high-flyingadj.

Brit.

/ˌhʌɪˈflʌɪɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌhaɪˈflaɪɪŋ/

Forms: see high adv. and flying adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: high adv., flying adj.

Etymology: < high adv. + flying adj.With sense 2 compare high flying n. 2, high-flyer n. 3a. With sense 3 compare earlier high-flown adj. 4 and also high-flyer n. 4a.

a. That flies to or at a great height. Also: performed or occurring high in the air.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > [adjective] > flying (as) with wings > high

high-flying1549

towering1597

high-flown?1609

altivolant1656

high-riding1766

1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Rev. xii. f. xix The circumspecte, quickesyghted, and highe flyeng Eagle of gods spirite resisteth the dragon.

1572 G. Fenton tr. E. Pasquier Monophylo ii. f. 13 Good & high flying Hawkes of all sortes of plumes.

1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 39 Who wing their thoughts with such high-flying feathers.

1691 N. Crouch Delightful Fables xxx. 117 The Falcons, Herns, Storks, and other high flying Birds.

1769 G. White Let. 8 Dec. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) xxvi. 76 I would conclude that these hirundines, and the larger bats, are supported by some sorts of high-flying gnats.

1788 R. Broome Lett. Simpkin the Second v. 27 When some Balloon..Loses part of its air by the break of a stitch, The high-flying Hero no remedy knows.

1831 Insect Misc. iii. 44 We often saw the painted lady,..and other high flying species, alight there.

1863 G. Kearley Links in Chain xi. 244 The Noctule, or great high flying bat, is the earliest to retire, being seldom seen after July.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xx. 571 The red corpuscles of..the high-flying vulture are 17.7 μ by 8 μ.

1980 T. F. Waters Streams & Rivers Minnesota vii. 148 It [sc. the smallmouth bass]..frequently takes to the air in high-flying leaps.

1995 New Scientist 4 Nov. 28/1 Many of these queens on the wing have just received sperm during a high-flying aerial rendezvous with some males.

2013 Scotsman (Nexis) 4 Apr. 12 Hamilton and McIntyre had to invent the equipment that led to today's high-flying passenger planes.

†b. Swift, fast. Cf. high-flyer n. 6. Obsolete.Probably with punning reference to sense 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [adjective]

swiftc888

swifta1050

currentc1300

quickc1300

hastivea1325

hastyc1330

ingnel1340

swiftyc1380

speedfula1387

fasta1400

swippingc1420

speedy1487

fleet1528

tite?a1540

scudding1545

flighty1552

suddenly1556

flight1581

feathered1587

Pegasean1590

wing-footed1591

swift-winged?1592

thought-swift-flying1595

wind-winged?1596

swallow-winged1597

Pegasarian1607

skelping1607

rapid1608

night-swifta1616

celerious1632

clipping1635

perniciousa1656

volatile1655

quick-foot1658

meteorous1667

windy1697

high-flying1710

fleet-footed1726

aliped1727

wickc1760

velocious1775

flight-performing1785

fast-going1800

fast-moving1802

meteor1803

wight-wapping1830

fleety1841

speeding1847

swiftening1848

two-forty1855

fire-swift1865

pennate1870

spinning1882

percursory1884

zippy1889

meteoric1895

pacy1906

presto1952

1710 Banbury Apes 3 This Day a Messenger (on a Highflying Sorrel Horse) came post from Dr. S—l [i.e. Sacheverell].

2. Having or characterized by lofty ideals or aims; ambitious, aspirational; grandiose; (later also) highly successful, esp. in one's career.

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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > aspiration, ambition > [adjective]

ambitiousc1384

aspiring1577

heroical1581

high-flyinga1586

high-reaching1593

soaringa1616

aspirant1808

would-be1813

Diotrephic1838

Diotrephian1845

Diotrephesian1862

millennial1897

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [adjective] > extreme

extreme1512

high-flyinga1586

lavish1693

ultra1818

ultrageous1823

ultraistic1840

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. B4 That high flying liberty of conceit proper to the Poet.

a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James V in Wks. (1711) 82 A Man in the Prime of his Youth, of high-flying Thoughts by his Alliance with the King of England.

1692 tr. Sallust Wks. 245 With their lofty strains and high flying Language.

1770 Oxf. Mag. June 208/2 The high-flying notions of their posterity.

1793 T. Beddoes Observ. Nature & Cure Calculus p. vi My hopes of the future improvement of medicine too high-flying.

1878 C. H. Spurgeon Serm. XXIV. 629 Little duties are almost too insignificant for such high-flying spiritual professors.

1943 Billboard 25 Sept. 3/4 High-flying stars of stage, radio and night clubs.

1986 Telegraph (Brisbane) 12 Aug. 43/2 Dyan Cannon plays Thera Baylin, a high-flying business-woman who gets so sick of her husband playing around, she decides to play him at his own game.

2010 N.Y. Times Mag. 17 Oct. 42/2 I read that line to Obama and asked how his high-flying rhetoric sounded in these days of low-flying governance.

