marplotとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈmɑːplɒt/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈmɑɹplɑt/

名詞

marplot (plural marplots)

1. A meddlesome person whose activity interferes with the plans of others. [from 18th c.]
   • 1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter XI, in The Understanding Heart:

     “The old marplot has discovered the baby,” Monica whispered. “I suppose it cried and woke him up, and now he thinks he's witness to a miracle.”

   • 2012, Michael Burleigh, “Keeping the Flame Alive”, in Literary Review, section 402:

     Unthinking Anglo-Saxons regard him as a Gallic marplot, rather than the great twentieth-century statesman he was – certainly the greatest Frenchman since Napoleon.

派生語

参考

形容詞

marplot (comparative more marplot, superlative most marplot)

1. (now rare) That foils a plot; interfering. [from 18th c.]
   • 1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anna St. Ives, vol. V, letter 83:

     Let us argue the point with this pert, unruly, marplot conscience of mine…

アナグラム

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