单词 | palsy-walsy |
释义 | palsy-walsyn.adj. colloquial (originally North American). Frequently ironic. A. n. A friend, a pal.Occasionally as a form of address. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > friend friendOE wineOE fellowa1225 friendmana1250 lovera1275 amic1330 gossipc1390 mikea1400 ally1406 amykec1450 favourer1483 favourite1590 palc1770 butty1791 amigo1813 amico1820 compadre1834 pally1863 tillicum1869 nigger1884 buddy1895 paxc1900 mutual1901 righto1908 segotia1917 bud1924 palsy1930 palsy-walsy1932 buddy-buddy1943 winger1943 mucker1947 main man1956 goombah1968 gabba1970 money1982 1932 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 28 Oct. 10/4 And while the gray matter plays around with basketball it might not be amiss to slip in a few lines on our palsy-walsy, Wally Mayers. 1937 ‘J. Curtis’ There ain't no Justice xxvi. 287 What are you having, palsy-walsy? 1941 H. Smith Gang's All Here 266 There was nothing to do but I must go along with them. I even went into SRO with them. Talk about palsy-walsies! 1962 Coast to Coast 1961–2 25 ‘Well, well, if it's not my old palsie-walsie Bert,’ one of the detectives said. 1966 ‘W. Haggard’ Power House x. 111 There was nothing quite so expendable as dear old palsy-walsies who had by now outgrown their usefulness. 1993 F. Cooper I believe in Angels (BNC) 11 ‘For God's sake!’ shrilled Jan and her palsy-walsy. B. adj. Friendly; ‘chummy’, ‘pally’. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [adjective] > on terms of fellowship pallish1892 pally1895 matey1915 palsy-walsy1933 buddy-buddy1947 pally-wally1954 palsy1960 1933 Sandusky (Ohio) Reg. 24 Feb. 11/2 William Gargan, who buttled In ‘Animal Kingdom’, says his own butler was becoming quite palsy-walsy. 1937 Indiana (Pa.) Evening Gaz. 22 Apr. 14/1 Charley Grimm is gay, palsy-walsy with his players. 1940 C. Porter Compl. Lyrics (1983) 207/3 America's palsy-walsy, England's a trifle smug, While England does the stately waltz, America cuts a rug. 1959 ‘J. R. Macdonald’ Galton Case (1960) xviii. 149 Him and Pete were palsy-walsy. 1963 P. G. Wodehouse Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves xiii. 101 What do you call it when a couple of nations start off by being all palsy walsy and then begin calling each other ticks and bounders? 1974 P. G. Wodehouse Aunts aren't Gentlemen vii. 56 Being a Communist, he was probably on palsy-walsy terms with half the big shots at the Kremlin. 1998 I. Welsh Filth 293 What made Ray Lennox want to be all palsy-walsy and one-of-the-boys all of a sudden? Derivatives ˌpalsy-ˈwalsiness n. friendliness; exaggerated familiarity. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] friendshipOE friendliheada1393 fellowshipa1400 friendsomenessa1400 study?c1400 friendlinessc1475 stomach1476 friendlihood1481 towardliness1566 friending1596 amicability1643 amicableness1646 amicality1836 palliness1904 mateyness1915 matehood1924 palsy-walsiness1942 1942 Daily Times Herald (Carroll, Iowa) 6 May 6/4 He does not inspire the close, hearty, poker-playing, whisky-drinking, palsy-walsiness that Garner did. 1950 Dixon (Illinois) Evening Tel. 8 June 4/3 Distaff side palsy-walsiness in Hollywood is limited to a strained ‘Hello dahlling’ in night club powder rooms. 1999 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. (Nexis) 16 July 3 q Tableside service follows through with low-key amiability that never crosses the dreaded line into palsy-walsiness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1932 |
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