hellicatadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈhɛlᵻkət/, U.S.

/ˈhɛləkət/, Scottish English

/ˈhɛlᵻkᵻt/

Forms: 1800s hellicate (Scottish), 1800s– hellicat, 1900s– hellocat (Scottish (Dumfriesshire)).

Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: halokit adj. at halok n. Derivatives.

Etymology: Apparently alteration of halokit adj. at halok n. Derivatives, perhaps after hellcat n.Popularized by Scott.

Originally and chiefly Scottish. Now rare.

A. adj.

Wild; mischievous; frivolous, foolish. See halokit adj. at halok n. Derivatives.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > giddiness, empty-headedness > [adjective]

idlec825

giddyc1000

volage?a1366

apec1370

foolisha1382

vain1390

idleful1483

volageous1487

glaikit1488

cock-brained1530

apish1532

empty1550

sillyc1555

frivolous?1563

tickle-headed1583

light-braineda1593

frothy1593

owlish1596

bird-witted1605

empty-headed1614

idle-headed1614

empty-pateda1628

marmosetical1630

grollish1637

feather-headed1647

nonsense1647

whirl-crowned1648

feather-brained1649

swimmering1650

soft-pated1651

weather-headeda1652

shuttlecock1660

drum-headed1664

chicken-brained1678

halokit1724

desipient1727

shatter-pated1727

scattered-brained1747

light-thoughted1777

scatter-brained1804

shandy-pated1806

hellicat1815

feather-pated1819

inane1819

weather-brained1826

bubble-headed1827

tomfoolish1838

bird-brained1892

tottle1894

fluffy1898

scatty1911

wandery1912

scattery1924

twitterpated1943

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 177 I dare say now it had been on some hellicat errand or other.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. x. 216 I want to see what that hellicate quean Jenny Rintherout's doing.

a1837 R. Nicoll Poems (1842) 27 Sic a hellicat deevil was Minister Tam!

1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders iii. 32 That hellicat..lassie, who had called me a sheep.

1930 J. Buchan Castle Gay xx. 320 A hellicat lassie she was, but rale frank and innerly.

1932 R. Kipling Limits & Renewals 90 We've got the entire unaccountable East to one side; the scum of the Mediterranean on the other; and all hellicat Judaea southward.

1949 South Western Reporter 2nd Ser. 602/2 It might be a cheap price..for one spouse to give up half interest in the great Cullinan diamond rather than to endure life with a hellicat spouse across the breakfast table.

B. n.

A bad, worthless, or foolish person (cf. hellcat n.). Sc. National Dict. (at Hallockit) records this sense as still in use in Roxburghshire in 1956, but marks it as obsolescent.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > evil person > [noun]

fiendc1220

shrewc1250

quedea1275

felon1340

malfeasorc1380

evil-doer1398

forfeiter1413

pucka1450

malefactor?c1450

wicked-doerc1450

improbe1484

wicked1484

Gomorrheana1529

dunghill1542

felonian1594

naughta1639

black sheep1640

pimp1649

hellicat1816

malfeasant1867

a bad sortc1869

bad seed1954

bloody1960

society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [noun] > wicked creature

hellhoundOE

wolf?1554

devil dog1642

hellicat1816

shaitan1834

1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf ix, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 179 Let us but get poor Grace out o' that auld Hellicat's clutches.

1822 J. Hogg Three Perils of Man I. 107 Ding the brains out o' the gutters, clear for the camp, ye hellicat of an English hound.

1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xxii. 268 It's highly possible the hellicat would try and gar me to marry her when he turned up.

