fennyadj.

Brit.

/ˈfɛni/, U.S.

/ˈfɛni/

Etymology: Old English fęnnig, < fęnnfen n.¹ + -ig-y suffix¹.

1. Of the nature of, or characterized by, fen; boggy, swampy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [adjective]

fen-lichc1000

fennyc1000

mooryOE

marshya1382

marshlyc1410

moorisha1492

queachy?a1500

marish1549

plashya1552

foggy?1555

fen-like1561

undrained1573

fennish1577

boggy1587

paludious1595

wealy1601

marishy1607

snapy1607

uliginous1610

quagmiry1623

paludiate1632

boggish1633

pooly1652

swampy1661

spouty1677

gouty1686

pondy1687

morassy1699

sloppy1699

lairy17..

soggya1722

swampish1725

splashy1727

squashy1751

haggy1765

gaulty1784

slumpy1823

sumpy1824

paludine1852

paludic1854

paludinal1856

paludian1860

paludinous1866

paludal1871

paludial1875

morassic1893

muskeggy1894

swamped1899

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > mouldy or musty

fennyc1000

vinnyOE

mouleda1250

moulya1398

mouldena1400

spaked1438

vinniedc1450

mouldy1495

hoared1496

mustyc1503

foisty1519

mocha1522

hoary1530

hoar1544

mouldeda1552

mowsy1566

foistied1572

fustied1576

spaky1590

musted1632

mouldish1648

emucid1656

mucid1656

mungy1658

mouldly1678

foisted1688

mothery1697

vinnewya1722

rusty-fustya1790

musty-fusty1857

mucidous1866

blue-vinnied1880

blue-veined1898

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > corruption or putridness > [adjective] > musty or mouldy

fennyc1000

vinnyOE

mouleda1250

moulya1398

mouldena1400

spaked1438

vinniedc1450

mouldy1495

hoared1496

mustyc1503

foisty1519

hoary1530

moskin1531

hoar1544

mouldeda1552

foistied1572

mustied1572

fustied1576

spaky1590

mildewed1605

musted1632

mucid1656

mungy1658

foisted1688

vinnewya1722

mochy1825

musty-smelling1852

musty-fusty1857

c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 147 Uliginosus ager, fennig æcer.

c1420 Pallad. on Husb. ii. 22 The fenny feeld it is not forto plowe.

a1440 Found. St. Bartholomew's 12 Right vncleene it was and as a maryce dunge and fenny with water.

1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Diiij^v Thei are..engendered..in fennie and marrishe groundes.

1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia iv. 162 Large Fenny vnwholsome Marshes.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 406. ⁋4 They journey through the fenny Moors.

1805 J. Luccock Nature & Prop. Wool 186 Almost the only animal of the kind known through the fenny district.

1858 H. Bushnell Nature & Supernatural vi. 192 Muddy rivers, with their fenny shores, tenanted by hideous alligators.

2. Inhabiting, growing, or produced in a fen. Now only of plants.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by habitat or distribution > [adjective] > that thrives or does not thrive in moisture

fenny1543

plashy1822

inundatal1847

paludal1847

hygrophilous1863

uliginal1863

xerophilous1863

uliginose1866

xerophil1884

ombrophilous1895

ombrophobic1895

ombrophobous1895

xerophytic1897

sclerophyllous1903

xeromorphic1909

hydrarch1913

xerarch1913

ombrophile1924

sclerophyll1926

hygrophytic1936

xerophilic1961

the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [adjective] > found in or produced by

fenny1543

marish1543

fennish1574

marshland1574

marshy1595

marishy1607

fenny-seated1631

palustrian1787

paludous1803

swampy1803

palustrine1824

paludicolous1857

paludose1866

web-footed1867

paludicole1872

palustral1879

paludicoline1890

ombrotrophic1962

1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. i. ii. f. 41^v/2 He must abstaine..from marryshe fyshes and fennie, and drye oystres.

1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 15 A fennye goose.

1587 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. xxii. i. 343 Fennie bote, broome, turffe, [etc.]..will be good merchandize euen in the citie of London.