3. Frequently derogatory. Holding or characterized by opinions which give a high place to the authority and claims of the established church or state. Cf. high-flyer n. 4a.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Anglicanism > High Church > [adjective]

Canterburian1570

high-flying1678

high1681

tantivy1681

Laudian1691

High Church1704

altitudinarian1752

Anglo-Catholic1838

society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > groups or attitudes right to left > [adjective] > right > authoritarian

high-flown1640

high-flying1678

1678 V. Alsop Melius Inquirendum i. iii. 112 Many Church-men are none of the wisest, who are all for high-flying or high-trotting Counsels.

1695 Enq. Anc. Const. Eng. 32 Some high-flying Gentlemen, who if they could would make us all slaves to the King's absolute will.

1709 Refl. Sacheverell's Serm. 24 The High-flying Faction may call themselves Churchmen as long as they please.

1772 H. Walpole Last Jrnls. Mar. (1859) I. 40 Not indeed that high-flying Church under Bancroft and Laud, but the mild Church under Tillotson.

1840 Monthly Mag. Dec. 589 What becomes of all the high-flying talk of our veto-folks in the general assembly, and out of it, about Erastianism?

1897 Independent & Nonconformist 10 June 434/2 The high-flying Anglican who cannot bring himself to believe that there can be two Churches within the same realm at one and the same time.

1920 Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. 19 109 His [sc. Defoe's] party hatred carried him of his feet and his tongue reveled in abuse of his high-flying brethren.

1980 E. C. Mossner Life D. Hume (ed. 2) 274 He was always ranked as a Moderate by the High-Flying faction.

2002 D. Norbrook Poetry & Polit. in Eng. Renaissance iii. 59 The high-flying Bishop Bancroft began to make exalted claims for the divine right of episcopacy.

Compounds

high-flying Tory n. freq. derogatory (now historical) = high Tory n.

ΚΠ

1708 J. Gay Old England's New Triumph 1/2 When the high-flying Tory Heard this fighting Story, His Heart sunk a foot from its Place.

1812 H. Maddock Acct. Life & Writings Lord Chancellor Somers 255 Another modern writer..has used so much research to establish the rights of the crown, and is ranked, by his enemies, amongst the high flying Tories.

1885 Deb. House of Commons (Canada) 10 Mar. 456/1 He stands forth as the only high flying Tory the Liberal-Conservative party ever produced.

