单词 | daddocky |
释义 | daddockyadj. English regional (southern and west midlands). Esp. of wood: decayed, rotten; soft or weak with decay; (sometimes more generally) spoiled with moisture, mouldy. ΘΚΠ 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 §4. 156 One reason why the collie had superseded the sheep-dog was because the latter's coat became ‘daddocky’ in the wet. 1982 R. K. French Hist.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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