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单词 daddocky
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daddockyadj.

Brit. /ˈdadəki/, U.S. /ˈdædəki/
Forms: see daddock n. and -y suffix1; also English regional (west midlands) 1800s– darriky, 1900s– darricky, 1900s– dodderky.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: daddock n., -y suffix1.
Etymology: < daddock n. + -y suffix1.Forms with internal rr apparently show dissimilation.
English regional (southern and west midlands).
Esp. of wood: decayed, rotten; soft or weak with decay; (sometimes more generally) spoiled with moisture, mouldy.
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the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > decayed
rottena1382
marcid?a1425
bada1450
decayed1528
carious1530
mouldy1576
perished1587
decrepit1594
moskered1612
marcidious1656
mortified1673
ampery1736
daddocky1790
1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Dadacky, rotten. Berksh.
1825 J. Britton Beauties Wilts. III. Gloss. Daddicky, dry, decayed.
1883 Star (St. Peter Port, Guernsey) 15 Nov. Aged trees are left standing with all their venerable defects upon them—the moss grown trunks, the daddicky (or rotten) branches, and top heavy heads.
1884 R. Lawson Upton-on-Severn Words & Phrases 14 Daddocky, flimsy, unsubstantial, soft with decay.
1939 H. J. Massingham Country Relics iv. §4. 156 One reason why the collie had superseded the sheep-dog was because the latter's coat became ‘daddocky’ in the wet.
1982 R. K. French Hist. Virtues Cyder 177 Maturing in the tump, the fruit becomes daddicky, dotey or mosey: that is, from over-ripe to rotten..but approved of for cider.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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