capernosity

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include

    爱尔兰 幽默 文学 不可数

    Besides, my grandmother, who lived at the top of the next house, was a lady of capernosity and function. She had money and lay in bed all day, drinking porter or malt, and taking pinches of snuff, and talking to the neighbours that would call up to tell her the news of the day.

    … in Howth they have a paper of their own, in which is reported the wedding of a girl from the Hill. The affair was carried out with function and capernosity, by all accounts …

    Myself and my brothers joined in this [singing], with function and capernosity, as true little Republicans …

  2. 2.

    The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:

    capability and generosity

    爱尔兰 幽默 文学 不可数
  3. 3.

    The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:

    competence, flair

    爱尔兰 幽默 文学 不可数
  4. 4.

    The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:

    peevishness, ill temper

    爱尔兰 幽默 文学 不可数

词源

Coined by Brendan Behan, using the learned suffix -osity. Augustine Martin suggests Blend of capability + generosity. Barry Baldwin suggests a link with Scots capernoity (“befuddled”) or Latin caper (“goat”).

来源：wiktionary