footsien.¹

Brit.

/ˈfʊtsi/, U.S.

/ˈfʊtsi/

Forms: 1700s– footsie, 1700s– footsy.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: foot n., -sy suffix².

Etymology: < foot n. + -sy suffix². With sense 2 compare footy n. 2.

1. In childish or playful language: a person's foot. Also reduplicated with variation of the initial consonant, as footsie-tootsie, footsie-wootsie. Cf. tootsy n. 1.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > foot > [noun]

footOE

heelOE

toec1290

pettitoes1590

goers1612

hoofa1616

fetlock1645

stamper1652

fetterlock1674

pedestal1695

trotter1755

footsie1762

dew-beaters1811

pedal1838

mud-hook1850

tootsy1854

tootsicum1860

gun-boat1870

mundowie1880

plate of meat1887

trilby1895

dog1913

puppies1922

1762 tr. in G.-A. Gallini Treat. Art of Dancing 106 Shaking your footsies [It. pedini], you will invite him to dance. He will also answer you with his feet.

1887 Puck's Libr. 2 18/2 She trips the country sod With footsies neatly shod.

1888 N. J. W. Le Cato Tom Burton 117 ‘My feet are not as warm as I could desire them to be.’ ‘Why, bless my life! these little footsie-tootsies is unkivvered.’

1945 P. Sturges in J. Gassner & D. Nichols Best Film Plays 1943–4 270 Do you want lots and lots of little babies? Do you long for the patter of little footsy-wootsies?

1999 Mizz 10 Mar. 50/2 Hard skin on your feet looks and feels pretty nasty, so make sure you take good care of those footsies.

2. Originally North American. Chiefly in to play footsie.

a. The action of surreptitiously touching a person's foot or ankle with one's foot, esp. under a table, as a playful expression of sexual attraction. Also reduplicated. Cf. footy n. 2a.

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1944 G. Fowler Good Night, Sweet Prince ii. iv. 130 I played footsie with her during Don José's first seduction by Carmen.

1948 A. N. Keith Three came Home iii. 61 The eight guards..lolling in the women's barrack playing footsy-footsy.

1970 Derrick (Oil City, Pa.) 23 Mar. 6 The husband of my friend started playing ‘footsies’ with me under the bridge table.

1998 F. Soos Unified Field Theory 28 Shirley was frisking again with the occasional rub up the forearm, a little footsie under the table.

2004 Winnipeg Free Press 22 Dec. d12/4 A busty brunette..slipped off her shoe and played footsie with him under the table.

b. Covert negotiation or cooperation, esp. with people or organizations viewed as hostile to one's own interests or principles. Also reduplicated. Cf. footy n. 2b.

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1944 B. Stolberg Tailor's Progress ix. 231 He laughs off any suggestion that he plays footsie with the Commies under the table.

1952 Salt Lake Tribune 15 Jan. 6/7 That's the old familiar game of footsie that goes on between Republicans and southern Democrats.

1962 Guardian 2 Nov. 13 After so many years of playing footsy footsy with both sides, what does India get? An armful of British weapons and from Russia a kick on the shins.

1971 Ink 12 June 14/2 The real trouble started when he started playing footsie with the real capitalists.

2014 R. Oakeshott Independent Member for Lyne ii. ix. 116 The accusation that I actually ‘played footsie’ with Labor is correct, but as an Independent it was my job to play ‘footsie’ with everyone.

3. Usually in plural, as footsies. A short sock, now typically one that covers only the lower part of the foot and is designed to be hidden when worn with a shoe; = footy n. 3b.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and feet > [noun] > stocking > types of > short stocking or sock > types of > short stockings or socks

ankle sock1660

anklet1928

footy1942

bobby sock1943

footsies1960

1960 Catal. Copyright Entries: Pt. 11B (Libr. of Congr. Copyright Office) 14 66/2 Rudin & Roth, Inc... Brigitte Bardot 100% nylon footsies.

1975 M. Rawson It's a Pleasure 280 Along about this time ‘Bobby socks’ went out and we have the day of ‘footsies’, ‘footlets’ and any kind of shoe liner that protects the foot, but doesn't show.

1986 Janesville (Wisconsin) Gaz. 11 June (advt.) Cotton or nylon footsies. A great summer switch for socks.

1991 M. H. Brown Generations of Dead ii. i. 48 On his feet are white Nike running shoes, and he is wearing pink footsies with pom-poms that hang over the back of the shoes.

2016 Scottish Daily Mail (Nexis) 29 Oct. 53 The 60-denier tights, knee-highs, ankle-highs and footsies have a heart-shaped patch..in the foot area to trap and neutralise sweat molecules.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Footsien.²

Brit.

/ˈfʊtsi/, U.S.

/ˈfʊtsi/

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: FTSE n.

Etymology: Alteration of FTSE n., punningly after footsie n.¹

An informal name for: the Financial Times–Stock Exchange 100 Share Index. Cf. FTSE n.A proprietary name in the United Kingdom.

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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > stock index

FT Index1960

Hang Seng index1969

Nikkei-Dow(-Jones)1970

Footsie1984

society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [adjective] > relating to stock index

Footsie1984

1984 Times 25 Feb. 22/4 The new Stock Exchange Index of top 100 companies, now officially known as the FT–SE 100 (or Footsie), ended the day 5.2 up.

1989 Money Observer Jan. 4/2 Bronwen Wood..feels that the Footsie index could well touch 1300 at some point.

1999 J. McMenamin Financial Managem. iv. 134 The FTSE Mid 250 Index..includes those companies just below the qualifying size for the Footsie.

