单词 | visit-paying |
释义 | > as lemmasvisit-paying attributive and in other combinations, as visit-day, visit-paying; † visit-leg n. Obsolete a posture of politeness in paying a visit (cf. leg n. 4). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun] > manifestation of respect > bowing, kneeling, or curtseying > a bow or curtsey crookc1330 beckc1375 obediencec1390 obeisancea1393 reverencec1400 inclinationa1425 courtesy1508 curtsy1513 honour1531 leg1548 duck1554 beisance1556 jouk1567 congee1577 crouch1597 humblesso1599 inclinabo1607 salaam1613 dop1616 scrape1628 bowa1656 visit-leg1673 couchee1691 dip1792 bob1825 1673 W. Wycherley Gentleman Dancing-master iv. i Blackamoor (teaching postures to M. de Paris). Now let me see you make your visit-leg—thus. a1717 T. Parnell Elegy to Old Beauty 29 With better Strength, on Visit-days she bears To mount her fifty Flights of ample Stairs. 1849 W. M. Thackeray in Scribner's Mag. 1 522/2 I have been most remiss in visit-paying. < as lemmas |
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