noodlyadj.¹

Brit.

/ˈnuːd(ə)li/, U.S.

/ˈnud(ə)li/, Irish English

/ˈnuːd(ə)li/

Origin: Perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: noodle n.¹, -y suffix¹.

Etymology: Perhaps < noodle n.¹ + -y suffix¹.

colloquial and regional (chiefly English regional and Irish English).

Stupid, silly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adjective]

dizzyc825

unwisec825

redelessOE

unwittyc1000

daftlikec1175

witlessc1175

canga1225

adoted?c1225

cangun?c1225

egedec1225

cangeda1250

foola1250

snepea1250

aerwittec1275

sotlyc1275

unslyc1275

unwitterc1275

unwilya1300

nicec1300

goosishc1374

unskilfulc1374

follyc1380

lewdc1380

mis-feelinga1382

dottlec1390

foltedc1390

peevishc1400

fona1425

fonnishc1425

foliousa1450

foolisha1450

daft?c1450

doitedc1450

dotyc1450

daffish1470

insapientc1470

gucked?a1500

wanwittya1500

furious1526

insipient1528

seelya1529

dawish?1529

foolage1545

momish1546

base-wittedc1547

stultitiousa1549

follifulc1550

senseless1565

mopish1568

fondish1579

unsensiblea1586

fondly1587

dizzardly1594

follial1596

featlessc1598

fopperly1599

gowkeda1605

inept1604

simple1604

anserine1607

foppish1608

silly ass1608

unsage1608

wisdomless1608

fool-beggeda1616

Gotham1621

noddy1645

badot1653

dosser-headed1655

infrunite1657

nonsensicalc1661

slight1663

sappy1670

datelessa1686

noddy-peaked1694

nizy1709

dottled1772

gypit1804

shay-brained1806

folly-stricken1807

fool-like1811

goosy1811

spoony1813

niddle-noddle1821

gumptionless1823

daftish1825

anserous1826

as crazy as a loon1830

spoonish1833

cheese-headed1836

dotty1860

fool-fool1868

noodly1870

dilly1873

gormless1883

daffy1884

monkey-doodle1886

mosy1887

jay1891

pithecanthropic1897

peanut-headed1906

dinlo1907

boob1911

goofy1921

ding-a-ling1935

jerky1944

jerk1947

jerkish1948

pointy-headed1950

doofus1967

twitty1967

twittish1969

nerkish1975

numpty1992

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adjective] > of actions, ideas, etc.

sloweOE

bluntc1175

simplea1425

headless1563

sottish1592

thick1600

stupid1609

incrassate1659

crass1660

simple-minded1774

bright1830

simplistic1844

noodly1870

unelectric1876

dinlo1907

clunky1965

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adjective] > of things, actions, etc.

unwittyc1200

nicea1393

foolisha1413

kimeta1450

peevish1519

silly1566

senseless1579

untoward1658

bright1830

spoony1834

fool-fool1868

noodly1870

twitty1967

twittish1969

1870 Shamrock (Dublin) 15 Oct. 41/1 Such pitiable folks affect big bows and grimaces, and noodly-extravagant garments, and quaint pipes.

1903 G. E. Dartnell in Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 294/1 [Wiltshire] An old woman at Salisbury said she wanted a proper bonnet, not one of the ‘noodly’ fashionable things in the shop windows.

1912 Waterloo (Iowa) Evening Courier 25 Sept. 6/1 ‘A gink gets noodley once in a while’, said young Gordon by way of explanation, ‘and when he does he is likely to stage some stunts that ain't jest in keepin' with parlor society’.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvi. [Eumaeus] 616 A big foolish nervous noodly kind of a horse.

1961 Time 23 June 53/2 Man in the Moon..is a noodly British farce made by a crew of subversives.

2003 C. Wright in New Playwrights Best Plays 2002 vii. 271 I don't like all that noodly crap you read, all that poetry and philosophy and stuff.

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

noodlyadj.²

Brit.

/ˈnuːdli/, U.S.

/ˈnud(ə)li/

Forms: 1900s– noodley, 1900s– noodly.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: noodle n.², -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < noodle n.² + -y suffix¹.

1. Resembling, containing, or made of noodles; characterized by the use of noodles.

ΚΠ

1934 K. T. Norris Manhattan Love Song viii. 88 I've been there for lunches. It's a little noodley and kartoffley, but it's delicious.

1946 Mi Mi Khiang Burmese Family xi. 88 Noodly bits of flour or grain, lathered or drowned in coconut juices.

1951 Dixon (Illinois) Evening Tel. 8 Feb. 12/7 She finds her noodly knick-knacks have become a good source of income... A bride..wore a diadem made out of solid noodle. Everyone thought it was ivory.

