knick-knackyadj.

Forms: Also nick-nacky.

Etymology: < knick-knack n. + -y suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈknick-ˌknacky.

Of, pertaining to, knick-knacks; addicted to knick-knacks; affected, trifling.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > insubstantial > showy or fanciful but insubstantial > of the nature of specific things

pelfish1577

gewgaw1631

knick-knacky1797

gimcracky1820

knick-knackish1824

1797 A. M. Bennett Beggar Girl I. ii. 48 The parsonage, which the knick-knackey taste of the late incumbent had rendered like [etc.].

1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 10 201 That any nick-knacky gentleman, like Hope, could..inhale from Byron's works the spirit of his bold, satirical, and libertine genius.

1824 S. E. Ferrier Inheritance I. viii. 86 His dressing-room is..so neat and nick-nacky.

1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. 93 John Hallett..was rather knick-knacky in his tastes; a great patron of small inventions.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	knick-knacky
释义	knick-knackyadj. Forms: Also nick-nacky. Etymology: < knick-knack n. + -y suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈknick-ˌknacky. Of, pertaining to, knick-knacks; addicted to knick-knacks; affected, trifling. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > insubstantial > showy or fanciful but insubstantial > of the nature of specific things pelfish1577 gewgaw1631 knick-knacky1797 gimcracky1820 knick-knackish1824 1797 A. M. Bennett Beggar Girl I. ii. 48 The parsonage, which the knick-knackey taste of the late incumbent had rendered like [etc.]. 1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 10 201 That any nick-knacky gentleman, like Hope, could..inhale from Byron's works the spirit of his bold, satirical, and libertine genius. 1824 S. E. Ferrier Inheritance I. viii. 86 His dressing-room is..so neat and nick-nacky. 1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. 93 John Hallett..was rather knick-knacky in his tastes; a great patron of small inventions. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1797
随便看	muconic acid mucopeptide mucopeptides mucopeptone mucoperichondrial mucoperichondrium mucoperiosteal mucoperiosteum mucoperiostitis mucopolysaccharide mucopolysaccharides mucopolysaccharidosis mucoprotein mucoproteins mucopuriform mucopurulent mucopus mucor mucoraceous mucorine mucorinious mucorinous mucorioid mucormycosis mucormycotic