| 释义 |
deeshy, a. Anglo-Irish.|ˈdiːʃɪ|
[Orig. unknown.]
Tiny; insignificant.
1825T. C. Croker Fairy Leg. S. Ireland I. 200 A deeshy daushy leather apron hanging before him. Ibid. 209 The three original diminutives are tiny, dony, and the Scottish wee... From the first and third they [sc. the Irish] form weeny, and by the use of the termination shy, they make deeshy, doshy, and weeshy. 1907G. B. Shaw John Bull's Other Island ii. 31 For shame, Patsy!..to be afraid of a little deeshy grasshopper. |