“goose、cap”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

goose-cap

释义

ˈgoose-cap ? Obs.
[see cap n.¹ (sense 7).]
A booby, noodle, numskull, simpleton, fool.
1589Nashe Martins Mths. Minde 45 And so will yon Sonnes both, like a couple of goosecaps.1604Dekker Honest Wh. Wks. 1873 II. 81 Out you Gulles, you Goose⁓caps, you Gudgeon-eaters!1638Ford Fancies iv. i, What a wise goose-cap hast thou shew'd thyself!1711Swift Jrnl. to Stella 18 Apr., Did you ever see such a blundering goosecap as Presto?1764Foote Mayor of G. i. Wks. 1799 I. 169 My husband is such a goose-cap, that I can't get no good out of him at home or abroad.1820Miss Mitford in L'Estrange Life (1870) II. 121 She's a goosecap..and a romp, and a saucebox.1828Scott F.M. Perth v, A plague on thee for a cold down-hearted goose-cap.
Hence goose-ˈcapical a. nonce-wd., foolish.
c1785J. Thompson's Man 14 Nonsensical, fantastical, goose-capical, coxcomical, and idiotical.

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