hennyn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈhɛni/, U.S.

/ˈhɛni/

Etymology: < hen n.¹ + -y suffix¹.

A. n.

A variety of domestic chicken in which the males resemble the females; a (male) bird of such a variety.

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1853 W. Wingfield & G. W. Johnson Poultry Bk. xii. 145 A few years since I saw some very singular Game fowls..; the cock with a very small and straight tail; and indeed so much like the hen, that they were called ‘hennies’.

1868 C. Darwin Variation Animals & Plants I. 252 Males in certain sub-breeds have lost some of their secondary masculine characters, and from their close resemblance in plumage to the females, are often called hennies.

1961 S. Sitwell Golden Wall & Mirador x. 206 Having owned ginger-breasted reds, spangles, Cornish hennies, blue Furnaces, silver duckwings, and smock-breasted blood-wing pyles..I wanted to see the plumage in the cockpit at Havana.

2003 J. Batty Old & Rare Breeds Poultry (ed. 3) 40 Some of the species such as Hennies are very rare, but interest generally is still open and quite rightly so for this our oldest breed.

B. adj.

1. Of a male bird, esp. a domestic chicken: having the plumage or general appearance of a hen or female bird; (of plumage) resembling that of a hen or female; henlike. Also: designating a breed or variety characterized by such males. Also as the first element in compound adjectives, as in henny-feathered.

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1853 W. Wingfield & G. W. Johnson Poultry Bk. xvii. 202 The ‘henny’ cockerels, moreover, reproduced in comparatively few instances their sire's peculiarities in these points.

1854 Poultry Chron. 9 Aug. 549/1 The time when ‘none but’ the henny-tailed cocks are ‘to be judged’ is far more remote than is opined by your correspondent.

1873 E. James Game Cock (ed. 2) 66 The Henny strain never breeds a long-tailed cock unless crossed.

1898 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 Feb. 9/1 ‘Henny’ cocks..have won more battles..than any other birds, except it be the ‘tassel’ cock.

1927 F. A. E. Crew Genetics Sexuality in Animals iv. 115 After a moult the plumage would have become completely henny.

1986 Vitamins & Hormones 43 180 Castration of henny-feathered chickens of either sex caused henny feathering to revert to male-type plumage.

2. gen. Of, relating to, characteristic of, or suitable for a hen or hens.With quot. 1929 cf. hensure adj.

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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [adjective] > of or relating to or like a cock

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1929 D. H. Lawrence in Forum Jan. p. l/3 The lovely henny surety, the hensureness which is the real bliss of every female, has been denied her.

1992 A. Symons Tremedda Days (2007) ii. 57 Most of the hens occupied a large wooden hen-house..well furnished with..long feeding troughs, holes through which heads poked to reach the drinking dishes, floors inches deep in chaff and many other such ‘henny’ luxuries.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	henny
释义	hennyn.adj. Brit. /ˈhɛni/, U.S. /ˈhɛni/ Etymology: < hen n.¹ + -y suffix¹. A. n. A variety of domestic chicken in which the males resemble the females; a (male) bird of such a variety. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [noun] > cock > with particular kind of plumage ginger1785 henny1853 1853 W. Wingfield & G. W. Johnson Poultry Bk. xii. 145 A few years since I saw some very singular Game fowls..; the cock with a very small and straight tail; and indeed so much like the hen, that they were called ‘hennies’. 1868 C. Darwin Variation Animals & Plants I. 252 Males in certain sub-breeds have lost some of their secondary masculine characters, and from their close resemblance in plumage to the females, are often called hennies. 1961 S. Sitwell Golden Wall & Mirador x. 206 Having owned ginger-breasted reds, spangles, Cornish hennies, blue Furnaces, silver duckwings, and smock-breasted blood-wing pyles..I wanted to see the plumage in the cockpit at Havana. 2003 J. Batty Old & Rare Breeds Poultry (ed. 3) 40 Some of the species such as Hennies are very rare, but interest generally is still open and quite rightly so for this our oldest breed. B. adj. 1. Of a male bird, esp. a domestic chicken: having the plumage or general appearance of a hen or female bird; (of plumage) resembling that of a hen or female; henlike. Also: designating a breed or variety characterized by such males. Also as the first element in compound adjectives, as in henny-feathered. ΚΠ 1853 W. Wingfield & G. W. Johnson Poultry Bk. xvii. 202 The ‘henny’ cockerels, moreover, reproduced in comparatively few instances their sire's peculiarities in these points. 1854 Poultry Chron. 9 Aug. 549/1 The time when ‘none but’ the henny-tailed cocks are ‘to be judged’ is far more remote than is opined by your correspondent. 1873 E. James Game Cock (ed. 2) 66 The Henny strain never breeds a long-tailed cock unless crossed. 1898 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 Feb. 9/1 ‘Henny’ cocks..have won more battles..than any other birds, except it be the ‘tassel’ cock. 1927 F. A. E. Crew Genetics Sexuality in Animals iv. 115 After a moult the plumage would have become completely henny. 1986 Vitamins & Hormones 43 180 Castration of henny-feathered chickens of either sex caused henny feathering to revert to male-type plumage. 2. gen. Of, relating to, characteristic of, or suitable for a hen or hens.With quot. 1929 cf. hensure adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [adjective] > of or like a hen hennish1572 henny1929 the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [adjective] > of or relating to or like a cock cockish1577 cock-a-doodle-dooing1599 gallinaceous1879 henny1929 1929 D. H. Lawrence in Forum Jan. p. l/3 The lovely henny surety, the hensureness which is the real bliss of every female, has been denied her. 1992 A. Symons Tremedda Days (2007) ii. 57 Most of the hens occupied a large wooden hen-house..well furnished with..long feeding troughs, holes through which heads poked to reach the drinking dishes, floors inches deep in chaff and many other such ‘henny’ luxuries. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1853
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