atomyn.¹

Brit.

/ˈatəmi/, U.S.

/ˈædəmi/

Forms: 1500s atomi (plural), 1500s ottamie (plural), 1500s–1600s attomie, 1500s– atomy, 1600s atomye, 1600s attomé.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: English atomi , atomus , atom n.

Etymology: < atomi, plural of atomus, variant of atom n. (see α. forms at that entry), interpreted as singular.In later use perhaps influenced by atomy n.² 2; compare the following:1596 C. Fitzgeffry Sir Francis Drake sig. G4 Anatomize me into atomies.1611 W. Barksted Hiren sig. B2^v The kingly Eagle strikes through Atomie, Those little moates that barre him from the Sun.

1. An atom, a mote (cf. atom n. III.). Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a piece or bit > a particle

grotc888

crumba1387

motec1390

particlea1398

pointa1400

specka1400

atomy1584

moment1594

dust1597

pickle1604

mite1605

atom1626

iota1636

ramentum1658

bodikin1668

part1669

dustling1674

scintilla1674

minim1686

fleck1753

molecule1799

heartbeat1855

particule1889

1584 J. Lyly Sapho & Phao iii. iii. sig. E Of Acornes comes Oakes, of droppes floudes, of sparkes flames of Atomies Elementes.

1595 G. Markham Most Honorable Trag. Sir R. Grinuile sig. E6 Thicker then in sunne are Atomies, Flew bullets.

1614 T. R. in T. Overbury et al. Wife now Widdow Country Newes sig. G^v Circumstances are the atomies of policie.

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. ii. 227 It is as easie to count Atomies as to resolue the propositions of a Louer.

1620 Swetnam Arraigned (1880) 37 I would hew thy flesh Smaller then Attomés.

1787 W. Wallbeck Fables xl. 114 Had it come to pass, Instead of being a mere Ass, His Atomies had clang together In shape of Horse.

1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities i. v. 19 Hunger was shred into atomies in every farthing porringer of husky chips of potato.

1879 Ld. Tennyson Lover's Tale (new ed.) 65 A broad And solid beam of isolated light, Crowded with driving atomies.

1935 E. R. Eddison Mistress ii. 39 The low sun..filled the soft air with atomies of sublimated gold.

1995 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Island of Day Before 167 The phenomenon of attraction occurs, which..is not distant and therefore not magic but takes place through the constant intercourse of atomies.

2. A diminutive or tiny being; a mite. Cf. atom n. 9a. archaic or regional in later use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > [noun] > small

atomy1597

fingerling1864

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. iv. 59 Drawne with a teeme of little Atomi [1623 Atomies], A thwart mens noses.

1605 P. Woodhouse Flea (1877) 19 If with this atomye I should contend.

1614 W. B. tr. Philosophers Banquet (1633) sig. B 2 That little window,..the delicacie whereof, not the least creature, or attomie in the world, but by accident, may sore offend.

1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies iii. 332 I suppose you have come here to laugh at me, you spiteful little atomy?

1934 R. Kipling in Strand Mag. Apr. 350/1 Why waste time fighting atomies who do not come up to your belly-button?

1948 M. Carbery & E. Grey Herts. Heritage 58 Atomies, children, small creatures.

2001 Scotsman (Nexis) 27 Oct. 14 Using her father's camera, she produced photographs of her young cousin, Elsie, apparently eying the slim..alluringly-winged and prettily-garbed atomies.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

atomyn.²

Brit.

/ˈatəmi/, U.S.

/ˈædəmi/

Forms:

α. 1600s– atomy, 1700s otamy, 1700s otomy, 1800s 'ottomy, 1800s ottomy (Irish English); English regional (northern and midlands) 1700s– ottomy, 1800s– otomy; also Scottish pre-1700 attomie.

β. English regional (midlands) 1800s– ottamies, 1800s– ottimaze, 1800s– ottimize.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: anatomy n.

Etymology: Shortened < anatomy n. (see forms at that entry). Compare earlier notomy n.In β. forms perhaps shortened < anatomize v.

1. A skeleton. Cf. anatomy n. 9, notomy n. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skeleton > [noun]

bonesOE

notomy1487

rames1497

charnel1562

skelet1565

skeleton1578

anatomy1591

atomy1597

cadavera1682

bonework1753

osteology1854

scaffolding1886

1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae sig. B 2 With deadlie visage paill and wan, mair like ane attomie nor man, I widderit cleine away.

1728 J. Gay Beggar's Opera ii. i. 19 He is among the Otamys at Surgeon's Hall.

1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. iv. iii. 347 My bones..will be taken up smooth, and white, and bare as an atomy.

1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers xiii. 146 His sides..looked just like an atomy, ribs and all.

