measlyadj.

Brit.

/ˈmiːzli/, U.S.

/ˈmizli/

Forms: 1500s (1800s English regional) measely, 1600s– measly, 1700s– measley, 1700s– meazly; also Scottish 1800s maeslie, 1800s mizlie, 1900s– mislie, 1900s– mizzlie.

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

Etymology: < measle, singular form of measles n. + -y suffix¹.

a. Esp. of a pig, or pork: affected with cysticercosis (see measles n. 2). Cf. measle adj., measled adj. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of pigs > [adjective]

measledc1350

measlea1398

sussemy1421

measly1598

the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > pork > [adjective] > affected with measles

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measlea1398

measly1598

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Ghiandoso, Ghiandifero, bearing or hauing akornes or maste. Also measely porke, or full of the glanders.

1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 89 She saw a Measly Hog come and Wash in the Water.

1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery xxi. 161 If you find little Kernels in the Fat of Pork, like Hail-shot..'tis measly, and dangerous to be eaten.

1778 Farmer's Mag. Sept. 298 When any little kernels appear in the fat, such meat is measly, and not fit for eating.

1885 J. Runciman Skippers & Shellbacks 5 What's the grub to-morrow? Measly pork again.

1964 M. Hynes Med. Bacteriol. (ed. 8) xxix. 452 Here they develop into a larval form or cysticercus cellulosae constituting ‘measly pork’.

1965 Clin. Orthopaedics No. 42. 165 (title) Measly muscle (Taenia solium in striated muscle).

1986 Internat. Jrnl. Zoonoses 13 129 The cattle pick up eggs from the pasture which were excreted by man through feces, who had eaten an infected meat (measly meat).

b. Of a person: infected with measles (measles n. 1a); having the rash of measles.

ΚΠ

1863 G. Meredith Let. 15 Apr. (1970) I. 199 By the way, my darling little man came home at Easter, measly exceedingly.

1956 Blakiston's New Gould Med. Dict. (ed. 2) Measly, infected with measles; having or spotted with measles.

1986 Woman's Realm 10 May 53/3 The measly child needs..tender, loving care.

2. Of or relating to measles; resembling measles. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > eruptive diseases > [adjective] > measles

measledc1350

measly1696

rubeola1771

morbillous1775

rubeolous1795

rubeoloid1820

rubeolar1825

phoenicistic1858

1696 J. Pechey tr. T. Sydenham Whole Wks. v. iii. 188 In the first two Months that this sort of Measles appeared, a measly Fever here and there intervened.

1802 W. Heberden, Jr. tr. W. Heberden Comm. Hist. & Cure Dis. vii. 20 Distinguished from the measley efflorescence.

1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 356 The measley tubercles that form the second [kind of hydatids in swine].

1882 Catholic World Sept. 864 Donna had scared her more than once..by ‘poking into fever-holes’ as well as ‘measly places’, and had been strictly forbidden..to go where ‘there was anything catchin'’.

1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 576 A dark measly rash.

1971 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. 284 391 (title) Measly lesions.

3. colloquial. Inferior, contemptible, of little value; paltry. Of a person: mean, stingy. Cf. measled adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > wretchedness > [adjective]

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bum1878

shag-bag1888

snidey1890

pathetic1900

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > paltry, mean, or contemptible

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not worth a cress (kerse)1377

the value of a rushc1380

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dribbling1600

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pissy1922

crappy1928

two-bit1932

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chickenshit1934

pissing1937

penny packet1943

farkakte1960

pony1964

gay1978

1847 D. Jerrold Hist. St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) xxiv. 130/2 The principle, like the pig, may be a very fine principle..yet the one buyer, because the only one, may chaffer for it as though the goods were a very measly principle indeed.

1864 M. E. Braddon Henry Dunbar II. xi. 212 The audacity to offer a measly hundred pounds or so for the discovery of a great crime!

1872 Punch 27 July 39/2 That was a fine old hen..but..the others were a measly lot.

1892 I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto I. 302 Greenwich, where they take you girls for a measly day's holiday once a year.

1924 E. Hemingway Let. 19 July (2013) II. 135 In all other arts the more meazly and shitty the guy, I.E. Joyce, the greater the success in his art.

1973 J. Porter It's Murder with Dover vi. 55 Ten measly years in the nick doesn't worry anybody.

1989 A. Burgess Any Old Iron i. 37 Discharged with his measly pension, already a mature man of thirty-six, he would write to show up the infamy of the world.

