paper-backedadj.

Brit.

/ˈpeɪpəbakt/, U.S.

/ˈpeɪpərˌbækt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: paper n., backed adj.

Etymology: < paper n. + backed adj. In sense 1 after paperback n.; compare earlier paperback n. and adj.

1. Of a literary work, etc.: published in paperback form.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > book > kind of book > book of specific form or colour > [adjective] > having specific type of cover > soft

paperbound1847

soft-covered1847

paper-backed1854

paperback1884

softcover1892

softback1958

1854 Southern Literary Messenger May 259/1 Literary genius..has changed its form. The ponderous folio is discarded for the paper-backed volume.

1894 Sewanee Rev. 3 83 ‘Salem Kittredge and Other Stories’ should have been published as a paper-backed novel.

1932 D. L. Sayers Have his Carcase x. 116 One or two paper-backed books.

1974 ‘C. Fremlin’ By Horror Haunted 58 Years of..reading of lurid paper-backed stories under the desks at school had not provided him with this sort of solid..information.

2010 I. Stevenson Bk. Makers iv. 102 A new market that would buy paper-backed books ‘for the price of a packet of cigarettes’.

a. Of a person: weak, feeble; ‘spineless’. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily weakness > [adjective]

wokec897

unstronga900

unmightyeOE

feeblec1175

strengthlessc1175

unwieldc1220

weaka1300

frailc1384

unwieldyc1386

unthendec1425

dissolutec1450

unsure?a1475

feyc1475

simple1477

unfirm1483

unsinewed?1541

wash1548

weakling1557

ladylike1566

silly1567

water weak1592

washya1631

wankle1686

foible1715

unmuscular1725

nerveless1792

wankly1795

shilpit1813

wankya1825

sinewless1829

weedy-looking1835

queachy1859

insubstantiala1861

paper-backed1888

weak-fleshed1967

1888 R. Kipling Soldiers Three 52 ‘Push men!’ sez Crook; ‘Push ye paper-backed beggars!’ he sez.

1927 F. H. Shaw Knocking Around viii. 76 Up with her! Pull, you paper-backed putty men, you!

1940 G. B. Rodney Raiders of Cherokee Strip 120 Mays hurled at him an unprintable name. ‘You paper-backed bastard, you've raised hell now.’

b. Of a material (esp. a wallcovering): backed with paper, esp. a sheet of removable paper protecting an adhesive surface.

ΚΠ

1945 Frank J. Hogan Libr. Part 2 (Parke-Bernet Gall.) 2 Mansfield Park. A Novel. 3 vols., 12mo, original paper-backed boards, paper labels.

1974 Sunset Nov. 134/1 Lightweight paper-backed or cloth-backed vinyl is usually adequate for residential use.

1977 Reader's Digest Do-It-Yourself Bk. Skills & Techniques 48/1 Mosaic tiles are sold in paper-backed sheets.

1993 Which? Feb. 30/2 Flock wallcoverings..have a raised pattern of wool, silk or synthetic fibres on a washable paper or paper-backed vinyl base.

2013 S. Dolin & A. Lapidow Bk. Art Studio Handbk. ii. 26 Two popular types [of book cloth] are starch-filled cloth and paper-backed cloth.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	paper-backed
释义	paper-backedadj. Brit. /ˈpeɪpəbakt/, U.S. /ˈpeɪpərˌbækt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: paper n., backed adj. Etymology: < paper n. + backed adj. In sense 1 after paperback n.; compare earlier paperback n. and adj. 1. Of a literary work, etc.: published in paperback form. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > book of specific form or colour > [adjective] > having specific type of cover > soft paperbound1847 soft-covered1847 paper-backed1854 paperback1884 softcover1892 softback1958 1854 Southern Literary Messenger May 259/1 Literary genius..has changed its form. The ponderous folio is discarded for the paper-backed volume. 1894 Sewanee Rev. 3 83 ‘Salem Kittredge and Other Stories’ should have been published as a paper-backed novel. 1932 D. L. Sayers Have his Carcase x. 116 One or two paper-backed books. 1974 ‘C. Fremlin’ By Horror Haunted 58 Years of..reading of lurid paper-backed stories under the desks at school had not provided him with this sort of solid..information. 2010 I. Stevenson Bk. Makers iv. 102 A new market that would buy paper-backed books ‘for the price of a packet of cigarettes’. 2. a. Of a person: weak, feeble; ‘spineless’. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily weakness > [adjective] wokec897 unstronga900 unmightyeOE feeblec1175 strengthlessc1175 unwieldc1220 weaka1300 frailc1384 unwieldyc1386 unthendec1425 dissolutec1450 unsure?a1475 feyc1475 simple1477 unfirm1483 unsinewed?1541 wash1548 weakling1557 ladylike1566 silly1567 water weak1592 washya1631 wankle1686 foible1715 unmuscular1725 nerveless1792 wankly1795 shilpit1813 wankya1825 sinewless1829 weedy-looking1835 queachy1859 insubstantiala1861 paper-backed1888 weak-fleshed1967 1888 R. Kipling Soldiers Three 52 ‘Push men!’ sez Crook; ‘Push ye paper-backed beggars!’ he sez. 1927 F. H. Shaw Knocking Around viii. 76 Up with her! Pull, you paper-backed putty men, you! 1940 G. B. Rodney Raiders of Cherokee Strip 120 Mays hurled at him an unprintable name. ‘You paper-backed bastard, you've raised hell now.’ b. Of a material (esp. a wallcovering): backed with paper, esp. a sheet of removable paper protecting an adhesive surface. ΚΠ 1945 Frank J. Hogan Libr. Part 2 (Parke-Bernet Gall.) 2 Mansfield Park. A Novel. 3 vols., 12mo, original paper-backed boards, paper labels. 1974 Sunset Nov. 134/1 Lightweight paper-backed or cloth-backed vinyl is usually adequate for residential use. 1977 Reader's Digest Do-It-Yourself Bk. Skills & Techniques 48/1 Mosaic tiles are sold in paper-backed sheets. 1993 Which? Feb. 30/2 Flock wallcoverings..have a raised pattern of wool, silk or synthetic fibres on a washable paper or paper-backed vinyl base. 2013 S. Dolin & A. Lapidow Bk. Art Studio Handbk. ii. 26 Two popular types [of book cloth] are starch-filled cloth and paper-backed cloth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1854
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