dotterelとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈdɒtɹəl/

名詞

dotterel (plural dotterels)

1. A gullible fool, especially an elderly person with impaired faculties. [from 15th c.]
   • 1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anna St. Ives, vol. V, letter 88:

     This poor dotterel, Sir Arthur, is playing fast and loose with me.

2. A small brown-and-black bird of species Charadrius morinellus, of the plover family. [from 15th c.]

   Synonym: Eurasian dotterel

3. (Australia, New Zealand) Any of various small birds of Australasia thought to resemble the Eurasian dotterel. [from 19th c.]

同意語

• (gullible fool): dotard, dote; see also Thesaurus:fool

派生語

Further reading

• dotterel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

形容詞

dotterel (comparative more dotterel, superlative most dotterel)

1. decayed
   • c. 1570, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster:

     some old dotterel trees

アナグラム

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