nine-eyedadj.

Brit.

/ˌnʌɪnˈʌɪd/, U.S.

/ˈnaɪnˌaɪd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nine adj., eyed adj.

Etymology: < nine adj. + eyed adj.

Having nine eyes.Originally as a term of abuse.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [adjective] > as abused

lousyc1386

greasya1529

mongrela1594

shake rotten1595

strummell-patch1600

thornbackly1605

toad-spotted1608

pissabed1643

shit-breeched1664

shit-breech1675

mole-catching1693

nine-eyed1694

poxya1758

cocksucking1872

bastard1877

motherfucking1890

son-of-a-bitching1902

so-and-so1929

mother-raping1932

zombie1937

chickenshit1940

pissy-arsed1940

bastarding1944

mother-loving1948

mothering1951

1694 L. Echard in tr. Plautus Comedies Pref. sig. a 3 I'll fetch ye out..for a damnable, prying, nine-ey'd Witch.

1702 G. Farquhar Inconstant ii. ii. 27 You Son of a nine-ey'd Whore, d'e come to abuse me.

1704 T. Baker Act at Oxf. ii. ii. 21 Sir, I'll go to my Mistress, and if she offers to marry a nine-ey'd Jew before Squire Calf of Essex [etc.].

1988 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 5 Aug. 3 You're likely to hear tasteless humor in the form of references to toxic waste, mutant nine-eyed carp and involuntarily retired employees of the Mob.

2001 Business Line (Nexis) 25 Apr. Endowed with nature's largest photoreceptors, the nine-eyed horseshoe crab helps clarify the mystery of vision.

Compounds

† nine-eyed eel n. Scottish Obsolete a lamprey; cf. nine-eyes n. 2, nine holes n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > fish > superclass Agnatha > [noun] > suborder Petromyzontoidei or genus Petromyzon > member of (lamprey)

lamprey1297

seven-eyes1496

lamprel1526

weasel1601

stone-grig1666

lamper-eel1709

lamprey-eel1726

stone-sucker1753

nine-eyed eel1811

nine-eyes1818

nine holesa1825

spanker-eel1846

seven-holes1853

petromyzontoid1861

1811 P. Neill in Mem. Wernerian Nat. Hist. Soc. 1 555 Lesser Lamprey... The popular name Nine-eyed-eel arises from the spiracles being taken for eyes.

?1838 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 1 No. 6. 176 Sea-Lamprey. The Nine-eyed Eel.

1876 S. Smiles Life Sc. Naturalist 426 (App.) [Petromyzon planeri.] These fish are generally termed ‘Nine-ee'd Eels,’ and are by no means held in high estimation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nine-eyed
释义	nine-eyedadj. Brit. /ˌnʌɪnˈʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈnaɪnˌaɪd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nine adj., eyed adj. Etymology: < nine adj. + eyed adj. Having nine eyes.Originally as a term of abuse. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [adjective] > as abused lousyc1386 greasya1529 mongrela1594 shake rotten1595 strummell-patch1600 thornbackly1605 toad-spotted1608 pissabed1643 shit-breeched1664 shit-breech1675 mole-catching1693 nine-eyed1694 poxya1758 cocksucking1872 bastard1877 motherfucking1890 son-of-a-bitching1902 so-and-so1929 mother-raping1932 zombie1937 chickenshit1940 pissy-arsed1940 bastarding1944 mother-loving1948 mothering1951 1694 L. Echard in tr. Plautus Comedies Pref. sig. a 3 I'll fetch ye out..for a damnable, prying, nine-ey'd Witch. 1702 G. Farquhar Inconstant ii. ii. 27 You Son of a nine-ey'd Whore, d'e come to abuse me. 1704 T. Baker Act at Oxf. ii. ii. 21 Sir, I'll go to my Mistress, and if she offers to marry a nine-ey'd Jew before Squire Calf of Essex [etc.]. 1988 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 5 Aug. 3 You're likely to hear tasteless humor in the form of references to toxic waste, mutant nine-eyed carp and involuntarily retired employees of the Mob. 2001 Business Line (Nexis) 25 Apr. Endowed with nature's largest photoreceptors, the nine-eyed horseshoe crab helps clarify the mystery of vision. Compounds † nine-eyed eel n. Scottish Obsolete a lamprey; cf. nine-eyes n. 2, nine holes n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superclass Agnatha > [noun] > suborder Petromyzontoidei or genus Petromyzon > member of (lamprey) lamprey1297 seven-eyes1496 lamprel1526 weasel1601 stone-grig1666 lamper-eel1709 lamprey-eel1726 stone-sucker1753 nine-eyed eel1811 nine-eyes1818 nine holesa1825 spanker-eel1846 seven-holes1853 petromyzontoid1861 1811 P. Neill in Mem. Wernerian Nat. Hist. Soc. 1 555 Lesser Lamprey... The popular name Nine-eyed-eel arises from the spiracles being taken for eyes. ?1838 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 1 No. 6. 176 Sea-Lamprey. The Nine-eyed Eel. 1876 S. Smiles Life Sc. Naturalist 426 (App.) [Petromyzon planeri.] These fish are generally termed ‘Nine-ee'd Eels,’ and are by no means held in high estimation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1694
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