Dives
['daivi:z]
Definition
(n.) The name popularly given to the rich man in our Lord's parable of the "Rich Man and Lazarus" (Luke xvi. 19-31). Hence, a name for a rich worldling.
Checker: Yale
Definition
n. a name used as if a proper name for the rich man at whose gate Lazarus lay (Luke xvi. 19): a rich and luxurious person.—n. Div′itism condition of being rich.
Checker: Nicole
Examples
- Spyers loses sight of him a minute as he turns a corner; shoots round; sees a little crowd; dives in; Which is the man? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Are you not glad, Caroline, when at last, and with a wild shriek, she dives? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Rolling it in loops and in dives. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Your friendship for Dives is about as sincere as the return which it usually gets. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I got this box at old Dives's sale, Pincher says, handing it round, one of Louis XV's mistresses--pretty thing, is it not? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- When it is brown, he dives again and produces butter, with which he completes his work. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- What guest at Dives's table can pass the familiar house without a sigh? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Checker: Nicole