dewyadj.

Brit.

/ˈdjuːi/, U.S.

/ˈd(j)ui/

Etymology: Old English déawig , < déaw dew n.: see -y suffix¹. Not recorded in Middle English; probably formed anew in Modern English. (Compare Middle High German touwec, German thauig, Swedish daggig).

a. Characterized by the presence of dew, abounding with dew; covered or wet with dew.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > dew > [adjective] > covered or wet with dew

dewyOE

fordewed1430

bedewed1530

dewed1552

rorulent1656

dew-dropped1744

OE Exodus 344 Þridde þeodmægen (þufas wundon ofer garfare) guðcyste onþrang deawig sceaftum.

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. S.ij^v After the night cometh the dewy mornyng.

1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. May 316 The deawie night now doth nye.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 743 From Noon to dewy Eve.

1699 J. Pomfret Pastoral Ess. Death Queen Mary 4 He found Cosmelia weeping on the dewy ground.

1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck i. 11 Decking with countless gems, the dewy lawn.

1834 H. Martineau Demerara (new ed.) iv. 48 However dewy the evening, she must stand in the grass.

1893 Westm. Gaz. 15 July 2/1 Water-hens were hurriedly gathering dewy slugs.

b. Affected by the influence of dew.

ΚΠ

1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xvii. 688 The sun obliquely shot his dewy ray.

1792 S. Rogers Pleasures Mem. i. 215 Twilights dewy tints deceived his eye.

1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc viii. 133 O'er the landscape spread The dewy light.

1833 H. Martineau Cinnamon & Pearls iii. 42 The dewy radiance of a morning in paradise.

2. transferred. Wet or moistened, as with dew. In Botany. Appearing as if covered with dew.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > [adjective] > made wet > as with dew

dewy1577

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 44^v Yf you wyl lay in newe grounde for Meddowe,..take such as is ritche, dewye, leuell, or a little hanging.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. ii. sig. Dd3^v And her faire deawy eies with kisses deare Shee ofte did bathe.

1853 T. T. Lynch Lect. Self-improvem. ii. 40 His eye..will be clear and calm, and sometimes dewy.

1856 C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain i. xxiv. 248 Pulling off the spectacles that had become very dewy.

3. Of the nature or quality of dew, dew-like, moist.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > dew > [adjective]

dewyc1000

rorid?a1425

dewish1589

rory1596

roral1601

bedewy1607

roscid1626

c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 258 Þara breosta biþ deawig wætung swa swa sie gespat.

1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors iii. f. 36^v Alreadye resolued into dewye droppes of rayne.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. vi. 14 I would these dewie teares were from the ground.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Nebbiarella, a deawie exhalation, thinner then a cloud.

1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi vi. §2. 203 Sea-water, when it is boyled, doth evaporate a dewie or watrie humour.

1652 W. Brough Sacred Princ. (ed. 2) 124 What is my Deawy sweat to Thy Bloody Agony.

1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho I. iv. 95 The vale [sic] below were still wrapt in dewy mist.

4. Of dew, made or consisting of dew. poetic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > dew > [adjective] > consisting of dew

dewy1820

1820 J. Keats Isabella in Lamia & Other Poems 61 Ere the hot sun count His dewy rosary on the eglantine.

1821 P. B. Shelley Music, when Soft Voices Die 15 When the hot noon has drained its dewy cup.

1827 T. Hood Plea Midsummer Fairies lxxix, in Plea Midsummer Fairies & Other Poems 40 The buds were hung with dewy beads.

5. figurative.

a. Likened in some quality to dew, dew-like; falling gently, vanishing, as the dew. poetic.

ΚΠ

1611 W. Sclater Key (1629) 188 Those ἐϕίμεροι, diary dewy Christians, whose goodnesse is dissipate as soone as euer the Sunne beholds it.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 1044 Till dewie sleep Oppress'd them.

a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. 144 Some of their Ministers that were softened with the dewy drops of his tongue.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. ii. 41 Awaking from thy dewy slumbers.

