† rounce robble hobble Obs.
[Imitative.]
Stanyhurst's attempt to represent the sound of thunder, copied allusively or derisively by some later writers.
| 1582 Stanyhurst æneis viii. (Arb.) 137 A clapping fyer⁓bolt (such as oft, with rownce robel hobble, Ioue toe the ground clattreth). 1589 Nash in Greene Menaphon (Arb.) 13 Then did he make heauens vault to rebounde, with rounce robble hobble Of ruffe raffe roaring, with thwick thwack thurlery bouncing. 1602 Marston Ant. & Mel. ii, Was't not rare sport at the sea-battle, whilst rounce robble hobble roared from the ship sides. 1622 Massinger & Dekker Virg. Martyr iv. ii, I'll come upon her with rounce, robble-hobble, and thwick-thwack-thirlery bouncing. 1656 Choyce Drollery 7 Rounce, Robble, Hobble, he that writ so big. |