2011 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 8 May Commodity market issues will continue to have significant impact on the Footsie.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	footsie
释义	footsien.¹ Brit. /ˈfʊtsi/, U.S. /ˈfʊtsi/ Forms: 1700s– footsie, 1700s– footsy. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: foot n., -sy suffix². Etymology: < foot n. + -sy suffix². With sense 2 compare footy n. 2. 1. In childish or playful language: a person's foot. Also reduplicated with variation of the initial consonant, as footsie-tootsie, footsie-wootsie. Cf. tootsy n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > foot > [noun] footOE heelOE toec1290 pettitoes1590 goers1612 hoofa1616 fetlock1645 stamper1652 fetterlock1674 pedestal1695 trotter1755 footsie1762 dew-beaters1811 pedal1838 mud-hook1850 tootsy1854 tootsicum1860 gun-boat1870 mundowie1880 plate of meat1887 trilby1895 dog1913 puppies1922 1762 tr. in G.-A. Gallini Treat. Art of Dancing 106 Shaking your footsies [It. pedini], you will invite him to dance. He will also answer you with his feet. 1887 Puck's Libr. 2 18/2 She trips the country sod With footsies neatly shod. 1888 N. J. W. Le Cato Tom Burton 117 ‘My feet are not as warm as I could desire them to be.’ ‘Why, bless my life! these little footsie-tootsies is unkivvered.’ 1945 P. Sturges in J. Gassner & D. Nichols Best Film Plays 1943–4 270 Do you want lots and lots of little babies? Do you long for the patter of little footsy-wootsies? 1999 Mizz 10 Mar. 50/2 Hard skin on your feet looks and feels pretty nasty, so make sure you take good care of those footsies. 2. Originally North American. Chiefly in to play footsie. a. The action of surreptitiously touching a person's foot or ankle with one's foot, esp. under a table, as a playful expression of sexual attraction. Also reduplicated. Cf. footy n. 2a. ΚΠ 1944 G. Fowler Good Night, Sweet Prince ii. iv. 130 I played footsie with her during Don José's first seduction by Carmen. 1948 A. N. Keith Three came Home iii. 61 The eight guards..lolling in the women's barrack playing footsy-footsy. 1970 Derrick (Oil City, Pa.) 23 Mar. 6 The husband of my friend started playing ‘footsies’ with me under the bridge table. 1998 F. Soos Unified Field Theory 28 Shirley was frisking again with the occasional rub up the forearm, a little footsie under the table. 2004 Winnipeg Free Press 22 Dec. d12/4 A busty brunette..slipped off her shoe and played footsie with him under the table. b. Covert negotiation or cooperation, esp. with people or organizations viewed as hostile to one's own interests or principles. Also reduplicated. Cf. footy n. 2b. ΚΠ 1944 B. Stolberg Tailor's Progress ix. 231 He laughs off any suggestion that he plays footsie with the Commies under the table. 1952 Salt Lake Tribune 15 Jan. 6/7 That's the old familiar game of footsie that goes on between Republicans and southern Democrats. 1962 Guardian 2 Nov. 13 After so many years of playing footsy footsy with both sides, what does India get? An armful of British weapons and from Russia a kick on the shins. 1971 Ink 12 June 14/2 The real trouble started when he started playing footsie with the real capitalists. 2014 R. Oakeshott Independent Member for Lyne ii. ix. 116 The accusation that I actually ‘played footsie’ with Labor is correct, but as an Independent it was my job to play ‘footsie’ with everyone. 3. Usually in plural, as footsies. A short sock, now typically one that covers only the lower part of the foot and is designed to be hidden when worn with a shoe; = footy n. 3b. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and feet > [noun] > stocking > types of > short stocking or sock > types of > short stockings or socks ankle sock1660 anklet1928 footy1942 bobby sock1943 footsies1960 1960 Catal. Copyright Entries: Pt. 11B (Libr. of Congr. Copyright Office) 14 66/2 Rudin & Roth, Inc... Brigitte Bardot 100% nylon footsies. 1975 M. Rawson It's a Pleasure 280 Along about this time ‘Bobby socks’ went out and we have the day of ‘footsies’, ‘footlets’ and any kind of shoe liner that protects the foot, but doesn't show. 1986 Janesville (Wisconsin) Gaz. 11 June (advt.) Cotton or nylon footsies. A great summer switch for socks. 1991 M. H. Brown Generations of Dead ii. i. 48 On his feet are white Nike running shoes, and he is wearing pink footsies with pom-poms that hang over the back of the shoes. 2016 Scottish Daily Mail (Nexis) 29 Oct. 53 The 60-denier tights, knee-highs, ankle-highs and footsies have a heart-shaped patch..in the foot area to trap and neutralise sweat molecules. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Footsien.² Brit. /ˈfʊtsi/, U.S. /ˈfʊtsi/ Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: FTSE n. Etymology: Alteration of FTSE n., punningly after footsie n.¹ An informal name for: the Financial Times–Stock Exchange 100 Share Index. Cf. FTSE n.A proprietary name in the United Kingdom. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > stock index FT Index1960 Hang Seng index1969 Nikkei-Dow(-Jones)1970 Footsie1984 society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [adjective] > relating to stock index Footsie1984 1984 Times 25 Feb. 22/4 The new Stock Exchange Index of top 100 companies, now officially known as the FT–SE 100 (or Footsie), ended the day 5.2 up. 1989 Money Observer Jan. 4/2 Bronwen Wood..feels that the Footsie index could well touch 1300 at some point. 1999 J. McMenamin Financial Managem. iv. 134 The FTSE Mid 250 Index..includes those companies just below the qualifying size for the Footsie. 2011 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 8 May Commodity market issues will continue to have significant impact on the Footsie. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1762n.²1984
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