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单词 fauchie
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fauchieadj.

Brit. /ˈfɒxi/, /ˈfɔːxi/, U.S. /ˈfɔki/, /ˈfɑki/, Scottish English /ˈf(j)ɔxi/
Forms: 1900s feachy, 1900s– fauchie, 1900s– fyaachie, 1900s– fyachie, 1900s– fyauchie, 1900s– fyauchy, 2000s– faughie, 2000s– fechie, 2000s– fyachy.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: fauch adj., -y suffix1.
Etymology: < fauch adj. + -y suffix1.In forms feachy (see quot. 1911) and fechie perhaps influenced by feigh int. (and later feechie adj.).
Scottish (chiefly north-eastern).
Pale yellowish grey; of a pale or faded colour; sickly-looking. Cf. fauch adj.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > greyish yellow
Isabella1600
Isabella-coloured1681
isabelline1859
fauchie1911
1911 Trans. Banffshire Field Club 1910–11 108 Most of the following words seem new in print..fitchie or fidgie—a mealie pudding; feachy—faded in colour.
1922 Swatches o' Hamespun 67 in Sc. National Dict. (1956) IV. 32/1 The fyauchy grey breeks o' Tam Toshach danced afore her een.
1980 Akros Dec. 69 Your fauchie finger spelt oot in memoriams.
1996 S. Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web i. 3 Fyachie's the mill-puil ower bi Clashmore.
2009 L. C. Higgs Fair is Mill xxxi. 199 Is yer sister sae fauchie we canna see her?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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