mawkyadj.

Brit.

/ˈmɔːki/, U.S.

/ˈmɔki/,

/ˈmɑki/

Forms: 1700s mucky (Scottish), 1700s– mawky, 1800s– mauchie, 1800s– mauchy, 1800s– maukie, 1800s– mauky.

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

Etymology: < mawk n. + -y suffix¹. Compare earlier mawkish adj.

a. = mawkish adj. 2. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > insipidity > [adjective]

wallowc897

smatchless?c1225

unsavoury?c1225

fresha1398

savourlessa1398

wearish1398

wershed1398

fond?c1430

unsavoured1435

palled1440

mildc1450

walsh1513

wallowish1548

dead1552

waterish1566

cold1585

flatten1594

seasonless1595

wersha1599

blown1600

flash1601

fatuous1608

tasteless1611

flat1617

insipid1620

ingustable1623

flashy1625

flatted1626

saltless1633

gustless1636

remiss1655

rheumatical1655

untasteable1656

vapid1656

exolete1657

distasted1662

vappous1673

insulse1676

toothless1679

mawkisha1697

intastable1701

waugh1703

impoignant1733

flavourless1736

instimulating1740

deadish1742

mawky1755

brineless1791

wishy-washy1791

keestless1802

shilpit1814

wish-washy1814

sapidless1821

silent1826

slushy1839

bland1878

spendsavour1879

wish-wash1896

dolled1917

spiceless1980

1755 G. A. Stevens Birth-day of Folly 18 Bumpers of punch, and nipperkins of stum, Of windy cyder, and of mawky mum.

1881 Oxfordshire Gloss. Suppl. 90 Mawky, over-sweet.

1909 W. S. Gilbert Fallen Fairies ii, in Orig. Plays (1911) IV. 219 Good-looking men are effete and effeminate. As for variety, they haven't got any—Morbidly mild in their mawky monotony!

b. = mawkish adj. 3. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [adjective]

sugary1591

maudlina1631

mawkish1702

sickly1766

emetic1770

mawky1773

pamby1820

sentimental1823

saccharine1841

sticky1841

mushy1848

sentimentalizing1856

Christmas card1860

maumish1866

slobbery1875

namby-pamby1883

sloppy1883

slushy1889

sentimentalistic1904

marshmallowy1907

hearts and flowers1911

slobby1913

soppy1918

meltyc1921

lavender1928

saccharescent1930

schmaltzya1934

sloshy1933

gooey1935

icky1938

cheesy1943

drippy1952

soupy1953

squishy1953

saccharined1962

gloopy1965

yechy1969

yucky1970

sucky1971

yuck1971

schmoozy1976

1773 J. Robertson Poems (rev. ed.) 55 When he [sc. Solomon] had got his quantum suff [of trifling], Or rather more than was enough, He wisely said—‘That Life, alas! Was Vanitatum vanitas’: But when he conquer'd mawky Spleen, He wisely trifled on again.

1830 ‘J. Bee’ Ess. in S. Foote Dramatic Wks. (new ed.) I. p. xxiii Even John Dryden penned none but mawky plays, nor did Byron succeed at all as a dramatist.

1865 R. D. Blackmore Let. 19 Apr. in 19th-cent. Fiction (1955) 10 181 I find myself to have been unduly squeamish and mawky; so I hope my letter came too late.

a. Full of maggots; maggoty. Now British regional.

ΚΠ

a1779 D. Graham Antient Hist. Buck-Haven (1782) 20 How his midder sell'd mucky mutton.

1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Mawky, magotty, N.

1856 G. Henderson Pop. Rhymes Berwick 83 Mawky kail wi' mony stowans; Rampan bread and porritch muddy.

1950 in Sc. National Dict. at Mauk n. Meat wad soon go mauchy in this weather.

