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anagogy (iou) and knave (iou)


anagogy (iou)



anagogy noun. LME.
[Analogical alt. of ecclesiastical Latin from Greek anagoge (religious or ecstatic) elevation, mystical feeling, from anagein lift up, formed as AN-4 + agein to lead.]
1. Spiritual, mystical, or allegorical interpretation. LME.
2. Spiritual elevation, esp. to understand mysteries. rare. Only in E18.
anagoge = ANAGOGY 1 M16.
ana'gogic adjective = anagogical LME.
ana'gogical adjective having a spiritual, mystical, or allegorical interpretation E16.
ana'gogically adverb L16.

knave (iou)



knave noun.
[Old English cnafa = Old High German knabo (German Knabe boy) from West Germanic. Obscurely rel. to KNAPE.]
A male child, a boy. Latterly only more fully knave-bairn, knave-child. OE-E19.
A boy employed as a servant; a male servant; a person of low status, a menial. arch. OE.
An unprincipled or deceitful person, esp. a man; a rogue, a scoundrel. ME.
F. Donaldson He is far more fool than knave.
b. A fellow, a chap. joc. M16.
Cards. The lowest court-card of each suit, bearing the representation of a male youth; a jack. M16.
Comb.: knave-bairn, knave-child: see sense 1 above; knave noddy: see NODDY noun2.
knaveship noun (a) Scot. a quantity of corn or meal given as a fee to a miller's servant; (b) arch. (with possess. adjective, as
his knaveship etc.) a mock title given to a disreputable person: L15.
knavish adjective characteristic of a knave LME.
knavishly adverb L15.
knavishness noun E16.