high-pitchadj.

Brit.

/ˌhʌɪˈpɪtʃ/, U.S.

/ˈˌhaɪˈpɪtʃ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: high adj., pitch n.²

Etymology: < high adj. + pitch n.², probably partly as alteration of high-pitched adj.

rare between early 17th and late 19th centuries.

= high-pitched adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [adjective] > type of roof

thatched1467

side?a1475

thacked1530

vaulted1552

shingleda1563

slated1611

unshingled1611

high-pitch1614

slate-pointed1648

killesed1649

hipped1663

pantiledc1672

overpitched1677

underpitched1677

low-pitcheda1684

pitched1773

theeked1792

peaked1797

shingle1810

thackless1810

choppered1818

wagon-headed1823

unlathed1854

break-back1856

shingly1857

saddleback1861

scaled1862

gambrelled1863

thatchy1864

weather-slated1870

thatchless1882

weather-tiled1887

monopitch1941

tile-roofed1962

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > [adjective] > high

higha1393

high-pitched1597

high-set1603

high-pitch1614

high-tuned1623

high-toned1754

high-keyed1830

upper1843

1614 J. Taylor Nipping of Abuses sig. I4 Some Poets.., whose high pitch lofty straines Are past the reach of euery vulgar wight.

1627 M. Drayton Elegies in Battaile Agincourt 188 To my part did all the Muses win, With high-pitch Pæans to applaud him in.

1875 J. C. Cox Notes on Churches of Derbyshire I. 195 The high-pitch roof of the nave.

1918 E. D. Shurter Oral Eng. & Public Speaking i. 28 One with a high-pitch voice..frequently talks with a nasal twang.

1938 C. A. Johnson Narr. Hist. Wise County, Va. iii. 19 Young folks joking, High pitch laughter.

1978 L. B. Smedes Love within Limits i. 2 In the high-pitch areas of life like sex, agony and ecstasy are sometimes hard to tell apart.

2013 Northern Territory (Austral.) News (Nexis) 16 Jan. 33 This 18m by 11m all-steel shed has a high-pitch roof.

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

单词	high-pitch
释义	high-pitchadj. Brit. /ˌhʌɪˈpɪtʃ/, U.S. /ˈˌhaɪˈpɪtʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: high adj., pitch n.² Etymology: < high adj. + pitch n.², probably partly as alteration of high-pitched adj. rare between early 17th and late 19th centuries. = high-pitched adj. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [adjective] > type of roof thatched1467 side?a1475 thacked1530 vaulted1552 shingleda1563 slated1611 unshingled1611 high-pitch1614 slate-pointed1648 killesed1649 hipped1663 pantiledc1672 overpitched1677 underpitched1677 low-pitcheda1684 pitched1773 theeked1792 peaked1797 shingle1810 thackless1810 choppered1818 wagon-headed1823 unlathed1854 break-back1856 shingly1857 saddleback1861 scaled1862 gambrelled1863 thatchy1864 weather-slated1870 thatchless1882 weather-tiled1887 monopitch1941 tile-roofed1962 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > [adjective] > high higha1393 high-pitched1597 high-set1603 high-pitch1614 high-tuned1623 high-toned1754 high-keyed1830 upper1843 1614 J. Taylor Nipping of Abuses sig. I4 Some Poets.., whose high pitch lofty straines Are past the reach of euery vulgar wight. 1627 M. Drayton Elegies in Battaile Agincourt 188 To my part did all the Muses win, With high-pitch Pæans to applaud him in. 1875 J. C. Cox Notes on Churches of Derbyshire I. 195 The high-pitch roof of the nave. 1918 E. D. Shurter Oral Eng. & Public Speaking i. 28 One with a high-pitch voice..frequently talks with a nasal twang. 1938 C. A. Johnson Narr. Hist. Wise County, Va. iii. 19 Young folks joking, High pitch laughter. 1978 L. B. Smedes Love within Limits i. 2 In the high-pitch areas of life like sex, agony and ecstasy are sometimes hard to tell apart. 2013 Northern Territory (Austral.) News (Nexis) 16 Jan. 33 This 18m by 11m all-steel shed has a high-pitch roof. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1614
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