1963 H. Orton & W. J. Halliday Surv. Eng. Dial. I. ii. 421 Heaving with maggots... Mawky.

b. Whimsical, foolishly fanciful. Cf. maggoty adj. 1a. Now British regional.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > capricious or whimsical

startfulmood?a1300

wildc1350

volage?a1366

gerfulc1374

geryc1386

wild-headeda1400

skittishc1412

gerish1430

shittle1440

shittle-witted1448

runningc1449

volageous1487

glaikit1488

fantasious1490

giggish1523

tickle or light of the sear?1530

fantastical1531

wayward1531

wantona1538

peevish1539

light-headed1549

humoral1573

unstaid1579

shittle-headed1580

toy-headed1581

fangled1587

humorous1589

choiceful1591

toyish1598

tricksy1598

skip-brain1603

capricious1605

humoursome1607

planetary1607

vertiginous1609

whimsieda1625

ingiddied1628

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toysome1638

cocklec1640

mercurial1647

garish1650

maggoty1650

kicksey-winseya1652

freakish1653

humourish1653

planetic1653

whimsical1653

shittle-braineda1655

freaking1663

maggoty-headed1667

maggot-pated1681

hoity-toity1690

maggotish1693

maggot-headeda1695

whimsy-headed1699

fantasque1701

crotchetly1702

quixotic1718

volatile1719

holloweda1734

conundrumical1743

flighty1768

fly-away1775

dizzy1780

whimmy1785

shy1787

whimming1787

quirky1789

notional1791

tricksome1815

vagarish1819

freakful1820

faddy1824

moodish1827

mawky1837

erratic1841

rockety1843

quirkish1848

maggoty-pated1850

crotchetya1854

freaksome1854

faddish1855

vagrom1882

fantasied1883

vagarisome1883

on-and-offish1888

tricksical1889

freaky1891

hobby-horsical1893

quirksome1896

temperamental1907

up and down1960

untogether1969

fanciful-

fantastic-

1837 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades 466 We can neither understand, nor relish, this mauky affectation of candour on the part of our former friend.

