meechingadj.

Brit.

/ˈmiːtʃɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈmitʃɪŋ/

Forms: 1600s meiching, 1600s– meeching, 1700s– meaching, 1800s meachin, 1800s mechin, 1800s meechin, 1900s– meechin'.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meech v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: Probably < meech v. + -ing suffix², although attested slightly earlier. Compare slightly earlier mitching adj. and meechering adj.

Now regional (chiefly New England).

Skulking, furtive; mean, cheap, contemptible; poor, obsequious.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > sneakiness > sneaky person > [adjective]

sneaking1582

makeshift1592

glibbery1601

meeching1616

sneaky1834

society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adjective] > underhand or sneaky

subornate1548

sneaking1582

sinistral1598

sinistruous1601

left-sided1607

left-handed1615

meeching1616

leer1631

backstabbing1803

sneaky1834

underhand1842

sneakish1864

underhanded1864

low-down1905

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > lurking, skulking > [adjective]

loutinga1325

louring?a1400

lurkingc1540

mitching1576

meechering1615

meeching1616

skulking1639

couchant1642

lurching1661

sliving1661

1616 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Scornful Ladie v. sig. H3 Sure shee has some Meeching raskall in her house.

a1625 J. Fletcher Noble Gentleman i. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Dd3/1 O my meiching varlet, I'le fit ye as I live.

1680 Revenge; or, Match in Newgate v. iii. 57 Dam ye for a Son of a Whore, how sneakingly do you beg—Remember the Poor—ye meeching Bitch.

1766 J. Adams Diary 2 Jan. (1961) I. 285 Meeching, sordid, stupid Creatures,..They deserve to be made Slaves to their own Negroes.

1792 Massachusetts Spy 22 Mar. 1/1 There is a kind of meaching souls in the world.

1801 Spirit of Farmer's Museum 287 We observed, however, that he had lantern jaws and a meaching look.

1836 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker (1837) 1st Ser. xv. 140 Father goes up to him, lookin as soft as dough, and as meechin as you please.

1844 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. II. 219 I gin her hand a leetle mechin shake.

1869 Harper's Mag. Jan. 193/2 Of old the contrast between the Southerner's proud self-assertion and the Northerner's meeching humility was inexpressibly mortifying to every thoughtful inhabitant of the free States.

1885 W. D. Howells Rise Silas Lapham ix. 153 I'm not going to have you do anything that will make you feel meeching afterward.

1944 H. Wentworth Amer. Dial. Dict. 383/1 Meech,..1926, Maine, ‘He was so meechin' that butter wouldn't melt in his mouth.’ Common.

1949 G. R. Stewart Earth Abides ii. v. 227 This year they are fat and proud and insolent—but who would wish his people to be mean and meeching!

1993 Flex Feb. 77/1 Now it's [sc. Finland] Russia's savior, a magnanimous benefactor for the blustering, big Red bear that has been reduced to nothing more than a meeching mendicant at Finland's feet.

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

单词	meeching
释义	meechingadj. Brit. /ˈmiːtʃɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmitʃɪŋ/ Forms: 1600s meiching, 1600s– meeching, 1700s– meaching, 1800s meachin, 1800s mechin, 1800s meechin, 1900s– meechin'. Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meech v., -ing suffix². Etymology: Probably < meech v. + -ing suffix², although attested slightly earlier. Compare slightly earlier mitching adj. and meechering adj. Now regional (chiefly New England). Skulking, furtive; mean, cheap, contemptible; poor, obsequious. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > sneakiness > sneaky person > [adjective] sneaking1582 makeshift1592 glibbery1601 meeching1616 sneaky1834 society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adjective] > underhand or sneaky subornate1548 sneaking1582 sinistral1598 sinistruous1601 left-sided1607 left-handed1615 meeching1616 leer1631 backstabbing1803 sneaky1834 underhand1842 sneakish1864 underhanded1864 low-down1905 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > lurking, skulking > [adjective] loutinga1325 louring?a1400 lurkingc1540 mitching1576 meechering1615 meeching1616 skulking1639 couchant1642 lurching1661 sliving1661 1616 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Scornful Ladie v. sig. H3 Sure shee has some Meeching raskall in her house. a1625 J. Fletcher Noble Gentleman i. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Dd3/1 O my meiching varlet, I'le fit ye as I live. 1680 Revenge; or, Match in Newgate v. iii. 57 Dam ye for a Son of a Whore, how sneakingly do you beg—Remember the Poor—ye meeching Bitch. 1766 J. Adams Diary 2 Jan. (1961) I. 285 Meeching, sordid, stupid Creatures,..They deserve to be made Slaves to their own Negroes. 1792 Massachusetts Spy 22 Mar. 1/1 There is a kind of meaching souls in the world. 1801 Spirit of Farmer's Museum 287 We observed, however, that he had lantern jaws and a meaching look. 1836 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker (1837) 1st Ser. xv. 140 Father goes up to him, lookin as soft as dough, and as meechin as you please. 1844 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. II. 219 I gin her hand a leetle mechin shake. 1869 Harper's Mag. Jan. 193/2 Of old the contrast between the Southerner's proud self-assertion and the Northerner's meeching humility was inexpressibly mortifying to every thoughtful inhabitant of the free States. 1885 W. D. Howells Rise Silas Lapham ix. 153 I'm not going to have you do anything that will make you feel meeching afterward. 1944 H. Wentworth Amer. Dial. Dict. 383/1 Meech,..1926, Maine, ‘He was so meechin' that butter wouldn't melt in his mouth.’ Common. 1949 G. R. Stewart Earth Abides ii. v. 227 This year they are fat and proud and insolent—but who would wish his people to be mean and meeching! 1993 Flex Feb. 77/1 Now it's [sc. Finland] Russia's savior, a magnanimous benefactor for the blustering, big Red bear that has been reduced to nothing more than a meeching mendicant at Finland's feet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1616
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