greensickadj.

Brit.

/ˈɡriːnsɪk/, U.S.

/ˈɡrinˌsɪk/

Forms: see green adj. and n.¹ and sick adj. and n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: green adj., sick adj.

Etymology: < green adj. + sick adj., after green sickness n.

Affected with the disorder green sickness (chlorosis); = chlorotic adj. 1 (now historical). Usually in extended use and figurative (cf. green sickness n. 2).

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of blood > [adjective] > deficiency of red cells > chlorosis

greensick1605

green-sicknessed1673

chlorotic1764

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. sig. B2^v Hence Greene-sick Wits, that relish nought but baen.

1681 Canto on Miracle wrought by the D. of M[onmouth] (single sheet) But O the Greensick Girls may boast This Duke hath cur'd Them to His Cost.

1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician iii. 93 Green-sick persons are unfit for exercise.

1713 W. Taverner Female Advocates iv. 42 She's a meer Bawble, a Green Sick Girl, not worth a Minute's Care.

1789 R. Cumberland Imposters iv. 56 It must not be that meagre moonshine diet, which poor Lord Janus is fed with; it must not be that mawkish greensick hope that tantalizes his appetite.

a1807 J. Opie Lect. on Painting (1809) 136 Those greensick lovers of chalk, brickdust, charcoal, and old tapestry.

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 107 There is even ground for carrying the term, with other authors, still further, and applying it to green-sick boys as well as green-sick girls.

1854 Harper's Mag. Dec. 97/1 With an intense disgust in his rough features—‘Ef it arn't enough to make a man green-sick to hearken to ye!’

1911 Living Age 16 Sept. 731/1 Let the fathers of green-sick sons be hopeful; four-and-twenty is the age when some convulsion of the mind may turn the puling dreamer into a man of action!

1949 S. Lewis God-seeker, xlvi. 303 I do use people, and I shall do so far more, but they'll be giants of commerce, not a pert, greensick, half-educated girl!

2003 Shakespeare Q. 54 139 Girls who were ‘green-sick’ suffered from a kind of festering chastity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	greensick
释义	greensickadj. Brit. /ˈɡriːnsɪk/, U.S. /ˈɡrinˌsɪk/ Forms: see green adj. and n.¹ and sick adj. and n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: green adj., sick adj. Etymology: < green adj. + sick adj., after green sickness n. Affected with the disorder green sickness (chlorosis); = chlorotic adj. 1 (now historical). Usually in extended use and figurative (cf. green sickness n. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of blood > [adjective] > deficiency of red cells > chlorosis greensick1605 green-sicknessed1673 chlorotic1764 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. sig. B2^v Hence Greene-sick Wits, that relish nought but baen. 1681 Canto on Miracle wrought by the D. of M[onmouth] (single sheet) But O the Greensick Girls may boast This Duke hath cur'd Them to His Cost. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician iii. 93 Green-sick persons are unfit for exercise. 1713 W. Taverner Female Advocates iv. 42 She's a meer Bawble, a Green Sick Girl, not worth a Minute's Care. 1789 R. Cumberland Imposters iv. 56 It must not be that meagre moonshine diet, which poor Lord Janus is fed with; it must not be that mawkish greensick hope that tantalizes his appetite. a1807 J. Opie Lect. on Painting (1809) 136 Those greensick lovers of chalk, brickdust, charcoal, and old tapestry. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 107 There is even ground for carrying the term, with other authors, still further, and applying it to green-sick boys as well as green-sick girls. 1854 Harper's Mag. Dec. 97/1 With an intense disgust in his rough features—‘Ef it arn't enough to make a man green-sick to hearken to ye!’ 1911 Living Age 16 Sept. 731/1 Let the fathers of green-sick sons be hopeful; four-and-twenty is the age when some convulsion of the mind may turn the puling dreamer into a man of action! 1949 S. Lewis God-seeker, xlvi. 303 I do use people, and I shall do so far more, but they'll be giants of commerce, not a pert, greensick, half-educated girl! 2003 Shakespeare Q. 54 139 Girls who were ‘green-sick’ suffered from a kind of festering chastity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1605
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