“nabal”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

nabal

释义

▪ I. nabal|ˈneɪbəl|
[From the Hebrew proper name Nābāl in 1 Sam. xxv. 3, etc.]
A churlish or miserly person. Also attrib.
1604G. Powel Catholike's Supplic. 127 The greedy Nabals & hold-fast Labans of the world.1617Hieron Wks. II. 397 Many a carnall man, many a Nabal, hath these temporall things in a large measure.1825Scott in Lockhart Life (1839) VII. 367 Nicol is certainly going to sell Faldonside, the Nabal asks {pstlg}40,000—at least {pstlg}5000 too much.1871W. Alexander Johnny Gibb (1873) 192 ‘Nabal vratch’, soliloquised Dawvid Hadden within himself.
Hence ˈnabalism, † ˈnabalite; † nabaˈlitic a.
1645E. Pagitt Heresiogr. (1661) 60 Ignorant Idiots, noddy Nabalites.1659Gauden Tears Ch. 35 It is a sin arguing a Nabalitick and vile heart.1886W. D. Macray Pref. Chron. Abbat. Rameseiensis p. xxix, The churlishness of the second abbot..is condemned not so much for its own Nabalism as for its shortsightedness.
▪ II. nabal
variant of nable Obs.

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