单词 | upon exclamation |
释义 | > as lemmasupon exclamation 2. The action of loudly complaining or protesting; a loud complaint or protest; a derogatory outcry; a ‘vociferous reproach’ (Johnson). Const. against, †of, †on, and in phrases to †infer exclamation, make exclamation against, †upon exclamation. archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > [noun] complaint1374 exclamation1430 reclamation1533 barking1549 remonstrance1593 remonstration1605 querulation1614 remonstrating1647 queruling1838 Protestantism1854 1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy iii. xxii Well maye I make an exclamacion Of ignoraunce. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxxxii. f. cvi Charly herynge this exclamacion of his Subgettes..was right..heuy in his herte. 1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1710) Exclamacion 485 Ane Exclamacioun Aganis detractouris. c1525 J. Rastell New Commodye Propertes of Women sig. Aiv O hys lamentacyons & exclamacyons on fortune. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. O.ijv The myserable person ..maketh exclamacion vpon the rightwise goddes. a1571 W. Haddon in A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. (1576) 425 Inferring an exclamation and outcrie, against the croked..condition of this life. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. ii. 53 These exactions..They say..are deuis'd by you, er else you suffer Too hard an exclamation . View more context for this quotation 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 40 I might spend a great deal of Time in Exclamations against the Follies..of those things. 1777 J. Priestley Doctr. Philos. Necessity iii. 24 What exclamation and abuse must he not expect? 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. xi. 284 Dame Crank..began a horrible exclamation against Jack Hostler. < as lemmas |
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