crankyadj.¹

Brit.

/ˈkraŋki/, U.S.

/ˈkræŋki/

Etymology: A comparatively modern formation, covering a group of senses that hang but loosely together, and have various associations with crank n.², crank n.³, crank adj.², crank adj.³

The order here followed is merely provisional.

1. Sickly, in weak health, infirm in body; = crank adj.³ 3. dialect.

ΚΠ

1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Cranky, ailing, sickly; from the dutch crank, sick. N[orth].

1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Cranky, ailing, sickly. [So in dial. Glossaries of Cumberland, Whitby, Holderness, Leicestersh., Berkshire; W. Somerset has crankety; in others prob. omitted as being a general word.]

1891 Science (N.Y.) 21 Aug. 102/2 The vigorous sheep being constantly drafted away for sale..these ‘cranky’ sheep (as they came to be called) were left behind.

2. Nautical. = crank adj.²

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel with reference to qualities or attributes > [adjective] > not seaworthy or unstable

walt1539

crank-sided1626

crank1696

walty1702

over-floaty1705

lopsided1711

tender1723

innavigable1755

unseaworthy1820

sick1854

cranky1861

1861 A. Wynter Our Social Bees 358 ‘Beg pardon, sir, but the boat is very cranky..if you goes on so, she will be over.’

1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows (1886) 126 The craft is cranky.

3. Out of order, out of gear, working badly; shaky, crazy; = crank adj.³ 4.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > types of machine generally > [adjective] > working with difficulty

crank1833

cranky1862

1862 S. Smiles Lives Engineers III. 90 It was constantly getting out of order..at length it became so cranky that the horses were usually sent out after it to bring it along.

1863 Mrs. Toogood Specim. Yorks. Dial. ‘Don't sit on that chair, it is cranky.’

1888 B. Lowsley Gloss. Berks. Words & Phrases Cranky..for machinery, out of gear; for a structure, in bad repair, likely to give way.

4. Of capricious or wayward temper, difficult to please; cross-tempered, awkward; ‘cross’.In dialect glossaries of Cumberland, Whitby, Holderness, Leicester.

ΘΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > [adjective]

stour1303

thwarta1325

elvishc1386

wrawc1386

wrawfulc1386

crabbeda1400

crousea1400

cursedc1400

doggeda1425

currishc1460

disagreeable1474

dour1488

thrawn1488

terne?1507

apirsmarta1522

crustyc1570

incommodious1570

bilious1571

mischievous-stomached1577

thrawn-faced1578

thrawn-mowit1578

wearisha1586

shrewish1596

rhubarbative1600

crabbish1606

ill-tempereda1616

cur-like1627

thrawn-faceda1628

terned1638

cross1639

splenial1641

frumpish1647

wry1649

bad-tempered1671

hot-tempered1673

sidy1673

ugly1687

ornery1692

cankerya1699

ramgunshoch1721

cantankerousc1736

frumpy1746

unhappy1756

grumpy1778

crabby1791

grumpish1797

thraw-gabbit18..

snarlish1813

cranky1821

stuntya1825

ill-natured1825

nattery1825

rantankerous1832

foul-tempered1835

cacochymical1836

as cross as two sticks1842

grumphy1846

knappy1855

carnaptious1858

cussed1858

three-cornered1863

snotty1870

sniffy1871

snorty1893

grouchy1895

scratchy1925

tight1950

stroppy1951

snitty1978

arsey1989

1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 9 82 Cranky Newport, not annoyed with νοῦς.

1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. vii. 117 That his friend appeared to be rather ‘cranky’ in point of temper.

1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) xv, in Writings I. 151 He got plaguy cranky of late; wouldn't come down with the money.

1876 C. M. Yonge Womankind xxiii. 199 We view our maids as cranky self-willed machines for getting our work done.

5. Mentally out of gear; crotchety, ‘queer’; subject to whims or ‘cranks’; eccentric or peculiar in notions or behaviour. Cf. crank n.² 4, 5.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > slightly mad > eccentric or cranky

fantastical1531

odd1577

eccentric1685

fanaticized1827

cranky1850

bee-bonneted1856

cornery1887

screwy1887

kinky1889

crankish1892

ratty1895

batchy1898

batsc1901

batty1903

potty1920

offbeat1922

off-centre1930

wacky1935

screwball1936

up the creek1941

oddball1945

wackadoo1958

kooky1959

wiggy1963

flaky1964

nutball1968

woo-woo1971

wacko1977

off-kilter1985

wackadoodle1993

fantastic-

1850 C. Dickens & C. Dickens Jr. Poor Man's Tale of Patent in Househ. Words 19 Oct. 74/1 William Butcher, are you cranky? You are sometimes cranky.