1830 Ld. Tennyson Ode to Memory i, in Poems 58 Strengthen me, enlighten me!.. Thou dewy dawn of memory.

b. Innocent and trusting; naïve.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [adjective] > artless, guileless, or innocent > and impractical or trusting

soft-boiled1859

starry-eyed1878

dewy-eyed1938

dewy1958

1958 Times 20 Oct. 3/1 The street-walker..should surely not be played..like the dewy ingenue from Stage Struck.

1962 John o' London's 8 Feb. 139/2 Once as dewy-innocent as the great director.

Compounds

C1. adverbial, as dewy-bright, dewy-dark, dewy-fresh, dewy-warm, etc. poetic.

ΚΠ

1820 J. Keats Isabella in Lamia & Other Poems 67 Its eyes..all dewy bright With love.

1832 Ld. Tennyson Œnone in Poems (new ed.) 53 Aloft the mountain lawn was dewydark, And dewydark aloft the mountain pine.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Gardener's Daughter in Poems (new ed.) II. 21 The fields between Are dewy-fresh.

C2. parasynthetic, as dewy-eyed (also figurative = sense 5b above.), dewy-feathered, dewy-pinioned, dewy-swarded, etc. Old English had déawig-feðere = dewy-pinioned. poetic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [adjective] > artless, guileless, or innocent > and impractical or trusting

soft-boiled1859

starry-eyed1878

dewy-eyed1938

dewy1958

OE Genesis 1984 Sang se wanna fugel under deoreðsceaftum, deawigfeðera.

OE Exodus 163 Hreoþon herefugolas, hilde grædige, deawigfeðere ofer drihtneum, wonn wælceasega.

1645 J. Milton Il Penseroso in Poems 43 Entice the dewy-feather'd Sleep.

1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 170 The dewy-skirted clouds imbibe the sun.

1777 E. Ryves Poems 36 Dewy-pinioned twilight's shadowy reign.

1796 T. Townshend Poems 69 Some dewy-feather'd herald send.

1833 Ld. Tennyson Poems 40 Upon the dewy-swarded slope.

1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess i. 17 Green gleam of dewy-tassell'd trees.

1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 33 November dawns and dewy-glooming downs.

1938 ‘E. Queen’ Four of Hearts (1939) i. 9 Hollywood agents, fat or thin, tall or short, dewy-eyed or soiled by life.