1998 P. Jenkins in B. Bradshaw & P. Roberts Brit. Consciousness & Identity (2003) vii. 225 He was an indiscreet high-flying Tory moving into an area with a strong radical Whig presence.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	high-flying
释义	high-flyingadj. Brit. /ˌhʌɪˈflʌɪɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌhaɪˈflaɪɪŋ/ Forms: see high adv. and flying adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: high adv., flying adj. Etymology: < high adv. + flying adj.With sense 2 compare high flying n. 2, high-flyer n. 3a. With sense 3 compare earlier high-flown adj. 4 and also high-flyer n. 4a. 1. a. That flies to or at a great height. Also: performed or occurring high in the air. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > [adjective] > flying (as) with wings > high high-flying1549 towering1597 high-flown?1609 altivolant1656 high-riding1766 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Rev. xii. f. xix The circumspecte, quickesyghted, and highe flyeng Eagle of gods spirite resisteth the dragon. 1572 G. Fenton tr. E. Pasquier Monophylo ii. f. 13 Good & high flying Hawkes of all sortes of plumes. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 39 Who wing their thoughts with such high-flying feathers. 1691 N. Crouch Delightful Fables xxx. 117 The Falcons, Herns, Storks, and other high flying Birds. 1769 G. White Let. 8 Dec. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) xxvi. 76 I would conclude that these hirundines, and the larger bats, are supported by some sorts of high-flying gnats. 1788 R. Broome Lett. Simpkin the Second v. 27 When some Balloon..Loses part of its air by the break of a stitch, The high-flying Hero no remedy knows. 1831 Insect Misc. iii. 44 We often saw the painted lady,..and other high flying species, alight there. 1863 G. Kearley Links in Chain xi. 244 The Noctule, or great high flying bat, is the earliest to retire, being seldom seen after July. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xx. 571 The red corpuscles of..the high-flying vulture are 17.7 μ by 8 μ. 1980 T. F. Waters Streams & Rivers Minnesota vii. 148 It [sc. the smallmouth bass]..frequently takes to the air in high-flying leaps. 1995 New Scientist 4 Nov. 28/1 Many of these queens on the wing have just received sperm during a high-flying aerial rendezvous with some males. 2013 Scotsman (Nexis) 4 Apr. 12 Hamilton and McIntyre had to invent the equipment that led to today's high-flying passenger planes. †b. Swift, fast. Cf. high-flyer n. 6. Obsolete.Probably with punning reference to sense 3. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [adjective] swiftc888 swifta1050 currentc1300 quickc1300 hastivea1325 hastyc1330 ingnel1340 swiftyc1380 speedfula1387 fasta1400 swippingc1420 speedy1487 fleet1528 tite?a1540 scudding1545 flighty1552 suddenly1556 flight1581 feathered1587 Pegasean1590 wing-footed1591 swift-winged?1592 thought-swift-flying1595 wind-winged?1596 swallow-winged1597 Pegasarian1607 skelping1607 rapid1608 night-swifta1616 celerious1632 clipping1635 perniciousa1656 volatile1655 quick-foot1658 meteorous1667 windy1697 high-flying1710 fleet-footed1726 aliped1727 wickc1760 velocious1775 flight-performing1785 fast-going1800 fast-moving1802 meteor1803 wight-wapping1830 fleety1841 speeding1847 swiftening1848 two-forty1855 fire-swift1865 pennate1870 spinning1882 percursory1884 zippy1889 meteoric1895 pacy1906 presto1952 1710 Banbury Apes 3 This Day a Messenger (on a Highflying Sorrel Horse) came post from Dr. S—l [i.e. Sacheverell]. 2. Having or characterized by lofty ideals or aims; ambitious, aspirational; grandiose; (later also) highly successful, esp. in one's career. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > aspiration, ambition > [adjective] ambitiousc1384 aspiring1577 heroical1581 high-flyinga1586 high-reaching1593 soaringa1616 aspirant1808 would-be1813 Diotrephic1838 Diotrephian1845 Diotrephesian1862 millennial1897 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [adjective] > extreme extreme1512 high-flyinga1586 lavish1693 ultra1818 ultrageous1823 ultraistic1840 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. B4 That high flying liberty of conceit proper to the Poet. a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James V in Wks. (1711) 82 A Man in the Prime of his Youth, of high-flying Thoughts by his Alliance with the King of England. 1692 tr. Sallust Wks. 245 With their lofty strains and high flying Language. 1770 Oxf. Mag. June 208/2 The high-flying notions of their posterity. 1793 T. Beddoes Observ. Nature & Cure Calculus p. vi My hopes of the future improvement of medicine too high-flying. 1878 C. H. Spurgeon Serm. XXIV. 629 Little duties are almost too insignificant for such high-flying spiritual professors. 1943 Billboard 25 Sept. 3/4 High-flying stars of stage, radio and night clubs. 1986 Telegraph (Brisbane) 12 Aug. 43/2 Dyan Cannon plays Thera Baylin, a high-flying business-woman who gets so sick of her husband playing around, she decides to play him at his own game. 2010 N.Y. Times Mag. 17 Oct. 42/2 I read that line to Obama and asked how his high-flying rhetoric sounded in these days of low-flying governance. 3. Frequently derogatory. Holding or characterized by opinions which give a high place to the authority and claims of the established church or state. Cf. high-flyer n. 4a. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Anglicanism > High Church > [adjective] Canterburian1570 high-flying1678 high1681 tantivy1681 Laudian1691 High Church1704 altitudinarian1752 Anglo-Catholic1838 society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > groups or attitudes right to left > [adjective] > right > authoritarian high-flown1640 high-flying1678 1678 V. Alsop Melius Inquirendum i. iii. 112 Many Church-men are none of the wisest, who are all for high-flying or high-trotting Counsels. 1695 Enq. Anc. Const. Eng. 32 Some high-flying Gentlemen, who if they could would make us all slaves to the King's absolute will. 1709 Refl. Sacheverell's Serm. 24 The High-flying Faction may call themselves Churchmen as long as they please. 1772 H. Walpole Last Jrnls. Mar. (1859) I. 40 Not indeed that high-flying Church under Bancroft and Laud, but the mild Church under Tillotson. 1840 Monthly Mag. Dec. 589 What becomes of all the high-flying talk of our veto-folks in the general assembly, and out of it, about Erastianism? 1897 Independent & Nonconformist 10 June 434/2 The high-flying Anglican who cannot bring himself to believe that there can be two Churches within the same realm at one and the same time. 1920 Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. 19 109 His [sc. Defoe's] party hatred carried him of his feet and his tongue reveled in abuse of his high-flying brethren. 1980 E. C. Mossner Life D. Hume (ed. 2) 274 He was always ranked as a Moderate by the High-Flying faction. 2002 D. Norbrook Poetry & Polit. in Eng. Renaissance iii. 59 The high-flying Bishop Bancroft began to make exalted claims for the divine right of episcopacy. Compounds high-flying Tory n. freq. derogatory (now historical) = high Tory n. ΚΠ 1708 J. Gay Old England's New Triumph 1/2 When the high-flying Tory Heard this fighting Story, His Heart sunk a foot from its Place. 1812 H. Maddock Acct. Life & Writings Lord Chancellor Somers 255 Another modern writer..has used so much research to establish the rights of the crown, and is ranked, by his enemies, amongst the high flying Tories. 1885 Deb. House of Commons (Canada) 10 Mar. 456/1 He stands forth as the only high flying Tory the Liberal-Conservative party ever produced. 1998 P. Jenkins in B. Bradshaw & P. Roberts Brit. Consciousness & Identity (2003) vii. 225 He was an indiscreet high-flying Tory moving into an area with a strong radical Whig presence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1549
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