“idleby”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

idleby

释义

† ˈidleby, ˈidlesby Obs.
Also 6–8 -bie, -bee.
[f. idle a. + -by 2: cf. rudesby. (Sometimes associated with bee.)]
An idle fellow; a loafer.
α1589Nashe Anat. Absurd. A j b, Might Ouids exile admonish such Idlebies to betake them to a new trade.1635E. Pagitt Christianogr. ii. 39 Purgatory made many idle-bees swim in delicacy and voluptuousnesse.1708Motteux Rabelais (1737) V. 217 Idle Lusks, slothful Idlebies.
β1611Cotgr., Claquedent, a lazie rogue, idle luske, slouthfull idlesbie.1617tr. De Dominis on Rom. xiii. 12. 43 Such a swarme of idlesbies.a1639W. Whately Prototypes i. iv. (1640) 31 It is easie for Satan to entangle with his temptations the Idlesbee.1681W. Robertson Phraseol. Gen. (1693) 753, I have played the idlesby to day.

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