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 158 Dragons..fenny, and liuing in the Marshes.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iv. i. 12 Fillet of a Fenny Snake, In the Cauldron boyle and bake.

c1629 A. Leighton Appeal to Parl. Ep. Ded. Fenny-Bitters in their hollowe canne make a terrible noyse.

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 181 They are a fenny fowl.

1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity i, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 409 In the troubl'd Stream and fenny Brake.

1818 J. Keats Endymion i. 7 Winding through palmy fern, and rushes fenny.

1822 T. Hood Lycus Like a long silver rivulet under The long fenny grass.

†3. Muddy, dirty. Also figurative. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > [adjective] > morally foul

fennyc897

foulOE

sutya1225

lousyc1386

rustyc1390

filthy?c1400

feculent1471

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > [adjective] > muddy

fennyc897

bymodereda1307

slutchedc1400

muddyc1450

miry?c1475

slabby1542

mired1558

mudded1598

muddied1642

mucksy1665

shabby1705

sludgy1782

slushy1791

c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xiii. 74 Gif sio [hond]..bið..fennegu.

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter lxxvii. 50 Vayn ianglynge þat is in fenny wittes.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1113 Þaȝ þou be man fenny, & al to-marred in myre..Þou may schyne þurȝ schryfte.

1635 F. Quarles Emblemes ii. xiv. 118 What fenny trash maintains the smooth'ring fires Of his desires!

Compounds

fenny-seated adj. situated in a fen.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [adjective] > found in or produced by

fenny1543

marish1543

fennish1574

marshland1574

marshy1595

marishy1607

fenny-seated1631

palustrian1787

paludous1803

swampy1803

palustrine1824

paludicolous1857

paludose1866

web-footed1867

paludicole1872

palustral1879

paludicoline1890

ombrotrophic1962

1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 58 That famous fenny-seated Monastery.

† fenny-stones n. Obsolete a kind of Orchis.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > orchids

satyrionOE

bollockwort?a1300

sanicle14..

bollock?a1425

martagon1548

orchis1559

dogstones1562

hare's-ballocks1562

stone1562

bollock grass1578

dog's cods1578

dog's cullions1578

double-leaf1578

fly-orchis1578

goat's cullions1578

goat's orchis1578

priest's pintle1578

twayblade1578

bee-orchis1597

bifoil1597

bird's nest1597

bird's orchis1597

butterfly orchis1597

fenny-stones1597

gelded satyrion1597

gnat satyrion1597

humble-bee orchis1597

lady's slipper1597

sweet ballocks1597

two-blade1605

cullions1611

bee-flower1626

fly-flower1640

man orchis1670

musk orchis1670

moccasin flower1680

gnat-flower1688

faham tea1728

Ophrys1754

green man orchis1762

Arethusa1764

honey flower1771

cypripedium1775

rattlesnake plantain1778

Venus's slipper1785

Adam and Eve1789

lizard orchis179.

epidendrum1791

Pogonia?1801

Vanda1801

cymbidium1815

Oncidium1822

putty-root1822

Noah's Ark1826

yellow moccasin1826

gongora1827

cattleya1828

green man1828

nervine1828

stanhopea1829

dove-flower1831

catasetum1836

Odontoglossum1836

Miltonia1837

letter plant1838

spread eagle1838

letter-leaf1839

swan-plant1841

orchid1843

disa1844

masdevallia1845

Phalaenopsis1846

faham1850

Indian crocus1850

moccasin plant1850

pleione1851

dove orchis1852

nerve root1854

Holy Ghost flower1862

basket-plant1865

lizard's tongue1866

mousetail1866

Sobralia1866

swan-neck1866

swanwort1866

Indian shoe1876

odontoglot1879

wreathewort1879

moth orchid1880

rattlesnake orchid1881

dendrobe1882

dove-plant1882

Madeira orchis1882

man orchis1882

swan-flower1884

slipper-orchid1885

slipper orchis1889

mayflower1894

scorpion orchid1897

moederkappie1910

dove orchid1918

monkey orchid1925

man orchid1927

1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 174 Of Fennie stones.

1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Fenny-stones, a plant somewhat of the nature and kind of the Cynos Orchis or Dog~stones.

1721–1800 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Fenny-stones.