1929 M. Summers Vampire v. 302 If the bones..are white and dry... the atomy is ceremonially washed in wine and water..and it is devoutly interred.

2. In extended use and figurative.

a. An emaciated or withered living body, a walking skeleton. Cf. anatomy n. 8. Now English regional.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [noun] > thin shape > person having

staffc1405

notomy1487

rakea1529

crag1542

scrag1542

sneakbill1546

starveling1546

slim1548

ghost1590

bald-rib1598

bare-bone1598

bow-case1599

atomy1600

sneaksbill1602

thin-gut1602

anatomya1616

sharg1623

skeleton1630

raw-bone1635

living skeleton1650

strammel1706

scarecrow1711

rickle of bones1729

shargar1754

squeeze-crab1785

rack of bones1804

thread-paper1824

bag of bones1838

dry-bones1845

skinnymalink1870

hairpin1879

slim jim1889

skinny1907

underweight1910

asthenic1925

ectomorph1940

skinny-malinky1957

matchstick1959

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. iv. 29 You starude blood-hound..Thou Atomy [1623 Anatomy], thou.

1681 R. Knox Hist. Relation Ceylon 124 Consumed to an Atomy, having nothing left but skin to cover his Bones.

1738 J. Swift Treat. Polite Conversat. 41 Why, my Lord, she was handsome in her Time; but... I hear she's grown a mere Otomy.

1792 A. F. Tytler tr. F. Schiller Robbers ii. 107 A few poor atomies that had not the strength to crawl to their doors.

1864 B. Lloyd Ladies Polcarrow 149 ‘We should have wasted to atomies if we had a-stayed in that terrible bad place any longer,’ said Ursula.

1912 J. S. Fletcher Fine Air of Morning iii. 304 ‘Did I see a maid wi' red hair a-passin' along of the road day afore yesterday as ever was?’ said this old atomy of skin and bone. ‘In course I did!’

1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 11/2 Atomy... Descriptive of a skeletal person. ‘Reight atomy 'e is. Jes like a bloody skellington.’

†b. Chiefly in the work of Dickens: a spindly or skeletal thing. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > loss of material > that which results from

anatomy1606

atomy1846

1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) ix. 86 Withered atomies of teaspoons.

