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单词 in a funk
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in 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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