2001 Leicester Mercury (Nexis) 26 Jan. 5 (heading) Diners tuck into a variety of noodley delights.

2. U.S. colloquial. In extended use: resembling or characteristic of a noodle in some way, esp. in being weak or thin.

ΚΠ

1959 Life 6 Apr. 108/3 I'm writing a new book... I need a new animal and I thought maybe you'd help me... Do you think his topknot should be noodley?

1975 Columbia Forum Winter 44/2 The Schalldeckel: the curious black hood that hides musicians and conductor and gives the orchestra a slightly noodly, remote sound.

1980 Washington Post 1 Apr. e6 In 10 minutes [in the boxing ring], he was holding the shoulders of a burly man in a light blue suit and guiding his noodly legs towards the dressing room.

1994 N.Y. Times Mag. 26 June 45 So what's a rhizome-inspired building supposed to look like? Kind of noodly, if we're to go by the shape of Peter Eisenman's new convention center in Columbus, Ohio.

2002 Anchorage (Alaska) Daily News (Nexis) 16 Aug. c1 Don't try to catch pike with light, noodly trout rods.

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

noodlyadj.³

Brit.

/ˈnuːdli/, U.S.

/ˈnud(ə)li/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: noodle n.³, noodle v.⁵, -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < noodle n.³ or noodle v.⁵ + -y suffix¹.

Frequently mildly depreciative.

Of music or its performance: characterized by noodling (noodling n.² 1); intricate, (over-)elaborate; improvisatory or aimless.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > [adjective] > style of performing

ad libitum1786

extempore1795

ad lib1825

improvisational1871

magadized1901

jazzed1917

jazzified1920

stomping1927

in the (or a) groove1932

stodgy1934

groovy1937

swinging1955

riffing1960

Muzaked1962

funkified1974

noodly1981

widdly1984

scratch-mix1987

1981 Washington Post 24 July (Weekend section) 43/1 William Rush's lead guitar is agile yet devoid of noodly excess.

1990 Re: Yellow Magic Orchestra in rec.music.newage (Usenet newsgroup) 21 June Side two is app. seventeen minute noodly ambient piece from Sakamoto called ‘Exhibition’.

1999 M. Sawyer Park & Ride (2000) vii. 127 I settled into gentle jelly-headedness, aided by my dad's choice of tape: Jazz Moods, a noodly selection of elevator tunes.

