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单词 grandpappy
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grandpappyn.

Brit. /ˈɡran(d)ˌpapi/, U.S. /ˈɡræn(d)ˌpæpi/
Forms: 1800s– grandpappy, 1800s– granpappy, 1900s– grandpappie, 1900s– gran'pappy. Also with capital initial.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: grand- comb. form, pappy n.1
Etymology: < grand- comb. form + pappy n.1, after grandfather n. Compare earlier grandpapa n. and grandpa n., and slightly later grandpop n., and compare also granddaddy n. and related words.
colloquial and regional.
= grandpa n. Also in extended use.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > grandparent > [noun] > grandfather
mother-fathereOE
eldfatherOE
grandsirec1300
aiela1325
belsirea1325
grandfather1424
belfatherc1440
goodsire?c1450
fore-grandsire1513
gutcher1523
granfer1564
granddaddy1648
grandpapa1680
grandada1699
grandad1764
grandpa?1785
grandpappy1857
grandpop1860
abuelo1876
dada1888
gramp1890
grampy1904
lolo1934
gramps1935
zayde1946
opa1948
opi1988
1799 Will Whimsical's Misc. 80 Great, three times Great, Grand Pappy Jove!]
1857 D. Taggart Let. in E. S. Dixon Ornamental & Domest. Poultry (ed. 4) xiii. 268 I would like to hand them down to posterity, that my grandchildren might know what fine Chickens their grandpappy raised.
1891 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 4 314 A dweller in one of these gulches..being invited to give his opinion as to whether this tract of land had ever been at the bottom of the sea, answered that, ‘Ef it twar so, twar before his pappy's or his granpappy's time.’
1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling x. 92 Now Grandpappy, I kin see you settin' there on your stoop.
1946 M. Lowry Let. 26 Dec. (1967) 134 Just like the old days of my grandpappy.
1959 Manch. Guardian 11 Aug. 4/5 The only reason grandpappy hasn't been on television is that he never could learn to wait for the natural breaks.
1996 Big Issue 26 Aug. 10/2 Melvin Van Peebles positively revels in his role as the grandpappy of Afro-American cinema.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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