单词 | bumfiddle |
释义 | bumfiddlen. Now archaic. 1. A viol; spec. a bass viol. Also: a person who plays the viol.Quot. a1648 probably also contains sexual innuendo and might be interpreted as implying sense 2; cf. also bumfiddler n. at bumfiddle v. Derivatives. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > bowable instrument > [noun] > viol viol1484 bumfiddle1599 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > bowable instrument > [noun] > viol > bass-viol bumfiddle1599 bass-viola1616 baritone1685 bass1702 violone1724 bassette1847 octobass1850 1599 ‘T. Cutwode’ Caltha Poetarum sig. E2v Now he takes his leaue and Caltha kist, and ties a base bumfiddle at his back: That hangs vpon a bawdrick of blew list, much like vnto a paltry Pedlers pack. a1648 W. Percy Cuck-queanes & Cuckolds Errants (1824) 6 Wee haue had, many and oft, betweene vs, consorts of many, the most lushious, the most delicate, the most sauoury, And, Oh, the most Frisquin Bum-Fiddles of this citie, of whom, myne own deare wife..euer made vp the Thirteenth to the dozen of them. 1847 Satirist 15 Aug. 362/2 During the performances of the comedy Lawrence Levy will perform a solo on the bum-fiddle. 1996 Guardian 21 Oct. a47 If you're an early music fan, one of the leading practitioners..helps you sort out your sackbut from your bum fiddle when she takes over Music Machine (Radio 3). 2. A person's bottom; = bum n.1 1a.Originally used of women, with sexual reference or innuendo; some of these examples probably implicitly denote the vagina (cf. bum n.1 1b). See also quot. a1648 and note at sense 1.In quot. 1909 probably punning on sense 1. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > back > buttock(s) > [noun] flitcha700 arse-endseOE culec1220 buttockc1300 tail1303 toutec1305 nagea1325 fundamentc1325 tail-end1377 brawna1382 buma1387 bewschers?a1400 crouponc1400 rumplec1430 lendc1440 nachec1440 luddocka1475 rearwarda1475 croupc1475 rumpc1475 dock1508 hurdies1535 bunc1538 sitting place1545 bottom?c1550 prat1567 nates1581 backside1593 crupper1594 posteriorums1596 catastrophe1600 podex1601 posterior1605 seat1607 poop1611 stern1631 cheek1639 breeka1642 doup1653 bumkin1658 bumfiddle1661 assa1672 butt1675 quarter1678 foundation1681 toby1681 bung1691 rear1716 fud1722 moon1756 derrière1774 rass1790 stern-post1810 sit-down1812 hinderland1817 hinderling1817 nancy1819 ultimatum1823 behinda1830 duff?1837 botty1842 rear end1851 latter end1852 hinder?1857 sit1862 sit-me-down1866 stern-works1879 tuchus1886 jacksy-pardy1891 sit-upon1910 can1913 truck-end1913 sitzfleisch1916 B.T.M.1919 fanny1919 bot1922 heinie1922 beam1929 yas yas1929 keister1931 batty1935 bim1935 arse-end1937 twat1937 okole1938 bahookie1939 bohunkus1941 quoit1941 patoot1942 rusty-dusty1942 dinger1943 jacksie1943 zatch1950 ding1957 booty1959 patootie1959 buns1960 wazoo1961 tush1962 1661 F. Kirkman Presbyterian Lash i. sig. A3 We shall hardly get them to Church, for fear of their Bumfiddles. 1675 C. Cotton Burlesque upon Burlesque 110 I'le tell thee what, So her Bumfiddle I had clapt, I'de be contented to be trapt. 1686 in J. Playford Second Bk. Pleasant Musical Compan. (ed. 2) sig. C3 Joan has been gallopping, gallopping, gallopping, Joan has been gallopping all the Town o're, 'till her Bumfiddle, Bumfiddle, Bumfiddle, until her Bumfiddle was wonderous sore. 1700 E. Ward Step to Stir-Bitch-Fair 8 Their Bumfiddles had been gaul'd by the hardness of their Seats. 1779 S. J. Pratt Tutor of Truth I. xliv. 166 Standing with bumfiddle to fire with coat up, and now and then popping hand below waistband. 1825 H. Wilson Mem. I. 91 I am puzzled to guess..how, you came to shew me, an utter stranger, your bum-fiddle! a1827 W. Hickey Mem. (1960) xix. 311 I, of course, shall pay, and they may kiss my bum fiddle. 1909 O. Onions Little Devil Doubt ii. 24 Mind you do work..or Joe Tyers'll play a tune you don't like on your bum-fiddle! 2011 G. Burrowes Lady Sophie's Christmas Wish xii. 226 I'm trying to decide which part of me is the most frozen... It's a toss-up between my bum-fiddle and my nose. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † bumfiddlev. Obsolete.Typically used in wordplay in late 16th- and 17th-cent. drama and poetry, with more than one sense of the word, and various connotations of bum and fiddle evoked. 1. a. transitive. To beat, strike, thrash. Cf. bumbaste v., bumfeage v.In quot. c1595 with reference to the tearing of a piece of paper. