scold
Etymology
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Etymology
The noun is from Middle English scold, skald(e), first attested in the 12th or 13th century (as scold, scolde, skolde, skald).
Pronunciation Nounscold (plural scolds)
- A person who habitually scolds, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.
- c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.:
- A ſclaunderous tunge, a tunge of a ſkolde,
Worketh more miſchiefe than can be tolde;
That, if I wiſt not to be controlde,
Yet ſomwhat to ſay I dare well be bolde,
How ſome delite for to lye, thycke and threfolde.
- A ſclaunderous tunge, a tunge of a ſkolde,
- 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part II, XVIII [Uniform ed., p. 196]:
- “Well, I won’t have it, and that’s enough.” She laughed, for her voice had a little been that of the professional scold.
- c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.:
- See Thesaurus:shrew
- French: chipie, furie, mégère
- German: Beißzange, Xanthippe
- Italian: bisbetica, brontolona, megera, linguaccia, linguacciuta
- Portuguese: megera
- Russian: сварли́вая же́нщина
scold (scolds, present participle scolding; simple past and past participle scolded)
- (ambitransitive) To rebuke angrily.
- I advise that you refrain from using that kind of language at home, lest your mother scold you.
- 1813 January 26, [Jane Austen], Pride and Prejudice: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC ↗:
- A week elapsed before she could see Elizabeth without scolding her —
- 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC ↗:
- Molly the dairymaid came a little way from the rickyard, and said she would pluck the pigeon that very night after work. She was always ready to do anything for us boys; and we could never quite make out why they scolded her so for an idle hussy indoors. It seemed so unjust. Looking back, I recollect she had very beautiful brown eyes.
- (ornithology) Of birds, to make harsh vocalisations in aggression.
- Of birds, to make vocalisations that resemble human scolding.
- Misconstruction of scald
- French: gronder, réprimander, tancer
- German: beschimpfen, schelten, tadeln, ausschimpfen
- Italian: sgridare, rimproverare, riprendere
- Portuguese: ralhar, repreender
- Russian: брани́ть
- Spanish: regañar, retar, reñir
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