请输入您要查询的单词:

 

单词 farlie
释义

farlie

English

Etymology

From Middle English farli, ferly, ferlich, feorlich (a wonderful thing, a marvel, a wonder), from Middle English farli, ferly, verlich, ferlik, ferlic, feorlic (terrible, marvellous, wonderful), from Old English fǣrlīċ (sudden, unexpected, quick, horrible), equivalent to fear + -ly. Cognate with Scots ferlie (farlie), Old Norse ferlíki, ferlíkan (a monster, abnormality, monstrosity), Old Norse ferligr (monstrous).

Noun

farlie (plural farlies)

  1. (obsolete, UK, dialect) An unusual or unexpected thing; a wonder.
    • 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 10 p. 161:
      (Whilst thus himselfe to please, the mightie Mountaine tells
      Such farlies of his Cluyd, and of his wondrous Wells)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for farlie in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

  • A-lifer, failer, ferial, fraile
随便看

 

国际大辞典收录了7408809条英语、德语、日语等多语种在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的翻译及用法,是外语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2023 idict.net All Rights Reserved
京ICP备2021023879号 更新时间:2024/9/9 8:13:20