单词 | in a funk |
释义 | > as lemmasin a funk 1. Originally Oxford University. A state of panic, extreme nervousness, agitation, etc.; utter fear or terror. Esp. in in a funk. Also figurative. Cf. blue funk n. (a) at blue adj. and n. Compounds 1d.Not always clearly distinguishable from funk n.5 2, esp. in the phrase in a funk; see note at that entry. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > [noun] > cowering or blenching > state of cowering fear funk1743 1743 E. Lye Junius's Etymologicum Anglicanum (at cited word) Funk vox Academicis Oxon. familiaris. to be in a funk. vett. Flandris fonck est Turba, perturbatio. in de fonck siin, Turbari, tumultuari, in perturbatione versari. [Funk is a word familiar to the academics of Oxford. to be in a funk. In Old Flemish fonck is turmoil, agitation. in de fonck siin, to be agitated, to be in tumult, to be in a state of perturbation.] 1765 in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Earl of Eglinton (1885) 390 in Parl. Papers 1884–5 (C. 4575) XLIV. 1 Poor Todd..is said to be in a violent funk. 1767 T. Bridges Homer Travestie (ed. 2) I. v. 173 Venus, as haps to many a punk, Has been in such a woeful funk. 1827 T. De Quincey On Murder in Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 204/1 The horrid panic or ‘funk’ (as the men of Eton call it) in which Des Cartes must have found himself. 1839 C. Napier 9 Apr. in W. N. Bruce Life Gen. C. Napier (1885) iv. 127 Funk is the order of the day. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. III. xi. 209 There is no sign of anything like funk amongst our fellows. 1874 M. Collins Transmigr. II. xi. 183 With all my heroism, I was in a frightful funk. 1929 ‘E. Queen’ Rom. Hat Myst. iii. 32 The boy was plainly in a funk. His eyes rolled alarmingly. 1996 Independent (Nexis) 10 Mar. (Business section) 2 The bond market, already in a funk, panicked. 2011 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 31 Oct. (Sports section) 4 After Andy Kirk's fortuitous finish, Dundee United were in a frightful funk. Panicked defenders swiped at crosses... On the sidelines, manager Peter Houston pleaded for calm. in a funk 2. Originally Scottish. A state or fit of gloom, bad temper, depression, irritation, etc. Esp. in in a funk. Cf. blue funk n. (b) at blue adj. and n. Compounds 1d.Not always clearly distinguishable from funk n.4 1, esp. in the phrase in a funk; some early uses there may instead represent this sense, although they are not of Scottish origin: see, for example, quot. 1767 at funk n.4 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [noun] melancholya1393 morosity1534 distemperature1571 distemperance1574 diverseness1574 sullennessa1586 spleen1596 distemper1604 mustinessa1625 canker?1635 distemperedness1649 moroseness1653 tetricalness1653 moodiness1694 dishumour1712 ill humour1748 sulkiness1760 stuff1787 funk1808 sumphishness1830 spleenishness1847 moodishness1857 grouchiness1925 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > with the foot > kicking > a kick spurna1300 kick1530 yark1581 wince1612 pote1781 funk1808 spang1863 leather1883 root1907 boot1942 hoof1985 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) In a funk, in a surly state, or in a fit of passion. Loth. 1834 Aberdeen Shaver 6 Feb. 46 Lizzy has left me, gone in a funk! 1885 A. J. Armstrong Friend & Foe 195 It puts me in a funk that I canna dae naething. 1885 Bulletin (Sydney) 19 Sept. 14/2 Then disgusted, at length, cried Joanna: ‘I will slither straight back to Aunt Hannah’; So she flies, in a funk, With a half-corded trunk, Leaving ‘fairwel’ scratched on the pi-anner. 1901 Boy's Own Paper 24 Aug. 751/3 Although I was in such an awful funk, I nearly burst out roaring with laughter at some of the things I saw. 1935 J. Conroy World to Win ii. vii. 157 The last few months Danny had been in a funk... Robert did not know what to make of Danny. If I had two novels published, and a third under contract, I'd be happy as a lark, he thought. 1990 J. Bradshaw Homecoming iv. 93 Critical words can put us in a funk for a week. 2014 A. Todd After we Fell lxxxvi. 468 You're in a funk, Tessa, and as your friend and mentor, it's my responsibility to get you out of it. < as lemmas |
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