chaffyadj.¹

Brit.

/ˈtʃɑːfi/,

/ˈtʃafi/, U.S.

/ˈtʃæfi/

Etymology: < chaff n.¹ + -y suffix¹.

1. Full of or covered with chaff.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [adjective] > full of or covered in chaff

chaffy1552

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Chaffye or full of chaffe, acerosus.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xix. i. 3 To lie and sleep upon straw-beds & chaffey-couches.

1816 S. T. Coleridge Kubla Khan in Christabel 56 Like..chaffy grain beneath the thresher's flail.

1865 Lisabee's Love Story I. 80 Looking dubiously at his chaffy trowsers.

2. Consisting of, or of the nature of, chaff; spec. in Botany paleaceous.

1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 3 Whervpon do grow small scalie or chaffie husks.

1683 T. Tryon Way to Health 201 From the Straw and Chaffy part mixed with their Oates.

1791 E. Darwin Bot. Garden ii. 9 (note) The chaffy scales of the calyx.

1855 G. Glenny Hand-bk. Flower Garden (ed. 3) 29 The flowers..are..of the chaffy texture known as ‘everlasting’.

3. Resembling chaff.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [adjective] > full of or covered in chaff > resembling chaff

chaffy1582

chaff1636

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Psalmes Dauid i, in tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis 87 Lyke the sand, or chaffye dust.

1791 J. Armstrong Imitations Shaks. (R.) Winnow the chaffy snow.

4. figurative. Light, empty, and worthless as chaff. (Said of things and persons.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > worthless > as specific thing

strawy1583

chaffy1594

ficulnean1716

straw-like1742

1594 Willobie his Auisa xlii. f. 39^v Chaffye thoughtes that could haue start, And yeeld to burne at euery fyre.

1603 H. Chettle Englandes Mourning Garment sig. B2 Stirre the chaffie multitude.

a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) iii. i. 42 Thou ly'st, and art..a Chaffy Lord Nor worth the name of villaine.

1641 R. Carpenter Experience, Hist., & Divinitie v. xix. 331 That swelling and wordy, but chaffie, senselesse, and empty Pamphlet.

1819 J. Milner End Relig. Controv. (ed. 2) ii. 57 A dry and chaffy Epistle.

Compounds

chaffy-textured adj.

1877 F. G. Heath Fern World 21 Covered with various-coloured, chaffy-textured scales.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

chaffyadj.²

Brit. /ˈtʃɑːfi/, /ˈtʃafi/, U.S. /ˈtʃæfi/

Etymology: < chaff n.² + -y suffix¹.

Now rare.

Given to chaff or chaffing.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > [adjective]

bantering1660

rallying1662

quizzing1797

quizzical1801

chaffing1826

chaffy1855

bantery1862

joshing1864

barracking1885

mickey-taking1959

1855 A. Macmillan in C. L. Graves Life & Lett. A. Macmillan (1910) 78 The comic ‘chaffy’ vein is very monstrous.

1876 E. C. Stedman Victorian Poets i. 24 The time is off-hand, chaffy, and must be taken in its mood.

1889 C. E. Cameron Lost Wife I. v. 94 He answered in the most ‘chaffy’ tone.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	chaffy
释义	chaffyadj.¹ Brit. /ˈtʃɑːfi/, /ˈtʃafi/, U.S. /ˈtʃæfi/ Etymology: < chaff n.¹ + -y suffix¹. 1. Full of or covered with chaff. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [adjective] > full of or covered in chaff chaffy1552 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Chaffye or full of chaffe, acerosus. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xix. i. 3 To lie and sleep upon straw-beds & chaffey-couches. 1816 S. T. Coleridge Kubla Khan in Christabel 56 Like..chaffy grain beneath the thresher's flail. 1865 Lisabee's Love Story I. 80 Looking dubiously at his chaffy trowsers. 2. Consisting of, or of the nature of, chaff; spec. in Botany paleaceous. Π 1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 3 Whervpon do grow small scalie or chaffie husks. 1683 T. Tryon Way to Health 201 From the Straw and Chaffy part mixed with their Oates. 1791 E. Darwin Bot. Garden ii. 9 (note) The chaffy scales of the calyx. 1855 G. Glenny Hand-bk. Flower Garden (ed. 3) 29 The flowers..are..of the chaffy texture known as ‘everlasting’. 3. Resembling chaff. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [adjective] > full of or covered in chaff > resembling chaff chaffy1582 chaff1636 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Psalmes Dauid i, in tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis 87 Lyke the sand, or chaffye dust. 1791 J. Armstrong Imitations Shaks. (R.) Winnow the chaffy snow. 4. figurative. Light, empty, and worthless as chaff. (Said of things and persons.) ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > worthless > as specific thing strawy1583 chaffy1594 ficulnean1716 straw-like1742 1594 Willobie his Auisa xlii. f. 39^v Chaffye thoughtes that could haue start, And yeeld to burne at euery fyre. 1603 H. Chettle Englandes Mourning Garment sig. B2 Stirre the chaffie multitude. a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) iii. i. 42 Thou ly'st, and art..a Chaffy Lord Nor worth the name of villaine. 1641 R. Carpenter Experience, Hist., & Divinitie v. xix. 331 That swelling and wordy, but chaffie, senselesse, and empty Pamphlet. 1819 J. Milner End Relig. Controv. (ed. 2) ii. 57 A dry and chaffy Epistle. Compounds chaffy-textured adj. Π 1877 F. G. Heath Fern World 21 Covered with various-coloured, chaffy-textured scales. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2020). chaffyadj.² Brit. /ˈtʃɑːfi/, /ˈtʃafi/, U.S. /ˈtʃæfi/ Etymology: < chaff n.² + -y suffix¹. Now rare. Given to chaff or chaffing. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > [adjective] bantering1660 rallying1662 quizzing1797 quizzical1801 chaffing1826 chaffy1855 bantery1862 joshing1864 barracking1885 mickey-taking1959 1855 A. Macmillan in C. L. Graves Life & Lett. A. Macmillan (1910) 78 The comic ‘chaffy’ vein is very monstrous. 1876 E. C. Stedman Victorian Poets i. 24 The time is off-hand, chaffy, and must be taken in its mood. 1889 C. E. Cameron Lost Wife I. v. 94 He answered in the most ‘chaffy’ tone. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.¹1552adj.²1855
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