long-nebbedadj.

Brit.

/lɒŋˈnɛbd/, U.S.

/ˈlɔŋˌnɛbd/,

/ˈlɑŋˌnɛbd/, Scottish English

/lɔŋˈnɛbd/, Irish English

/lɒːŋˈnɛbd/

Forms:

α. 1600s long neb'd, 1800s– long-nebbed; Scottish 1700s long naibbed, 1800s– long-nebbed, 1800s– long-nebbit; Irish English (northern) 1900s– long-nebbed.

β. Scottish 1700s lang-nebit, 1700s– lang-nebbed, 1700s– lang-nebbit Brit. /laŋˈnɛbɪt/, U.S. /ˈlæŋˌnɛbət/, Scottish English /laŋˈnɛbɪt/, Irish English /laŋˈnɛbɪt/, 1800s lang-nebbid (Orkney), 1800s lang-neebit (north-eastern), 1900s lang-nebbet.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: long adj.¹, nebbed adj.

Etymology: < long adj.¹ + nebbed adj.

Chiefly Scottish and Irish English (northern).

1. Provided with a long or tapering point or end.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [adjective] > having (a) point(s)

piked?a1300

pickedc1450

needle-pointed1565

thorny-pointed1594

long-nebbed1649

fitchy1650

cuspidated1668

spit-pointed1796

pin-pointed1859

needlenose1911

1649 Severall Proc. Parl. No. 12. 144 They shall weare no..Long neb'd Shooes, or Bootes; no Silke-Garters at all, no Shooe-Strings better then Ferret of Cotton Ribban.

1858 Sc. Haggis (new ed.) 122 Twa or three hours spinnin' aboot a wheen meeserable lang-nebbed bottles.

1899 J. Buchan Grey Weather 225 D' ye ken the lang-nebbit hill which cocks its tap abune the Clachlands heid?

1995 A. Fenton Craiters iii. 100 In a meenit ey'd aa stoppit an swung up eir binoculars or their lang-nebbit telephoto cameras.

2. Curious, inquisitive, prying. Formerly also: †sharp, acute, alert to one's own interest or advantage (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > [adjective] > unduly

curiousa1340

inquisitive1529

prying1552

peering1568

speculative1605

emissitious1620

peeking1680

mousing1692

peery1699

long-nebbed1706

inquisitorial1796

nosy1827

nebby1860

inscrutive1882

rootin' tootin'1882

snoopy1895

stickybeak1917

nibby1942

pirooting1958

1706 in H. Paton Rep. MSS Earl of Mar & Kellie (1904) 247 Secretarys are long naibbed things not to be medled with.

1720 A. Ramsay Rise & Fall of Stocks 32 Impos'd on by lang-nebbit juglers Stock-jobbers, brokers [etc.].

1815 J. Ruickbie Poems 239 O ye lang-nebbit pryin' race, Who kittle words an' letters trace.

1955 J. Beith Corbies 122 There'll be no long-nebbit busy-body speiring where I am the night.

1990 L. Todd Words Apart 109 Golong you longnebbed crayther. Don't you stick your long, quiverin nose in my business again.

3. That has a long nose, snout, bill, etc. Frequently (esp. in early use) used to designate a supernatural creature.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having a snout > having a long nose

long-nosed1552

long-nebbed1732

long-nose1781

snipy1825

1732 North-country Grace in J. Row Wounds Kirk Scotl. (Dublin ed.) 23 Bless us free aw Witches and Warlocks, and aw lang Nebbed Things that creeps intill Heather.

1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf ii. in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 51 They say there's a sort o' worricows and lang-nebbed things about the land.

1822 J. Hogg Three Perils of Man I. i. 15 What are all your saints and lang nebbit spirits to me?

1873 J. Proudfoot Scotchman in Amer. 95 The lang-nebbed whaup's complaint Is heard in dolefu' whistle.

1890 W. Morris Roots of Mountains xxxviii. 289 There came forth an ill-favoured lean old man, long-nebbed, blear-eyed, and bent.

