eeint.

Brit.

/iː/, U.S.

/i/

Forms: 1800s– ee, 1800s– eeh.

Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Imitative of a cry of eagerness, wonder, surprise, etc. Compare oh int., ooh int., ah int., ay int.

English regional (northern).

Chiefly in speech or recorded speech. Used to express a range of emotions or responses, both positive (pleasure, eagerness, surprise, etc.) and negative (doubt, consternation, dismay, etc.), as indicated contextually or by intonation.

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1847 A. Brontë Agnes Grey ii. 32 Eeh! my word! but he shall sweat for it.

1890 A. Gissing Village Hampden II. v. 95 Eeh! how the old master did nag Susannah,—that were his daughter,—when her married Ephraim Riley.

1923 F. H. Claxton in Catal. Copyright Entries: Pt. 3 (Libr. of Congr. Copyright Office) (1924) 18 1517/2 (title of song) Eeh! tha never ses.

1978 J. Linssen Tabitha Fffoulkes lxi. 248 When I walked into his room he looked up and said, ‘Ee, what the 'eck?’

2000 J. Tulloch Season Ticket ix. 200 Ee! What ah wouldn't give to be sitting doon to a panful of bacon an' eggs.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

> see also

> as lemmas

e.e. adv. errors excepted, a formula printed on invoices and other documents with the intention of protecting the originator from the consequences of any clerical or accounting errors; cf. E. & O. E. adv.

1814 J. Barnes Acct. in T. Jefferson Papers (2004) Retirement Ser. VIII. 499 E E. George Town Co.

1901 Invoice 16 Apr. in Royal Comm. Port of London: App. Minutes of Evid. (1902) 682 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 1153) XLIV. 1 Corrected Invoice... Cheque herewith . . . £8 17 4. E. E. Geo. Lojewski.

1968 A. E. Klein New World Secretarial Handbk. App. 480/1 e.e., errors accepted.

E.E. adj. Architecture = Early English adj. at early adj. and n. Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [adjective] > Early English

Early Pointed1804

Early English1807

first pointed1819

E.E.1848

lancet-pointed1888

1848 H. Addington et al. Eccl. & Archit. Topogr. Eng.: Bedfordshire §25. sig. E2^v The chancel and tower-arches and north door are E. E.

1966 Listener 3 Feb. 166/2 Things like that little E.E. job in Palermo, now closed, could not possibly be mistaken for any Sicilian place of worship.

2004 A. Foyle Bristol 7 The surviving E.E. elements are not especially striking now.

d. Reduplicated as EE, EEE, etc., as an extension of an alphabetical sequence (following E), esp. denoting one of a series of sizes or classes.

1882 Era (Bradford, Pa.) 29 Nov. (advt.) A, B, C, D, E and EE sizes and half sizes.

1892 G. S. Cole Compl. Dict. Dry Goods 125 Black and white [silks] are made in four sizes, E, EE, F, FF, from fine to coarse in the order named.

1922 Boot & Shoe Recorder 30 Sept. 154/3 The size range is all the way from two to eleven and the widths from AAA to EEE.

1998 Associated Press (Nexis) 11 May She had breast reduction surgery when she was 21 years old and went from an EE cup to 36C.

2008 D. Rye Compl. Idiot's Guide to Financial Aid for College (ed. 2) xvi. 206 Action Plan Bonds are rated on an alpha scale from AAA to EEE... The lowest rating (EEE) indicates doubt about the financial integrity of the issuer.

单词	ee
释义	eeint. Brit. /iː/, U.S. /i/ Forms: 1800s– ee, 1800s– eeh. Origin: An imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Imitative of a cry of eagerness, wonder, surprise, etc. Compare oh int., ooh int., ah int., ay int. English regional (northern). Chiefly in speech or recorded speech. Used to express a range of emotions or responses, both positive (pleasure, eagerness, surprise, etc.) and negative (doubt, consternation, dismay, etc.), as indicated contextually or by intonation. ΚΠ 1847 A. Brontë Agnes Grey ii. 32 Eeh! my word! but he shall sweat for it. 1890 A. Gissing Village Hampden II. v. 95 Eeh! how the old master did nag Susannah,—that were his daughter,—when her married Ephraim Riley. 1923 F. H. Claxton in Catal. Copyright Entries: Pt. 3 (Libr. of Congr. Copyright Office) (1924) 18 1517/2 (title of song) Eeh! tha never ses. 1978 J. Linssen Tabitha Fffoulkes lxi. 248 When I walked into his room he looked up and said, ‘Ee, what the 'eck?’ 2000 J. Tulloch Season Ticket ix. 200 Ee! What ah wouldn't give to be sitting doon to a panful of bacon an' eggs. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : -eesuffix¹ also refers to : -eesuffix² > as lemmas e.e. e.e. adv. errors excepted, a formula printed on invoices and other documents with the intention of protecting the originator from the consequences of any clerical or accounting errors; cf. E. & O. E. adv. Π 1814 J. Barnes Acct. in T. Jefferson Papers (2004) Retirement Ser. VIII. 499 E E. George Town Co. 1901 Invoice 16 Apr. in Royal Comm. Port of London: App. Minutes of Evid. (1902) 682 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 1153) XLIV. 1 Corrected Invoice... Cheque herewith . . . £8 17 4. E. E. Geo. Lojewski. 1968 A. E. Klein New World Secretarial Handbk. App. 480/1 e.e., errors accepted. extracted from En.¹ E.E. E.E. adj. Architecture = Early English adj. at early adj. and n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [adjective] > Early English Early Pointed1804 Early English1807 first pointed1819 E.E.1848 lancet-pointed1888 1848 H. Addington et al. Eccl. & Archit. Topogr. Eng.: Bedfordshire §25. sig. E2^v The chancel and tower-arches and north door are E. E. 1966 Listener 3 Feb. 166/2 Things like that little E.E. job in Palermo, now closed, could not possibly be mistaken for any Sicilian place of worship. 2004 A. Foyle Bristol 7 The surviving E.E. elements are not especially striking now. extracted from En.¹ EE d. Reduplicated as EE, EEE, etc., as an extension of an alphabetical sequence (following E), esp. denoting one of a series of sizes or classes. Π 1882 Era (Bradford, Pa.) 29 Nov. (advt.) A, B, C, D, E and EE sizes and half sizes. 1892 G. S. Cole Compl. Dict. Dry Goods 125 Black and white [silks] are made in four sizes, E, EE, F, FF, from fine to coarse in the order named. 1922 Boot & Shoe Recorder 30 Sept. 154/3 The size range is all the way from two to eleven and the widths from AAA to EEE. 1998 Associated Press (Nexis) 11 May She had breast reduction surgery when she was 21 years old and went from an EE cup to 36C. 2008 D. Rye Compl. Idiot's Guide to Financial Aid for College (ed. 2) xvi. 206 Action Plan Bonds are rated on an alpha scale from AAA to EEE... The lowest rating (EEE) indicates doubt about the financial integrity of the issuer. extracted from En.¹ < int.1847 see also as lemmas
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