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

单词	fenny
释义	fennyadj. Brit. /ˈfɛni/, U.S. /ˈfɛni/ Etymology: Old English fęnnig, < fęnnfen n.¹ + -ig-y suffix¹. 1. Of the nature of, or characterized by, fen; boggy, swampy. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [adjective] fen-lichc1000 fennyc1000 mooryOE marshya1382 marshlyc1410 moorisha1492 queachy?a1500 marish1549 plashya1552 foggy?1555 fen-like1561 undrained1573 fennish1577 boggy1587 paludious1595 wealy1601 marishy1607 snapy1607 uliginous1610 quagmiry1623 paludiate1632 boggish1633 pooly1652 swampy1661 spouty1677 gouty1686 pondy1687 morassy1699 sloppy1699 lairy17.. soggya1722 swampish1725 splashy1727 squashy1751 haggy1765 gaulty1784 slumpy1823 sumpy1824 paludine1852 paludic1854 paludinal1856 paludian1860 paludinous1866 paludal1871 paludial1875 morassic1893 muskeggy1894 swamped1899 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > mouldy or musty fennyc1000 vinnyOE mouleda1250 moulya1398 mouldena1400 spaked1438 vinniedc1450 mouldy1495 hoared1496 mustyc1503 foisty1519 mocha1522 hoary1530 hoar1544 mouldeda1552 mowsy1566 foistied1572 fustied1576 spaky1590 musted1632 mouldish1648 emucid1656 mucid1656 mungy1658 mouldly1678 foisted1688 mothery1697 vinnewya1722 rusty-fustya1790 musty-fusty1857 mucidous1866 blue-vinnied1880 blue-veined1898 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > corruption or putridness > [adjective] > musty or mouldy fennyc1000 vinnyOE mouleda1250 moulya1398 mouldena1400 spaked1438 vinniedc1450 mouldy1495 hoared1496 mustyc1503 foisty1519 hoary1530 moskin1531 hoar1544 mouldeda1552 foistied1572 mustied1572 fustied1576 spaky1590 mildewed1605 musted1632 mucid1656 mungy1658 foisted1688 vinnewya1722 mochy1825 musty-smelling1852 musty-fusty1857 c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 147 Uliginosus ager, fennig æcer. c1420 Pallad. on Husb. ii. 22 The fenny feeld it is not forto plowe. a1440 Found. St. Bartholomew's 12 Right vncleene it was and as a maryce dunge and fenny with water. 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Diiij^v Thei are..engendered..in fennie and marrishe groundes. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia iv. 162 Large Fenny vnwholsome Marshes. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 406. ⁋4 They journey through the fenny Moors. 1805 J. Luccock Nature & Prop. Wool 186 Almost the only animal of the kind known through the fenny district. 1858 H. Bushnell Nature & Supernatural vi. 192 Muddy rivers, with their fenny shores, tenanted by hideous alligators. 2. Inhabiting, growing, or produced in a fen. Now only of plants. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by habitat or distribution > [adjective] > that thrives or does not thrive in moisture fenny1543 plashy1822 inundatal1847 paludal1847 hygrophilous1863 uliginal1863 xerophilous1863 uliginose1866 xerophil1884 ombrophilous1895 ombrophobic1895 ombrophobous1895 xerophytic1897 sclerophyllous1903 xeromorphic1909 hydrarch1913 xerarch1913 ombrophile1924 sclerophyll1926 hygrophytic1936 xerophilic1961 the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [adjective] > found in or produced by fenny1543 marish1543 fennish1574 marshland1574 marshy1595 marishy1607 fenny-seated1631 palustrian1787 paludous1803 swampy1803 palustrine1824 paludicolous1857 paludose1866 web-footed1867 paludicole1872 palustral1879 paludicoline1890 ombrotrophic1962 1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. i. ii. f. 41^v/2 He must abstaine..from marryshe fyshes and fennie, and drye oystres. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 15 A fennye goose. 1587 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. xxii. i. 343 Fennie bote, broome, turffe, [etc.]..will be good merchandize euen in the citie of London. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 158 Dragons..fenny, and liuing in the Marshes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iv. i. 12 Fillet of a Fenny Snake, In the Cauldron boyle and bake. View more context for this quotation c1629 A. Leighton Appeal to Parl. Ep. Ded. Fenny-Bitters in their hollowe canne make a terrible noyse. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 181 They are a fenny fowl. 1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity i, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 409 In the troubl'd Stream and fenny Brake. 1818 J. Keats Endymion i. 7 Winding through palmy fern, and rushes fenny. 1822 T. Hood Lycus Like a long silver rivulet under The long fenny grass. †3. Muddy, dirty. Also figurative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > [adjective] > morally foul fennyc897 foulOE sutya1225 lousyc1386 rustyc1390 filthy?c1400 feculent1471 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > [adjective] > muddy fennyc897 bymodereda1307 slutchedc1400 muddyc1450 miry?c1475 slabby1542 mired1558 mudded1598 muddied1642 mucksy1665 shabby1705 sludgy1782 slushy1791 c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xiii. 74 Gif sio [hond]..bið..fennegu. a1340 R. Rolle Psalter lxxvii. 50 Vayn ianglynge þat is in fenny wittes. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1113 Þaȝ þou be man fenny, & al to-marred in myre..Þou may schyne þurȝ schryfte. 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes ii. xiv. 118 What fenny trash maintains the smooth'ring fires Of his desires! Compounds fenny-seated adj. situated in a fen. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [adjective] > found in or produced by fenny1543 marish1543 fennish1574 marshland1574 marshy1595 marishy1607 fenny-seated1631 palustrian1787 paludous1803 swampy1803 palustrine1824 paludicolous1857 paludose1866 web-footed1867 paludicole1872 palustral1879 paludicoline1890 ombrotrophic1962 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 58 That famous fenny-seated Monastery. † fenny-stones n. Obsolete a kind of Orchis. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > orchids satyrionOE bollockwort?a1300 sanicle14.. bollock?a1425 martagon1548 orchis1559 dogstones1562 hare's-ballocks1562 stone1562 bollock grass1578 dog's cods1578 dog's cullions1578 double-leaf1578 fly-orchis1578 goat's cullions1578 goat's orchis1578 priest's pintle1578 twayblade1578 bee-orchis1597 bifoil1597 bird's nest1597 bird's orchis1597 butterfly orchis1597 fenny-stones1597 gelded satyrion1597 gnat satyrion1597 humble-bee orchis1597 lady's slipper1597 sweet ballocks1597 two-blade1605 cullions1611 bee-flower1626 fly-flower1640 man orchis1670 musk orchis1670 moccasin flower1680 gnat-flower1688 faham tea1728 Ophrys1754 green man orchis1762 Arethusa1764 honey flower1771 cypripedium1775 rattlesnake plantain1778 Venus's slipper1785 Adam and Eve1789 lizard orchis179. epidendrum1791 Pogonia?1801 Vanda1801 cymbidium1815 Oncidium1822 putty-root1822 Noah's Ark1826 yellow moccasin1826 gongora1827 cattleya1828 green man1828 nervine1828 stanhopea1829 dove-flower1831 catasetum1836 Odontoglossum1836 Miltonia1837 letter plant1838 spread eagle1838 letter-leaf1839 swan-plant1841 orchid1843 disa1844 masdevallia1845 Phalaenopsis1846 faham1850 Indian crocus1850 moccasin plant1850 pleione1851 dove orchis1852 nerve root1854 Holy Ghost flower1862 basket-plant1865 lizard's tongue1866 mousetail1866 Sobralia1866 swan-neck1866 swanwort1866 Indian shoe1876 odontoglot1879 wreathewort1879 moth orchid1880 rattlesnake orchid1881 dendrobe1882 dove-plant1882 Madeira orchis1882 man orchis1882 swan-flower1884 slipper-orchid1885 slipper orchis1889 mayflower1894 scorpion orchid1897 moederkappie1910 dove orchid1918 monkey orchid1925 man orchid1927 1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 174 Of Fennie stones. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Fenny-stones, a plant somewhat of the nature and kind of the Cynos Orchis or Dog~stones. 1721–1800 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Fenny-stones. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : † fenninfennyn. < adj.c897 see also
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fennyadj.

Compounds

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