单词 | judy |
释义 | Judyn. 1. colloquial (originally Irish English). A fool, a simpleton. Also Judy Fitzsimmons. Frequently in to make a Judy (Fitzsimmons) of oneself and variants. Now somewhat dated. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > fool, simpleton > [noun] boinarda1300 daffc1325 goky1377 nicea1393 unwiseman1400 totc1425 alphinc1440 dawc1500 hoddypeak1500 dawpatea1529 hoddypolla1529 noddy1534 kimec1535 coxcomb1542 sheep1542 sheep's head1542 goose1547 dawcock1556 nodgecock1566 peak-goosea1568 hottie tottie?c1570 Tom Towly1582 wittol1588 goose-cap1589 nodgecomb1592 ninny1593 chicken1600 fopdoodle16.. hoddy-noddy1600 hoddy-doddy1601 peagoose1606 fopster1607 nazold1607 nupson1607 wigeon1607 fondrel1613 simpleton1639 pigwidgeon1640 simpletonian1652 Tony1654 nizy1673 Simple Simon?1673 Tom Farthing1674 totty-head1680 cockcomb1684 cod1699 nikin1699 sap-pate1699 simpkin1699 mackninnya1706 gilly-gaupus?1719 noodle1720 sapskull1735 gobbin?1746 Judy1781 zanya1784 spoony1795 sap-head1798 spoon1799 gomerel1814 sap1815 neddy1818 milestone1819 sunket1823 sunketa1825 gawp1825 gawpy1825 gawpus1826 Tomnoddy1826 Sammy1828 tammie norie1828 Tommy1828 gom1834 noodlehead1835 nowmun1854 gum-sucker1855 flat-head1862 peggy1869 noodledum1883 jay1884 toot1888 peanut head1891 simp1903 sappyhead1922 Arkie1927 putz1928 steamer1932 jerk-off1939 drongo1942 galah1945 Charley1946 nong-nong1959 mouth-breather1979 twonk1981 1781 Bull-finch (new ed.) 80 You won't make a Judy of Dennis O Neal. 1784 J. O'Keeffe Poor Soldier ii. iii. 24 Eh!—what!—you marry her!—No such thing—put it out of your head, and don't make a Judy of yourself. 1818 Lady Morgan Florence Macarthy II. ii. 90 I wonder what the devil came over me, making a Judy Fitzsimmons of myself about nothing at all. 1837 Bentley's Misc. Jan. 43 Just going..to make a Judy Fitzsimmons mother of yourself! 1858 S. A. Hammett Piney Woods Tavern vi. 68 They called a meetin', and they made chairmin and secketaries, and passed resolutions, and made pretickelar Judies of theyselves ginerally. 1939 C. Morley Kitty Foyle 160 I learned a little about printers' proofs..so like a jolly Judy I offered to do it for him. 2001 S. Edwards White Dove ii. 44 He'd made a Judy of himself earlier. His own foolish need to prove himself had gotten him into this mess. 2. (The name of) the wife of Punch in the puppet show now known as a Punch and Judy show (cf. Punch n.5 1c); the puppet representing this character.The name Judy for Punch's wife appears to have replaced the earlier name Joan about the beginning of the 19th cent. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > puppetry > [noun] > character Punchinello1662 Punch1681 Judy1812 scaramouch1815 swatchel1854 1812 Morning Chron. 22 Sept. The entrance into this place of Messrs. Punch, Judy, and Co. whose histrionic fame, having first travelled, we believe, from Italy, has since spread over the whole of Europe. 1819 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 222/2 The frequent application of his [sc. Punch's] rod to Judy's back the most striking part of the performance. 1883 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 537/2 Every one is familiar with the modern hero of the puppet stage, who..slays poor faithful Judy. 1912 F. B. Money-Coutts Egypt & Other Poems 92 She is very shrill, is Judy, and has very little sense, So the red-nosed rascal batters her. 1929 J. B. Priestley Balconinny 15 The beach and promenade were crowded with Punches, Judies, babies, clowns, [etc.]. 2012 Hull Daily Mail (Nexis) 22 May 8 Mr Punch stands at more than 4ft tall while Judy measures about 76cm. 3. British slang. A woman, a girl; (also) a wife, girlfriend, or mistress (now somewhat dated).Originally sometimes with disparaging or contemptuous implication. