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edgy, a.|ˈɛdʒɪ|
[f. edge n. + -y.]
1. Having an edge or edges; sharp, cutting.
1775C. Davy Bourrit's Glac. Savoy (1776) 99 Constantly walking over broken rocks, either ragged, or cleft, or edgy. 1820L. Hunt Indicator No. 15 (1822) I. 118 Lastly, think of the razor itself..how cold, how edgy, how hard! 1849Ruskin Sev. Lamps iii. §11. 75 Binding the dusty remnants and edgy splinters into springing vaults.
2. Of a painting: Having the outlines too hard.
1825Blackw. Mag. XVII. 438 There were two Holbeins, flat, shadowless, edgy compositions. 1868Illust. Lond. News 11 Apr. 362 Less edgy and more softly sweet in colour than previous works.
3. fig. Full of edge or keenness; eager. dial.
1858A. B. Evans Leicestersh. Wds., Edgy, eager. ‘He's very edgy to go there’: also ‘pert’ and ‘forward’.
4. Having one's nerves on edge; irritable; testy.
1837[implied in edgily adv.]. 1864in Webster. 1914Kipling Diversity of Creatures (1917) 149 ‘I say,’ he began hurriedly, ‘do you mind if I come in here for a little? I'm a bit edgy.’ 1915J. Buchan 39 Steps i. 33 Then I could see that he began to get edgy again. He listened for little noises. 1924Chambers's Jrnl. 555/1 The horses were very nervous and edgy for the rest of the day. 1929S. Aumonier Ups & Downs 514 That its mood was tense and ‘edgy’ was evident from the way in which the members spoke and behaved. 1958Times Lit. Suppl. 23 May 280/3 An American family of harassed father, edgy mother and irritated crop-headed boys.
▸ orig. U.S. That challenges received ideas or prevailing aesthetic sensibilities; at the forefront of a trend. Cf. cutting edge adj.
1976N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 25 July 3/1 The [essays about] Warhol..and Grosman.., like the edgier Paik and Mekas (which, I must allow, I might like better if I felt more warmly toward the art of their subjects), are in Tomkins's standard genre. 1986Time (Electronic ed.) 16 June Talking Heads' songs combine good jungle music and smart, edgy ideas. 1992Vibe Fall 99/1 More singles and videos followed: all radio-friendly yet edgy, accessible yet fantasy-tinged. 1998N. Lawson How to Eat (1999) 326 Show Euro-cool by dolloping on some good and edgy and far more grown-up crème fraîche instead. |