pluckcrowとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From pluck +‎ crow. May be related to the idiomatic phrase have a crow to pluck, have a crow to pull (“have a point of contention (with someone)”).

形容詞

pluckcrow (comparative more pluckcrow, superlative most pluckcrow)

1. (nonce word) Vengeful, vindictive, related to settling a score or addressing a past grievance.
   • 1593, Harvey, Gabriel, “Her Own Prologue, Or Demur”, in Pierce's Supererogation; or, A New Praise of the Old Ass‎^[1], published 1815, page 12:

     If dreary hobbling rhyme heart-broken be, / And quake for dread of Danter's scarecrow press: / Shrew prose, thy pluckcrow implements address, / And pay the hangman pen his double fee. / Be Spite a Sprite, a termagant, a bug: / Truth fears no ruth, and can the great dev'l tug.

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:vengeful