1931 J. Lorimer Red Sergeant xviii. 183 Ye're thinkin' o' that prood hellicat that ye thocht was tae be yer mistress.

1997 G. H. Schenk Moss Gardening x. 129 A gardener must remain in some resort of mind a lively child,..a true little hellicat of tender years, given to pranks as well as sessions of wonderment.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hellicat
释义	hellicatadj.n. Brit. /ˈhɛlᵻkət/, U.S. /ˈhɛləkət/, Scottish English /ˈhɛlᵻkᵻt/ Forms: 1800s hellicate (Scottish), 1800s– hellicat, 1900s– hellocat (Scottish (Dumfriesshire)). Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: halokit adj. at halok n. Derivatives. Etymology: Apparently alteration of halokit adj. at halok n. Derivatives, perhaps after hellcat n.Popularized by Scott. Originally and chiefly Scottish. Now rare. A. adj. Wild; mischievous; frivolous, foolish. See halokit adj. at halok n. Derivatives. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > giddiness, empty-headedness > [adjective] idlec825 giddyc1000 volage?a1366 apec1370 foolisha1382 vain1390 idleful1483 volageous1487 glaikit1488 cock-brained1530 apish1532 empty1550 sillyc1555 frivolous?1563 tickle-headed1583 light-braineda1593 frothy1593 owlish1596 bird-witted1605 empty-headed1614 idle-headed1614 empty-pateda1628 marmosetical1630 grollish1637 feather-headed1647 nonsense1647 whirl-crowned1648 feather-brained1649 swimmering1650 soft-pated1651 weather-headeda1652 shuttlecock1660 drum-headed1664 chicken-brained1678 halokit1724 desipient1727 shatter-pated1727 scattered-brained1747 light-thoughted1777 scatter-brained1804 shandy-pated1806 hellicat1815 feather-pated1819 inane1819 weather-brained1826 bubble-headed1827 tomfoolish1838 bird-brained1892 tottle1894 fluffy1898 scatty1911 wandery1912 scattery1924 twitterpated1943 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 177 I dare say now it had been on some hellicat errand or other. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. x. 216 I want to see what that hellicate quean Jenny Rintherout's doing. a1837 R. Nicoll Poems (1842) 27 Sic a hellicat deevil was Minister Tam! 1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders iii. 32 That hellicat..lassie, who had called me a sheep. 1930 J. Buchan Castle Gay xx. 320 A hellicat lassie she was, but rale frank and innerly. 1932 R. Kipling Limits & Renewals 90 We've got the entire unaccountable East to one side; the scum of the Mediterranean on the other; and all hellicat Judaea southward. 1949 South Western Reporter 2nd Ser. 602/2 It might be a cheap price..for one spouse to give up half interest in the great Cullinan diamond rather than to endure life with a hellicat spouse across the breakfast table. B. n. A bad, worthless, or foolish person (cf. hellcat n.). Sc. National Dict. (at Hallockit) records this sense as still in use in Roxburghshire in 1956, but marks it as obsolescent. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > evil person > [noun] fiendc1220 shrewc1250 quedea1275 felon1340 malfeasorc1380 evil-doer1398 forfeiter1413 pucka1450 malefactor?c1450 wicked-doerc1450 improbe1484 wicked1484 Gomorrheana1529 dunghill1542 felonian1594 naughta1639 black sheep1640 pimp1649 hellicat1816 malfeasant1867 a bad sortc1869 bad seed1954 bloody1960 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [noun] > wicked creature hellhoundOE wolf?1554 devil dog1642 hellicat1816 shaitan1834 1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf ix, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 179 Let us but get poor Grace out o' that auld Hellicat's clutches. 1822 J. Hogg Three Perils of Man I. 107 Ding the brains out o' the gutters, clear for the camp, ye hellicat of an English hound. 1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xxii. 268 It's highly possible the hellicat would try and gar me to marry her when he turned up. 1931 J. Lorimer Red Sergeant xviii. 183 Ye're thinkin' o' that prood hellicat that ye thocht was tae be yer mistress. 1997 G. H. Schenk Moss Gardening x. 129 A gardener must remain in some resort of mind a lively child,..a true little hellicat of tender years, given to pranks as well as sessions of wonderment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1815
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