单词 | sloothering |
释义 | sloothering, vbl. n. Anglo-Ir.|ˈsluːðərɪŋ| Also sluthering. [Perh. ad. Ir. lúdar fawning, flattery with prosthetic s- (A. J. Bliss).] Cajoling, wheedling. Hence as ppl. a.
1892J. Barlow Irish Idylls viii. 215 There do be girls will get round a man wid their slootherin'. 1896G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 1 Feb. 123/1 Boucicault had a charming brogue: not even the speech of the eminent journalist..is more musical in sound or irresistible in insinuation—‘sloothering’ would be the right word, were it current here—than his. 1901J. Barlow From Land of Shamrock 79 Coaxing and sluthering, reinforced by a couple of..florins. 1919G. B. Shaw O'Flaherty V.C. 188 You foul⁓mouthed, dirty minded, lying, sloothering old sow. 1922Joyce Ulysses 756 He used to amuse me the things he said with the half sloothering smile on him. |

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