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单词 checky
释义

checkychequeeadj.

Forms: Also 1500s checkey, 1600s checkie, chequy, 1800s chequey, chequee, checquey.
Etymology: originally aphetic < Old French eschequié, eschequé in same sense (see check v.2), but assimilated to English adjectives in -y suffix1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈchecky.
Checked, chequered:
a. Heraldry.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > lines or edges > [adjective] > chequered
checky1486
echiquette1728
1486 Bk. St. Alban's, Her. B v a Called checky..whan the felde is chekerd with diuerse colouris.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 782 The Crosse is chequy.
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Checky, the Herald's Term for a Bordure or Ordinary, that hath more than two Rows of Checkers.
1863 G. Seton Law & Pract. Heraldry in Scotl. iv. 110 Hamilton..placed a fess checquy between his three paternal cinquefoils.
b. gen. Hence †checkie-wise adv.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [adjective] > disconnected
unjointed1588
disjointed1593
checkie-wise1603
rambling1632
loose1638
unconnexed1716
disconnected1777
snipped1806
dot and go one1818
spasmodic1832
spotty1843
snippety1864
rantipole1866
splathering1929
the world > matter > colour > variegation > chequered pattern > [adverb]
chequer-wise1534
checkwise1577
checkie-wise1866
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [adverb] > types of pattern
chequer-wise1534
checkwise1577
arabesquely1843
checkie-wise1866
1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. ix. 577 My booke..is but vncoherent checkie, or ill ioyned.
1866 J. M. Neale Sequences & Hymns 206 Checkie-wise falling On to the turf beneath, the sun made richest confusion Mixed with the foliage' shadows.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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