chincheryn.

Brit.

/ˈtʃɪn(t)ʃ(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˈtʃɪn(t)ʃ(ə)ri/

Forms: late Middle English chincherie, late Middle English chyncery, late Middle English chyncherie, late Middle English chynchery, late Middle English chynchry, late Middle English chyngerie, late Middle English 1900s– chinchery (now historical).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: chinch n.¹, -ery suffix.

Etymology: < chinch n.¹ + -ery suffix; perhaps after Anglo-Norman chincherie, rare (c1378; compare Middle French, French †chicherie (16th cent.)). Compare chincher n.Compare also (more common in early use) Anglo-Norman chinchesse, Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French †chichesse.

Miserliness, stinginess.Apparently obsolete after Middle English; quot. a1974 is an isolated use in a historical novel set in the 15th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun] > miserliness

chincheryc1405

muckeringc1430

gnedeshipc1480

wretchedness1488

miserableness1522

misery1531

snudging1553

sordidity1584

snudgery1599

miserliness1645

nabalism1853

miserhood1867

miserdom1887

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Melibeus (Hengwrt) (2003) §630 By cause of his scarsitee & chyncherie.

a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) l. 4743 (MED) Þat your wilne Be infecte wiþ no wrecched chyncherie, Largesse mesurable vnto yow tye.

a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 128 Whate myschefe folwyth of chynchry and folargesse, ye schal sene [etc.].

a1974 G. Heyer My Lord John (2009) iii. i. 217 Careful, yes! Chinchery, never! Those books you see there he bought me at great costage.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	chinchery
释义	chincheryn. Brit. /ˈtʃɪn(t)ʃ(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈtʃɪn(t)ʃ(ə)ri/ Forms: late Middle English chincherie, late Middle English chyncery, late Middle English chyncherie, late Middle English chynchery, late Middle English chynchry, late Middle English chyngerie, late Middle English 1900s– chinchery (now historical). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: chinch n.¹, -ery suffix. Etymology: < chinch n.¹ + -ery suffix; perhaps after Anglo-Norman chincherie, rare (c1378; compare Middle French, French †chicherie (16th cent.)). Compare chincher n.Compare also (more common in early use) Anglo-Norman chinchesse, Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French †chichesse. Miserliness, stinginess.Apparently obsolete after Middle English; quot. a1974 is an isolated use in a historical novel set in the 15th cent. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun] > miserliness chincheryc1405 muckeringc1430 gnedeshipc1480 wretchedness1488 miserableness1522 misery1531 snudging1553 sordidity1584 snudgery1599 miserliness1645 nabalism1853 miserhood1867 miserdom1887 c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Melibeus (Hengwrt) (2003) §630 By cause of his scarsitee & chyncherie. a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) l. 4743 (MED) Þat your wilne Be infecte wiþ no wrecched chyncherie, Largesse mesurable vnto yow tye. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 128 Whate myschefe folwyth of chynchry and folargesse, ye schal sene [etc.]. a1974 G. Heyer My Lord John (2009) iii. i. 217 Careful, yes! Chinchery, never! Those books you see there he bought me at great costage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1405
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