subs. (colloquial).—1. An objectionable woman; a termagant or shrew. [From the wife of Ahab.]
1553. J. BRADFORD, Letters [Parker Society (1853), ii. 36]. The papists … are cast into JEZEBEL’S bed of security.
1601. SHAKESPEARE, Twelfth Night, ii. 5. Fie on him, JEZEBEL.
1677. BUTLER, Hudibras, III, iii, 194. To win the JEZEBEL.
1711. Spectator, No. 175. My lodgings are directly opposite those of a JEZEBEL.
1751. SMOLLETT, Peregrine Pickle, xlvii. ‘Lord curse that chattering JEZEBEL of a landlady, who advised such a preposterous disguise!’
1771. SMOLLETT, The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, L. 52. They hissed and hooted all the way; and Mrs. Jenkins was all bespattered with dirt, as well as insulted with the opprobrious name of painted JEZEBEL.
1857. A. TROLLOPE, Barchester Towers, xi. ‘Mr. Slope,’ said Mrs. Proudie, catching the delinquent at the door, ‘I am surprised that you should leave my company to attend on such a painted JEZEBEL as that.’
2. (venery).—The penis. For synonyms, see CREAMSTICK and PRICK.
