nebsyadj.

Brit.

/ˈnɛbzi/, U.S.

/ˈnɛbzi/, Scottish English

/ˈnɛbzɪ/

Forms: English regional (northern) 1800s– nebsy; Scottish 1800s neypsie, 1800s– nebsy, 1900s– nebsie.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: neb n., -sy suffix².

Etymology: < neb n. + -sy suffix².

Scottish and English regional (northern).

†1. Scottish. Prim, precise. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Neypsie, prim, precise in manners.

2. Brusque; impudent, cheeky; ill-natured. Cf. nebby adj. 2. Sc. National Dict. at nebsie records the sense in use in east Lothian in 1963.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adjective]

thristec897

bolda1000

keen1297

apert1330

smartc1400

malaperta1425

overbolda1425

affronted1485

saucy1511

impertinata1525

over-familiar1529

pert1535

cocket1537

cockapert1556

contumelious1561

impudent1563

brass-bold1582

pertlike1582

paughtya1586

audacious1586

copped1597

effronted1598

petulant1598

dortya1605

rufty-tufty1606

facy1607

snappish1608

bold-faceda1616

over-pert1621

impertinent1631

procacious1660

insolent1678

calleting1691

effrontuousa1734

imperent1771

free1775

sassy1799

pawky1809

iron-sideda1825

gilpie1835

cheeky1838

fresh1843

snouty1858

nebby1873

gay1889

nebsy1894

nervy1896

brass neck1925

facety1928

facey1929

brass-necked1935

chutzpadik1959

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adjective] > curt or brusque

short1390

cutted1530

snappish1542

abrupt1578

stunt1581

blunt1590

brusquea1639

snapping1642

blatec1650

brisk1665

bluff1705

offhand1708

prerupt1727

squab1737

prompt1768

crisp1814

brief1818

stuntya1825

curt1831

snappy1834

bluffy1844

nebby1873

offhandish1886

nebsy1894

1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Nebby or nebsy, having a sharp, impertinent, and ill-natured manner. ‘A clarty, nebsy body’.

1896 P. A. Graham Red Scaur 273 Simon's wife's a nebsy clatterin body.

1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 218 Nebsy, impudent. ‘A nebsie cratur.’

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nebsy
释义	nebsyadj. Brit. /ˈnɛbzi/, U.S. /ˈnɛbzi/, Scottish English /ˈnɛbzɪ/ Forms: English regional (northern) 1800s– nebsy; Scottish 1800s neypsie, 1800s– nebsy, 1900s– nebsie. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: neb n., -sy suffix². Etymology: < neb n. + -sy suffix². Scottish and English regional (northern). †1. Scottish. Prim, precise. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Neypsie, prim, precise in manners. 2. Brusque; impudent, cheeky; ill-natured. Cf. nebby adj. 2. Sc. National Dict. at nebsie records the sense in use in east Lothian in 1963. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adjective] thristec897 bolda1000 keen1297 apert1330 smartc1400 malaperta1425 overbolda1425 affronted1485 saucy1511 impertinata1525 over-familiar1529 pert1535 cocket1537 cockapert1556 contumelious1561 impudent1563 brass-bold1582 pertlike1582 paughtya1586 audacious1586 copped1597 effronted1598 petulant1598 dortya1605 rufty-tufty1606 facy1607 snappish1608 bold-faceda1616 over-pert1621 impertinent1631 procacious1660 insolent1678 calleting1691 effrontuousa1734 imperent1771 free1775 sassy1799 pawky1809 iron-sideda1825 gilpie1835 cheeky1838 fresh1843 snouty1858 nebby1873 gay1889 nebsy1894 nervy1896 brass neck1925 facety1928 facey1929 brass-necked1935 chutzpadik1959 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adjective] > curt or brusque short1390 cutted1530 snappish1542 abrupt1578 stunt1581 blunt1590 brusquea1639 snapping1642 blatec1650 brisk1665 bluff1705 offhand1708 prerupt1727 squab1737 prompt1768 crisp1814 brief1818 stuntya1825 curt1831 snappy1834 bluffy1844 nebby1873 offhandish1886 nebsy1894 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Nebby or nebsy, having a sharp, impertinent, and ill-natured manner. ‘A clarty, nebsy body’. 1896 P. A. Graham Red Scaur 273 Simon's wife's a nebsy clatterin body. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 218 Nebsy, impudent. ‘A nebsie cratur.’ This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1825
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