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > pollute or defile [verb (transitive)] afileeOE besmiteeOE shenda950 befilec1000 bisulienc1200 defoulc1320 file1340 foilc1380 smota1387 lime1390 solwea1400 surda1400 infectc1425 filtha1450 poison?a1513 defile1530 polluve1533 inquinate1542 pollute1548 contaminate1563 bumfiddlec1595 impure1598 conspurcate1600 defoil1601 sullya1616 vilify1615 deturpate1623 impiate1623 defedate1628 dreg1628 contemerate1650 spot1741 empoison1775 c1595 First Pt. Reign Richard II (1929) iii. 44 To say I will teare this paper..or fowler words than that, as to say I will bumfidle your paper. 1632 P. Massinger & N. Field Fatall Dowry iv. sig. H3 He bumfiddles you so. a1679 Earl of Orrery Mr. Anthony (1690) iv. 35 Come, say you will play, or Ill so Bumfiddle your ribs. b. transitive. figurative. To confuse, confound. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > act of perplexing > confuse, perplex, bewilder [verb (transitive)] abobc1330 confusec1350 confoundc1374 cumbera1375 passc1384 maskerc1400 mopc1425 enose1430 manga1450 overmusec1460 perplex1477 maze1482 enmuse1502 ruffle?a1505 unsteady1532 entangle1540 duddle1548 intricate1548 distraught1579 distract1582 mizzle1583 moider1587 amuse1595 mist1598 bepuzzle1599 gravel1601 plunder1601 puzzle1603 intrigue1612 vexa1613 metagrobolize?a1616 befumea1618 fuddle1617 crucify1621 bumfiddlea1625 implicate1625 giddify1628 wilder1642 buzzlea1644 empuzzle1646 dunce1649 addle1652 meander1652 emberlucock1653 flounder1654 study1654 disorient1655 embarrass?1656 essome1660 embrangle1664 jumble1668 dunt1672 muse1673 clutter1685 emblustricate1693 fluster1720 disorientate1728 obfuscate1729 fickle1736 flustrate1797 unharmonize1797 mystify1806 maffle1811 boggle1835 unballast1836 stomber1841 throw1844 serpentine1850 unbalance1856 tickle1865 fog1872 bumfuzzle1878 wander1897 to put off1909 defeat1914 dither1919 befuddle1926 ungear1931 to screw up1941 a1625 J. Fletcher Chances i. v, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Aaa2/1 And am I now bum-fidled with a Bastard? 1774 I. Sancho Let. 26 Nov. (1782) I. xvii. 55 Thus it often happens—that the judgement of a good head is—bumfiddled—and wrong biass'd by the weakness of a too kind heart. 2. transitive. To have sexual intercourse with. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity with [verb (transitive)] > have sexual intercourse with mingeOE haveOE knowc1175 ofliec1275 to lie with (or by)a1300 knowledgec1300 meetc1330 beliea1350 yknowc1350 touchc1384 deala1387 dightc1386 usea1387 takec1390 commona1400 to meet witha1400 servea1400 occupy?a1475 engender1483 jangle1488 to be busy with1525 to come in1530 visitc1540 niggle1567 mow1568 to mix one's thigh with1593 do1594 grind1598 pepper1600 yark1600 tumble1603 to taste of1607 compressc1611 jumble1611 mix?1614 consort?1615 tastea1616 bumfiddle1630 ingressa1631 sheet1637 carnal1643 night-work1654 bump1669 bumble1680 frig?c1680 fuck1707 stick1707 screw1719 soil1722 to do over1730 shag1770 hump1785 subagitatec1830 diddle1879 to give (someone) onec1882 charver1889 fuckeec1890 plugc1890 dick1892 to make a baby1911 to know (a person) in the biblical sense1912 jazz1920 rock1922 yentz1924 roll1926 to make love1927 shtupa1934 to give (or get) a tumble1934 shack1935 bang1937 to have it off1937 rump1937 tom1949 to hop into bed (with)1951 ball1955 to make it1957 plank1958 score1960 naughty1961 pull1965 pleasurea1967 to have away1968 to have off1968 dork1970 shaft1970 bonk1975 knob1984 boink1985 fand- 1630 Tincker of Turvey sig. A2 Many a Tinkers Trull haue I bum-fidled. 1640 S. Harding Sicily & Naples iv. iv. 63 Hey, for a wench, for a wench, to bumfiddle now; Ah! ha! 3. a. transitive. To play for (a person) on the fiddle. Cf. bumfiddle n. 1. ΚΠ 1656 Simpleton the Smith 3 in R. Cox Acteon & Diana (ed. 2) O must I bumfiddle her under her Chamber window. b. transitive. To play (a song) badly on the fiddle. Cf. bumble v.2 2. ΚΠ 1808 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) II. 399 [An ode] too good to be fiddled; so I sent them a second, which was fit to be bum-fiddled. Derivatives bumfiddler n. a person who makes a sexual advance towards another.A surface meaning relating to music is probably intended to be understood (cf. bumfiddle n. 1), but the principal meaning is clearly sexual. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [noun] > one who pollutes or defiles polluter1551 bumfiddler1611 berayer1699 befouler1842 1611 J. Davies Scourge of Folly 9 A busie-body hardly she abides, Yet she's well pleas'd with all Bum-fiddlers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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