1960 Guardian 7 Nov. 6/6 He is not..dewy-eyed about young people, but he feels that promotion should come early.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dewy
释义	dewyadj. Brit. /ˈdjuːi/, U.S. /ˈd(j)ui/ Etymology: Old English déawig , < déaw dew n.: see -y suffix¹. Not recorded in Middle English; probably formed anew in Modern English. (Compare Middle High German touwec, German thauig, Swedish daggig). 1. a. Characterized by the presence of dew, abounding with dew; covered or wet with dew. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > dew > [adjective] > covered or wet with dew dewyOE fordewed1430 bedewed1530 dewed1552 rorulent1656 dew-dropped1744 OE Exodus 344 Þridde þeodmægen (þufas wundon ofer garfare) guðcyste onþrang deawig sceaftum. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. S.ij^v After the night cometh the dewy mornyng. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. May 316 The deawie night now doth nye. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 743 From Noon to dewy Eve. View more context for this quotation 1699 J. Pomfret Pastoral Ess. Death Queen Mary 4 He found Cosmelia weeping on the dewy ground. 1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck i. 11 Decking with countless gems, the dewy lawn. 1834 H. Martineau Demerara (new ed.) iv. 48 However dewy the evening, she must stand in the grass. 1893 Westm. Gaz. 15 July 2/1 Water-hens were hurriedly gathering dewy slugs. b. Affected by the influence of dew. ΚΠ 1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xvii. 688 The sun obliquely shot his dewy ray. 1792 S. Rogers Pleasures Mem. i. 215 Twilights dewy tints deceived his eye. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc viii. 133 O'er the landscape spread The dewy light. 1833 H. Martineau Cinnamon & Pearls iii. 42 The dewy radiance of a morning in paradise. 2. transferred. Wet or moistened, as with dew. In Botany. Appearing as if covered with dew. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > [adjective] > made wet > as with dew dewy1577 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 44^v Yf you wyl lay in newe grounde for Meddowe,..take such as is ritche, dewye, leuell, or a little hanging. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. ii. sig. Dd3^v And her faire deawy eies with kisses deare Shee ofte did bathe. 1853 T. T. Lynch Lect. Self-improvem. ii. 40 His eye..will be clear and calm, and sometimes dewy. 1856 C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain i. xxiv. 248 Pulling off the spectacles that had become very dewy. 3. Of the nature or quality of dew, dew-like, moist. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > dew > [adjective] dewyc1000 rorid?a1425 dewish1589 rory1596 roral1601 bedewy1607 roscid1626 c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 258 Þara breosta biþ deawig wætung swa swa sie gespat. 1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors iii. f. 36^v Alreadye resolued into dewye droppes of rayne. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. vi. 14 I would these dewie teares were from the ground. View more context for this quotation 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Nebbiarella, a deawie exhalation, thinner then a cloud. 1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi vi. §2. 203 Sea-water, when it is boyled, doth evaporate a dewie or watrie humour. 1652 W. Brough Sacred Princ. (ed. 2) 124 What is my Deawy sweat to Thy Bloody Agony. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho I. iv. 95 The vale [sic] below were still wrapt in dewy mist. 4. Of dew, made or consisting of dew. poetic. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > dew > [adjective] > consisting of dew dewy1820 1820 J. Keats Isabella in Lamia & Other Poems 61 Ere the hot sun count His dewy rosary on the eglantine. 1821 P. B. Shelley Music, when Soft Voices Die 15 When the hot noon has drained its dewy cup. 1827 T. Hood Plea Midsummer Fairies lxxix, in Plea Midsummer Fairies & Other Poems 40 The buds were hung with dewy beads. 5. figurative. a. Likened in some quality to dew, dew-like; falling gently, vanishing, as the dew. poetic. ΚΠ 1611 W. Sclater Key (1629) 188 Those ἐϕίμεροι, diary dewy Christians, whose goodnesse is dissipate as soone as euer the Sunne beholds it. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 1044 Till dewie sleep Oppress'd them. View more context for this quotation a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. 144 Some of their Ministers that were softened with the dewy drops of his tongue. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. ii. 41 Awaking from thy dewy slumbers. 1830 Ld. Tennyson Ode to Memory i, in Poems 58 Strengthen me, enlighten me!.. Thou dewy dawn of memory. b. Innocent and trusting; naïve. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [adjective] > artless, guileless, or innocent > and impractical or trusting soft-boiled1859 starry-eyed1878 dewy-eyed1938 dewy1958 1958 Times 20 Oct. 3/1 The street-walker..should surely not be played..like the dewy ingenue from Stage Struck. 1962 John o' London's 8 Feb. 139/2 Once as dewy-innocent as the great director. Compounds C1. adverbial, as dewy-bright, dewy-dark, dewy-fresh, dewy-warm, etc. poetic. ΚΠ 1820 J. Keats Isabella in Lamia & Other Poems 67 Its eyes..all dewy bright With love. 1832 Ld. Tennyson Œnone in Poems (new ed.) 53 Aloft the mountain lawn was dewydark, And dewydark aloft the mountain pine. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Gardener's Daughter in Poems (new ed.) II. 21 The fields between Are dewy-fresh. C2. parasynthetic, as dewy-eyed (also figurative = sense 5b above.), dewy-feathered, dewy-pinioned, dewy-swarded, etc. Old English had déawig-feðere = dewy-pinioned. poetic. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [adjective] > artless, guileless, or innocent > and impractical or trusting soft-boiled1859 starry-eyed1878 dewy-eyed1938 dewy1958 OE Genesis 1984 Sang se wanna fugel under deoreðsceaftum, deawigfeðera. OE Exodus 163 Hreoþon herefugolas, hilde grædige, deawigfeðere ofer drihtneum, wonn wælceasega. 1645 J. Milton Il Penseroso in Poems 43 Entice the dewy-feather'd Sleep. 1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 170 The dewy-skirted clouds imbibe the sun. 1777 E. Ryves Poems 36 Dewy-pinioned twilight's shadowy reign. 1796 T. Townshend Poems 69 Some dewy-feather'd herald send. 1833 Ld. Tennyson Poems 40 Upon the dewy-swarded slope. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess i. 17 Green gleam of dewy-tassell'd trees. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 33 November dawns and dewy-glooming downs. 1938 ‘E. Queen’ Four of Hearts (1939) i. 9 Hollywood agents, fat or thin, tall or short, dewy-eyed or soiled by life. 1960 Guardian 7 Nov. 6/6 He is not..dewy-eyed about young people, but he feels that promotion should come early. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.OE
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