† inconyadj.

Forms: Also inconie, in-conie, in conie, inconey, in conye.

Etymology: A cant word, prevalent about 1600, of unascertained origin. It appears to have rhymed with money , compare coney n.¹ Suggestions as to its derivation are that it represents French inconnu , or Italian incognito , unknown; that it is a variation of uncanny , unconny incautious, etc. (see canny adj. and adv.); that it is connected with unco unknown, strange, etc.; but none of these is free from difficulty.

Obsolete.

a. ? Rare, fine, delicate, pretty, ‘nice’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > delicate or dainty

finea1375

dely?c1400

delicate?a1425

minionate1496

minion1528

minion1529

gingerly1534

daintyc1540

minikin1545

daint1590

inconyc1592

minic1598

delicated1605

minical1668

finickingc1749

minionette1749

dinky1788

daintified1834

airy-fairy1837

mignon1837

minny1942

c1592 C. Marlowe Jew of Malta iv. v[i.] Let music rumble Whilst I in thy incony lap do tumble.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iii. i. 132 Clow. My sweete ouce of mans flesh, my in-conie Iew.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. i. 141 Clo... O my troth most sweete iestes, most inconie vulgar wit.

1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. I2 O I haue sport in cony Ifaith.

1602 T. Dekker Blurt Master-Constable sig. C3 It makes you haue oh a most in-conie bodie.

a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub iv. i, in Wks. (1640) III O super-dainty Chanon! Vicar in coney! Make no delay, Miles, but away; And bring the wench and money.

b. adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adverb] > delicately or daintily

gingerly?1520

minionly1545

daintily1561

daintly1563

minikinly1580

delicately1587

incony?1602

dainty1610

airily1823

?1602 Narcissus (MS Bodl. Rawl. poet. 212) (1893) 122 Hang it yonder, & twill make mee act in conye.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	incony
释义	† inconyadj. Forms: Also inconie, in-conie, in conie, inconey, in conye. Etymology: A cant word, prevalent about 1600, of unascertained origin. It appears to have rhymed with money , compare coney n.¹ Suggestions as to its derivation are that it represents French inconnu , or Italian incognito , unknown; that it is a variation of uncanny , unconny incautious, etc. (see canny adj. and adv.); that it is connected with unco unknown, strange, etc.; but none of these is free from difficulty. Obsolete. a. ? Rare, fine, delicate, pretty, ‘nice’. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > delicate or dainty finea1375 dely?c1400 delicate?a1425 minionate1496 minion1528 minion1529 gingerly1534 daintyc1540 minikin1545 daint1590 inconyc1592 minic1598 delicated1605 minical1668 finickingc1749 minionette1749 dinky1788 daintified1834 airy-fairy1837 mignon1837 minny1942 c1592 C. Marlowe Jew of Malta iv. v[i.] Let music rumble Whilst I in thy incony lap do tumble. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iii. i. 132 Clow. My sweete ouce of mans flesh, my in-conie Iew. View more context for this quotation 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. i. 141 Clo... O my troth most sweete iestes, most inconie vulgar wit. View more context for this quotation 1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. I2 O I haue sport in cony Ifaith. 1602 T. Dekker Blurt Master-Constable sig. C3 It makes you haue oh a most in-conie bodie. a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub iv. i, in Wks. (1640) III O super-dainty Chanon! Vicar in coney! Make no delay, Miles, but away; And bring the wench and money. View more context for this quotation b. adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adverb] > delicately or daintily gingerly?1520 minionly1545 daintily1561 daintly1563 minikinly1580 delicately1587 incony?1602 dainty1610 airily1823 ?1602 Narcissus (MS Bodl. Rawl. poet. 212) (1893) 122 Hang it yonder, & twill make mee act in conye. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.c1592
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