1855 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. iv. 28 A bedstead with four bare atomies of posts, each terminating in a spike.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	atomy
释义	atomyn.¹ Brit. /ˈatəmi/, U.S. /ˈædəmi/ Forms: 1500s atomi (plural), 1500s ottamie (plural), 1500s–1600s attomie, 1500s– atomy, 1600s atomye, 1600s attomé. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: English atomi , atomus , atom n. Etymology: < atomi, plural of atomus, variant of atom n. (see α. forms at that entry), interpreted as singular.In later use perhaps influenced by atomy n.² 2; compare the following:1596 C. Fitzgeffry Sir Francis Drake sig. G4 Anatomize me into atomies.1611 W. Barksted Hiren sig. B2^v The kingly Eagle strikes through Atomie, Those little moates that barre him from the Sun. 1. An atom, a mote (cf. atom n. III.). Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a piece or bit > a particle grotc888 crumba1387 motec1390 particlea1398 pointa1400 specka1400 atomy1584 moment1594 dust1597 pickle1604 mite1605 atom1626 iota1636 ramentum1658 bodikin1668 part1669 dustling1674 scintilla1674 minim1686 fleck1753 molecule1799 heartbeat1855 particule1889 1584 J. Lyly Sapho & Phao iii. iii. sig. E Of Acornes comes Oakes, of droppes floudes, of sparkes flames of Atomies Elementes. 1595 G. Markham Most Honorable Trag. Sir R. Grinuile sig. E6 Thicker then in sunne are Atomies, Flew bullets. 1614 T. R. in T. Overbury et al. Wife now Widdow Country Newes sig. G^v Circumstances are the atomies of policie. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. ii. 227 It is as easie to count Atomies as to resolue the propositions of a Louer. View more context for this quotation 1620 Swetnam Arraigned (1880) 37 I would hew thy flesh Smaller then Attomés. 1787 W. Wallbeck Fables xl. 114 Had it come to pass, Instead of being a mere Ass, His Atomies had clang together In shape of Horse. 1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities i. v. 19 Hunger was shred into atomies in every farthing porringer of husky chips of potato. 1879 Ld. Tennyson Lover's Tale (new ed.) 65 A broad And solid beam of isolated light, Crowded with driving atomies. 1935 E. R. Eddison Mistress ii. 39 The low sun..filled the soft air with atomies of sublimated gold. 1995 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Island of Day Before 167 The phenomenon of attraction occurs, which..is not distant and therefore not magic but takes place through the constant intercourse of atomies. 2. A diminutive or tiny being; a mite. Cf. atom n. 9a. archaic or regional in later use. ΘΚΠ the world > life > [noun] > small atomy1597 fingerling1864 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. iv. 59 Drawne with a teeme of little Atomi [1623 Atomies], A thwart mens noses. View more context for this quotation 1605 P. Woodhouse Flea (1877) 19 If with this atomye I should contend. 1614 W. B. tr. Philosophers Banquet (1633) sig. B 2 That little window,..the delicacie whereof, not the least creature, or attomie in the world, but by accident, may sore offend. 1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies iii. 332 I suppose you have come here to laugh at me, you spiteful little atomy? 1934 R. Kipling in Strand Mag. Apr. 350/1 Why waste time fighting atomies who do not come up to your belly-button? 1948 M. Carbery & E. Grey Herts. Heritage 58 Atomies, children, small creatures. 2001 Scotsman (Nexis) 27 Oct. 14 Using her father's camera, she produced photographs of her young cousin, Elsie, apparently eying the slim..alluringly-winged and prettily-garbed atomies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). atomyn.² Brit. /ˈatəmi/, U.S. /ˈædəmi/ Forms: α. 1600s– atomy, 1700s otamy, 1700s otomy, 1800s 'ottomy, 1800s ottomy (Irish English); English regional (northern and midlands) 1700s– ottomy, 1800s– otomy; also Scottish pre-1700 attomie. β. English regional (midlands) 1800s– ottamies, 1800s– ottimaze, 1800s– ottimize. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: anatomy n. Etymology: Shortened < anatomy n. (see forms at that entry). Compare earlier notomy n.In β. forms perhaps shortened < anatomize v. 1. A skeleton. Cf. anatomy n. 9, notomy n. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skeleton > [noun] bonesOE notomy1487 rames1497 charnel1562 skelet1565 skeleton1578 anatomy1591 atomy1597 cadavera1682 bonework1753 osteology1854 scaffolding1886 1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae sig. B 2 With deadlie visage paill and wan, mair like ane attomie nor man, I widderit cleine away. 1728 J. Gay Beggar's Opera ii. i. 19 He is among the Otamys at Surgeon's Hall. 1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. iv. iii. 347 My bones..will be taken up smooth, and white, and bare as an atomy. 1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers xiii. 146 His sides..looked just like an atomy, ribs and all. 1929 M. Summers Vampire v. 302 If the bones..are white and dry... the atomy is ceremonially washed in wine and water..and it is devoutly interred. 2. In extended use and figurative. a. An emaciated or withered living body, a walking skeleton. Cf. anatomy n. 8. Now English regional. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [noun] > thin shape > person having staffc1405 notomy1487 rakea1529 crag1542 scrag1542 sneakbill1546 starveling1546 slim1548 ghost1590 bald-rib1598 bare-bone1598 bow-case1599 atomy1600 sneaksbill1602 thin-gut1602 anatomya1616 sharg1623 skeleton1630 raw-bone1635 living skeleton1650 strammel1706 scarecrow1711 rickle of bones1729 shargar1754 squeeze-crab1785 rack of bones1804 thread-paper1824 bag of bones1838 dry-bones1845 skinnymalink1870 hairpin1879 slim jim1889 skinny1907 underweight1910 asthenic1925 ectomorph1940 skinny-malinky1957 matchstick1959 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. iv. 29 You starude blood-hound..Thou Atomy [1623 Anatomy], thou. 1681 R. Knox Hist. Relation Ceylon 124 Consumed to an Atomy, having nothing left but skin to cover his Bones. 1738 J. Swift Treat. Polite Conversat. 41 Why, my Lord, she was handsome in her Time; but... I hear she's grown a mere Otomy. 1792 A. F. Tytler tr. F. Schiller Robbers ii. 107 A few poor atomies that had not the strength to crawl to their doors. 1864 B. Lloyd Ladies Polcarrow 149 ‘We should have wasted to atomies if we had a-stayed in that terrible bad place any longer,’ said Ursula. 1912 J. S. Fletcher Fine Air of Morning iii. 304 ‘Did I see a maid wi' red hair a-passin' along of the road day afore yesterday as ever was?’ said this old atomy of skin and bone. ‘In course I did!’ 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 11/2 Atomy... Descriptive of a skeletal person. ‘Reight atomy 'e is. Jes like a bloody skellington.’ †b. Chiefly in the work of Dickens: a spindly or skeletal thing. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > loss of material > that which results from anatomy1606 atomy1846 1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) ix. 86 Withered atomies of teaspoons. 1855 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. iv. 28 A bedstead with four bare atomies of posts, each terminating in a spike. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹1584n.²1597
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