| 单词 | word-pecker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasword-pecker word-pecker n. [perhaps punningly after woodpecker n.] chiefly humorous a person who trifles or plays with, or quibbles over, words. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > wordmongering > one who wordmonger1590 lettermonger1592 parolist1604 logodaedalus1611 word-pecker1649 vocabularian1899 1649 A. Marvell in R. Lovelace Lucasta sig. a7 Word-peckers, Paper-rats, Book-scorpions, Of wit corrupted, the unfashion'd Sons. 1673 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd ii. 255 You are..a meer Word-pecker. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Word-pecker, one that play's with Words. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Word Pecker, A punster, one who plays upon words. 1810 C. Lamb Let. 10 Mar. in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1978) III. 47 I have picked out what I think blemishes, but they are but a score of words (I am a mere word pecker) in six times as many pages. 1930 Forum Dec. 375/2 Consider the birth of the modern snappy comeback, nifty, and wise-crack. We owe it to the ambitious word-peckers of a past generation. 2004 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 4 May 7 What a marvellously bizarre collection it is... It is of special interest to word peckers such as myself and The Dazzle. < as lemmas |
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