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sing small

WOTD – 13 August 2022

語源

From sing + small (“in a small fashion; (廃れた用法) in a low tone, softly”).

発音

(Received 発音) IPA^(key): /sɪŋ ˈsmɔːl/
(General American) IPA^(key): /sɪŋ ˈsmɔl/, (cot–caught merger) /-smɑl/
韻: -ɔːl

動詞

sing small (三人称単数現在形 sings small, 現在分詞 singing small, 過去形 sang small, 過去分詞 sung small) (intransitive)

(idiomatic)
1. To assume a humble tone.
  - 1753 (indicated as 1754), [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XVII. Miss Byron. In Continuation.”, in The History of Sir Charles Grandison. […], volume I, 2nd edition, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by C. Hitch and L. Hawes, […], OCLC 926827207, page 111:
    By all that 's good, I muſt myſelf ſing ſmall in her company!—I vvill never meet at hard-edge vvith her— […]
  - 1877 October, Cope’s Tobacco Plant. A Monthly Periodical, Interesting to the Manufactuerer, the Dealer, and the Smoker, volume II, number 91, Liverpool, Lancashire: John Fraser, OCLC 1565081, page 86, column 2:
    Then shoots through my enjoyment / The one sharp drop of gall: / The host—the cur, the heathen— / On 'Baccy singeth small.
2. To not say anything; to keep quiet.
  - a. 1850 (date written), James Clarence Mangan, “An Invitation”, in Poems […], New York, N.Y.: P. M. Haverty, […], published 1859, OCLC 491428969, page 436:
    Deutschland sleeps: her star has waned. / France, the Thundress whilome, now / Singeth small, with bated breath.
3. To play a minor part.
(singing, obsolete) To sing softly.
- 1603, Plutarch, “How a Man may Discerne a Flatterer from a Friend”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield, OCLC 1051546006, pages 93–94:
  [A]re not moſt of our kings being vvhen they ſing ſmall and fine, after a puling maner, ſaluted Apolloes for their muſicke: […]
- c. 1623–1624 (date written), Tho[mas] Middleton, “Women Beware Women. A Tragedy”, in Two New Playes. […], London: […] Humphrey Moseley, […], published 1657, OCLC 228723594, Act IV, scene ii, page 180:
  I marvell 'd ſhe ſung ſo ſmall indeed, being no Maid.
- 1870, J. P. Robson, “The Poet’s Photograph”, in Evangeline: Or, The Spirit of Progress; […], Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland: […] J. M. Carr, […], OCLC 499784368, page 236:
  The Poet culls that dainty flowers; he saileth on the floods; / Leaps with the fountain 's ecstacy,^{[sic – meaning ecstasy]} and dwelleth in the woods; / Launcheth his barque of hopeful song, nor dreads the roaring fall; / Singing with lark and nightingale, though oft he singeth small.

Conjugation

Conjugation of sing small

infinitive	(to) sing small
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	sing small	sang small
2nd-person singular	sing small, singest small^†	sang small, sangest small^†, sungest small^†
3rd-person singular	sings small, singeth small^†	sang small
plural	sing small	sang small

subjunctive	sing small	sang small

imperative	sing small	—

participles	singing small	sung small

^†Archaic or obsolete.

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