单词 | funkiness |
释义 | funkinessn.1 Originally U.S. 1. The quality of having a strong, unpleasant, or pungent smell or flavour. Cf. funky adj.1 1. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [noun] > fustiness fustiness1526 mustiness1526 foistiness1576 frowziness1729 foist1819 funkiness1843 frowstiness1923 1843 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 15 Apr. The sad experiment of the alligator steaks; which he finds..tough and tasteless, except for a certain flavor, half of the throat, half of the nose.., indescribable but by the word funkiness. 1884 Mich. Farmer 23 Sept. 2/4 Bad air, such as funkiness, can readily be detected. 1901 Railroad Men Jan. 145/2 At one end..stands a cooking stove, so the perfumes of Araby often add their mite (or might) to the general funkiness. 1994 Observer 5 June (Life section) 40/5 The 1988 Chassagne-Montrachet..is a contrast: more old-fashioned, with a hint of Burgundian funkiness about it. 2. With reference to music or its performance: the quality of being funky; the fact of being in a funk style. Also: unconventional or quirky stylishness. Cf. funky adj.1 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > [noun] > qualities of music generally formality1531 humoura1568 languor1751 morbidezza1833 pop1862 go1882 monophony1890 jazziness1916 blueness1929 linearity1947 funkiness1957 spikiness1962 the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] fashionableness1640 à-la-modeness1669 modishness1676 à la modality1753 tonishness1780 style1807 stylishnessa1817 fashionability1840 swellishness1863 hep1899 hipness1937 coolness1951 hip1956 cool1962 hipdom1962 with-it-ness1963 funkiness1974 1957 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 27 Oct. b19/1 A jam session whose underlying feeling is funkiness produces some worthwhile listening. 1968 Rat 3 May 22/1 He sat at the electric organ,..breaking into incredible funkiness with the whole orchestra for the refrain. 1973 Melody Maker 30 June ‘Baby's Making Babies’, has a new and inferior horn line and a stoned, stumbling feel which contrasts sharply with the sharp funkiness of the ‘original’. 1974 Wheeling (Illinois) Herald 4 Jan. ii. 5/3 After a short burst of '60s funkiness bridal fashions have settled back into the traditional look. 1996 R. Vincent Funk 167 The commercial funkiness of the Jackson 5, the Temptations, and the Ohio Players showed just how far into the mainstream the funky style was heading. 2010 D. Moskowitz Words & Music J. Hendrix viii. 121 Juma Sultan was the percussionist and contributed to the general funkiness of the song. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). funkinessn.2 Now rare. Fear, nervousness, timidity. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > [noun] > state of frightiheada1325 fearedness1340 effraying1489 fearfulnessa1513 frayedness1530 frightment1607 frightfulness1621 dauntedness1660 afraidness1669 funkiness1859 the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > [noun] arghtha1250 arghshipc1275 arghness1340 faintness1398 ferdfulness1398 timorosity1490 timiditya1513 timorousnessa1513 unboldness?1520 timerity1582 inaudacity?1594 unhardiness1611 to lie aback1636 meticulosity1655 pavidity1656 afraidness1669 timidness1680 sheepishness1712 funkiness1859 fearsomeness1891 1859 Bell's Life in London 9 Jan. 6/1 The contamination of such funkiness would assuredly degenerate the manliness of any school. 1896 Punch 22 Aug. 88/2 I subdued my native funkiness so far as to make the revolution of the great wheel. 1917 North-China Herald 22 Sept. 680/3 Sales of Indian yarns down to Tls. 88 to Tls. 85 as result of funkiness of Japanese and Indian importers. 1946 H. Venkatasubbiah Foreign Trade of India: 1900–1940 i. 18 British funkiness at American financial strength. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11843n.21859 |
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