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語源

After Drawcansir, a character in George Villiers' play The Rehearsal. The character's name is a play on Almanzor, from Dryden's The Conquest of Granada.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /dɹɔːˈkansə/

名詞

drawcansir (複数形 drawcansirs)

1. (now まれに) A blustering, bullying person; a braggart.
   • 1852, Washington Irving, Tales from the Alhambra:

     While we were supping with our drawcansir friend, we heard the notes of a guitar and the click of castanets, and presently a chorus of voices singing a popular air.