| 单词 | what a murrain |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhat a (also the) murrain b. In imprecations invoking pestilence or misfortune upon a person or thing, as murrain on (also of, meet) them (also him, it, etc.), etc. Also emphatically in exclamations of anger, astonishment, or contemptuous dismissal, as go with a murrain, what a (also the) murrain, how a murrain. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [noun] > oaths other than religious or obscene > imprecations murrainc1400 devil's paternosterc1405 back-pater-noster1561 the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > oaths other than religious or obscene > imprecations woeOE dahetc1290 confoundc1330 foul (also shame) fall ——c1330 sorrow on——c1330 in the wanianda1352 wildfirea1375 evil theedomc1386 a pestilence on (also upon)c1390 woe betide you (also him, her, etc.)c1390 maldathaita1400 murrainc1400 out ona1415 in the wild waning worldc1485 vengeance?a1500 in a wanion1549 with a wanion1549 woe worth1553 a plague on——a1566 with a wanion to?c1570 with a wanyand1570 bot1584 maugre1590 poxa1592 death1593 rot1594 rot on1595 cancro1597 pax1604 pize on (also upon)1605 vild1605 peascod1606 cargo1607 confusion1608 perditiona1616 (a) pest upon1632 deuce1651 stap my vitals1697 strike me blind, dumb, lucky (if, but—)1697 stop my vitals1699 split me (or my windpipe)1700 rabbit1701 consume1756 capot me!1760 nick me!1760 weary set1788 rats1816 bad cess to1859 curse1885 hanged1887 buggeration1964 the mind > emotion > anger > manifestation of anger > exclamation expressing anger [interjection] what a (also the) murrainc1560 go with a murrain1573 how a murrain1575 twish1577 highty-tighty1699 pilule1889 zut1915 c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xxi. 226 (MED) For til moreyne mete with ous..Ne wot no whight..what is ynowh to mene. 1533 J. Heywood Play of Wether sig. Biiiiv A myller wyth a moryn and a myschyefe who wolde be a myller as good be a thefe. c1560 T. Ingelend Disobedient Child C j What a Murryn I say, what a noyse doest thou make? 1573 C. Hollyband French Schoole-maister 130 Is that thy receite? go, go with a morion, I know that above ten yeeres a go. 1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle i. iii. sig. Aiiiv How a murryon came this chaunce. ?1577 Misogonus in R. W. Bond Early Plays from Ital. (1911) 186 A moringe lighte one that foules face of thine. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster West-ward Hoe iv. sig. F2v Luce. Who am I? Tent. What the Murrion care I who you are. 1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. iii. sig. G A murren meete 'em. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. i. 19 A red murrion ath thy Iades trickes. 1611 Tarlton's Jests (1866) 192 A murren of that face. 1624 R. Davenport City Night-cap (1661) iv. 36 Marry come up with a murren, from whence came you tro, ha? 1693 J. Dennis Miscellanies 25 Then says the Carter, what a Murrain Ails thee? What makes thre keep this stir in Such civil company as thou'rt in? 1705 J. Vanbrugh Confederacy i. i What the murrain have they to do with quality? 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 113. ⁋3 At last, with a Murrain to her, she cast her bewitching Eye upon me. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. i. 19 ‘A murrain take thee,’ rejoined the swine-herd. 1897 W. Beatty Secretar 402 We are beaten, and weel beaten too—a murrain tak' them. 1905 J. W. Whitbread Sarsfield (1986) ii. iii. 59 A murrain on him for a meddling, interfering coxcomb! 1938 M. Gervaise Distance Enchanted vii. 120 A murrain on Aunt Millicent! Still, she will do as ‘copy’ for a villainess in your novel! 1961 O. Nash Coll. Verse 35 A murrain on every bridesmaid and every usher! I hope they all get spattered with oil from a gusher! < as lemmas |
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