单词 | worrier |
释义 | worriern. 1. a. An animal that kills or injures others by biting and rough treatment. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > [noun] > that bites worrierc1536 c1536 D. Lindsay Compl. Bagsche 26 For I haif bene, ay to this hour, Ane wirrear of lamb and hog. 1583 in W. Cramond Rec. Elgin (1903) I. 173 Calling him auld wouff facet theiff carle and worriar of scheip. 1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall vi. sig. B4v Diogenes,..being admonished that so he should be torne by birds and beasts, did reiyre a taunt, in requyring a cudgell to be coutched beside, whereby to weare his wirriers away. 1634 J. Canne Necessitie of Separation i. 35 Beeing doubtlesse very theeves, robbers, wolves, and worriers of the Flocks. 1663 J. Spencer Disc. Prodigies (1665) iii. §4. 229 Κύνες χθόνιοι terrestrial Dogs (as they called their more material and coarser sort of Dæmons, conceived the Worriers of Souls). 1732 J. Swift Exam. Abuses Dublin 11 Tory Dogs; whereof great Numbers have since been so prudent, as entirely to change their Principles, and are now justly esteemed the best Worriers of their former Friends. 1839 T. Hood Lines to Lady on Departure for India 31 Go where the fierce musquito is a worrier. 1862 C. S. Calverley Verses & Transl. (ed. 2) 29 The Worrier-Dog—the Cow with Crumpled horn. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > one who drinks to excess houndOE drinkerc1200 keach-cup?c1225 gulchcupa1250 bollerc1320 taverner1340 ale stake?1515 wine-bibber1535 bibber1536 swill-bowl1542 malt-wormc1550 rinse-pitcher1552 bibblera1556 ale knight1556 tosspot1568 ring-pigger1570 troll-the-bowl1575 malt-bug1577 gossip-pint-pot1580 black pot1582 alehouse knight1583 worrier1584 suck-spigot1585 bezzle1592 bezzlera1593 cup-leech1593 soaker1593 carouser1596 barley-cap1598 swiller1598 rob-pot1599 Philistine1600 sponge1600 wine-knight1601 fill-knaga1605 reel-pot1604 faithful1609 fill-pot1609 bouser1611 spigot-sucker1611 suck-pint1611 whip-can1611 bib-all-night1612 afternoon man1615 potling1616 Bacchanalian1617 bombard1617 pot-shot1617 potisuge1620 trougha1625 tumbrila1625 borachioa1627 pot-leech1630 kill-pota1637 biberon1637 bang-pitcher1639 son of Bacchusc1640 shuffler1642 suck-bottlea1652 swill-pot1653 poter1657 potatora1660 old soaker1665 fuddle cap1666 old toast1668 bubber1669 toper1673 ale-toast1691 Bacchant1699 fuddler1699 swill-belly1699 tickle-pitcher1699 whetter1709 draughtsmanc1720 bender1728 drammer1740 dram-drinker1744 drammist1756 rum-bud1805 siper1805 Bacchanal1812 boozera1819 rum-sucker1819 soak1820 imp of the spigot1821 polyposist1821 wineskin1821 sack-guzzler1823 sitfast1828 swill-flagon1829 cup-man1834 swiper1836 Lushington1851 lushing-man1859 bloat1860 pottle pot1860 tipsificator1873 tipsifier1873 pegger1874 swizzler1876 bibulant1883 toss-cup1883 lusher1895 stew-bum1902 shicker1906 stiff1907 souse1915 booze-hound1926 stumblebum1932 tanker1932 lush-hound1935 lushy1944 lush-head1945 binge drinker1946 pisshead1946 hophead1948 1584 Leg. Bp. St. Androis 12 Still daylie drinckand or he dyne, A wirriare of the gude sweit wyne. 2. One who harasses or persecutes another. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > persecution > one who warrer?c1225 warrayinga1300 pursuera1382 warriora1400 persecutorc1450 persecuter1526 prosecutor1542 dragooner1688 worrier1712 heresy-hunter1765 witch-hunter1917 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 304. ⁋6 Certain Persons..who by the Strength of their Arms, and Loudness of their Throats, draw off the Regard of all Passengers from your said Petitioners; from which Violence they are distinguished by the Name of the Worriers. a1745 J. Swift Yahoo's Overthrow in Wks. (1765) VIII. ii. 164 On this Worrier of Deans whene'er we can hit, We'll shew him the way how to crop and to slit. 3. One who causes distress of mind to another; also, one who gives way to anxiety or mental disquietude. ΘΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > [noun] > one who worries fidget1816 worrit1889 worrier1891 worryguts1932 worry wart1956 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > [noun] > causing worry > one causing fidget1882 worrit1889 worrier1912 1891 Cent. Dict. 1897 Voice (N.Y.) 11 Feb. 3/1 ‘Worry’ is from inside, and the fault of the ‘worrier.’ 1912 Sat. Rev. 28 Dec. 802/1 Both brothers write of their mother, an excellent woman but a worrier—of the son she was with and about the son she was absent from. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1536 |
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