earwiggyadj.

Brit.

/ˈɪəwɪɡi/, U.S.

/ˈɪ(ə)rˌwɪɡi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: earwig n., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < earwig n. + -y suffix¹.

1. Infested by earwigs.

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1851 Morning Post 19 May 3/5 Comfortable small rooms—not earwiggy arbours merely, but solid, snug bowers, with boarded floors.

1870 R. Broughton Red as Rose I. 82 A seat..‘I don't fancy it..it looks earwiggy’.

1925 W. de la Mare Broomsticks 360 A little old earwiggy arbour.

1948 ‘R. Crompton’ Family Roundabout ix. 106 ‘Let's go to the summer-house’, said Oliver. ‘It's sure to be earwiggy’.

1999 J. K. Rowling Harry Potter & Prisoner of Azkaban x. 137 Hagrid sent him a bunch of earwiggy flowers that looked like yellow cabbages.

2. Resembling an earwig.

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1865 [see earwigginess n. at Derivatives].

1999 Guardian 18 Jan. (G2 section) 4/2 His earwiggy eyebrows and pouchy jowls can look benign one minute, frighteningly stern the next.

Derivatives

ˈearˌwigginess n. rare the quality of being earwiggy (in either sense).

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1865 D. Masson Recent Brit. Philos. iv. 388 There was an inherent dogginess or earwigginess in the given kind of associable feelings.

1989 J. H. Brunvand Curses! Broiled Again! (1990) i. 42 One has to be positively smothering in fear of earwigginess to flee the beach for fear of earwigs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	earwiggy
释义	earwiggyadj. Brit. /ˈɪəwɪɡi/, U.S. /ˈɪ(ə)rˌwɪɡi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: earwig n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < earwig n. + -y suffix¹. 1. Infested by earwigs. ΚΠ 1851 Morning Post 19 May 3/5 Comfortable small rooms—not earwiggy arbours merely, but solid, snug bowers, with boarded floors. 1870 R. Broughton Red as Rose I. 82 A seat..‘I don't fancy it..it looks earwiggy’. 1925 W. de la Mare Broomsticks 360 A little old earwiggy arbour. 1948 ‘R. Crompton’ Family Roundabout ix. 106 ‘Let's go to the summer-house’, said Oliver. ‘It's sure to be earwiggy’. 1999 J. K. Rowling Harry Potter & Prisoner of Azkaban x. 137 Hagrid sent him a bunch of earwiggy flowers that looked like yellow cabbages. 2. Resembling an earwig. ΚΠ 1865 [see earwigginess n. at Derivatives]. 1999 Guardian 18 Jan. (G2 section) 4/2 His earwiggy eyebrows and pouchy jowls can look benign one minute, frighteningly stern the next. Derivatives ˈearˌwigginess n. rare the quality of being earwiggy (in either sense). ΚΠ 1865 D. Masson Recent Brit. Philos. iv. 388 There was an inherent dogginess or earwigginess in the given kind of associable feelings. 1989 J. H. Brunvand Curses! Broiled Again! (1990) i. 42 One has to be positively smothering in fear of earwigginess to flee the beach for fear of earwigs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1851
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