† mackerel-backn.adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mackerel n.¹, back n.¹

Etymology: < mackerel n.¹ + back n.¹

Obsolete.

A. n.

1. slang. A tall, thin person.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [noun] > and thinness > person

lungis1572

gangrel1582

slangrel1592

maypole1600

slangam1611

mackerel-back1674

spider-catcher1699

gilly-gaupus?1719

tangle1778

beanpole1798

windlestraw1818

lankyc1863

narrowback1921

leptosome1931

string-bean1936

streak1941

1674 T. Duffett Empress of Morocco Epil. 3 Where's Mack'rel back and Jilting-Sue?

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Mackarel-back, a very tall, lank Person.

2. = mackerel sky n. at mackerel n.¹ Compounds 2.The quot. is perhaps an example of the adjective.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [noun] > a cloud > cumulus > cirro-cumulus

cirro-cumulus1803

mackerel-back1814

sonder-cloud1816

mackerel clouds1830

mackerel flecks1940

1814 G. J. Singer Elem. Electr. iii. iii. 275 A mackarel-back, or mottled sky.

B. adj.

Of clouds, sky: dappled like the marks on a mackerel's back. Cf. mackerel sky n. at mackerel n.¹ Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [adjective] > cloudy or overcast > dappled with clouds

purfled1602

fleecy1645

mackerel-backed1785

flecked1810

mackerel-back1844

1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 249 At other times it is..mottled like a mackerel's back, when it is called the ‘mackerel-back sky’.

1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Sept. 1/2 In some places the clouds were what we sailors call ‘mackerel back’.

Derivatives

mackerel-backed adj. (a) slang long-backed (obsolete); (b) mackerel-backed sky: = mackerel sky n. at mackerel n.¹ Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [adjective] > cloudy or overcast > dappled with clouds

purfled1602

fleecy1645

mackerel-backed1785

flecked1810

mackerel-back1844

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > back > [adjective] > types of

straight-backed14..

lute-backed1601

hog-backed1611

broad-backed1651

pig-backed1716

humpbacked1762

mackerel-backed1785

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Mackarel backed, long backed.

1865 Intellectual Observer 8 257 Cirro~cumulus, or a ‘mackerel-backed’ sky.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	mackerel-back
释义	† mackerel-backn.adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mackerel n.¹, back n.¹ Etymology: < mackerel n.¹ + back n.¹ Obsolete. A. n. 1. slang. A tall, thin person. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [noun] > and thinness > person lungis1572 gangrel1582 slangrel1592 maypole1600 slangam1611 mackerel-back1674 spider-catcher1699 gilly-gaupus?1719 tangle1778 beanpole1798 windlestraw1818 lankyc1863 narrowback1921 leptosome1931 string-bean1936 streak1941 1674 T. Duffett Empress of Morocco Epil. 3 Where's Mack'rel back and Jilting-Sue? 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Mackarel-back, a very tall, lank Person. 2. = mackerel sky n. at mackerel n.¹ Compounds 2.The quot. is perhaps an example of the adjective. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [noun] > a cloud > cumulus > cirro-cumulus cirro-cumulus1803 mackerel-back1814 sonder-cloud1816 mackerel clouds1830 mackerel flecks1940 1814 G. J. Singer Elem. Electr. iii. iii. 275 A mackarel-back, or mottled sky. B. adj. Of clouds, sky: dappled like the marks on a mackerel's back. Cf. mackerel sky n. at mackerel n.¹ Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [adjective] > cloudy or overcast > dappled with clouds purfled1602 fleecy1645 mackerel-backed1785 flecked1810 mackerel-back1844 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 249 At other times it is..mottled like a mackerel's back, when it is called the ‘mackerel-back sky’. 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Sept. 1/2 In some places the clouds were what we sailors call ‘mackerel back’. Derivatives mackerel-backed adj. (a) slang long-backed (obsolete); (b) mackerel-backed sky: = mackerel sky n. at mackerel n.¹ Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [adjective] > cloudy or overcast > dappled with clouds purfled1602 fleecy1645 mackerel-backed1785 flecked1810 mackerel-back1844 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > back > [adjective] > types of straight-backed14.. lute-backed1601 hog-backed1611 broad-backed1651 pig-backed1716 humpbacked1762 mackerel-backed1785 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Mackarel backed, long backed. 1865 Intellectual Observer 8 257 Cirro~cumulus, or a ‘mackerel-backed’ sky. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.adj.1674
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