1863 C. Reade Hard Cash II. 113 He [a mad-doctor] had..almost invariably found the patient had been cranky for years.

1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Cranky ways, crotchets.

1879 G. MacDonald Paul Faber II. iv. 66 A cranky, visionary, talkative man.

1884 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. July 11 Butler makes a long fight over his cranky notions.

6. Full of twists or windings, crooked; full of corners or crannies. Cf. crank n.² 1, 2.

ΘΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adjective] > having many or winding curves

tortivous14..

anfractuous?a1425

tortuous1426

tortuea1500

snakish1532

winding1538

wormy1545

boughty1570

wriggled1572

sinuous1578

serpent-likea1586

crankled1594

serpent1597

snaky1600

flexuous1605

snaking1605

cringle-crangle1606

voluminous1611

serpenting?1614

serpentine1615

curvy1623

serpentizing1628

worming1631

lacinious1648

anguineous1656

anguine1657

anfractuose1680

twisting1683

vermicular1712

worm-like1721

flexuose1727

meandering1748

crinkum-crankum1766

serpentiform1777

serpentining1799

anguiform1800

ophite1828

tortuose1829

cranky1836

sinuose1836

serpentile1857

twisty1857

sinuated1859

vermiculatea1864

twinyc1868

tortive1880

crinkle-crankle1881

serpentinous1882

quirky1890

twistical1890

waggly1894

wriggly1901

squiggly1902

wiggly1903

contortionate1911

wig-waggy1914

curvaceous1965

1836 W. S. Landor Wks. (1876) VIII. 94 No curling dell, no cranky nook.

1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Cranky roads, crooked roads.

1887 A. Jessopp Arcady iii. 71 Old closets, dim passages, and cranky holes and corners.

7. (See quot.) dialect. Cf. crank v.¹ 2.

ΚΠ

1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 324 Cranky, checked [i.e. striped] linen: cranky apron, a checked-linen apron.

1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Cranky adj., of stout old-fashioned linen for housewives' aprons, with a blue stripe on a white ground.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

crankyadj.²

Etymology: < crank adj.¹ + -y suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcranky.

dialect.

Brisk, merry, lively, disposed to exult; = crank adj.¹

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adjective]

blitheOE

merryOE

golikc1175

lustya1225

playfulc1225

jollyc1305

merrya1350

jocund?c1380

galliardc1386

in (also on) a (merry, etc.) pinc1395

mirthfula1400

baudec1400

gayc1400

jovy1426

jocantc1440

crank1499

envoisiesa1500

as merry as a cricket1509

pleasant1530

frolic?1548

jolious1575

gleeful1586

buxom1590

gleesome1590

festival1592

laughter-loving1592

disposed1593

jucund1596

heartsomec1600

jovial1607

jovialist1610

laughsome1612

jocundary1618

gaysome1633

chirpinga1637

jovialissime1652

airy1654

festivous1654

hilarous1659

spleneticala1661

cocket1671

cranny1673

high1695

vogie1715

raffing?1719

festal1724

as merry (or lively) as a grig1728

hearty1755

tittuping1772

festive1774

fun-loving1776

mirthsome1787

Falstaffian1809

cranky1811

laughful1825

as lively as a cricket1832

hurrah1835

hilarious1838

Bacchic1865

laughterful1874

griggish1879

banzai1929

slap-you-on-the-back1932

1811 R. Willan List Words W. Riding Yorks. (E.D.S.) Crank, Cranky, jocose, sprightly, exulting.

1837–40 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker (1862) 407 Most of the first chop men cut and run, as they always do in such like cases, considerable cranky.

1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. Cranky, merry, sportive. How cranky the boy is! he's full of quirks and pranks. [In dial. Glossaries of Sussex and Hampshire.]

