“grueller”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

grueller

释义

grueller|ˈgruːələ(r)|
[f. gruel n. and v. + -er¹.]
†1. One who feeds on gruel; a name given to a particular set of Oxford students in 17th c. Obs.
1691Wood Ath. Oxon. II. 616 He..and other students..feeding on thin broth, made of Oatmeal and water only, they were commonly called Grewellers.1708Hearne Collect. 8 Oct. (O.H.S.) II. 140 Here they had Prayers, and this deform'd old Maid [Elizabeth Hampton]..made them water Gruell, whence they were call'd the sect of y⊇ Gruellers.
2. colloq. A poser, settler, floorer. (Cf. gruel v. 1.)
1856Kingsley Let. T. Hughes in Alt. Locke (1881) I. Pref. Mem. 65 But this {pstlg}25 of his is a grueller.

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