chickadeen.

Brit.

/ˈtʃɪkədiː/,

/ˌtʃɪkəˈdiː/, U.S.

/ˈtʃɪkəˌdi/,

/ˌtʃɪkəˈdi/

Forms: 1800s– chicadee, 1800s– chickadee.

Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Imitative of the bird's call. Compare kiskadee n.With the specific use as a term of endearment compare chick n.¹ I.

Originally North American.

1. Any of several North American titmice of the genus Poecilus; esp. (more fully black-capped chickadee) P. atricapillus of forests in Canada and the northern United States. The black-capped chickadee is closely allied to the Eurasian willow tit ( P. montanus), and was formerly thought to be conspecific with it.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Paridae > [noun] > genus Parus (tit) > parus atricapillus

tomtit1648

chickadee1832

1832 Encycl. Amer. XII. 281/1 The black-capt titmouse, or chick-a-dee, is the most familiar.

1884 E. P. Roe in Harper's Mag. Mar. 615/1 We all know the lively black-capped chickadees.

1907 ‘N. Blanchan’ Birds Every Child should Know ii. 19 No bird, except the wren, is more cheerful than the chickadee, and his cheerfulness, fortunately, is just as ‘catching’ as measles.

2008 E. Royte Bottlemania iii. 64 The air is alive with the peeping of chickadees and the skronk of blue jays.

2. A child; also as a term of endearment or affectionate form of address for a child or a woman.

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the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] > of or to a child

chickc1330

dillydowna1500

dilling1584

dotey1663

cherub1680

dilli-darling1693

dilli-minion1693

chickabiddy?1775

chicken1809

dote1809

chick-a-diddle1826

sock-lamb1838

sock1840

childie1848

chickadee1860

doy1862

diddums1893

pumpkin1900

poopsie1937

bubele1959

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun]

bairn830

childOE

foodc1225

whelp?c1225

birtha1325

first-begottenc1384

conceptiona1398

impc1412

heir1413

foddera1425

fryc1480

collop?1518

increase1552

spawn1589

under-bougha1661

prognate1663

chickadee1860

the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] > of or to a girl > of or to a woman

mousec1525

coneya1529

nobsa1529

muskin1530

mully?1548

carissima1857

chickadee1860

Schatz1907

1860 J. G. Holland Miss Gilbert's Career iv. 62 When a feller gets tied to a wife, and has a lot of little chickadees around him.

1968 Listener 23 May 678/1 Mr Durrell, looking so much like a sober W. C. Fields that one expected him to address Joan Bakewell as ‘my little chickadee’.

2010 T. French Faithful Place xix. 19 No nightmares tonight, OK, chickadee?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	chickadee
释义	chickadeen. Brit. /ˈtʃɪkədiː/, /ˌtʃɪkəˈdiː/, U.S. /ˈtʃɪkəˌdi/, /ˌtʃɪkəˈdi/ Forms: 1800s– chicadee, 1800s– chickadee. Origin: An imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Imitative of the bird's call. Compare kiskadee n.With the specific use as a term of endearment compare chick n.¹ I. Originally North American. 1. Any of several North American titmice of the genus Poecilus; esp. (more fully black-capped chickadee) P. atricapillus of forests in Canada and the northern United States. The black-capped chickadee is closely allied to the Eurasian willow tit ( P. montanus), and was formerly thought to be conspecific with it. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Paridae > [noun] > genus Parus (tit) > parus atricapillus tomtit1648 chickadee1832 1832 Encycl. Amer. XII. 281/1 The black-capt titmouse, or chick-a-dee, is the most familiar. 1884 E. P. Roe in Harper's Mag. Mar. 615/1 We all know the lively black-capped chickadees. 1907 ‘N. Blanchan’ Birds Every Child should Know ii. 19 No bird, except the wren, is more cheerful than the chickadee, and his cheerfulness, fortunately, is just as ‘catching’ as measles. 2008 E. Royte Bottlemania iii. 64 The air is alive with the peeping of chickadees and the skronk of blue jays. 2. A child; also as a term of endearment or affectionate form of address for a child or a woman. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] > of or to a child chickc1330 dillydowna1500 dilling1584 dotey1663 cherub1680 dilli-darling1693 dilli-minion1693 chickabiddy?1775 chicken1809 dote1809 chick-a-diddle1826 sock-lamb1838 sock1840 childie1848 chickadee1860 doy1862 diddums1893 pumpkin1900 poopsie1937 bubele1959 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] bairn830 childOE foodc1225 whelp?c1225 birtha1325 first-begottenc1384 conceptiona1398 impc1412 heir1413 foddera1425 fryc1480 collop?1518 increase1552 spawn1589 under-bougha1661 prognate1663 chickadee1860 the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] > of or to a girl > of or to a woman mousec1525 coneya1529 nobsa1529 muskin1530 mully?1548 carissima1857 chickadee1860 Schatz1907 1860 J. G. Holland Miss Gilbert's Career iv. 62 When a feller gets tied to a wife, and has a lot of little chickadees around him. 1968 Listener 23 May 678/1 Mr Durrell, looking so much like a sober W. C. Fields that one expected him to address Joan Bakewell as ‘my little chickadee’. 2010 T. French Faithful Place xix. 19 No nightmares tonight, OK, chickadee? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1832
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