1908 Strand Oct. 413 The many ‘lang nebbit’ birds that follow the same profession as the Snipe..like the Curlew and the Ibis.

1992 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 17 Dec. 16 Cyrano de Bergerac—the lang-nebbed Gascon poet, duellist, and lover by proxy.

2007 A. McCall Smith World According to Bertie (2008) xxx. 101 Another couple of people—a lang-nebbit woman wearing a sort of Paisley shawl and a man in a brown tweed coat.

4. Of a word: long, polysyllabic; (hence) difficult, learned, esp. as used in a showy or grandiose manner. Of language or a text: that uses such words; pretentious, pedantic.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > showy or gaudy

flashya1690

tawdry1696

long-nebbed1818

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > laboured or pedantic

tricked1549

pedantical1592

laboured1613

pedantic1631

laborious1657

stiff1664

long-nebbed1818

stiltified1820

stiltish1824

overwrought1839

uncolloquial1840

stilty1845

Ollendorffian1848

literose1859

stilted1874

Hisperic1904

1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck II. 96 Let me hear nae mair o' sickan lang-nebbit fine-spun arguments.

1828 J. G. Lockhart Noctes Ambrosianae in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 114 It gars me unawaures use lang-nebbed classical words, in preference to my mither tongue.

1854 Macphail's Edinb. Eccl. Jrnl. June 287 ‘One of the most remarkable men in our country’, to use a long-nebbed American phrase.

1881 L. B. Walford Dick Netherby in Good Words 332/2 What wi' her lang-nebbit English words I kenna gif my head or my heels is boon-most.

1912 J. L. Waugh Robbie Doo 184 It was beautifu' and edifyin' to hear him caa' his gird, usin' queer-soondin' lang-nebbet words.

