billingsgateとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From the London, England fishmarket Billingsgate: "Billingsgate is the market where the fishwomen assemble to purchase fish; and where, in their dealings and disputes they are somewhat apt to leave decency and good manners a little on the left hand." (Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 1811)

名詞

billingsgate

1. Profane, abusive language; coarse words.

   You wouldn't have believed the billingsgate which poured forth from that boy's mouth.

   • 1898, George Saintsbury, A Short History of English Literature

     These "flytings" consisted of alternate torrents of sheer Billingsgate poured upon each other by the combatants.

動詞

billingsgate (三人称単数 現在形 billingsgates, 現在分詞 billingsgating, 過去形および過去分詞形 billingsgated)

1. (transitive) To use abusive language towards.
   • 1905, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (volume 177, page 99)

     On the other hand, the Englishman has the satisfaction of Billingsgating to his heart's content the highest officials: they accept objurgation with spaniel fawning.