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

adj.¹1870

adj.²1934

adj.³1981

单词	noodly
释义	noodlyadj.¹ Brit. /ˈnuːd(ə)li/, U.S. /ˈnud(ə)li/, Irish English /ˈnuːd(ə)li/ Origin: Perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: noodle n.¹, -y suffix¹. Etymology: Perhaps < noodle n.¹ + -y suffix¹. colloquial and regional (chiefly English regional and Irish English). Stupid, silly. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adjective] dizzyc825 unwisec825 redelessOE unwittyc1000 daftlikec1175 witlessc1175 canga1225 adoted?c1225 cangun?c1225 egedec1225 cangeda1250 foola1250 snepea1250 aerwittec1275 sotlyc1275 unslyc1275 unwitterc1275 unwilya1300 nicec1300 goosishc1374 unskilfulc1374 follyc1380 lewdc1380 mis-feelinga1382 dottlec1390 foltedc1390 peevishc1400 fona1425 fonnishc1425 foliousa1450 foolisha1450 daft?c1450 doitedc1450 dotyc1450 daffish1470 insapientc1470 gucked?a1500 wanwittya1500 furious1526 insipient1528 seelya1529 dawish?1529 foolage1545 momish1546 base-wittedc1547 stultitiousa1549 follifulc1550 senseless1565 mopish1568 fondish1579 unsensiblea1586 fondly1587 dizzardly1594 follial1596 featlessc1598 fopperly1599 gowkeda1605 inept1604 simple1604 anserine1607 foppish1608 silly ass1608 unsage1608 wisdomless1608 fool-beggeda1616 Gotham1621 noddy1645 badot1653 dosser-headed1655 infrunite1657 nonsensicalc1661 slight1663 sappy1670 datelessa1686 noddy-peaked1694 nizy1709 dottled1772 gypit1804 shay-brained1806 folly-stricken1807 fool-like1811 goosy1811 spoony1813 niddle-noddle1821 gumptionless1823 daftish1825 anserous1826 as crazy as a loon1830 spoonish1833 cheese-headed1836 dotty1860 fool-fool1868 noodly1870 dilly1873 gormless1883 daffy1884 monkey-doodle1886 mosy1887 jay1891 pithecanthropic1897 peanut-headed1906 dinlo1907 boob1911 goofy1921 ding-a-ling1935 jerky1944 jerk1947 jerkish1948 pointy-headed1950 doofus1967 twitty1967 twittish1969 nerkish1975 numpty1992 the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adjective] > of actions, ideas, etc. sloweOE bluntc1175 simplea1425 headless1563 sottish1592 thick1600 stupid1609 incrassate1659 crass1660 simple-minded1774 bright1830 simplistic1844 noodly1870 unelectric1876 dinlo1907 clunky1965 the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adjective] > of things, actions, etc. unwittyc1200 nicea1393 foolisha1413 kimeta1450 peevish1519 silly1566 senseless1579 untoward1658 bright1830 spoony1834 fool-fool1868 noodly1870 twitty1967 twittish1969 1870 Shamrock (Dublin) 15 Oct. 41/1 Such pitiable folks affect big bows and grimaces, and noodly-extravagant garments, and quaint pipes. 1903 G. E. Dartnell in Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 294/1 [Wiltshire] An old woman at Salisbury said she wanted a proper bonnet, not one of the ‘noodly’ fashionable things in the shop windows. 1912 Waterloo (Iowa) Evening Courier 25 Sept. 6/1 ‘A gink gets noodley once in a while’, said young Gordon by way of explanation, ‘and when he does he is likely to stage some stunts that ain't jest in keepin' with parlor society’. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvi. [Eumaeus] 616 A big foolish nervous noodly kind of a horse. 1961 Time 23 June 53/2 Man in the Moon..is a noodly British farce made by a crew of subversives. 2003 C. Wright in New Playwrights Best Plays 2002 vii. 271 I don't like all that noodly crap you read, all that poetry and philosophy and stuff. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). noodlyadj.² Brit. /ˈnuːdli/, U.S. /ˈnud(ə)li/ Forms: 1900s– noodley, 1900s– noodly. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: noodle n.², -y suffix¹. Etymology: < noodle n.² + -y suffix¹. 1. Resembling, containing, or made of noodles; characterized by the use of noodles. ΚΠ 1934 K. T. Norris Manhattan Love Song viii. 88 I've been there for lunches. It's a little noodley and kartoffley, but it's delicious. 1946 Mi Mi Khiang Burmese Family xi. 88 Noodly bits of flour or grain, lathered or drowned in coconut juices. 1951 Dixon (Illinois) Evening Tel. 8 Feb. 12/7 She finds her noodly knick-knacks have become a good source of income... A bride..wore a diadem made out of solid noodle. Everyone thought it was ivory. 2001 Leicester Mercury (Nexis) 26 Jan. 5 (heading) Diners tuck into a variety of noodley delights. 2. U.S. colloquial. In extended use: resembling or characteristic of a noodle in some way, esp. in being weak or thin. ΚΠ 1959 Life 6 Apr. 108/3 I'm writing a new book... I need a new animal and I thought maybe you'd help me... Do you think his topknot should be noodley? 1975 Columbia Forum Winter 44/2 The Schalldeckel: the curious black hood that hides musicians and conductor and gives the orchestra a slightly noodly, remote sound. 1980 Washington Post 1 Apr. e6 In 10 minutes [in the boxing ring], he was holding the shoulders of a burly man in a light blue suit and guiding his noodly legs towards the dressing room. 1994 N.Y. Times Mag. 26 June 45 So what's a rhizome-inspired building supposed to look like? Kind of noodly, if we're to go by the shape of Peter Eisenman's new convention center in Columbus, Ohio. 2002 Anchorage (Alaska) Daily News (Nexis) 16 Aug. c1 Don't try to catch pike with light, noodly trout rods. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). noodlyadj.³ Brit. /ˈnuːdli/, U.S. /ˈnud(ə)li/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: noodle n.³, noodle v.⁵, -y suffix¹. Etymology: < noodle n.³ or noodle v.⁵ + -y suffix¹. Frequently mildly depreciative. Of music or its performance: characterized by noodling (noodling n.² 1); intricate, (over-)elaborate; improvisatory or aimless. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > [adjective] > style of performing ad libitum1786 extempore1795 ad lib1825 improvisational1871 magadized1901 jazzed1917 jazzified1920 stomping1927 in the (or a) groove1932 stodgy1934 groovy1937 swinging1955 riffing1960 Muzaked1962 funkified1974 noodly1981 widdly1984 scratch-mix1987 1981 Washington Post 24 July (Weekend section) 43/1 William Rush's lead guitar is agile yet devoid of noodly excess. 1990 Re: Yellow Magic Orchestra in rec.music.newage (Usenet newsgroup) 21 June Side two is app. seventeen minute noodly ambient piece from Sakamoto called ‘Exhibition’. 1999 M. Sawyer Park & Ride (2000) vii. 127 I settled into gentle jelly-headedness, aided by my dad's choice of tape: Jazz Moods, a noodly selection of elevator tunes. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.¹1870adj.²1934adj.³1981
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