five New Playes (1659) So, now I am a Blade, and of a better Rowe then those of Tytere tu. 1693 T. Southerne Maids Last Prayer ii. ii I remember your Dammee-Boyes, your Swashes, your Tuquoques and your Titire-Tues. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 361 (note) It may be suspected that some of the Tityre Tus, like good cavaliers, broke Milton's windows shortly after the Restoration. 1994 T. Raylor Cavaliers, Clubs, & Literary Culture iii. 75 The Tityre-tu was formed by a group of blades in the regiment raised by Lord Vaux in 1622 for Spanish use in the Low Countries. 1994 T. Raylor Cavaliers, Clubs, & Literary Culture iv. 86 The other addressee of the poem..was probably the ‘Mr. Ro: Meeringe’ named by Michael Constable as one of those present at the feast given by the Tityre-tus by the Order of the Bugle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1623 |
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