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > woman > [noun] wifeeOE womaneOE womanOE queanOE brideOE viragoc1000 to wifeOE burdc1225 ladyc1225 carlinec1375 stotc1386 marec1387 pigsneyc1390 fellowa1393 piecec1400 femalea1425 goddessa1450 fairc1450 womankindc1450 fellowessa1500 femininea1513 tega1529 sister?1532 minikinc1540 wyec1540 placket1547 pig's eye1553 hen?1555 ware1558 pussy?a1560 jade1560 feme1566 gentlewoman1567 mort1567 pinnacea1568 jug1569 rowen1575 tarleather1575 mumps1576 skirt1578 piga1586 rib?1590 puppy1592 smock1592 maness1594 sloy1596 Madonna1602 moll1604 periwinkle1604 Partlet1607 rib of man1609 womanship?1609 modicum1611 Gypsy1612 petticoata1616 runniona1616 birda1627 lucky1629 she-man1640 her1646 lost rib1647 uptails1671 cow1696 tittup1696 cummer17.. wife1702 she-woman1703 person1704 molly1706 fusby1707 goody1708 riding hood1718 birdie1720 faggot1722 piece of goods1727 woman body1771 she-male1776 biddy1785 bitch1785 covess1789 gin1790 pintail1792 buer1807 femme1814 bibi1816 Judy1819 a bit (also bundle) of muslin1823 wifie1823 craft1829 shickster?1834 heifer1835 mot1837 tit1837 Sitt1838 strap1842 hay-bag1851 bint1855 popsy1855 tart1864 woman's woman1868 to deliver the goods1870 chapess1871 Dona1874 girl1878 ladykind1878 mivvy1881 dudess1883 dudette1883 dudine1883 tid1888 totty1890 tootsy1895 floozy1899 dame1902 jane1906 Tom1906 frail1908 bit of stuff1909 quim1909 babe1911 broad1914 muff1914 manhole1916 number1919 rossie1922 bit1923 man's woman1928 scupper1935 split1935 rye mort1936 totsy1938 leg1939 skinny1941 Richard1950 potato1957 scow1960 wimmin1975 womyn1975 womxn1991 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 182 Judy, a blowen; but sometimes used when speaking familiarly of any woman. 1865 Leaves from Diary Celebrated Burglar 5/1 One of the ‘guns’..not noticing his ‘judy’, where he had left her at coming in among the other ‘picking-up molls’, took a ‘granny’ at one of the private ‘lush’ boxes. 1866 Dewsbre Back at Mooin Olmenac 9 He went tul his wife at Wortley, an his Judy went to Rotherham. 1888 J. Runciman Chequers 80 There ain't a bloke round as has a judy wot'll go where I goes and hand over the wongur. 1938 J. Masefield Dead Ned 284 You'd ought to be careful with the judy. It's best to keep in her good books. 1973 Guardian 31 May 13/7 During a strike a man whose judy is working is obviously better off than the man with a wife and three kids about the house. 1988 R. Doyle Commitments (1991) 141 It's good.——Some great lookin' judies. 2007 T. E. Lightburn Shield & Shark 102 Well I'll be buggered... My judy's a VAD [i.e. a member of a Voluntary Aid Detachment] in Haslar. Compounds Judycow n. (also †Jewdicow) English regional (northern) (now rare) a ladybird; cf. cow-lady n. 1, ladycow n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > family Coccinellidae > member of (lady-bird) ladycow1583 golden knop1592 cow-lady1656 ladybird1673 lady-clock1682 lady fly1714 ladybeetle1766 ladybug1787 bishy barnabee1789 coccinella1815 soldier1848 Judycow1855 bishop1875 coccinellid1887 1796 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. (ed. 2) II. 327 Jewdicow, coccinella 7-punctata, the lady-bird. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 93 Judy-cow. 1868 Monthly Packet Feb. 172 I take our Cleveland provincial name for the lady-bird, one of several which we retain in daily use—Judy Cow. 1873 Uncle Tom's Stories v. 182 Oh! it's a ‘Judy Cow’, as nurse calls it. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 68/2 Judycow, one of several names for the Lady-bird. See Cow-lady, Lady-cow, Lady-clock. Judy puppet n. a puppet representing the character of Judy in a Punch and Judy show.In quot. 1897 in figurative context. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > puppetry > [noun] > puppet poppin1440 mammet1461 puppet1538 poppet1551 motion1602 puppy1640 neurospast1642 marionettea1645 poupée1785 fantoccini1791 scaramouch1815 shadow figure1851 Judy puppet1897 shadow puppet1923 rod puppet1930 string puppet1937 1897 Q. Rev. Oct. 331 They are simply Judy-puppets in the Policinello of conventionality. 2007 S. A. Weltman Performing the Victorian 124 The image of Punch and Judy permeates Ruskin's work and even his dreams; he describes one in which the Judy puppet ‘seemed to bruise under the blows’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1781 |
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