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单词 antsy
释义

antsyadj.

Brit. /ˈan(t)si/, U.S. /ˈæn(t)si/
Forms: 1900s– antsy.
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ant n.1, -y suffix1.
Etymology: Apparently < the plural of ant n.1 + -y suffix1 (compare -sy suffix2), after to have ants in one's pants at ant n.1 Phrases. Earlier currency may be implied by antsy-pantsy adj.It is unclear whether the following (apparently with the same sense) should be interpreted as showing the same word (if so, it considerably antedates to have ants in one's pants at ant n.1 Phrases):1838 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1985) I. 71/2 Minard's talking & Peake's scribbling were enough to drive anyone ancey.
colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.).
Restlessly impatient; agitated. Cf. to have ants in one's pants at ant n.1 Phrases.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [adjective] > nervously excited or agitated
high-wrought1579
feverous1587
tremulous1611
feverish1637
overwound1640
gestient1644
overwrought1648
twittering1648
fevereda1657
tumultuous1667
wrought-up1688
flustered1743
trepidatinga1774
flurried1775
wrought1778
riled1825
tête montée1825
worked up1831
tumultuating1854
trepidant1891
tremorous1897
wroughted1905
goosy1906
hotted-up1923
steamed1923
spooky1926
antsy-pantsy1944
antsy1950
agitato1964
amped1967
wired1970
1950 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1985) I. 71/2 [Eager or anxious] Antsy—by teenagers.
1954 Time 16 Aug. 40/2 I got ‘antsy’. You know, when you've got cancer, every minute counts.
1984 A. Maupin Babycakes (1989) xxx. 210 He..saw that the train had arrived, so he paced alongside it, growing antsier by the second.
1997 A. Campbell Diary 11 Dec. in Blair Years (2007) 265 The three women went to the loo, and our security people were getting antsy at how long they were in there.
2009 Time Out N.Y. 1 Jan. 17/1 The hours of telly exposure made me oddly antsy and anxious.

Derivatives

ˈantsiness n.
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1970 San Mateo (Calif.) Times 7 Apr. 34/3 Meredith..then observed Coach Payton Jordan and Allen Meredith with considerable antsiness.
1981 Washington Post 15 Feb. d4/1 If I'm gone to Florida, can spring and baseball be far behind? This is the month when baseball antsiness reaches its peak.
1987 A. Maupin Signficant Others iii. 27 His antsiness must have been obvious, for the landlady smiled at him. ‘I won't keep you,..I know you've got a busy, busy evening’.
2008 Hobby Farms May 94 I can remember doing that just last spring, with the same little-girl antsiness!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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