4. Blotchy, spotted; (Photography) (see quot. 1876).

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > [adjective] > spotted

spotteda1325

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engoutedc1450

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notate1857

maculiferous1863

spot-skin1871

naevous1890

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > a photograph > qualities and effects > [adjective] > mottled appearance

measly1849

mealy1876

1849 Southern Q. Rev. July 338 Line-engravings..on close inspection, like miniature maps of the city of Philadelphia..; measly stipples and vague lithographs make up our popular collections.

1876 W. de W. Abney Instr. Photogr. (ed. 3) 110 The result would be ‘measly’ or mealy prints—i.e. prints in which minute red spots alternate with darker ones in the shadows after fixing.

1891 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 254 The remainder, after even an hour's soaking were only a very measley brown.

1898 Christian Herald (N.Y.) 5 Jan. 4/4 The slushy custards; the jaundiced or measly biscuits.

1985 F. Raphael Heaven & Earth ii. 42 The snort of a mauve Mini, measly with rust, drew his attention to the street.

Compounds

measly-looking adj.

ΚΠ

1838 R. S. Surtees Jorrocks's Jaunts 35 Where are you going with that meazly-looking cab of your's?

1869 T. B. Aldrich Story Bad Boy 29 A measly-looking little boy with no shoes.

1995 Star Tribune (Minneapolis) 7 Aug. a21 Even the measly looking 0.3 percent of GDP represented by 1994 international spending still amounts to $20 billion in real dollars.