1957 Mearns Leader 21 June 6/1 Accordin' tae the Dominie wi' his lang-nebbit wirds.

1994 A. Gray Hist. Maker xv My pedantical lang-nebbed notes at the end try to emphasize that.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	long-nebbed
释义	long-nebbedadj. Brit. /lɒŋˈnɛbd/, U.S. /ˈlɔŋˌnɛbd/, /ˈlɑŋˌnɛbd/, Scottish English /lɔŋˈnɛbd/, Irish English /lɒːŋˈnɛbd/ Forms: α. 1600s long neb'd, 1800s– long-nebbed; Scottish 1700s long naibbed, 1800s– long-nebbed, 1800s– long-nebbit; Irish English (northern) 1900s– long-nebbed. β. Scottish 1700s lang-nebit, 1700s– lang-nebbed, 1700s– lang-nebbit Brit. /laŋˈnɛbɪt/, U.S. /ˈlæŋˌnɛbət/, Scottish English /laŋˈnɛbɪt/, Irish English /laŋˈnɛbɪt/, 1800s lang-nebbid (Orkney), 1800s lang-neebit (north-eastern), 1900s lang-nebbet. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: long adj.¹, nebbed adj. Etymology: < long adj.¹ + nebbed adj. Chiefly Scottish and Irish English (northern). 1. Provided with a long or tapering point or end. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [adjective] > having (a) point(s) piked?a1300 pickedc1450 needle-pointed1565 thorny-pointed1594 long-nebbed1649 fitchy1650 cuspidated1668 spit-pointed1796 pin-pointed1859 needlenose1911 1649 Severall Proc. Parl. No. 12. 144 They shall weare no..Long neb'd Shooes, or Bootes; no Silke-Garters at all, no Shooe-Strings better then Ferret of Cotton Ribban. 1858 Sc. Haggis (new ed.) 122 Twa or three hours spinnin' aboot a wheen meeserable lang-nebbed bottles. 1899 J. Buchan Grey Weather 225 D' ye ken the lang-nebbit hill which cocks its tap abune the Clachlands heid? 1995 A. Fenton Craiters iii. 100 In a meenit ey'd aa stoppit an swung up eir binoculars or their lang-nebbit telephoto cameras. 2. Curious, inquisitive, prying. Formerly also: †sharp, acute, alert to one's own interest or advantage (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > [adjective] > unduly curiousa1340 inquisitive1529 prying1552 peering1568 speculative1605 emissitious1620 peeking1680 mousing1692 peery1699 long-nebbed1706 inquisitorial1796 nosy1827 nebby1860 inscrutive1882 rootin' tootin'1882 snoopy1895 stickybeak1917 nibby1942 pirooting1958 1706 in H. Paton Rep. MSS Earl of Mar & Kellie (1904) 247 Secretarys are long naibbed things not to be medled with. 1720 A. Ramsay Rise & Fall of Stocks 32 Impos'd on by lang-nebbit juglers Stock-jobbers, brokers [etc.]. 1815 J. Ruickbie Poems 239 O ye lang-nebbit pryin' race, Who kittle words an' letters trace. 1955 J. Beith Corbies 122 There'll be no long-nebbit busy-body speiring where I am the night. 1990 L. Todd Words Apart 109 Golong you longnebbed crayther. Don't you stick your long, quiverin nose in my business again. 3. That has a long nose, snout, bill, etc. Frequently (esp. in early use) used to designate a supernatural creature. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having a snout > having a long nose long-nosed1552 long-nebbed1732 long-nose1781 snipy1825 1732 North-country Grace in J. Row Wounds Kirk Scotl. (Dublin ed.) 23 Bless us free aw Witches and Warlocks, and aw lang Nebbed Things that creeps intill Heather. 1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf ii. in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 51 They say there's a sort o' worricows and lang-nebbed things about the land. 1822 J. Hogg Three Perils of Man I. i. 15 What are all your saints and lang nebbit spirits to me? 1873 J. Proudfoot Scotchman in Amer. 95 The lang-nebbed whaup's complaint Is heard in dolefu' whistle. 1890 W. Morris Roots of Mountains xxxviii. 289 There came forth an ill-favoured lean old man, long-nebbed, blear-eyed, and bent. 1908 Strand Oct. 413 The many ‘lang nebbit’ birds that follow the same profession as the Snipe..like the Curlew and the Ibis. 1992 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 17 Dec. 16 Cyrano de Bergerac—the lang-nebbed Gascon poet, duellist, and lover by proxy. 2007 A. McCall Smith World According to Bertie (2008) xxx. 101 Another couple of people—a lang-nebbit woman wearing a sort of Paisley shawl and a man in a brown tweed coat. 4. Of a word: long, polysyllabic; (hence) difficult, learned, esp. as used in a showy or grandiose manner. Of language or a text: that uses such words; pretentious, pedantic. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > showy or gaudy flashya1690 tawdry1696 long-nebbed1818 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > laboured or pedantic tricked1549 pedantical1592 laboured1613 pedantic1631 laborious1657 stiff1664 long-nebbed1818 stiltified1820 stiltish1824 overwrought1839 uncolloquial1840 stilty1845 Ollendorffian1848 literose1859 stilted1874 Hisperic1904 1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck II. 96 Let me hear nae mair o' sickan lang-nebbit fine-spun arguments. 1828 J. G. Lockhart Noctes Ambrosianae in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 114 It gars me unawaures use lang-nebbed classical words, in preference to my mither tongue. 1854 Macphail's Edinb. Eccl. Jrnl. June 287 ‘One of the most remarkable men in our country’, to use a long-nebbed American phrase. 1881 L. B. Walford Dick Netherby in Good Words 332/2 What wi' her lang-nebbit English words I kenna gif my head or my heels is boon-most. 1912 J. L. Waugh Robbie Doo 184 It was beautifu' and edifyin' to hear him caa' his gird, usin' queer-soondin' lang-nebbet words. 1957 Mearns Leader 21 June 6/1 Accordin' tae the Dominie wi' his lang-nebbit wirds. 1994 A. Gray Hist. Maker xv My pedantical lang-nebbed notes at the end try to emphasize that. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1649
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