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	cranky
释义	crankyadj.¹ Brit. /ˈkraŋki/, U.S. /ˈkræŋki/ Etymology: A comparatively modern formation, covering a group of senses that hang but loosely together, and have various associations with crank n.², crank n.³, crank adj.², crank adj.³ The order here followed is merely provisional. 1. Sickly, in weak health, infirm in body; = crank adj.³ 3. dialect. ΚΠ 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Cranky, ailing, sickly; from the dutch crank, sick. N[orth]. 1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Cranky, ailing, sickly. [So in dial. Glossaries of Cumberland, Whitby, Holderness, Leicestersh., Berkshire; W. Somerset has crankety; in others prob. omitted as being a general word.] 1891 Science (N.Y.) 21 Aug. 102/2 The vigorous sheep being constantly drafted away for sale..these ‘cranky’ sheep (as they came to be called) were left behind. 2. Nautical. = crank adj.² ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel with reference to qualities or attributes > [adjective] > not seaworthy or unstable walt1539 crank-sided1626 crank1696 walty1702 over-floaty1705 lopsided1711 tender1723 innavigable1755 unseaworthy1820 sick1854 cranky1861 1861 A. Wynter Our Social Bees 358 ‘Beg pardon, sir, but the boat is very cranky..if you goes on so, she will be over.’ 1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows (1886) 126 The craft is cranky. 3. Out of order, out of gear, working badly; shaky, crazy; = crank adj.³ 4. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > types of machine generally > [adjective] > working with difficulty crank1833 cranky1862 1862 S. Smiles Lives Engineers III. 90 It was constantly getting out of order..at length it became so cranky that the horses were usually sent out after it to bring it along. 1863 Mrs. Toogood Specim. Yorks. Dial. ‘Don't sit on that chair, it is cranky.’ 1888 B. Lowsley Gloss. Berks. Words & Phrases Cranky..for machinery, out of gear; for a structure, in bad repair, likely to give way. 4. Of capricious or wayward temper, difficult to please; cross-tempered, awkward; ‘cross’.In dialect glossaries of Cumberland, Whitby, Holderness, Leicester. ΘΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > [adjective] stour1303 thwarta1325 elvishc1386 wrawc1386 wrawfulc1386 crabbeda1400 crousea1400 cursedc1400 doggeda1425 currishc1460 disagreeable1474 dour1488 thrawn1488 terne?1507 apirsmarta1522 crustyc1570 incommodious1570 bilious1571 mischievous-stomached1577 thrawn-faced1578 thrawn-mowit1578 wearisha1586 shrewish1596 rhubarbative1600 crabbish1606 ill-tempereda1616 cur-like1627 thrawn-faceda1628 terned1638 cross1639 splenial1641 frumpish1647 wry1649 bad-tempered1671 hot-tempered1673 sidy1673 ugly1687 ornery1692 cankerya1699 ramgunshoch1721 cantankerousc1736 frumpy1746 unhappy1756 grumpy1778 crabby1791 grumpish1797 thraw-gabbit18.. snarlish1813 cranky1821 stuntya1825 ill-natured1825 nattery1825 rantankerous1832 foul-tempered1835 cacochymical1836 as cross as two sticks1842 grumphy1846 knappy1855 carnaptious1858 cussed1858 three-cornered1863 snotty1870 sniffy1871 snorty1893 grouchy1895 scratchy1925 tight1950 stroppy1951 snitty1978 arsey1989 1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 9 82 Cranky Newport, not annoyed with νοῦς. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. vii. 117 That his friend appeared to be rather ‘cranky’ in point of temper. 1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) xv, in Writings I. 151 He got plaguy cranky of late; wouldn't come down with the money. 1876 C. M. Yonge Womankind xxiii. 199 We view our maids as cranky self-willed machines for getting our work done. 5. Mentally out of gear; crotchety, ‘queer’; subject to whims or ‘cranks’; eccentric or peculiar in notions or behaviour. Cf. crank n.² 4, 5. