单词 | wonderclout |
释义 | † wondercloutn. Obsolete. rare. ? Something showy but worthless. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > flashiness or gaudiness > [noun] > instance or example of painted sheath1542 puff1567 wonderclout1570 snobbery1866 plush horse1891 tartine1907 dog's dinner1996 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Siv v/1 A Wonderclout, blabbe, garrulus..linguax. 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 176 Ô wretched Atheisme, Hell but a scarecrow, and Heauen but a woonderclout in their doctrine. 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation sig. Ff4 Her meritorious worke, a Wonderclowte. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1570 |
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