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单词 peely-wally
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peely-wallyadj.

Brit. /ˈpiːlɪwali/, U.S. /ˈpiliˌwɑli/, /ˈpiliˌwæli/, Scottish English /ˈpilɪwalɪ/
Forms: 1800s– peelie-wallie, 1800s– peely-wally, 1900s– peely-whally.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: peelie adj.
Etymology: Reduplication (with variation of initial consonant and vowel) of peelie adj.
Originally and chiefly Scottish.
Pale; sickly; thin; feeble.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > looking ill
wanc700
sunken?a1505
wersh?a1505
wearisha1535
waryish1565
sunk1578
chap-fallen1597
chop-fallen1604
squalid1661
sallow1747
sallowish1753
peaked1804
shilpit1813
shirpit1821
peely-wally1832
peakish1836
the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [adjective] > weak (of immaterial things)
thin?c1225
wateryc1230
feeble1393
wash1548
waterish1549
fadea1554
limping1577
dilute1605
lank1607
languid1622
water gruel1630
invalid1635
sinewless1644
exsanguine1647
flaccid1647
diluted1681
wishy-washy1693
tiffany1694
foible1715
rickety1738
faintly1771
unrobust1775
pale1820
peely-wally1832
muscleless1841
weakling1848
weedy?1858
feeblose1882
papery1924
the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > absence of colour > [adjective] > pale
blackeOE
blokec1200
blakec1275
fadec1290
bleykea1300
palisha1398
wanned1494
ashy?1541
wearish-coloured1548
wanny1555
wheyish1560
bleak1566
paly1568
ghastly1574
blankish1580
sick1599
palled1601
ashied1613
lurid1656
lunar1742
wax-like1748
ashen1808
unbrightened1827
waxy1835
peely-wally1895
waxen-hued1916
1832 A. Henderson Prov. 208 Peelie, thin; meagre.—Peelie-wallie, thin; sickly.
1833 J. Kennedy Geordie Chalmers 81 But may I ride on the win' wi' auld Nanee Logan, the witch o' Glenteerie, when I gang to siccan a peely-wally concern again!
1895 W. Stewart Lilts 104 The sun sen's forth its flickerin' rays, Fu' peely-wally wan.
1904 ‘H. Foulis’ Erchie xii. 73 I was a kind o' eccentric peely-wally soul, because I sometimes dried the dishes.
1962 A. MacLeod Eighth Seal vi. 71 The wee Englishman is too peelywally to start any scrapping.
1971 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 21 Mar. (Mag. section) 5 There's another type [of worm] which in the very young stage is peely-wally slimey green.
2000 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 27 Aug. (Mag.) 28 (caption) With enough attitude and the right threads, even the most peely-wally among us can be the last of the red hot mommas.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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