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > slightly mad > eccentric or cranky fantastical1531 odd1577 eccentric1685 fanaticized1827 cranky1850 bee-bonneted1856 cornery1887 screwy1887 kinky1889 crankish1892 ratty1895 batchy1898 batsc1901 batty1903 potty1920 offbeat1922 off-centre1930 wacky1935 screwball1936 up the creek1941 oddball1945 wackadoo1958 kooky1959 wiggy1963 flaky1964 nutball1968 woo-woo1971 wacko1977 off-kilter1985 wackadoodle1993 fantastic- 1850 C. Dickens & C. Dickens Jr. Poor Man's Tale of Patent in Househ. Words 19 Oct. 74/1 William Butcher, are you cranky? You are sometimes cranky. 1863 C. Reade Hard Cash II. 113 He [a mad-doctor] had..almost invariably found the patient had been cranky for years. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Cranky ways, crotchets. 1879 G. MacDonald Paul Faber II. iv. 66 A cranky, visionary, talkative man. 1884 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. July 11 Butler makes a long fight over his cranky notions. 6. Full of twists or windings, crooked; full of corners or crannies. Cf. crank n.² 1, 2. ΘΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adjective] > having many or winding curves tortivous14.. anfractuous?a1425 tortuous1426 tortuea1500 snakish1532 winding1538 wormy1545 boughty1570 wriggled1572 sinuous1578 serpent-likea1586 crankled1594 serpent1597 snaky1600 flexuous1605 snaking1605 cringle-crangle1606 voluminous1611 serpenting?1614 serpentine1615 curvy1623 serpentizing1628 worming1631 lacinious1648 anguineous1656 anguine1657 anfractuose1680 twisting1683 vermicular1712 worm-like1721 flexuose1727 meandering1748 crinkum-crankum1766 serpentiform1777 serpentining1799 anguiform1800 ophite1828 tortuose1829 cranky1836 sinuose1836 serpentile1857 twisty1857 sinuated1859 vermiculatea1864 twinyc1868 tortive1880 crinkle-crankle1881 serpentinous1882 quirky1890 twistical1890 waggly1894 wriggly1901 squiggly1902 wiggly1903 contortionate1911 wig-waggy1914 curvaceous1965 1836 W. S. Landor Wks. (1876) VIII. 94 No curling dell, no cranky nook. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Cranky roads, crooked roads. 1887 A. Jessopp Arcady iii. 71 Old closets, dim passages, and cranky holes and corners. 7. (See quot.) dialect. Cf. crank v.¹ 2. ΚΠ 1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 324 Cranky, checked [i.e. striped] linen: cranky apron, a checked-linen apron. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Cranky adj., of stout old-fashioned linen for housewives' aprons, with a blue stripe on a white ground. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). crankyadj.² Etymology: < crank adj.¹ + -y suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcranky. dialect. Brisk, merry, lively, disposed to exult; = crank adj.¹ ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adjective] blitheOE merryOE golikc1175 lustya1225 playfulc1225 jollyc1305 merrya1350 jocund?c1380 galliardc1386 in (also on) a (merry, etc.) pinc1395 mirthfula1400 baudec1400 gayc1400 jovy1426 jocantc1440 crank1499 envoisiesa1500 as merry as a cricket1509 pleasant1530 frolic?1548 jolious1575 gleeful1586 buxom1590 gleesome1590 festival1592 laughter-loving1592 disposed1593 jucund1596 heartsomec1600 jovial1607 jovialist1610 laughsome1612 jocundary1618 gaysome1633 chirpinga1637 jovialissime1652 airy1654 festivous1654 hilarous1659 spleneticala1661 cocket1671 cranny1673 high1695 vogie1715 raffing?1719 festal1724 as merry (or lively) as a grig1728 hearty1755 tittuping1772 festive1774 fun-loving1776 mirthsome1787 Falstaffian1809 cranky1811 laughful1825 as lively as a cricket1832 hurrah1835 hilarious1838 Bacchic1865 laughterful1874 griggish1879 banzai1929 slap-you-on-the-back1932 1811 R. Willan List Words W. Riding Yorks. (E.D.S.) Crank, Cranky, jocose, sprightly, exulting. 1837–40 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker (1862) 407 Most of the first chop men cut and run, as they always do in such like cases, considerable cranky. 1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. Cranky, merry, sportive. How cranky the boy is! he's full of quirks and pranks. [In dial. Glossaries of Sussex and Hampshire.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.¹1787adj.²1811
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