| 单词 | to swallow a dic |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto swallow a (or the) dic A dictionary; (hence) language characterized by the use of long or obscure words. Also in to swallow a (or the) dic: to use long or obscure words, esp. excessively or unnecessarily; = to have swallowed a (or the) dictionary at dictionary n. 4. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > wordmongering > instance of dic1832 1832 Metropolitan Mar. 301 Why, you talks as large, and comes the Dick as fast an' as fine, as if, by Joe, you'd a-reglarly a-shipped the wig! 1860 Dublin Univ. Mag. Mar. 334/1 Ah, now you are talking ‘Dic',’ exclaimed Peabody, ‘and I can't follow you’. 1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) 120 Dick, fine language, long words. 1891 J. S. Farmer Slang II. 281/1 To swallow the dick, to use long words without knowledge of their meaning. 2009 @jillmctag 7 Oct. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Flute playing by the lake... Sounds ethereal... God I swallowed a dic. 2010 @rioknuden 4 May in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) I still sing my ABCs when I need to remember which order a letter comes, when I have to look something up in the dic. < as lemmas |
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