footeryadj.

Brit.

/ˈfuːt(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˈfudəri/, Scottish English

/ˈfutərɪ/, Irish English

/ˈfuːθəri/

Forms: 1900s– footerie, 1900s– footery, 1900s– foothery (Irish English), 1900s– fouterie, 1900s– foutery, 1900s– foutory (U.S. regional (Pennsylvania)).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: footer v.², -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < footer v.² + -y suffix¹. Compare earlier footy adj.², footering adj.

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).

单词	footery
释义	footeryadj. Brit. /ˈfuːt(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈfudəri/, Scottish English /ˈfutərɪ/, Irish English /ˈfuːθəri/ Forms: 1900s– footerie, 1900s– footery, 1900s– foothery (Irish English), 1900s– fouterie, 1900s– foutery, 1900s– foutory (U.S. regional (Pennsylvania)). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: footer v.², -y suffix¹. Etymology: < footer v.² + -y suffix¹. Compare earlier footy adj.², footering adj. 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). < adj.1929
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