1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 109 Mawky, maggoty, whimsical, hypochondriac.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mawky
释义	mawkyadj. Brit. /ˈmɔːki/, U.S. /ˈmɔki/, /ˈmɑki/ Forms: 1700s mucky (Scottish), 1700s– mawky, 1800s– mauchie, 1800s– mauchy, 1800s– maukie, 1800s– mauky. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mawk n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < mawk n. + -y suffix¹. Compare earlier mawkish adj. 1. a. = mawkish adj. 2. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > insipidity > [adjective] wallowc897 smatchless?c1225 unsavoury?c1225 fresha1398 savourlessa1398 wearish1398 wershed1398 fond?c1430 unsavoured1435 palled1440 mildc1450 walsh1513 wallowish1548 dead1552 waterish1566 cold1585 flatten1594 seasonless1595 wersha1599 blown1600 flash1601 fatuous1608 tasteless1611 flat1617 insipid1620 ingustable1623 flashy1625 flatted1626 saltless1633 gustless1636 remiss1655 rheumatical1655 untasteable1656 vapid1656 exolete1657 distasted1662 vappous1673 insulse1676 toothless1679 mawkisha1697 intastable1701 waugh1703 impoignant1733 flavourless1736 instimulating1740 deadish1742 mawky1755 brineless1791 wishy-washy1791 keestless1802 shilpit1814 wish-washy1814 sapidless1821 silent1826 slushy1839 bland1878 spendsavour1879 wish-wash1896 dolled1917 spiceless1980 1755 G. A. Stevens Birth-day of Folly 18 Bumpers of punch, and nipperkins of stum, Of windy cyder, and of mawky mum. 1881 Oxfordshire Gloss. Suppl. 90 Mawky, over-sweet. 1909 W. S. Gilbert Fallen Fairies ii, in Orig. Plays (1911) IV. 219 Good-looking men are effete and effeminate. As for variety, they haven't got any—Morbidly mild in their mawky monotony! b. = mawkish adj. 3. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [adjective] sugary1591 maudlina1631 mawkish1702 sickly1766 emetic1770 mawky1773 pamby1820 sentimental1823 saccharine1841 sticky1841 mushy1848 sentimentalizing1856 Christmas card1860 maumish1866 slobbery1875 namby-pamby1883 sloppy1883 slushy1889 sentimentalistic1904 marshmallowy1907 hearts and flowers1911 slobby1913 soppy1918 meltyc1921 lavender1928 saccharescent1930 schmaltzya1934 sloshy1933 gooey1935 icky1938 cheesy1943 drippy1952 soupy1953 squishy1953 saccharined1962 gloopy1965 yechy1969 yucky1970 sucky1971 yuck1971 schmoozy1976 1773 J. Robertson Poems (rev. ed.) 55 When he [sc. Solomon] had got his quantum suff [of trifling], Or rather more than was enough, He wisely said—‘That Life, alas! Was Vanitatum vanitas’: But when he conquer'd mawky Spleen, He wisely trifled on again. 1830 ‘J. Bee’ Ess. in S. Foote Dramatic Wks. (new ed.) I. p. xxiii Even John Dryden penned none but mawky plays, nor did Byron succeed at all as a dramatist. 1865 R. D. Blackmore Let. 19 Apr. in 19th-cent. Fiction (1955) 10 181 I find myself to have been unduly squeamish and mawky; so I hope my letter came too late. 2. a. Full of maggots; maggoty. Now British regional. ΚΠ a1779 D. Graham Antient Hist. Buck-Haven (1782) 20 How his midder sell'd mucky mutton. 1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Mawky, magotty, N. 1856 G. Henderson Pop. Rhymes Berwick 83 Mawky kail wi' mony stowans; Rampan bread and porritch muddy. 1950 in Sc. National Dict. at Mauk n. Meat wad soon go mauchy in this weather. 1963 H. Orton & W. J. Halliday Surv. Eng. Dial. I. ii. 421 Heaving with maggots... Mawky. b. Whimsical, foolishly fanciful. Cf. maggoty adj. 1a. Now British regional. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > capricious or whimsical startfulmood?a1300 wildc1350 volage?a1366 gerfulc1374 geryc1386 wild-headeda1400 skittishc1412 gerish1430 shittle1440 shittle-witted1448 runningc1449 volageous1487 glaikit1488 fantasious1490 giggish1523 tickle or light of the sear?1530 fantastical1531 wayward1531 wantona1538 peevish1539 light-headed1549 humoral1573 unstaid1579 shittle-headed1580 toy-headed1581 fangled1587 humorous1589 choiceful1591 toyish1598 tricksy1598 skip-brain1603 capricious1605 humoursome1607 planetary1607 vertiginous1609 whimsieda1625 ingiddied1628 whimsy1637 toysome1638 cocklec1640 mercurial1647 garish1650 maggoty1650 kicksey-winseya1652 freakish1653 humourish1653 planetic1653 whimsical1653 shittle-braineda1655 freaking1663 maggoty-headed1667 maggot-pated1681 hoity-toity1690 maggotish1693 maggot-headeda1695 whimsy-headed1699 fantasque1701 crotchetly1702 quixotic1718 volatile1719 holloweda1734 conundrumical1743 flighty1768 fly-away1775 dizzy1780 whimmy1785 shy1787 whimming1787 quirky1789 notional1791 tricksome1815 vagarish1819 freakful1820 faddy1824 moodish1827 mawky1837 erratic1841 rockety1843 quirkish1848 maggoty-pated1850 crotchetya1854 freaksome1854 faddish1855 vagrom1882 fantasied1883 vagarisome1883 on-and-offish1888 tricksical1889 freaky1891 hobby-horsical1893 quirksome1896 temperamental1907 up and down1960 untogether1969 fanciful- fantastic- 1837 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades 466 We can neither understand, nor relish, this mauky affectation of candour on the part of our former friend. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 109 Mawky, maggoty, whimsical, hypochondriac. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1755
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