† lightyadj.

Forms: see light n.¹ and -y suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: light n.¹, -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < light n.¹ + -y suffix¹.Compare Middle Dutch luchtich (Dutch lichtig), Middle Low German lüchtich, luchtich, lichtich, Old High German liuhtīg (Middle High German liehtec), all in the sense ‘bright, shining’.

Obsolete.

1. Full of light, bright, shining.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > [adjective]

lighteOE

lightfulc1384

lightyc1384

unshadowed1593

unshaded1638

darkless1641

undimmed1723

shadowlessc1810

undimc1838

unbedimmed1840

undark1876

undarkened1889

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xvii. 5 Loo! a liȝty [L. lucida] cloude shadewid hem.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Luke xi. 34 If thin iȝe be symple, al thi bodi schal be liȝti [E.V. c1384 Douce 369(2) liȝtful, a1425 Corpus Oxf. liȝti; L. lucidum].

2. Enlightened, well-informed.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > [adjective] > educated or taught > well

well-itowenc1225

well-taughtc1275

lighty?a1425

groundlyc1449

well-informeda1500

well-entered1548

well-instructed1553

well-trained1562

well-educated1598

well-tutored1600

tutored1601

illuminated1661

well-cultured1760

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > enlightenment > [adjective]

lightOE

lighty?a1425

lightened?1492

enlightened1578

illuminate1579

lightsome1587

illuminated1661

?a1425 (a1396) W. Hilton Scale of Perfection (Lamb. 472) (2000) ii. xxvii. l. 1723 This hundredfolde that a soule schal have yif he forsake the worlde is not ellis but the profight of this lighti merkenesse, that I calle the gate of contemplacioun.

1562 W. Turner Bk. Natures Bathes Eng. f. 1, in 2nd Pt. Herball In this our lightye and learned tyme.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	lighty
释义	† lightyadj. Forms: see light n.¹ and -y suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: light n.¹, -y suffix¹. Etymology: < light n.¹ + -y suffix¹.Compare Middle Dutch luchtich (Dutch lichtig), Middle Low German lüchtich, luchtich, lichtich, Old High German liuhtīg (Middle High German liehtec), all in the sense ‘bright, shining’. Obsolete. 1. Full of light, bright, shining. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > [adjective] lighteOE lightfulc1384 lightyc1384 unshadowed1593 unshaded1638 darkless1641 undimmed1723 shadowlessc1810 undimc1838 unbedimmed1840 undark1876 undarkened1889 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xvii. 5 Loo! a liȝty [L. lucida] cloude shadewid hem. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Luke xi. 34 If thin iȝe be symple, al thi bodi schal be liȝti [E.V. c1384 Douce 369(2) liȝtful, a1425 Corpus Oxf. liȝti; L. lucidum]. 2. Enlightened, well-informed. ΘΚΠ society > education > [adjective] > educated or taught > well well-itowenc1225 well-taughtc1275 lighty?a1425 groundlyc1449 well-informeda1500 well-entered1548 well-instructed1553 well-trained1562 well-educated1598 well-tutored1600 tutored1601 illuminated1661 well-cultured1760 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > enlightenment > [adjective] lightOE lighty?a1425 lightened?1492 enlightened1578 illuminate1579 lightsome1587 illuminated1661 ?a1425 (a1396) W. Hilton Scale of Perfection (Lamb. 472) (2000) ii. xxvii. l. 1723 This hundredfolde that a soule schal have yif he forsake the worlde is not ellis but the profight of this lighti merkenesse, that I calle the gate of contemplacioun. 1562 W. Turner Bk. Natures Bathes Eng. f. 1, in 2nd Pt. Herball In this our lightye and learned tyme. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < adj.c1384
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