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

单词	measly
释义	measlyadj. Brit. /ˈmiːzli/, U.S. /ˈmizli/ Forms: 1500s (1800s English regional) measely, 1600s– measly, 1700s– measley, 1700s– meazly; also Scottish 1800s maeslie, 1800s mizlie, 1900s– mislie, 1900s– mizzlie. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: English measle , measles n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < measle, singular form of measles n. + -y suffix¹. 1. a. Esp. of a pig, or pork: affected with cysticercosis (see measles n. 2). Cf. measle adj., measled adj. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of pigs > [adjective] measledc1350 measlea1398 sussemy1421 measly1598 the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > pork > [adjective] > affected with measles measledc1350 measlea1398 measly1598 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Ghiandoso, Ghiandifero, bearing or hauing akornes or maste. Also measely porke, or full of the glanders. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 89 She saw a Measly Hog come and Wash in the Water. 1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery xxi. 161 If you find little Kernels in the Fat of Pork, like Hail-shot..'tis measly, and dangerous to be eaten. 1778 Farmer's Mag. Sept. 298 When any little kernels appear in the fat, such meat is measly, and not fit for eating. 1885 J. Runciman Skippers & Shellbacks 5 What's the grub to-morrow? Measly pork again. 1964 M. Hynes Med. Bacteriol. (ed. 8) xxix. 452 Here they develop into a larval form or cysticercus cellulosae constituting ‘measly pork’. 1965 Clin. Orthopaedics No. 42. 165 (title) Measly muscle (Taenia solium in striated muscle). 1986 Internat. Jrnl. Zoonoses 13 129 The cattle pick up eggs from the pasture which were excreted by man through feces, who had eaten an infected meat (measly meat). b. Of a person: infected with measles (measles n. 1a); having the rash of measles. ΚΠ 1863 G. Meredith Let. 15 Apr. (1970) I. 199 By the way, my darling little man came home at Easter, measly exceedingly. 1956 Blakiston's New Gould Med. Dict. (ed. 2) Measly, infected with measles; having or spotted with measles. 1986 Woman's Realm 10 May 53/3 The measly child needs..tender, loving care. 2. Of or relating to measles; resembling measles. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > eruptive diseases > [adjective] > measles measledc1350 measly1696 rubeola1771 morbillous1775 rubeolous1795 rubeoloid1820 rubeolar1825 phoenicistic1858 1696 J. Pechey tr. T. Sydenham Whole Wks. v. iii. 188 In the first two Months that this sort of Measles appeared, a measly Fever here and there intervened. 1802 W. Heberden, Jr. tr. W. Heberden Comm. Hist. & Cure Dis. vii. 20 Distinguished from the measley efflorescence. 1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 356 The measley tubercles that form the second [kind of hydatids in swine]. 1882 Catholic World Sept. 864 Donna had scared her more than once..by ‘poking into fever-holes’ as well as ‘measly places’, and had been strictly forbidden..to go where ‘there was anything catchin'’. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 576 A dark measly rash. 1971 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. 284 391 (title) Measly lesions. 3. colloquial. Inferior, contemptible, of little value; paltry. Of a person: mean, stingy. Cf. measled adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > wretchedness > [adjective] unledeeOE sorryOE evila1131 usellc1175 wanlichec1275 bad1276 sorry1372 meana1375 caitiff1393 loddera1400 woefula1400 foulc1400 wretched1450 meschant?1473 unselc1480 peevisha1522 miser1542 scurvy?1577 forlorn1582 villainous1582 measled1596 lamented1611 thrallfula1618 despicable1635 deplorable1642 so-and-so1656 poorish1657 squalida1660 lamentable1676 mesquina1706 shan1714 execrable1738 quisby1807 hole in the wall1822 measly1847 bum1878 shag-bag1888 snidey1890 pathetic1900 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > paltry, mean, or contemptible unworthlyc1230 wretcha1250 seely1297 vilec1320 not worth a cress (kerse)1377 the value of a rushc1380 threadbarec1412 wretched1450 miserable?a1513 rascal1519 prettya1522 not worth a whistlea1529 pegrall1535 plack1539 pelting1540 scald1542 sleeveless1551 baggage1553 paltering1553 piddling1559 twopenny1560 paltry1565 rubbish1565 baggagely1573 pelfish1577 halfpenny1579 palting1579 baubling1581 three-halfpenny1581 pitiful1582 triobolar1585 squirting1589 not worth a lousea1592 hedge1596 cheap1597 peddling1597 dribbling1600 mean1600 rascally1600 three-farthingc1600 draughty1602 dilute1605 copper1609 peltry?a1610 threepenny1613 pelsy1631 pimping1640 triobolary1644 pigwidgeon1647 dustya1649 fiddling1652 puddlinga1653 insignificant1658 piteous1667 snotty1681 scrubbed1688 dishonourable1699 scrub1711 footy1720 fouty1722 rubbishing1731 chuck-farthing1748 rubbishy1753 shabby1753 scrubby1754 poxya1758 rubbishly1777 waff-like1808 trinkety1817 meanish1831 one-eyed1843 twiddling1844 measly1847 poking1850 picayunish1852 vild1853 picayune1856 snide1859 two-cent1859 rummagy1872 faddling1883 finicking1886 slushy1889 twopence halfpenny1890 jerk1893 pissy1922 crappy1928 two-bit1932 piddly1933 chickenshit1934 pissing1937 penny packet1943 farkakte1960 pony1964 gay1978 1847 D. Jerrold Hist. St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) xxiv. 130/2 The principle, like the pig, may be a very fine principle..yet the one buyer, because the only one, may chaffer for it as though the goods were a very measly principle indeed. 1864 M. E. Braddon Henry Dunbar II. xi. 212 The audacity to offer a measly hundred pounds or so for the discovery of a great crime! 1872 Punch 27 July 39/2 That was a fine old hen..but..the others were a measly lot. 1892 I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto I. 302 Greenwich, where they take you girls for a measly day's holiday once a year. 1924 E. Hemingway Let. 19 July (2013) II. 135 In all other arts the more meazly and shitty the guy, I.E. Joyce, the greater the success in his art. 1973 J. Porter It's Murder with Dover vi. 55 Ten measly years in the nick doesn't worry anybody. 1989 A. Burgess Any Old Iron i. 37 Discharged with his measly pension, already a mature man of thirty-six, he would write to show up the infamy of the world. 4. Blotchy, spotted; (Photography) (see quot. 1876). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > [adjective] > spotted spotteda1325 spotty1340 splotty1382 scawed1398 engoutedc1450 dropped1611 measled1634 fly-bitten1639 maculated1646 bedrop1658 polluted1667 diced1671 puncticular1671 pantherine1753 parded1806 guttular1811 naevose1847 pellucido-punctate1847 measly1849 notate1857 maculiferous1863 spot-skin1871 naevous1890 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > a photograph > qualities and effects > [adjective] > mottled appearance measly1849 mealy1876 1849 Southern Q. Rev. July 338 Line-engravings..on close inspection, like miniature maps of the city of Philadelphia..; measly stipples and vague lithographs make up our popular collections. 1876 W. de W. Abney Instr. Photogr. (ed. 3) 110 The result would be ‘measly’ or mealy prints—i.e. prints in which minute red spots alternate with darker ones in the shadows after fixing. 1891 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 254 The remainder, after even an hour's soaking were only a very measley brown. 1898 Christian Herald (N.Y.) 5 Jan. 4/4 The slushy custards; the jaundiced or measly biscuits. 1985 F. Raphael Heaven & Earth ii. 42 The snort of a mauve Mini, measly with rust, drew his attention to the street. Compounds measly-looking adj. ΚΠ 1838 R. S. Surtees Jorrocks's Jaunts 35 Where are you going with that meazly-looking cab of your's? 1869 T. B. Aldrich Story Bad Boy 29 A measly-looking little boy with no shoes. 1995 Star Tribune (Minneapolis) 7 Aug. a21 Even the measly looking 0.3 percent of GDP represented by 1994 international spending still amounts to $20 billion in real dollars. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1598
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