† volponen.
Obsolete.
A cunning schemer or miser. Also in combinations.
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the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun] > niggard or mean person > miser or hoarder of wealth
chinch?a1300
wretch1303
chincher1333
muckererc1390
mokerarda1400
muglard1440
gatherer?a1513
hoarder?a1513
warner1513
hardhead1519
snudge1545
cob1548
snidge1548
muckmonger1566
mucker1567
miser?1577
scrape-penny1584
money-miser1586
gromwell-gainer1588
muckscrape1589
muckworm1598
scrib1600
muckraker1601
morkin-gnoff1602
scrape-scall1602
incubo1607
accumulator1611
gripe-money1611
scrape-good1611
silver-hider1611
gripe1621
scrapeling1629
clutch1630
scrape-pelfa1640
volpone1672
spare-penny1707
save-all1729
bagger1740
spare-thrift1803
money-codger1818
hunger-rot1828
muckrake1850
muckthrift1852
gripe-penny1860
hugger-mugger1862
Scrooge1940
the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > contrivance or machination > one who
Machiavellist1565
Machiavellian1566
Machiavel1571
designer1598
stratagemitor1602
stratagematist1609
angler1622
artist1648
intriguer1667
volpone1672
finesser1773
manoeuvrera1805
intriguist1830
schemer1846
Machiavelli1849
1672 G. Thomson Let. to H. Stubbe 25 To observe their Vulpone-like windings, intrigues and nimble diversions.
1692 R. South 12 Serm. I. 519 Come to an old, rich, professing Vulpony, and tell him, That there is a Church to be built [etc.].
1709 H. Sacheverell Perils False Brethren 21 In what..lively Colours does the Holy Psalmist paint out the crafty Insiduousness of such wilely Volpones?
1710 True Acct. Last Distemper T. Whigg i. 4 Certain Beasts of Prey, Vultures and Vulpones.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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