chétifadj.

/ʃɛtif/

Forms: Also feminine chétive /ʃetiv/.

Etymology: French.

Sickly, thin, weak, esp. of a person's constitution; miserable, wretched.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak > of constitution

neshOE

tender?c1225

softa1387

delicatea1398

nicec1450

slendera1500

weak?1523

dainty1562

fine1562

cockney1573

weakly1577

dough-baked1592

lax1732

flimsy1742

lax-fibred1762

doughy1763

dauncy1846

fragile1858

slim1877

chétif1908

1801 C. W. Wynn Let. in Corr. (1920) 62 I hail you by your newly acquired Title in comparison of which the appellation of Clerk is certainly as you say chetive.

1908 Daily Chron. 30 Oct. 4/4 Her tall, strapping girl is usually accompanied in the streets by a chétive, but rather pretty little maid.

1914 D. H. Lawrence Prussian Officer & Other Stories 75 A small, chétif man, scarcely larger than a boy of twelve.

1920 D. H. Lawrence Women in Love xxx. 522 He looked chétif and puny.

1921 Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 250/1 Upon this small coterie..there burst..this insignificant chétive child.

1946 H. Nicolson Diary 29 July (1968) 69 Our delegation does not look impressive. Attlee, so small, so chétif; A. V. Alexander, sturdy but scrubby; Hector McNeil, Scotch and dour.

1976 J. Bayley Uses of Division i. i. 35 The unconscious humour of the glowing texture, in accounts of food, clothes, gesture and speech; and the way in which these things emerge in contrast to the chétif and malign accuracy of self-glorifying intention.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	chétif
释义	chétifadj. /ʃɛtif/ Forms: Also feminine chétive /ʃetiv/. Etymology: French. Sickly, thin, weak, esp. of a person's constitution; miserable, wretched. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak > of constitution neshOE tender?c1225 softa1387 delicatea1398 nicec1450 slendera1500 weak?1523 dainty1562 fine1562 cockney1573 weakly1577 dough-baked1592 lax1732 flimsy1742 lax-fibred1762 doughy1763 dauncy1846 fragile1858 slim1877 chétif1908 1801 C. W. Wynn Let. in Corr. (1920) 62 I hail you by your newly acquired Title in comparison of which the appellation of Clerk is certainly as you say chetive. 1908 Daily Chron. 30 Oct. 4/4 Her tall, strapping girl is usually accompanied in the streets by a chétive, but rather pretty little maid. 1914 D. H. Lawrence Prussian Officer & Other Stories 75 A small, chétif man, scarcely larger than a boy of twelve. 1920 D. H. Lawrence Women in Love xxx. 522 He looked chétif and puny. 1921 Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 250/1 Upon this small coterie..there burst..this insignificant chétive child. 1946 H. Nicolson Diary 29 July (1968) 69 Our delegation does not look impressive. Attlee, so small, so chétif; A. V. Alexander, sturdy but scrubby; Hector McNeil, Scotch and dour. 1976 J. Bayley Uses of Division i. i. 35 The unconscious humour of the glowing texture, in accounts of food, clothes, gesture and speech; and the way in which these things emerge in contrast to the chétif and malign accuracy of self-glorifying intention. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1801
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