| 释义 |
goosy, a.|ˈguːsɪ|
Also goosey.
[f. goose n. + -y1.]
Goose-like.
1. Resembling a goose; hence, foolish, silly.
1811Ora & Juliet IV. 163, I wanted a hearth-rug..and I would have a swan in the middle of it; but..when it was done, the swan looked so goosey that I was ashamed of it. 1866Carlyle Remin. (1881) II. 201 A foolish, goosey, innocent but very vulgar kind of mortal. 1869Contemp. Rev. XI. 356 Mr. Riviere's ‘Fox and Geese’ made us laugh, the geese in conclave over the prostrate fox were so wonderfully goosy. 1871Carlyle in Mrs. C.'s Lett. I. 113 A goosey maid-servant at Mainhill.
2. Of the skin: In the condition of ‘goose-flesh’.
1857Chamb. Jrnl. VIII. 191 As if an instrument of that kind would ever persuade me out of a goosey sensation in the calves. 1887Jefferies Amaryllis at Fair 3 The skin of her arms became ‘goosey’ directly.
3. [Cf. goose v. 5.] Ticklish, nervously excited, touchy.
1906Dialect Notes III. 138 Goosy, used of a person who is susceptible to nervous excitement when a finger is pointed at him, or when he is hardly touched or tickled. 1932J. T. Farrell Studs Lonigan (1936) i. ii. 22 Davey goosed Hennessey. Hennessey was goosey anyway, and he jumped.
Hence ˈgoosiness.
1888Miss Tytler Blackhall Ghosts I. xi. 241 You are the goosiest goose, Lucy. I am rather tired of your goosiness. |