单词 | footery |
释义 | footeryadj. regional (chiefly Scottish and Irish English). Trivial, trifling; awkward, fiddly. Cf. footering adj.In quot. 1929 apparently: (of a person) lacking worth or merit. Cf. footy adj.2 ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adjective] > difficult or delicate fine-fingered1549 brickle1568 kittle1568 tickle1569 delicate1574 trickle1579 chary1581 ticklesome1585 ticklish1591 jealous1600 tender1625 nicea1630 thorny1653 parlous1657 tricksy1835 niggling1851 tricky1868 catchy1874 pernickety1884 trickish1900 fiddly1926 footery1929 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > of little importance or trivial eathlyc890 lighteOE littleOE small?c1225 singlec1449 easy1474 triflous1509 naughty1526 slender1530 slight1548 shrimpish1549 slipper1567 truanta1572 toyous1581 trivious1583 mean1585 silly1587 nicea1594 puny?1594 puisne1598 pusill1599 whindling1601 sapless1602 non-significant1603 poor1603 unsignificant1603 flea-bite1605 perishing1605 lank1607 weightless1610 fonda1616 penny farthing1615 triviala1616 unweighty1621 transitory1637 twattling1651 inconsiderate1655 unserious1655 nugal1656 small drink1656 slighty1662 minute1668 paddling1679 snitling1682 retail1697 Lilliputian1726 vain1731 rattletrap1760 peppercornish1762 peppercorn1791 underling1804 venial1806 lightweight1809 floccinaucical1826 small-bore1833 minified1837 trantlum1838 piffling1848 tea-tabular1855 potty1860 whipping-snapping1861 tea-gardeny1862 quiddling1863 twaddling1863 fidgeting1865 penny ante1865 feather-weighted1870 jerkwater1877 midget1879 mimsy1880 shirttail1881 two-by-four1885 footle1894 skittery1905 footery1929 Mickey Mouse1931 chickenshit1934 minoritized1945 marginal1952 marginalized1961 tea-party1961 little league1962 marginalizing1977 minnowy1991 1929 P. O'Donnell Adrigoole iii. 23 An empty, foothery nature of a useless man. 1930 Hamilton Advertiser 8 Feb. Maybe folk are jist as anxious to hear the wee footery stories aboot common ordinary folk jist the same. 1952 Scots Mag. May 158 ‘All we do,’ says one member [of Kirkcudbright District Council], ‘is to pass a few footery accounts.’ 1996 J. Doran Red Doran 21 All she did was make the tea and run messages, not for the business, mind you, but foutery things like groceries for the house. 2003 A. Donovan Buddha Da (2004) 54 Like ah said, a lot of the work was quite footery, specially the cornice that she wanted done in different colours. 2014 T. McCulloch Stillman 28 I can get the chainsaw and cut it out of Loch Cluanie. Be a footery job with the carving mind but I've got the tools. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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